The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-20
VETERANS WANT
HOME FOR WIVES
Old Soldiers Ask That Spouses
Be Cared for In In
stitution.
GOOD ROADS MEETING
Expert "Highwaymen" Undaunt-
ed By Rain Which Drove
Them from Fair Grounds.
GOOD ROADS MEETING

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH, ~ C.. Oct. 2o.---The
North Carolina Confederate Veterans
Association Wednesday night appoint
ed q special committee consisting of
Major W. A. Graham, Captain $. A.
Ashe and w. II. Williams. of Durham.
to urge upon the next Legislature that
the appropriation for the Soldiers
Home be increased and that provision
be made for taking care of Confed-
crate veterans and their wives at the
home as we'll as old soldiers alone.
Major Ora ham. as president of the as
ISOLATION. presided over the meeting.
which was slimly attended, owing to
the heavy rains.
In the county courthouse Wednes-
day night good roads meeting. dur
ing which there We're addresses that
took the place of talks that were to
have been delivered during yesterday
in connection with demonstrations
that were to have been made as to
road building and that were prevented
by the steady fall OF rain during the
day, was held. The special speakers
for the meeting were IL. &. Wells.
superintendent OF road construction of
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture: DR.. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
State geologist and secretary of the
North Carolina Good Roads Associa-
ton. and Road Engineer w. l.. Spoon.
These gentlemen covered the whole
scope of road building and its rela-
ton to the county, State and the ma
ton
Good Weather for Fair.
Clearing weather conditions to-day
gave the state Fair tremendous I'm
petus. and 1t Is to go forward with
f,,I vi lat
urday There were clouds and some
rain during the forenoon, but phenom-
enaify large crowds poured into the
city in spite of this, and the attend
ance really developed to something
immense. The Official procession
moved from lower Fayetteville street
through the city to the Fair Grounds
at IL O'Clock, headed by the Third
Regiment band, Chief Marshal E. b
Lyon and a long line of assistant
marshais.
The part the State Department Of
Agriculture II taking In the State
Fair exhibits this year far surpasses
this time its partieipance any previ-
Gus year. the exhibits including ex-
hibits from the food division, the d.
vision of demonstration and farm in
stitutes. the entom illogical division,
the division OF agronony, the veterf-
nary division, the horticultural divi-
sion and the division of weed and seed
investigation.
For the food division tn ere are some
three hundred samples of foods. bak-
ing powders, preserves. condiments,
yinegars. soft drinks and such. illus
trating both adulterated and pure
foods. The chemical division shows
foodstuffs classified In Jars with their
CafJfaQ fnHirnfad "a q nj ly-Si ~ for
tiiizers In crude and refined form and
grouped according to the special plant
food they contain. The test farm dr.
vision shows corn In varittes OF rep
resentative types and in connection
with the soils on which they were
grown. Also cotton, wheat and oats
and other grains are shown IN the
same way. The farmers institute d.
vision has maps showing the develop
ment 70 this work In the State, a
striking feature being the growth
from seventeen institutes in 1903 to
over 400 in 1910. reaching over fifty
thousand people. Also in this depart
ment various crop products are shown
to illustrate phases and methods Of
farming. For the chronological di-
vision there are charts illustrating in
enlarged detail some of the more de-
structive Insects and means of COM
batting them. The division o. agron-
omy shows splendid groups of grains
and other products with the soil
treatment in growing them The vet
Urinary department comes in with wall
maps setting out the work of tick
eradication and treatment of diseases
OF cattle and stock. and best dalrying
appliances are shown. Then the hor-
ticultural division shows types OF
arf1NpNrp0uv anaq nd pat tive ~raur
pecans- The weed and seed division
demonstrates the benefit and methods
Of seed selection especially, demon
STATIONS being given az the crowds
pass along