The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-30
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
PYTHIAn CARNIVAL AND MER-
CHANTS FALL FESTIVAL
The Committee. Met Last Night to
Make ARRANGEMENTS for this Event
10 br Held November 3rd to >th.
Low Railroad Rates Assared-A
Tobacco Booth.

The Knights OF Pythias Carnival and
| Merchants Fall Festival to be held In
Wilmington, November s-d. 4th, 5th. 9Th.
eth and sth. is now OF on a toom. h
executive committee and the chairmen
of the various subcommittee met last
night at the Office or the Ffshblate
| Clothing Company to get tho arrange
ments in definite shape for this event
The following members OF the COM
mittees were IL attendance: Messrs- 5.
II. Fishblate, Il. .. Stone. DIR. w. c.
| Galloway, Major w. +. Robertson. Dr.
]. d. Mutt. Captain T. d. Meares. J. J..
| Hopkins, L. Is. Rogers. W. H Yopp, ].
T. King. II. r. Bonitz. Walker Taylor.
James F. woolvin. J. J. Fowtcr. W. p.
Oldham.
Former mayor, s. II. Fishbla;e. chair
man OF the executive committee. pre-
sided, and Mr.. l. b. Rogers. the sec
rotary, was at his post n meeting
was the most enthusiastic OF any that
has been held. and the affair was set
off on a boom.
A telegram was read from the man
ager of the Layton Carnival Company.
whose shows VIII be The feature OF the
| street fair. saying that tine autographs
! and advertising pap will be here next
week. Arrangements will be made to
have them posted at once along all the
railroads leading out OF Wilmington.
The committee on rates reported that
they had been guaranteed a very low
rate by the railroads and this insures
a big crowd from the country far and
near.
The committee heartily endorsed the
recommendation OF the or COM
merce and the merchants association
| to have a tobacco booth in the street
fair in order to ncouraCe the move
ment for the cultivation OF tobacco in
this section and the erection OF a to-
bacco warehouse and prize house In Will
mington. This booth Will he in the
hands OF a competent n practical to-
bacco man who will explain the mode OF
cultivation and curing OF tobacco.
Samples of tobacco grown in Eastern
North Carolina will be attractively dis
played, and this feature promises TO be
interesting as well as beneficial.
The committee decided to establish
regular carnival headquarters in the
| next few days. and for this purpose will
rent a hall centrally located. They also
decided to keep the headquarters open
till the carnival is held and to employ
a competent stenographer aid type
writer to remain at headquarters all the
time till the carnival is over.
All the members OF the committee are
full Of enthusiasm and are determined
to make the carnival the biggest event
since the great Wilmington Welcome
! Wee gala occasions which We had
here some years ago.
The committee OH subscriptions is
| meeting with a liberal response FROM
our merchants. who realize the advan
tages that the carnival will be to them
by inducing big crowds OF people to
visit the city.
The drummers who come in from the
country report that the carnival Is ex-
citing wide interest in all quarters. and
az, people are flush from the Ene tobac-
co and cotton crops they are coming to
Wilmington in crowds to enjoy the gala
time a-cOming.