The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-08
STATE FAIR NEXT WEEK.

thihg Doing Every Day and Night.
-strobefs Airship VIII Be One
Of the Greatest Attractions Ever
Seen at a Fair.
The Great State Fair will open in
Raleigh next Tuesday. October i2th.
and will continue throughout the
week. Secretary Pogue has made
special arrangements with the wealth
er man whereby we are to have
pretty weather throughout the week.
The agricultural display and the
display of improved farm machinery
will be interesting to all farmers and
doubtless the midway will attract
at least part of their attention.
Secretary Pogue says that the at
fractions this year will be the best
ever seen at the fair.
Besides the races there will be
something doing every minute. It
will be a continuous performance.
OF course the great exhibits will be
open all the time and the speed pro-
gram shows the races will be among
the best ever held in the South
There will be big dances, music al
the time by the Third Regiment
Band, big football games, automo-
| bile races, high diving, daily air
ship trips and the thousand and one
| things that go to make up a big
merry carnival.
Following are some of the attrac
tons and the dates on which the!
occur:
Monday night, banquet of Univer
sity OF North Carolina Alumni, o
Wake County.
| Tuesday night, probably dance a
lCapital Club, and meeting Of Nortl
carolina Literary and Historical So
ciety, address by Thomas Nelso
Page.
| Wednesday night, meeting of Con
federate Veterans in Capitol, at 8.3
p. M.
Thursday night, Leap Year dance
meeting of North Carolina Agricu
tural Society; election of Officers
etc, for ensuing year.
l
Chief Marshal Thomas O'Berry.
Theatre every night.
Tuesday, Fair opened by Govern
: or r. B. Glenn.
Fine races every day, stakes an
open classes, fast horses.
= Strobel's Airship, two flights dali
Alfreno and his three children
LACED 7, 8, and IL years, high viii
artists. Two performances dali
1 consisting of two distinct acts tWi'
daily.
o Quincy, the high diver, divir
A from 9O-foot ladder into shallo
: tank of water.
vi Pennant drill and dress parade
q A. and M. College battalion.
ri Football game, A. and M. al
= Georgetown on Athletic Field
f. Thursday, October 18th.
Masonic Carnival on all the tiT
+ during Fair Week.
Fine horses exhibited by Bridg
% land Flora, of Charlottesville, In
~ and Mclaughlin Bros, of Columbl
Ohio. decorated, will parade t
q race track every day.
al Great automobile race competi
10 for silver cup. .....- -.
o Fine show of trained wild ANNA
Two Ferris Wheels.
- Two merry-go-rounds.
Capt. Louis Sorcho with his de
i sea divers, smoking pipes, eatil
"A etc, under water.
~ Moving picture and illusion sho
and cameraphones.
at Doll racks, cane racks, fortr
ar tellers, etc.
SoI Striking machines and streng
no testers.
Vaudeville shows, old plantat
shows.
Prince Teddy, the smallest n
on earth.
on Buckskin Ben's Wild West sh'
I'd, Smiths Greater Amusement sho
is Mazeppa Prince, the educa
horse, superior to the famous :
BIZ Key.
OFT Through courtesy of Mr.. Jos
On. Pogue, the State Fair will, as us
on on Wednesday, which is Confedel
ur- Veterans Day, admit the Confe'
,ur ate veterans free of charge. Adj
sion tickets will be given on az
md cation to Major A. B. Stronach
ors his Office, 215 Fayetteville street
Wednesday morning only, from
to IL o'clock.