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


attendance expected this week.
Everything IN Readiness.
The officers of the Fair have been
| WORKING overtime for weeks. and nave
/ endeaVored To get everything in snip
shape for the great crowds that VIII
be in attendance this week. and they
have succeeded in completing their
| work and are now ready for the COM
ing event.
! Col. Poguc and the Weather Man
Secretary Pogue some weeks ago
secured 4 promise from Mr.. Won
Herman. the weather man. on the
latter's return from Germany. that
he (Mr. Won Herrman). would give
US FAIR weather the coming week, anc
with this assurance on the part OF
! Mr.. Won Herman. the people of the
State need not stay away for fear OF
unfavorable weather Never mind
| about the weather, Mr.. Won Herman
| watches the weather; that's his special
ty. and should the weather be what
you do not want it to be. you will
| find Mr.. Won Herman in his office
at the Weather Bureau after o'clock
| each morning. and he will take great
| pleasure in telling you how it all hap
| pened.
The forty-third State Fair lead in
attendance. quality and variety of ex-
hibitS, and in the amount of premi-
ums distributed. the largest ever held.
From an educational and Industrial
point of view it was eminently sue,
cessful. The Fair has steadily grown
in favor and in it's value to the people
of the State.
The Fair of 1904 will eclipse the
brilliant success of 1908. Substantial
improvements have been made for the
better accommodation of the public
and better means for the care of
stock. etc.
'The Pike" will be brilliant. with
nothing to offend or demoralize. The
free attractions will be new and first
class in every respect. A circuit of
the leading fairs in Virginia ana North
Carolina has been formed. and this
has brought a faster and better class
of horses to the Fair this year.
The Fair is the greatest place in
North Carolina for friend to meet
friend. and to have a jolly. good
time. Those who fail to come will
miss seeing old friends. as well as the
greatest fair in the history of North
Carolina.
The Officers of the Fair.
The following are the officers of
| the Fair:
Ashley Horne (Johnson) President
Joseph e. Pogue (Wake) Secretary
and Superintendent.
Claude B. benson (Wake) Treas
Urer and Assistant Secretary.
These gentlemen need no introduce
ton to the people of North Carolina.
The president, Mr.. Ashley Horne, is
known in every section of North Car
olina. The people of the State know
that there is no such thing as failure
when Mr.. Horne is at the head of
an enterprise, and they expect and
will see when they get here. that he
has succeeded in planning and ar
ranging the greatest Fair since the
organization of the North Carolina
Agricultural Society. There was no
mistake made when Mr.. Horne was
elected president. and the forty-fourth
annual Fair will surpass those here
tofore held.
The efficient and energetic secre-
tary, Col. Joseph +. Pogue, works
from the closing of one Fair to the
opening of the next talks about the
Fair all the year to his friends from
one end of the State to the other. and
perhaps dreams of the Fair when
asleep. He believes in the Fair. He
believes it is one of the greatest edu-
cational forces in the State, and he
works with an enthusiasm that is con-
the work and push it.
Since Mr.. Pcgue became secretary
OF the Fair he has devoted much
time and hard work to make it the
success it now is and the truck-rais-
ers of the East. the fruit-growers of
the West the cultivators on a great
and small scale of cotton. tobacco.
rice. wheat oats. potatoes and the
grasses: the manufacturers. the cat
tle-men, in a word. the whole State
is indebted to him for his capable
and efficient management of the Fair.
Mr.. Claude B. benson. the treasurer
and assistant secretary, is the right
man in the right place. and has rem
dered valuable service TO the Fair
management. He has contributed his
share to the success of every Fair
since he became connected with the
Agricultural Society, and 1904 finds
him in harness and at work for the
promotion of the great Fair this week.
Department Directors.
The directors of the different de-
partments are as follows:
Department A.-Field and Garden
Crops, C. n. Allen (Wake) director.
Department B1.-Horses, w. G.. AL
len (Wake) director.
Department B2.-Cattle. Benehan
i Cameron (Wake) director.
! Department B3.-Sheep. C. w. Bur-
/ kett (Wake) director.