The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-10

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w. X. Bache, 5ab5 q Langhorne Putney,a
Or. George Ben u Johnston. s3BSS5SsS
Above Is the new Subscription Commit
tee Of the state Fair Associa ton, 4 each
member offwhch is expected to&raise4
$1,000 by next Tuesday night. q. 4.
The subscribers meeting Of the ii H.
ginia state Fair. held last night t at ~ l1tr-s
5rliy's Hotel. was earnest and cnthusiastlcfg
In It's determination to hold ~ l!L S
Richmond this autumn which Will "a
srpass any exhibition ever held In the
South&s &3s WI 8s5sS 5a{4
Of the many distinguished citizens 3whoii2
addressed the meeting there wa g f$no g ts
enc who did not advocate he .moNeinenl l!
enc express the opinion tha = ne n IalEs l.,
should be in keeping with the dlgn ltys and nld
Importance OF Rchmonod. II Y Il s5 35fi iSFS {S
Organization Eff ected
a permanent organization was 6 effectcd5Ss
and Il board of directors elected, which
will In turn elect the officers Of the COM
imny. I}5{ ::aEst
. Chairman III G. Stuart, upon Y call ling
the meeting to order, gave an accou ntS oIS
his ste wlrcshp, by saying that Of the
sla5OOO which the committee desired t0Ss
raise, s1o6OOO wns In hand, and that the
fair could therefore he held. VI He pol ntedH
ort the necessity Of raising the whole
amount OF $l225 COO, which, ll. SAID Wouldis
cradle the officers Of the assoctatlony5t No ,
provide Il fair greater In every w z \
tho South had ever seen. ss3
g.'Thut, however, Is Sy you an g. II sflld
Mr. Stuart, II am both ling and an
bio,is to do al I can for the city blt y ne hme
citizens OF Richmond must saw llfL nat the s
extelat of the fair will be.
II, reply to AIr. stauart's appeal, 3ioue
vas subscribed by those oresen t,,$b rillginRi
|&up tile esubscription5t to SllO, 600 nnt eaY'itsg
bu. sl5, coo to be- raiscd to, ma Ike h M ne
f.tI $115, 010.
Mr.. Stuart, in d ringing short speech, 4
aaid = ISL II. a, i =. =, },oa
vii, ,bea raised and that there VIII be mo
battling iii the progress of$thelS Sfnir.3sss he
question is whether we shall hold gtlle
fail With the $4,000 already raised ana r 4
dercnd ON getting the other Slo. .oVV.iSSo Of 1E
whether We shall lay, 1t down and .gst sho y
ourselves to the world as ~!
Will Have Fair.
II was determined that the fair should e1Il \
be held. but that every cndeavor should
be made to raise tho sl500O nee cessarys 70
round out the fund by Tuesday nlgh1.t;'5g|
10 which time the meeting adjourned
ii The meeting having been called to Or
der Mr.. Johns Stewart Bryan moved thae
the chair appoint a secretary. NJ Charles
Is. Cooke was asked to serve.
As.'Thc question is, - said Mr. Stuart, ar
tor hc had explained that sl06, 900 had beell
raised, whether we shall erect 5Eernla-S
%ncnt buildings oil the fair site. and con-
slr,ct a. good race track or whethcrSW We
shall build temporary structurcn nd
II second class track9 HI ~:
Mr.. Bache moved that q charter tas
secured at once and that the capital
stock be fixed at $4,000, OF which sl5,000
should be kept in the treasury and sold
later. vi q \ 3f35 3sG}s 3sl5sssS
f 4 Colonel Murphy called upon Colonel Bus
ford, who spoke of the old fair as n Won-
terful source OF A. spirit OF congenlality
and concentration which was only. too
lacking at present. i will do all that
I can to help revive the fair, said Colo-I
mel Buford mot only for tho sake OF
Richmond but for the good Of Virginia.
II we undertake this work, let sius do IT
in way that Will Ia q credit to our-
selves and our State and our CITY, 'E13
Colonel Murphy, after referring to&tho
5apparent Glisinclnaton OF some OF those;
present to express themselves, calledi9 \
upon Judge George i, Christian, as one, h
OF tho young life members OF the oil
State Fair. aa..
Judge Christian said that as far us in
him lay he had always aided and helpesls
every. forward movement IN tho Ire %
the city "For that reason said Judse3s
I,
given the matter no definite thought, hut
I want 10 testify my interest IN X lcll-
mond,' XIX
Fully Ripe, Said Mr.. Bryan,
Mr Joseph fsyan, In response TO o.
call said: $2
tian has exprcX IA doubt whether the
time for fair y y ripe. think u IL
not only ripe, but rotten ripe. !, tons8
was life member. |, too, took tha
children and visited tho side shows and
tried TO see the races without going I'M
tho grand stand hut IT we are going to
repeat that sort Of experiment, we are
going to fail Just as our predecessors In
such fairs have failed. The need of Vir--5
ginia agriculture to-day Is lahor-saving
devices. whereby tho defining OF hand
labor can be made good as far as pos
siblc. We are now having IN influx OF
Northern agriculturists, who want TO-
know what is being done, What can bs;
done. and how to do It. My Idea ofs2
fair is something very different from q
side show TO me Il fair Is medium
for exchange, not only OF IDEAS but nf
property
lin Horse Show as n great rerchHells
Undertaking for bettering and eNploit ing
the business of breeding horses ana
sheen and "rhe Fair,'A said Mr. RryantIS
.shpuld be II placs for instructive adI-
cation and opportunity. ! DO not dscry
horse racing, hut the fair cannot SUES
ceed and endnre on any such basis ft'ftaSs a
time for real fair Is ripe lei MS NOT
delay a minute. but let MS make II falt II
and not neletricious side show tiireags
applauseo
Mr.. Charles b. Cooke neat spoke ot The
value of State fair and the need for rSs
Immediate action, THE state fair HtiA