Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-08
FIFTEEN THOUSAND
attend STATE FAIR
Agricultural, Domestic and In
dustrial Life of Old Do
minion on Display.
TODAY is RICHMOND DAY
Governmental Officers and Stores
Will Close to Swell
Attendance.
TODAY is RICHMOND DAY

ricultural. domestic and Industrial life
Of the Old Dominion. the fourteenth
threw open it's many gates for the
second time and gathered within it's
vast confines more than $4,000 knowl-
them its mysteries and beauties in
bounteous array.
Today will be Richmond Day. and in
order that the observance may be gen
closed for the entire day. Retail stores
almost without exception will close
Their nn1,n. doors a, L. ! o'clock. was. the an
of the Retail Merchants Aesociatio
last night. Every available car will
be put into service by tho traction
to the gates. No effort will be spared
TO make it the greatest Richmond Day
in the history Of the fair association.
All attendance records for the second
learned at the office Of General Man
ager w. Conway Saunders. There it
was stated that the number passing
through the gates during the day cx-
cecded the number entering both day
and night In 1916. when all previous
attendance figures were smashed. In
1917 1t rained on the second day, and
there was no fair last year because OF
the epidemic of influenza.
Virginia Largely Represented.
IT was Virginia Day yesterday. and
mirEin1a nYI ds W WAS ;,s well represented by
To those who are not Virginians. the
fair has charms. but its true heart is
ssq saao Pare fsrn.ts to It's own people There
their wives and children. To them Ghe
live stock exhibits, the, farm prodGct
asp'aXs sp lsXles ana spssnssss hs
soil; to coax from Il its choicest OH
spTins, T5sn savs.ths ,S.. Creates, pleasure.
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things Of the farm and spent their tim e
PTfineipaliy In the Industrial building
saving devices for the home and lis
teninG to experts tell of the manner OF
preparation OF dainty dishes and cook
cry in even SO small space as the
kitchenette OF an apartment house.
! Then came 2 o'clock, the time for
the beginning of the running races
grand stand. and all classes mingled
and with one accord thronged into the
Dig stand until hardly vacant seat
who did not gain admittance to the
grand stand and enclosure gathered
around the fence nearby and pressed
which to view the attractions. There
they remained until after 5 o'clock
and the last race had been run and the
curtain rung down on the shows for
the afternoon.
Grand Opera md Concert.
Grand opera and a concert by Lib
GRATIS Band at 7:ao o'clock ushered
of The the Pro- Erosram am. for the night; Ail
the second time and the day was
brought to a close with the display Of
flrsw9rkss rsNS Is For second time the
hundreds OF others chose to spend
their time on the midway where the
loud loud voice OF the side show 'spieler"
lures one into the shows where are
found the dancing girl. the talIest man
IN IN the har,s world. the the lady Of mystery"
ions he nuam amost ana ether attrac
| farm and Industrial exhibits symbolize
the spirit of the fair during the day
into it's own when the calcium lights
Il pso6abiy >, - aothing at the fair at
than the exhibits of farm machinery
and the display of farm products from
ninIs many of the IL leading counties Of vir-
have been gathered into section Of
the grounds north of the Industrial
building. There gasoline shows what
the. burden of the farmer. It drives
motors of every kind, corn shelters,
home grist mills and big and little
experts in the manipulation of the
various devices to demonstrate their
uses uses, and an accomplishments acc to all in
busy time yesterday. Virginia farmers
are making progress by leaps and
! their aid all the latest Inventions
Nine Counties Show Products.
Nine counties. Orange, Henrico.
Tazewell. Caroline, York Hanover.
Chesterfield and Mecklenburg, are rep
resented by individual displays of the
best products of their soil. Corn, ap-
PIES wheat. oats. canned goods, meas.
beans, pumpkins, tobacco and cotton
vie with each other on the big stands
which occupy one entire building.
Several counties put their tobacco
into the foreground, others grains and
others hay and grass. Only one county
showed cotton. mute testimonial OF
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