The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-16

The great North Carolina State FAN
OF 1904 is at hand and in all its glory
Tuesday will see the opening page
ants of what is going to be the greatest
of all the great Fairs given by the
State Fair Association.
This is the forty-fourth of these
great events in the life of the State
to which all North Carolinians turn
their eyes in expectancy. and TO which
they hurry in ever increasing throngs.
That the people from every section
may have an opportunity to be in
Raleigh from the start to the finish;
the formal opening of the great Fair
will not take place until II o'clock
Tuesday, October 18th.
DIR. George T. Winston Will Speak.
At this time DR.. George T. Winston.
President of the A. and M. College of
this city will formally open the Fair
with a short address. DR.. Winston
will be introduced by the President of
the Fair, Hon. Ashley Horne, of Clay
ton.
The Parade.
At eleven O'Clock Tuesday Chief
Marshal Tayloe will form the parade
i'm front of the Marlborough House,
and will move to the Fair Grounds,
where the opening address by Dr.
Winston will be delivered at the grand
stand at II o'clock.
Favorable Weather Promised.
The outlook is for a week of bracing
fail weather for which the South is
famous. Clear, balmy, with bright
blue skies, the weather will be a per-
feet joy in itself.
Large Attendance Expected.
The unprecedented demands for
space, the great variety of exhibits
coming from every section, and the
letters of enquiry which pour in upon
the Secretary of the Fair, indicate
tremendous crowd, 4 record d-breaklng
crowd.
A Royal Good Time.
A royal good time awaits the peo-
pie. The city is theirs, for it is the
capital of the State. Its gates are
thrown wide open, and there is no use
for keys with which to enter ON all
sides. and frCm every quarter OF Raj
eigh comes the refraln: Welcome to
the Fair!"
Raleigh is in holiday attire. ready
great State Fair this week. and the
citizens of the city have entered into
the spirit of the occasion. and VIII
welcome the throngs from the f'ast,
West. North and South. and will exel
themselves to afford pleasure ana
comfort to ali who journey to the falr
this week.
The People are Coming.
The neople are coming. Some of
them are already here. others on the
way while others are packing their
trunks and grips ~reparatofy 10 com
ing hither But don't worry about
your neighbors. They will be mere
They are all coming, and the only
trouble you will encounter VIII De
finding them in the big crowd. YOU
may find them in Floral Hall. at the
poultry exhibit, at the stock eXhlplt,
the race track, or the stables; or 1t
may be on The Pike-but you will be
sure to meet your neighbors ana
friends somewhere in the grounds. for
everybody will be here. and those VINO
do not come to the Fair during the
coming week will miss something
great and will be conspicuous by their
absence.
The Place to Meet Friends.
The Fair is an occasion each fall
when the people of North Carolina
come together to enjoy a weeks holi-
day. to be at the Fair and note with
interest and pride the progress made
during the past year in manufacture
ing. in agriculture. in dairying, in
fact, in everything that makes the
Old North State great.
This year has been a prosperous
year with the farmer, the merchant,
the manufacturer. the banker; trade
has been good. and farm products, and
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good price. Money is easy with all.