The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-27
Slalo Fair Breaks al EeC0rds
in Attendance.
FEATURES UNtXClLLtU
The Exnlblts and Displays Are Ali txTaordi-
narily G ,od while lhe Midway Cfowos
Are Delighted Win All The
AtraCllOnS,

1t was the greatest coming lO5StAeI "
Caroiinians that ever assembled in amy
part of the State on any occasion.
An ideal autumn sun arose early ana
for eight hours cast a soft mellow glow
over the moving picture. Dur
ing the early morning hours the streets
OF the capital city were lined with happy,
merry people.
BY nine O'Clock they began moving %
the Fair Grounds; they went on the ra.-
road train and street cars, IN carriages, II
automobiles and OH foot, and by noon
rearly every foot of space III the grounds
was occupied by two feet Of merry moving
humanity. There were many thousands
and then many thousands more. There
were several thousand Of rs pretty
girls and as handsome women as ever
alike the earth, accompanied by as many
cOurtly and handsome men, cid and young.
and then there were boys and girls ana
babies, and men and women OF every class
and every calling. They marched from
place to place, from exhibit to exhibit.
They witnessed the great industrial, ayr
cultural, educational and mechanical dls-
plays; they surged IN great WaVer up and
down the Midway; went INTO the tented
shows, took chances at ringing the scat
tered coin played the ten cent fortune
wheels. gathered IN couples, Quartettes and
groups IN the picture takers tents, passed
around the mirrowed corridors OF the
Mystic Maze, climbed the aerial starr
ways on the great Ferris wheels, watched
the flying steeds as they paced and raceQ
around the track, say the cattle and the
swine and heard hundreds Of ROSTERS
sound the gIad timbreI over the glorious
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ering of happy, honest and buoyart Ter
heels saw each other. To each the crowd
itself was the most interesting feature
OF the great occasion, the veteran OF the
loot hills met his comrades from the plains
and the greeting had JOY and gIadneos
IL 1t.
The beautiful maid of the mountains
met the courteous young Chesterfield o.
the coast and Wove new webs that viii
hold III their tender mesheS the sweetest
&nd t0ndest OF memories forever here
after; KIN met kin, and friend met friend,
and amlds the environed evidences 0!
peace and plenty, there was beautiful
charm and unstlnted rejoicing.
1t was the high pressure day OF the
State Far, and III It's multituduouS joys
it led all the other great Thursdays
the day on which more North Carolnier>
ant III At liC al ma az ol4AN
day. The number who rom nour 20 Go-l
enjoyed the splendid attractions and the
magnificent displays it Is impossible tC
say. Fifteen thousand, twenty thousand
thirty thousand, all these have beer
named, that no matter in what thoua
ands you oun th- day eXCelled all 9th
er days.
= IN EXHIBITION HALLS.
That the people who 60 to fairs arc
only attracted by the amusement feature:
Is q last years story and only the sim
pie could believe it after d visit to tn;
exhibition and displays IN the halls yes
tc-day.
Men and women, young and OLD, exam
ined the various displays with a critica
eye, and III front of every display ecu
pies and crowds fingered that they migl
learn what was being offered in the mar
kets OF the world, and the display wa
such as to say to all that North Caro-
lima Is IN the lead.
In Floral Hall on the second foor Their
is a magnificent collection of picture
and exhibits in the needle-Work depart
ment. showing that IN arts attractive az
III arts domestic the North Carolina la
talent, taste and skill.
The display OF pictures this year is
very handsome one, and there have bee.
cGnstant throngS viewing and pralsln
these. In pencil, charcoal, pastel, inl
water color and oil there are to be see
pictures from copies and in the origin1
that attract attention. One of these IS
large o of Christ Before Plate tn
work Of Mrs. j. w. Denmark, most e.
ceIlently done which won a premium.
Some admired pictures which won priz5
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liarns, of Fayetteville. Among these al
a ~life-life representation of an old negr'
another of a child from life, and a cop
OF the Duchess Of Marlborough The e
hibit made by Miss Temple Hill is
splendid one and her work II oil took
first premium. The water colors Of NJ
Churbuck, of Portland, Maine, are ais
admirable exhibits, and a prize w;
awarded MS Sheep Scene" a beautif
piece CT tapestry work by Miss Emm
Rogers took first premium, as did al.
a splendid exhibit IN china by Miss Rut
Pope, who received instruction at t.
Baptist Female University.
IN the fancy and needie-woIk depar
ment there is one of the best displays ev'
sen at the State Fair. 1t seems til.
the designs could not be excelled. The
are dainty laces for various uses, han,
: SIIlSioJ otdt11 llC1SS 1ol tdblt uS
em0roideries, open work and other articl
OF fancy needle-Work that entities t
display in this department. to be termed
magnificent one.
In the same room is the display ma
by the Department Of Public Instructio
The comparative statistics and the print
matter showed how greatly North Cav
Ina Is advancing IN the line Of educ
ton. The big map made by Artist IA
dali shows the many local tax distric
and the districts which have q scho
term Of Sly months or more. The Hende
sen schools have an excellent exhibit,
As one enters the main hall st t
middle entrance there is 20 De seen I
splendid display Of the Bhnd institute
Immediately in front Of the door in t
centre. Here is shown the industri
work, Sloyd designs, brooms, mattress
and in ncedlcwork all the many fan
and useful articles made by the studen