Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-01
GREAT ARGYLE SHOWS WILL
PLAY THE ASHEYILLE FAIR.
Shows Fill Train of 25 Cars: Occu-
pies 1,4OO Feet Front Space. En-
PERTAINING Above ReDrOach

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Asheville. N. c., Sept. SO.-Mr. D
Harris, secretary of the Western Ca.
DINA fair, has just returned from =
visit to the Great Argyle Shows, which
are this week furnishing exclusively
the shows and attractions for he In
terstate Fair at Lynchburg. He states
that by reason of the numerous en-
tnus1astic reports received from he
several points they have played since
IeaV1ng savannah the latter part of
july he was prepared for an unusual
~ good line of attractions. but really
mad no adequate conception of the ex-
tenslve and magnificent aggregation
comprising the Great Argyle Midway
Beautiful" It's not a carnival, but a
combination of clean fresh and attrac-
tive appearing shows and attractions
built expressly for fair and exposition
midways. The Great Argyle Shows
furnished the attractions at the Roam
oke Fair last week, arriving at Lynch
burg Saturday with twenty-five solid
cars of property, which displayed on
the Interstate Fair grounds, gives a
solid line up of, 400 feet of magnifi-
cent midway frontage.
Mr.. Harris states that his enthusi-
asm in having secured for the Western
North Carolina Fair the very finest at
fractions available in this country is
so great, that he fears a full express
sion of his views would give rise to.
suggestions as to his veracity or men
tai condition, and, therefore,, refers
to the following comments by the
Lynchburg News and Daily Advance.
"Of course, the greatest additions to
this great local exhibition will come
from the Roanoke Fair, taking three
solid trains to, bring them, n train
of exhibition stock, another of race
horses, and still one more bringing
George Murphy's mammoth aggrega-
ton, the Great Argyle Shows, witt
seventeen paid attractions and good
ness knows how many concessions
Mr.. Murphy has not ~disguised the
fact, since he has been on the Vir-
ginia fair circuit, that he expected to
have his great display at the Lynch
burg Fair, and that he was bending
all his energies to that. end, knowing
that the Hill City folks are liberal
patrons of the "artS and sciences" as
exemplifed on the midway at the
Great Interstate Fair. Mr.. Murphy's
midway will be laid out scientifically,
and will extend from a point above
the end of the grand stand, nearest,
the main entrance, all the way down
to the boundary tense, nea the Nor;
folk ad Western Railway, and will be.
without doubt, the greatest line OF
shows that has ever been assembled
in Lynchburg in any section, at any
time. The beauty of it all is that not
a single show is duplicated, and bet
ter still, they are all clean and cannot
give. offense, for this was one of Mr..
Murphy's most convincing arguments
before the meeting of Virginia fair
secretaries at Roanoke last February,
that the paid attractions he furnished
should be entertaining and above sre-
proach.""
Roanoke, N. c., Sept. 26. Last night
what has been considered
one of the most successful fair weeks
since the organization of the associa+2
ton twelve years ago. A good alta laz.
ance was present all day yesterday
the midway was in full swing, the con-
.cessions were busy, and every thing
was TOT ENTERTAINMENT anu W6rIAHAents
George Murphy, general manager Of
the Argyle Shows, approved the fair
as being the greatest he had seen in
years, and he ought to know as he
spends his life about the fairs of
America. Murphy, besides his sway
over the destinies of the Great Roam
oke Fair. is the proud protector of
eighteen midway shows, the best OF
them here this week."
The management of the Western
North Carolina Fair now has every-
thing about in readiness for an exposi-
ton, which will greatly exceed the ex-
.pectations of the public both as re-
CARDS the wonderfully attractive ap-
pearance and enormous attendance.