The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-28
Fine Display ofSthe Agri|1
cultural Wealth Of IS
the Southwest. I.
PEOPL LE'S5 PROGRESS
IS WELL SHOWN
The Exhibits in Every Line Are
Highly editable to5 the Thrifty
AM and Es'nlterprising People 81 II
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@ ROANOKE, 5VA.,S September 81 II 1'hert n
were not whiffs of the county inhaled Sto.s8
day on the Roanoke Fair Grounds but
rather s great bucolic drnughts. gulped
down nt every step, as ! walked before u
the long rows Of stalls, In which wers S
put cattle flne horses and swine III the Y
most exaggerate stages Of obesity. IgI
spent an hour or more among the polil.s
try cages, admlring the captives g and 4
marveling that there were SO man y Il
breeds Of hickens, for / had thought 70 \
the term scarcely Identifies him ut all,$l
| walked along aisles heaped 4 high on 4
either side with the products OF B these 4
fine Southwest Virginia farms and gar.a
dens and rdsenormous n ears sofs
white and golden corn, 4 bushels OF ytSloWs Il
wheat, stalks ii Of II millet as long MS Il #aB
man., pumpkins SO large a man couldn't
carry, one OF them, apples and pears and
peaches and plums, beans peas V tobacco
in short, everything u that old iiS Mother
Earth yields as fruit OF the farmer s toll
y.3 There were horse rae ces--tro Ing races
and r,innlng races7-and show riding by Y
young women professlo lonals, but n thcse \
events, while they claimed Il he attention.
Of the majority, perhaps, more foroiblyl
not nearly so interesting to me. To f0l l-3s
low close behind half a dozen Y farmer
with their wives, ii and hear them com "!
}ment on the various farm exhibi its,SI as
they Inspected them, wa a, pastlme Of
rare enjoyment, far more en- tertaintngs
than events on q slow train sfi
Fine Arts Exhibit. NJ
sss Features of the fine arts exhibit ainn-;
ed 4 const ant crowd. ssss The ne dlework
and especially the EN- broi dery. chal llengedS
the considerationsa and \ 9 ttenti on Fsof even
a man OF q m N = he and
daughters az the Roanoke I'll mes 4 have
demonstrated cir skill inS he which
smados the n OH fashione N girl u famous $as.
sswe ell d AZ Il irresistible 5% But Nv hen ALI is
said That cal, &beis said conce the ex-
fhibits, 4 acknowledge til Z n the people
sttemeselves were to bess far lore In ter--33
festing than anything shown III u stall Eor.
coop or bn. Fa9yF5
4 eliminate II the. fakirs,E who were opera
ting dozen old games OF we'll proven
efficiency in$ the matter Of Ssepar ting The
farmer from his money, n arld the crowd
was made up almost entirely Of farmers
IA few were fl,,red int trying to beat tsthes
gamblers at their own game st bu I'LL hef q
vast majority were too smart for hat.N
Hard headed, sober, we'll dressed a&nr az S1}8 d8
we'll ordered, have never seen seen seven
thousand i men and women assemble ed aoni
Virginia soil who presented q finer ap.-S
pearance 3fT The hayseed 5of n nsa few years
ago is extinct and in his stead there ha s
come on the stage the up-to-d ate 8intelllll-3 M
gent farmer who is6a credit to his class
and his State This fact was never So
ftorclbly impressed upon me as as sit was '1!'
to-day. 5 & ssi.s 5i ~ ,3 5 s
Accidental Shooting. $Si
B There ~ was little or no disorder Albert &
fOverstreet, OF Montyale, was nc ccidentall
3 shot this afternoon by Detective AlhertsSl
Bald Twin, as The result Of terferinE WIZ VI
the arrest of plckpo ockets, liam Bald -Sts XVI
win. Albert and John, Copenhave'fe ea4snit
lard Wyrick, OF Pulaski. !. 7 he y ARE ted X
the man and 1t was while the v We're n
taking them out Of the ground as, over
street rushed up an endeaYored. 70 l atage II
a motion as II to draw a pistol. .& a lbertS
Baldwin struck him on the head With u
! his weapon and 1t was discharg &c: :Es{t he u
ball taking effect In tho left " side @ y
oyerstreet. EIe was tnkenItos tnetI;nt1s,
Is very serious, a He denied ma sing any
attempt TO take the prisoners, and said ~
he did not know anything a bout the VI
trouble. or who struck him. . !. Partles ties 81
from Bedford say he Is hal lt-Wlt ttS, ted, 35l!6
The Races.
XII The races we're MS follows: 3sl S .5tf
first; Margle c.. second; Bona aparte, thi NJ
.:e5' pace 500 -Fleety u. first Pharos.
second; Massey g.. third Time. 2: :2b l-4,3s3sN
Running race: $lE0-Ranafter.h FIRST NJ "a q S
nella, second; setankel, third ~
S4 This Roanoke Day. II
Seven thousand people We're on the
grounds to-day from Roanoke. Bote-8F M
tourt, RockbrIdge, Montgomery a nd Pu-iS
8lakI counties, } =, Y,
To-morrow is Roanoke day. The banks.
the stores, the Norfolk and Western gen-
eral offices, the Norfolk and Z, Y estegnsS;
shops and the schools will be closed, q i
Wouldn't be surprising II flfteen thousand N,
neoplo see the exhibits tomorrow,
WALTER EDWARD 5FIAIlRR Rls. VI 9?ssii "a
Observation-Disclosures ~ 7S