The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-23

It was a grand and glorious day.
The real red letter day in the history
of the State Fair.
1t was the greatest coming together of
Caroinians that ever assembled in amy
part of the State on any occasion.
An ideal autumn sun arose early and
for eight hours cast a soft mellow glow
over the mammoth 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 20
the Fair Grounds; they went on the RAJ
road train and street cars in carriages, IL
automobiles and on foot, and by noon
nearly every foot of space In the grounds
was occupied by two feet of merry moving
humanity. There We're many thousands
and then many thousands more. There
were several thousand of as pretty
girls and .as handsome women as ever
walked the earth, accompanied by as many
courtly and handsome men, old and young.
and then there were boys and girls and
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, agra
cultural, educational and mechanical dis.
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 stair
ways on the great Ferris wheels, watched
the flying steeds as they paced and raced
around the track, saw the cattle and the
swine and heard hundreds of ROSTERS
sound the glad timbrel over the glorious
occasion. But most of all, this great gath
ering of happy. honest and buoyant Ter
heels saw each other. To each the crowd
itself was the most interesting feature
of the great occasion, the veteran of the
foot hills met his comrades from the plains
and the greeting had joy and gladness
il it.
The beautiful maid cf the mountains
met the courteous young Chesterfield OF
the coast and wove new webs that will
hold in their tender meshes the sweetest
and fondest of memories forever here
after; kin met kin, and friend met friend,
and amidst the environed evidences OF
peace and plenty, there was beautiful
charm and unstinted rejoicing
1t was the high pressure day of the
State Fair, and in its multituduous joys
it led all the other great Thursdays,
the day on which more North Carolinians
are found at the Fair than any other
day. The number who from hour to hour
enjoyed the splendid attractions and the
magnificent displays it is impossible to
say Fifteen thousand, twenty thousand,
thirty thousand, all these have been
named, that no matter in what thous-
ands you count, the day excelled all 9TH
er days.
IN EXHIBITION HALLS.
That the people who go to fairs are
only attracted by the amusement features
il last years story and only the sim
pie could believe it after d visit to the
exhibition and displays IN the halls yes
terday.
Men and women, young and old, exam
ined the various displays with a critical
eye, and in front of every display cou
pies and crowds fingered that they migEe
learn what was being offered in the mar
kets Of the world, and the display was
such as to say to all that North Caro-
lima is in the lead
In Floral Hall on the second floor there
is magnificent collection of pictures
and exhibits in the needle-work depart
ment, showing that in arts attractive ard
III arts domestic the North Carolina has
talent, taste and skill.
The display of pictures this year Is a
very handsome one. and there have been
constant throngs viewing and praising
these. In pencil charcoal pastel, ink,
water color and oil there are to be seen
pictures from copies and in the original
that attract attention. One of these is Il
large copy of Christ Before plate, the
work of Mrs. J. w. Denmark, most eX-
cellently done which won a premium.
Some admired pictures which won prizes
arc those sent by Mrs. Marshall Will
liams, of Fayetteville. Among these are
life-life representation of an old negro
another of a child from life, and copy
of the Duchess of Marlborough. The ex-
hibit made by Miss Temple Hill Is q
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