The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-16
CAROLINA TAKES
SHOW BY STORM
Estimated That Not Less
Than 90, 900 People
Attend Exposition.
CHEER GLENN
MOST HEARTILY Y
His Popularity Manifested by
Striking Ovation When He
Arose to Speak-President
Tucker Says North
Carolina Does
Bestof All.

Especial to The Times -Dispatch]
j A ME S TO WN ExPOSI TION
GROUNDS, August 15.--1t remained for
North Carolina to arise In her patriot
ism and give the Jamestown Tercen-
tennial Exposition the heartiest sup
port that the celebration has yet had.
Great Is North Carolina. The Caro-
linians made good the. boasts OF some
Of them that North Carolina Day would
be the biggest day In point of attend
ancc at the exposition to date. And
| what makes a fair successful. anyway,
| II 1t Isn't attendance2 And there was no
booming Of cannon. parade and illum-
nation of great International feet
| of war-ships or presence ,of national
| figures or foreign potentates save two
| American Governors to attract crowds
| The people of the Old North State just
| came to the Jamestown Exposition.
thousands and thousands of them. az
many as the railroads could bring
] Those getting In this morning report
that other thousands were left stand
ing on the depot platforms by trains
ALREADY loaded to their capacity.
Prosperous-Looking People.
/ There have been days when more
/ soldiers and sailors have been seen
/ marching or Lee Parade when the
men Of the United States and foreign
lands have united there. but never be-
! fore to-day has such lot of plain.
substantial prosperous-lookngl Amer
ican citizens gathered In the Exposi-
/ tion Grounds as were here from North
/ zens gathered in the Exposition
l Grounds as were here from North
Carolina to-day. But North Carolina
had her soldiers and naval militia
here, too. Had the trains been able
4 to bring all who wanted to. come there
is no telling how many people would
have been here Governor Glenn was
4 proud at the showing of his State
Exposition President Harry St George
4 Tucker acknowledged that North
+ Carolina had 5outdone all other States
In observing her day at jamestown
i The people commenced coming into
the grounds early and kept 1t W
4 until late.
4 The official exercises of the day
started at II O'Clock. when Governor
Glenn and his staff, escorted by de.
tachment Of the Twelfth United
states Cavalry and squad com.
pany of the First North Caroline
Infantry, left the North Carolina EN-
position Building for the Auditorium
Clnmor for Admission.
At the Auditorium the loyalty of tho
Carolinians to their Governor and the
exposition was impressiyely illustrated
Before the Governor and his party hat
arrived the big building was chock-a'
block with Carolinians and still the!
were lined up on the outside, hundreds
: even thousands, Of them clamoring FOL
e admission.
e The Powhatan Guard had to open W
. a way for the Governor and his part!
n to enter Loud cheering commenced
5 when the Governor was yet blocf
t away from the building, and 1T kept W
. for some time after he had been seated
! on the stage Virginia's Chief EXecu
tive was also cheered to the echo, per
d hans no less enthusiastically than wa
r their own fighting Governor.
: President G. S. Powell, Of the Nortl
e | Carolina commission to the exposition
was master of ceremonies at the Audi
i torlum, Bishop Cheschier, or Nortl
Carolina, was first introduced AM
opened the exercises with a shor
PRAYER, and following the invocation
the band of the Third North Carolini
Infantry played selection.
The first speaker Of the day. Presl @
dent Tucker, was then introduced. In
J exposition president was vislply al