The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-29
|sOUTHs|DE MAKES
| FINE SHOWING n
PETERSBURG fla||
Exhibits Said to be Best Eve
Seen in that Section Of
Virginia.
| TOBACCO AND PEANUTS,
STAPLE PRODUCTS, ARE
OBJECTS OF INTERESs
Governor Mann Delivers AddrA1
on Second Day and Predicts
Great Future for Far1ner
of Virginia. n
BY JOHN p. MADISON.
StaH Correspondent.


PETERSBURG, VA, October 49,
fair closes to- day. 1t Will 90 doWms1
history as the greatest and most 11
cessful agricultural show ever h4l4s
Southside Virginia. the atten0u
having exceeded the fondest 41
tattons OF the management willis
exhibits both agricultural an6
stock, proved to be far above
ordinary.
Instead OF selecting . subufbaM
for the fair. as usual In such 0
the managers held the show 49,
spacious Virginia tobacco wAse1a
located within the central portto@
the city. and therefore within r.
reach Of all wishing TO attend. A0e
warehouse adjoining this str0ee
| was utilized for the live stock. d OF
Eight thousand visitors entef14
gates Of the fair on Thursdays
| opening day, and of this number mi
were white school children. Th1 M
lowing day the colored pupils II
| city attended. Both the whito
| oolored children were given hall A
| day in honor OF the fair.
| Governor Makes TAN. ~
While no formal ceremonies u1M1
| ed the opening Of the fair, 0OVow
| Mann made an address Friday N4
he was presented by Mayor Ca1n
and President Heath. Of tha ChGX
] OF Commerce. The governor e.
mented the people Of PstArshnIr
of Southside Virginia on tho
showing they made and W6G
pecially complimentary IN addT1
the farmers present He p4U1
a great future for the farmer Ct
rit - l~, - Z -
the Petersburg section. his hom2
trict. SSa28S
The merchants Of Petersburg n
especially We'd with each 9th S
their display of wares and p6e1
various sorts and in distrbut1nn
tractive souvenirs from their tt
tive booths In the warehouse.
Work Horse Parade.
One OF the features Of tn l<
was the work horse parade N
took place Saturday aftesnoon
coursed the principal streets e.
+! city. The work horse teams
preceded by the prixe-winnine
stock from the exhibit building MI
III turn were preceded by =
band. The line of parade 49,
Market street to Washington.
| Washington to Sycamore. down
and up Market to the fair butl6
The work horse class Wa
with a View OF stimulating fnIS
terest of drivers OF their raGn1
teams and also for tho purpoeo ~
I ing tho people an opportunity t&
the excellent class Of work taain6
In Petersburg ssss
The fair association awarded
| to the driver OF the winning
$3.50 to the driver getting In a.
ond class. and 81 to the drtv0fa
ceiving the third award.
The parade proved to be - ~
success as similar events held n 4
cities. particularly In Boston.
Great improvement In the c0l
OF work teams Is said to result
such exhibitions.
Citizens Entrrprisine. s
striking feature Of the chez
been the lively interest disptns
practically every enterprisin0
chant and other business Uno0
city Everybody worked liaeo
ers for days in advance to M
fair a success. and none do0h
their hopes have been realtno6
The corn exhibit u said ~ r.
finest ever displayed In vtrgintA.
are nearly 800 exhibits Of tolIz
each. which are beautifully
and filed out. The exhibits
large proportion Of the white ~
though some fine specimens o3 81
and red are to be seen.
Card boards displayed conopf
ly among the corn exhibits a
the value OF the Virginia c6
to be $35.02S.000. with 2.04O. o1
! in cultivation. The average n
acre In shown to be z39 hnnnN