Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-11-05


\ GreataE atiu WAKES the enth1sia 81
and interest in the farmerp and Mer'
chanist Big Fan Festival to be held il
Charles Town November 10 and II, on
the main streets Of the town.
Wednesday night Nov. IL will be
carnival night at which mask parade
will be featured. King Rex and his
famous snbjects from FairyIand win
walk into the city and take possession.
People with erouches and IN feeling
viii be put in the town jail for gloom
and will not be allowed to mar the
greatest cd all events Of the Festival.
1t will be an opportunity for the peo-
pie Of this good old community to dis
play their merriment- Prizes will be
awarded to the most comical people
parading the streets. Everybody 3
doing it. and everybody's coming to
the night Of fun where the midnight
SONS and daughters will burn the oil
freely and make gloom fade fast in Sc
cIusion. Everybody come dressed up
or yen may have to pay fine. The
most comical girl at the mask carnival
will be awarded a five pound box of
candy from Brown Bros. A prize for
the most comical man will be announc-
ed on Saturday.
Corn judging contest, school exhib-
its, automobile parade. vaudeville acts
and two big brass bands will make old
Charles Town grand gala. It is 60
ing to be the biggest educational and
entertaining festival ever held in the
confines of the Shenandoah Valley.
Entries are being made daily by the
schools and farmers and the committee
on exhibits are arranging for 800 feet
of extra space. Entries are made daily
from the eutire Shenandoah Valley. 1t
means the greatest exhibition Of the
products of this wonderful Valley.
Great is the interest displayed in the
Corn Judging Contest. Boys and girls
flock to the Board of Trade Office in
their endeavor to receive instructions
and entries for this great contest.
Look over the premium list in this
paper and select your entries at once.
Don't wait for the Festival for the ex-
hibition space will be taken before you
have chance to enter your great va
rieties of apples, good old home made
butter. those big ten ears of corn. that
wheat you look with content upon ev.
cry time you visit your crib, and all
the other products of your farm.
Twelve automobiles will tour the
town. county and the Valley Thursday.
The automobiles will be decorated.
boosting the Festival. and will visit
every town within this territory. It is
expected that over fifty business men
of Charles Town will make this tour.
Last. but not least, the vaudeville
acts of the Duquesne Sisters, direct
from the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
has never been equaled.
And the big West Va State Exhibit
displaying the products of the famous
State of West Va.
Tuesday. Nov. 10NgiIl be Children s
Day. Hundreds of children will visit
the exhihits and hundreds of children
will be amused Their prizes will be
awarded that day.
The handsome trophy to be given by
Congressman VIM. G.. brown OF West
Va, will arrive this week. Pupils
don't forget this wonderful offer by
VIM. G. Brown, and for your school
the wonderful inducement made by
the Agricultural Bureau of the Board
of Trade offering to the school bring
ing in the most applications for
this Bureau from their homes. a COM
plete set of the encyclopedia of Ameri-
can Agriculture by that famous author
l. H. Bailey, handsomely bound and
giving reference to the difficult prob
lens of the subject.
Posters have been placed around
thoroughly advertising this gigantic
festival.
The posters mean come! Come! Every
body come! and have the greatest time
of your life.- Be educated and enter
tanned without one penny's cost.
Electric lights will be strung from
one side of the street to the other and
will make Charles Town great way
of light the two nights of the festival.
Never before has this decoration been
displayed. These lights will be erected
on Saturday and also the decorations.
The decorations will be Of the most ar
tistic taste and will be uniform. Charles
Town will be dressed in her best. She
will extend the glad hand of fellowship
to her many visitors who will visit this
greatest of all fall festivals
A band consisting of fifty pieces will
render select concert Tuesday.
Postmaster Bradley is busy prepar-
ing Parcel Post exhibit Several big
boxes have been secured and the mate
rial is on hand.
Mr.. Bradley says 'sThe Parcel Post
Exhibit will be very interesting and ed
ucatinp -