The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-23
ITS FEATURES A REVELATION TO PUBLIC
The Races Yesterday Superb, Giles Mebane a North
Carolina Horse Lowering Track Record.

dier had so impressed himself on his fol-
lowers that today, forty years after the
war; at his request the surviving men,
bers of his staff are here from four diff
ferent States" (Applausa.)
'North Carolina has no great cities,
no crowded centres, but she has great
wealth and extreme poverty. She has
what is far better and of far more value,
brave sons and accomplished daughters of
whom she is justly proud
Governor Aycock was presented by
General Cox and as he arose he was
greeted with enthusiastic applause. The
Governors speech opening the Fair was
brie fand handsomely done. His remarks
were frequently applauded. The Cover
nor said:
GOVERNOR AYCOCKS' SPEECH.
Mr. President and Fellow Citizens:
The opening of the North Carolina State
Fair at it's Forty-first annual exhibition
| is a matter of no small significance We
have entered upon new century and
| believe upon a new era. / am among
the optimists who believe that the
world grows better and that the future
holds for our children a larger measure
of usefulness, distinction happiness and
success than the past has held for us.
Born in the troublous times before the
war the association which now conducts
this Fair maintained its organization
and made its exhibits except for a few
years during the war and the period i'm
mediately following. At the time of its
birth agriculture was almost the sole
industry of the State. Today it is but
ufacture and commerce. We have made
great progress in the years since the
organization of the association which
annually makes the exhibition here and
this Fair has much to do with our
progress. 1t brings our people together,
it shows them the things which have
been done and stimulates them to doing
other things. 1t makes us acquainted
cne with another. 1t shows to some eX-
tent what statehood is and makes each
man think more of the land of his ma
tivity.
There are many problems before us
we shall solve them all, but we can only
solve by sturdy adherence to our con-
victions of duty, by careful study, by
thorough preparation and by recogni-
tion of the divine right of difference of
opinion. By these means we shall not
only remain what we have always been,
an independent people. but we shall be-
come more creative people, capable
OF doing the things whose performance
we have heretofore merely celebrated.
We shall not only grow the products of
the farm but we shall multiply those
products many fold by manufacture
and shall increase their value by COM
merce.
We are becoming more united and
with the building of better roads, which
is already assured, and by the education
of all our people we shall be able to
make our impress upon the public opin-
ion of the nation. 1t is for these pur-
poses that we come together, not mere
ly to see what has been DONE but to
consider the things which yet remain to
| be done. We take courage in our past
achievements and start into the future
with hope of better things. We have a
great State, homogeneous people, but
with enough difference to bring about
that diversity which is essential to the
largest growth Knowing one another
better, realizing what our fathers have
done, appreciating the labors of the
present, let us strike out for greater
things in the future and prove our
selves worthy of the distinguished
things in the future and prove ourselves
worthy of the distinguished ancestry
who have earned the plaudits of the
world if their deeds have not been cele-
brated as they should be.
With heart full of hope, with graft
tude for the past with aDpreciat tion f.
the present with anticipation of glor-
ious future, 1 now formally declare the
Fortyfirst Annual Fair open.