The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-20
NORTH CAROLINA
FAIR ENDS TO-DAY
People From Every Section OF
State Attracted by
Exhibition.
MEETING OF OLD SOLDIERS
Fine Display From A. & NJ. Col
lege-Opinions OF SUI
prone Court.
Especial to.The rimes-plspa.ch.

Especial to'The Times u ispatch.1
Raleigh, n. c., October l9.-Ideal
wea ther conditions and throngs Of
people that filled the grounds and the
greatly enlarged buildings to veritable
"elbowroom," made this state fair day
one of really phenomenal success.
Regular and special trains poured the
people into the city from all directions
last n ght and to-day. ana the State
Fair has never had larger or more
good -naturcd crowds. nor have they
ever been more representative of every
section OF the state. Some of the 'spe-
cial features for the day. all of which
We're thoroughly successful. were the
parade through the city to the Fair
Grounds at II o'clock, flights of the
aeroplane. and the racing program
The fair will end tomorrow. The
awarding OF the premiums and prizes
IN all parts of the exhibition halls is
being pushed rapidly. and ribbons and
| other evidence of awards are being
! placed. The exhibits are pronounced
by every one far more extensive than
ever before, and, too. they are evidenc-
in wonderful advancement in quality
The annual meeting of North Caro-
lima Confederate veterans, held in con-
nection with the State Fair. developed
last night Il movement looking to par
ticuiar attention being paid next year
diers take part in the State Fair. and
attend the next meeting, special provi-
sion to be made for them through the
efforts of the Daughters of the Confed :
eracy and the Sons OF Confederate
Veterans. Colonel J. Bryan Grimes,
Secretary of State, is especially active
in this undertaking. He was honored
last night By election to honorary
membership In the Veterans Associa-
l Mi n.
guished father Generals Grimes. The
veterans reelected Major w. A Gra-
ham president. and Captain S. A. Ashe.
secretary.
No Admission Charged.
The management of the State Fair
had intended to inaugurate the prac-
tice at this fair of charging an admis-
Sion for the grandstand, such as Is
made at most of the big fairs. but so
much confusion was created by the
change when inaugurared yesterday
that the idea was abandoned
The representation of the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture. in
exhibits at the State Fafy. is something
remarkably extensive and practical.
Each OF the divisions Of the department.
Is represented with exhibits and dem
onstrations of the work of the division.
seed selection. horticulture, fertilizer
ing among the most notable. 1t la a
fact that the department is making IT.
self felt In the advancement and uplift
of the farming interests of the State
as probably no other State institution
js
The North Carolina concert. the sec
ond event in the dedication series OF
events this week in Rnleigh's great
auditorium. formally opened for the
state Tuesday night was a brilliant
success. under the direction OF Wade
r. Brown, dean of music, Meredith
College, as director. Soloists who won
new laurels and stirred the vast aud
fence to enthusiastic applause were
Mrs. Gilmore Ward Bryant, Durham;
Miss DUMAS, Raleigh: Mrs. Jane Fou-
shee. Greensboro; Miss Josephine Gill
mer. Waynesville, sopranos; Mrs. II. J..
Annette, Rocky Mount. contralto. The
Raleigh Choral Society and st. AIary's
orchestra, the former comprising 200
voices. rounded up the brilliant en-
semble of musical talent for the State.
with Miss Blanche l. Crafts and Gustav
Hagedorn as violinists and r. 3. Owen
as director OF the orchestra.
In 4 State Fair this time the North
Carolina College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts had by odds the most
extensive exhibit the institution has
ever installed. This time 1t takes in
all the principal divisions of the col
lege work, instead OF being confined to
two or three of the departments. Par
\ ticularly noticeable this fair are the
exhibits showing work In the textile,
mechanical engineering. electrical en-
sineering. horticulture. animal hus-
handry. soils and veterinary, medicine
and poultry. There are students in
charge to explain the exhibits to the
thousands of admiring visitors
The Melford Farmers Union Storage
Company received n charter to- day for
the establishment OF storage ware
houses for the AID Of and co-opera ton
with the farmers of the section.
Another charter was for The High
! Point Furniture Show Rooms Inc)
High Point. capital sl25.Oo0. by Fred
erlck Lambert, ]. G. Lambert and G. L.
Lambert.
Supreme Court Opinions.
The Supreme Court or North Caro-
lima delivered to-day opinions as fol-
lows in pending appeals:
So Investment Co. US. Postal Tel
Co, from Beaufort no error; Wall VS..
Iolloman. from Hertford. reversed
Battle VS.. Rocky Mount, from Edge
comhe, no error: Harvey VS.. Pettaway
from Lenolr. reversed; Riley VS.. Sears.
| from New Hanover affirmed: Eivett VS.
w. z. Tel. Co. from Harnett. no err
ror; Johnson vs.. city OF Raleigh, from
! Wake. no error; Edgerton VS. Kirby
from Johnston. no error; Bell vs. Car
olina Power and Light Co.. from Wake.
error; Grogan We. Ashe. from Wake.
affirmed In both appeals: Berger vs..
Smith. from Wayne, modified. Wyatt
VS.. S. a. /. Railway. from Wake, no
error: Bizzell VS.. Roberts, from Wayne,
/ affirmed In re Will of Fowler. from
| Harnett. new trial; Thompson vs..
Smith, from Wake, error: Futry VS.. A.
C.. L. Railroad. from Cumberland. no
error: Kochs VS.. Jackson. from Cum
berland. no error; Mcclellan VS.. Nc
Kay. from Cumb orland. new trial:
Hockaday vs.. Lawrence. from Gran
Vile, petition to rehear dismissed.
Observation-Disclosures,