The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-29
Annual Exhibitions Con-.
tribute In Large Meas
ure to Prosperity.
SOCIAL BENEFIT
EVEN GREATER
Fine Opportunity for the People
Of the Great Southwest to
Learn to Know Each
Other Splendid Dis
play in Every u.
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4 Especial from a staff 3Correspondent0 n
81 ROANOKE, VA, September 2s.-It a
good bunch Of Richmond business men
and an equal number Of farmers from
the country round a bout the capital had
been here to-day In attendance on the
agricultural fair 1 believe Richmond
would have one next fall. There was an .
enormous crowd 1.-THE fair grounds, and
small wonder. for pract tically every busi--5
ness house in the city was closed until
tonight. Even the banks and the big
Norfolk and Western pair shops and
other Industrial establishments shut
down for the day. It looked to me that
every man who had a holiday went out
to SEQ tho fne horses and the fat cattle
and her farm stock and pro uce 3iWhical =
is being shown In such prot fusion.
4 A great many people from territory as
far south as Danville, from rs far north
as staunton, away over IN Augutstta tt
county, and from Wytheyillc and beyond, i
out In the southwest even from & g -
field IN the coal Ming t district /. came
to the city on OK xcursion tickets. There
Is no doubt they had q good time and
Il was Very evident they spent q q lot#of5
money They came with the intention OF
doing So and the merchants OF every
character testify they kept their resolve
Several k housewl Ives. .5E TO my .kno wledge.
did not even so to the hibition grounds
yes terday, d but spent tho day shopping,
laying in$ supplies for fall and winter.
Pleasure for Farmers. E
4 The farmers and their families have
experienced pleasure in attending the
5falr.}The narchants and the hotel men M " of
ROANOKE have rcaped the hary "a
revival Of the old State fair which for
"a, n nv years was an annual sautumnal!
feature fof Rlchmon d q and 4 v rgtnias lfe;
would ctluse immense beneflts5to accrue 70
Bthe bush eas men, Of r. Oh mond and the
farmers of.Virgi MIA nsSwell II his appears
80 plain to the thinking observer Z ha +
i1f Ia only necessary that 10 few r ioll-a
2nond business men see what " r oan olse
reaps from her fair to- make them WISH
To achieve the same for thenselV yes .i58aff.
II have tlwelt9 upon the material side OF
iihe fair, the advantage Roanoke derives
IRON, ,hers,S and the benefits which Rich
nor, t,n,o,nd would reap IT, she had one I'ut
more etattractIveEis The social side. n early
every home In thu city has J Is quota. 3of
guests. friends who have come to- visit
old acduaintances or kinspeopl and to
attend the fairllat the same time. These
family parties out at the fair. grounds
are as Jolly as a cnn Imagine u gathnre
about, hampers tor deli icacies the house
Yiyes Ftlave7h prepared against the
time when the guests should { be within
their gates. This view has no rel ference
"a putting Sp' money B In tho thy purse"
but it has to- do with values none the
less real. i.sSai Il Us s
How the people attract one. They are
ii, lhese southwesterners. The
Time -Dispnt ch has had ME living very
Intimately with virginians of every SEQ
ton for several years. S.. have go-S8 to
know the people OF the great Southwest
so we'll that II u hnve learned to admire
then, m nore than tho Eastern Virginian or
the Valley man usually does. In faet, !.
have been accused Of a distinct partial
ity for Southwest people. However this
may be. It. Is a fact that some OF the
finest types OF yirginians ! have ever met
have been these Southwest farmers
sturdy, self-reliant, energetic, lacking fire.
quently in the coating OF manrers, which
IA rather more colnmonin Eastern Vlr-s
ginia, but which does not conceal hearts
that are truer,4 more courageous or more
honest than those which boat In the
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