The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-10
WHAT FOLKS SAY
OF THE CARNIVAL
Differences as to Its Value in
Business Way.
ASIAN USEMENT ALL RIGHT
High Praise for All the Shows With bit One
Exception, and Commentator of the
Splendid Behavior Of The
Visitors,

Visitors,
The Carnival that has held sway in
Raleigh the past week has been the topic
of much conversation.
1t has drawn thousands of people to
the city and these have viewed the sights
set forth for their amusement and have
given much praise to the enterprise.
What has been its influence on trade
and what impression it has made on the
citizens of Raleigh the News and OBJ
server has sought to discover. The only
way to do this was to see the business
men of the city and many of these were
seen yesterday afternoon and last night.
Street Carniyals have been given in
many places and the result of these have
been noted. The Carnival that has just
closed in Raleigh was a big one in at
tendance and in attractions. How it has
pleased Raleigh's business men is told
in their own language
The questions asked of these gentle
men were what was their view of the
Carnival in a business light and how
they regarded it as an amusement fea-
ture. To these questions the answers
came in many different forms, and these
are set forth below:
WHAT THEY sA-.
JOLLY G WYNNE: eve don't think
business has been as good this week as
last"
RIGGAN'S: ''Our trade has not been
affected at all either one way or the
other, The retail trade may have been
a little better. We certainly have not
suffered any"
HELLER BROTHERS SHOE STORE:
We've gotten some business from the
strangers in town. On the whole it has
not affected sales for the week appre-
ciably one way or the other
NJ. ROSENTHAL & CO., Grocers: I'VE
have been busy all the week, and have
done considerable business with strangers
III town and show people; but the regular
town business has been about as usual.
We have done on the whole more bust
ness than usual"
PESCUD'S DRUG STORE: MY gen.
eral business has been a little back
ward, not up to the usual standard; but
it has not interfered with the prescrip-
ton business. But / think that on the
whole 1t will benefit the town"
WEATHERS & UTLEY: Business has
been very good during the week, but
not much more than usual. However, it
is good thing for the city
HUNTER BROS. & BREWER: "Sales
have been better than usual, and we
got trade from out-of-town that we
would not have gotten otherwise
BOYLAN, PEARCE & CO.: "our trade
has not been benefited bit during the
week
]. ROSENGARTEN: 'My trade was not
benefited any, but / think 1 am about
even. Business has been about as good
as last week. There were not enough
strangers in town.
r. F. GIERSCH: ct is really better
than / expected. / am perfectly well
satisfied with the result"
OAK CITY STEAM LAUNDY: Eyes, we
got some benefit from it. We had some
of the fakirs' business"
THOS. H. BRIGGS & SONS: "On the
whole, business has been better than
it would have been if the Carnival had
not been here. 1t has livened things up
and put people in good humor, give them
recreation, and we would be glad to see
one every year"
]. r. FERRALL & CO.: "Just about an
average business right along. We can't
say that there has been any increase.
But we are mighty glad to see the peo-
pie enjoying themselves"
HART-WARD HARDWARE CO.: eve
have not seen any benefit from it, for the
people have been in town, but not in
the store. There has certainly been no
increase in trade during the week"
LUMSDEN BROS. HARDWARE CO.:
Sales for the week have been perhaps
a little better than usual Most of the
business has been done with the show
people in organizing their shows, sell
ing them stuff they needed
Mr.. j. e. JOHNSON, of the w. H.
King Drug Company. 81 have found no
material difference in business The Car
nival itself was bigger thing than 1 ex-
pected and it drew good crowds. The only
show that have heard objection to was
the Orient, and the boys say it was racy.
The Stadium was highly praised"
UNION NEWS COMPANY: Business
about a third more than usual. Not by
any means what we expected We did
more business on Thursday of last Fair
week than all this week"
ZACHARY MANTEL CO.: 1T will un-
doubtedly result in future benefit to our
business"
j. A. BRAGASSA: 1T has helped me
a little, but what / have done this week
has just about made up what lost last
week"
MR.. ]. NJ. RIGGAN, of the Raleigh
Furniture Company at has not done
me good in business way, but has rather
been against it. The amusements were
good and drew splendid crowds There has
never been thing of this kind where the
people who attended behaved so well. 1t
was fine crowd"
Mr.. P. T. WYATT, of ]. P. Wyatt &
Brothers, Wholesale Grocers: 1.-THE Car
nival has not helped business, but / do
not think it has done us any harm The
shows 1 saw were good and clean. The
only one have heard objected to was the
Orient There were big crowds here, but
they came for the fun of the thing
MR.. j. F. FERRALL. of Dobbin &
Ferrall. Dry Goods. Carpets, Shoes, etc.:
"There has been some additional out OF
town trading, but the city trade has been
demoralized. As a business proposition