The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-22
Especial to The Messenger

Raleigh, ~. c.. October To-
The splendid weather which has so
marked the present state fair has been
q great factor in bringing the people
here The Masonic celebration yes
tertay attracted thousands. and ooday
William Jennings Bryan was evidently
a drawing card, for every train which
came in was loaded TO the limit. while
the street cars, 2S Of which were plying
through the city and TO grounds Aal
everything they could do To handle the
crowd Mr.. Bryan came in on an early
train and was the guest OF JoseThus
Daniels. He held a reception a. the
Marlborough House for an hour, intor-
NAL and public. and many hundreds OF
people shook hands with him. Gov
ernOr Glenn and other prominent men
assisted him in raCl.,.as and paid a'm
many attentions during the day. Es-
corted by the L.arshals and others he
went out TO the fair grounds little
before noon and there spoke from the
stand in front Of the grand otand
which was built for the use Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt TWO years ago. The
attendance at the fair today reached
high-water mark about two o'clock
and was certainly up to the average
recent years in spite of number
OF counter attractions.
Raleigh, n. c., October 17.-STy-
an Day at the state fair drew a crowd
second only to that which caAEe to
see President Roosevelt two years ago,
and veteran officials say it Was really
as large. Mr.. Bryan spoke an hour
and a half, and was introduced by
Governor Glenn, who but a little later
was compelled to leave the stand, ow-
ing to the heat and who said he was
almost exhausted. The governor won
MIR. Bryan's broadest smile when he
termed him by far the greatest states
man OF the time. Mr.. Bryan paid the
governor a special tribute for hic firm
stand on the railway rate question
He was entertained at luncheon at
the fair grounds, and the Confederate
veterans gave him a hickory cane cut
at the birthplace of Andrew Jasksou.
telling him he was a new edit on n
odd Hickory"
Mr.. Bryan was repeatedly greeted as
our next president" but his answer
was to tell a joke to a group OF lead
ing North CarOlinians, saying that
when a man aged 50 was told he must
be very careful Of his health, he re-
piled that he found vnry few that died
after S5 Bryan said very few men
I4F4 tod Ii Il Sr01n 60I
gates from North Carolina, Theodore
F. Kluttz, JOS A Brown, ]. II. Cur
rie and Thomas j.. Emery, who voted
,, for him as delegates at his first
Chicago convention were with him at
lunch. He says he will probably wlite
a book On political economy for use
| in schools.
The state fair needs broadening. II
needs larger and proper buildings and
state aid. When one sees the great
| fairs of the west and the central north
this one seems pitifully small. The
state Of Illinois in one year appcopri-
ated $3.50, 900 for new buildings at its
state fair grounds and the total co5s
of the buildings all Of brick or stone
| there is $5O0,000 at least. There are
| hundreds OF thousands OF buildings and
| and the fairs are great money makers.
| The buildings here are not fitted for
| the purpose and not nearly enough ft-
tention is paid to agricultarul products
| and stocks There ought to be a first
| prize of at least a thousand dollars
for the best county exhibit II is very
plain that something will nave TO be
| done to extend the fair. 1t has not
| kept pace at all with North Carolina,
, which has grown so wonderfully in
| the past ten years.
from te penitentiary 30 convicte
were today sent TO the Caledonia state
farm on the Roanoke liver near Wei
| don
One company Of the National Guard
visited the city today, this being Con-
I pany B, of the second regiment. Capt.
| Cohen commanding.