The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-14
FAIR AT RALEIGH
TO Be: BEST Is; GIVEN 81
will Run for Four Days, Begin
ming Tuesday, and Holds Every
Promise Of Success.
NOTABLE EVENT EACH DAY
Laying of the Cornerstone Of
the Splendid Masonic Temple
to Be Growing Feature.
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RALEIGH, N. c., October 49, Never
before has North Carolina state Fair
given SO much promise of complete
Nsuccess, either in the round of events
that will contribute to The life OF the
event or In the number OF people who
Will be attracted, as does this years
fair, to be held the coming week, OC-
! tober 18th to 18th. The variety and
Excellence of the exhibits in nll de :
.artments. the trials Of speed on the
.ace track, the free open-air shows
and the Midway attractions, were never
80 attractive rs this year. And then
there were never SO many events of
statewide and even greater Importance
5chedu1ed to take place during State
Fair week. So the people OF Raleigh
are preparing to accord the best pos
ible entertuinment Tor the thousands
II people who are confidently expected
The fair opens Tuesday morning with
IN address by Governor Glenn AT the
ame time there Will be in session here
The annual State convention of presi.
dental and fourth class postmasters.
this to convene Tuesday morning ami
oe In session two days.
TO Lay Cornerstone.
The GROWING event or the whole
week. lhoolAf rs State-Wlde interest
ana the NUMBER or people to pe at
.lActeu, viii De the ceremonies Tor tns
laying OF the corner-stune Tor the
.,ortn Carolina grand iouse Masonic
t.mpte on "wednesday.
For this event not less than l0.OOU
.,iasons from every part OF the STATE
an u1rom neignborinY states are sure
TO be here. Un the sa.ne day there
Will be "A meeting OF the cotton grow
ers OF the stat, addressed by ttaryie
Jordan. presluent OF the southern AS
aociatioA: annual meeting ot the North
Carolina Historical Association with
the principal address by non. dannis
lfaylor, of Washington anu the an
nual reunion OF the Confederate vet
Grams.
On Thursday there Will be the adj
dress by Hon. William Jennings Bry-
an. For the coming of this distinguish
ed American an elaborate program has
been arranged that Will make this one
Of the most notable days of the great
fair.
Friday will be Education. Day at
the State Fair, and there will be adj
dresses by number of prominent edu-
Gators. On Friday night there will be
the great marshal's ball, which will
of the week.
For a Splendid Temple.
For the ceremony of laying the cor
ner-stone for the MASONIC Temple
sparing neither time nor expense In
his determination to have the affair
worthy of the OCCASION. There have
come assurances from Masonic lodges
in every quarter OF the. State: includ.
ing the rural lodges that they win
be largely represented, special fea-
ture will be a thousand or more
knights Templars In full uniform that
pearance of the great procession when
Will be feature of the ceremonies.
The temple. which is to be seven
stories. of reinforced concrete through.
ard Te,ces.ee errer,te, is already up
to the fifth floor with the concrete work
with the start on the outer walls just
far enough advanced for placing ne
Ing is to I've thoroughly lreproof, and
will cost awards of $4,000.
The principal address Is to be by
Hon. James d. Richardson. who is at
chief OF the thirty-second degree Ma
CONS. There will be an address by
Grand Master Francis d. Winston.
General W: r. Cox, Of Edgegom,be
ing committee. will review the history
of movement In North Carolina for a
Grand Lodge Temple in Ral1gh.
Postmasters' Meeting.
The joint convention of presidential
and fourth -class postmasters OF North
Carolina will bring 400 or more post
masters to Raleigh and the State Fair
Tuesday and "Wednesday. Postmaster
Willis G.. Briggs, of the Raleigh post
office, has been untirinS in his efforts
looking TO the complete success OF
this event He personally called on
the postal officials at Washington and
secured the attendance of Postmaster
General Won I. Myeri and other proml-
nent officials of the department.. Mr..
Meyer will address the postmasters In
Joint session Tuesday afternoon, and
on Wednesday morning he cad Gov
ernor Glenn and the State officers will
receive the postmasters and other Wis
itors in the hall OF Representatives at
the State, House. Fourth Assistant
Postma err General p. v. DeGraw will
he here Tuesday and Wednesday. as
will ChiefPont- Office Inspector w. ].
Vickory and Superintendent Of Rural
Delivery w. r. Srilman.
Among other distinguished post-of-
flee officials will be Postmaster Henry
Blum. Jr.. OF Savannah; Gayice. ,presi-
dent of the National Postmasters' Con-
vention Of the First-class, and POST
master Royal Y. Cabell, of Richmond
sparing no pains or expense in the
preparations for the entertainment OF
the postmasters. A special social fea-