The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-27
THE MAY CARNIVAL
Contract With The GaskiiI-
Munday LeyittCom-
pany.

The May Carnival in this city is going
to be a big surprise to folks who are not
looking for something big.
Yesterday the executive committee
closed contract with the Gasken- Mum
dy-Levitt Company. through Mr. Victor
ID. Levitt, to bring their great street
shows to Raleigh.
| This famous aggregation of shows
which took conspicuous part in the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo, was
TO have opened it's season in Norfolk,
but has concluded to make Raleigh its
first opening point That means that the
company will rendezvous here to organize,
most of the members arriving a week or
| ten days before the opening of the fes-
| tival week AS there are from 450 to 500
people composing the company, that one
week will be of considerable value to
| Raleigh merchants
| 1t is especially stipulated in the con-
tract that there are to be no gambling
devices or games and no show that might
be considered in the least immoral or
| degrading
] The dates fixed are May 4th to 9th in
| elusive, six days and six nights And
those six nights will be beautiful beyond
description The line of booths and shows
will extend on Fayetteville street from
| Davie to the capitol, and around the
| Capitol Square At Fayetteville and Nor
4 gan will be a huge, resplendent electric
arch. Twelve hundred incandescent lights
will be strung the entire length of this
great midway, and there will be twenty
five arc lights in the different shows.
| These have been contracted for with the
Raleigh Electric Company.
| The Gaskell- Mundy- Levitt Company
consists of fifteen high grade shows, in
Guiding wild animal show, with steel
arena, the crystal maze, the streets of In
dia. the stadium, moving pictures, a night
in the orient, house upside down, ferris
wheel, dog, pony and monkey circus.
German village, golden gondolas, the girl
from up there, fair Japan and Venetian
glass blowers, and other novel features.
Then there will be free shows all
through the day which will be worth
coming many miles to see. There will be
the high diver, electric fountains. the
bicycle staircase ride, the high wire act,
the slide for life, the cycle whirl, balloon
ascensons and other novel and catchy at
fractions. Band concerts will be given
( hourly.
The camel ride down Fayetteville street
will furnish great amusement.
This is the only company that possesses
$50 600 Venetian gondola or golden
chariot From here the company will go
to Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Will
mington, Del, and then to the West. 1t
is the first time an organization of it's
magnitude has played south of Norfolk
This organization is unquestionabIy the
largest out-doo organization in the
United States and the managers here are
fortunate in securing a contract.
The carnival is given under the auspices
of Centre Lodge No. 8, Knights of Py-
thias, and any profits which may accrue
viii be used in the furtherance of the
good work of that order.
The complete title of the great affair
is "Raleigh's May Festival, K. of p.
Free Street Fair and Merchants Carni-
val 1t will be advertised like a circus.
by means of an advertising or 'boom''
car to be sent over one hundred miles of
territory surrounding Rleigh
Who is to be Queen of the Carnival?
That is the question to be voted on, ard
the voting will begin very soon. After
the queen is selected she will select her
court and on the night OF the dy she is
crowned will be the big carnival ball,
which will be on Fridy night The Lodge
OF Knights of Pythias will present to the
queen a diamond ring valued at 800 as a
souvenir from the lodge.
Comeback balls will positively not be
permitted, except on Saturday night.
when the Battle of Confetti will take
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