The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-01
GATESTOOPEN TUESDAY
ON 5-DAY DISTRICT FAIR
All Reads Will Lead to Elizabeth City Next
Week While Big Agricultural Event is in
Progress; Big Entertainment Scheduled

\ good road connecting with
all Camden and Currltuck
County. hardsurfaced all the
way to Currituck Courthouse,
ferries from Point Harbor to
Kitty Hawk and Roanoke Is
land in Dare County, many new
roads in PaSquotank, good fer
ricS from Washington and
BERTHE. all will make possible
larger and better crowds for
the .Albemarle District Rair,
which opens Tuesday. October
). for five big glorious days
and nights.
County Agent. Grover W. Falls
has worked hard. Soin" day and
night. with little opportunity to rest
to set the stage for this years fair.
More or less Indifference has been
shown the fair hy lCCal CONNER
cial interests. and advertising booths
may not hc 81 conspicuous. yet the
biz free attractions midway. ana
livestock and agricultural exhibits
will be better than ever, according
To the management.
Tuesday the opening day Is To he
school Day and dozens OF huSSeS
from the schools of five counties
will roll into the grounds for the
educational treat Tie fair offers
young folk. The program. publish
ed elsewhere. in this newspaper TO-
day. gives some idea of the unusual
entertainment the fair promises.
The admission charges ut the far
next week will he - cents for adults
i'm the day. ~ cents for children
from = to II years of age. single
admission to the Grand Stand -
cents. Admission at night will be
- cents for all.
Free attractions for the fair Will
he supplied hy Wirth X iamid of
New York. who are among the fore
most purveyOr> of spectacular
amllSrmcntS in the world. These
free attractions include the famous
Chick Overficld, noted us wire
walker and actor. who will give two
thrilling performances each day,
Cne in the afternoon and one 1T
night.
Anthcr hi" spectacular free act
will be furnished twice dally hy
Major Smith. the peer OF all para
rhutiStS. who jumps from Il balloon
mi mid air. and wcudS his way down
ward to earth. This act is ClaSScd
nor merely IL balloon sensation, but
really startling display of aero
ur,aticS. that drew forth prolon@-
cd cheers and thundcrOus applause
of the crowds.
There will he other speciality acts.
One of the most interesting ant
suectacular attractinOs will be the
DISPLAY of fireworks each evening
ut nine o'clock.
The manager of the midway prom
isrs the fair one of the cleaneSt
and best midwayS it has ever seen,
in the Matthew j. Riley shows.
Good Farm Exhibits
The management of the fair Is
looking forward to the most repre-
sentative farm exhibits in years
Currituck. Camden. paSquotank'
Gates. Hyde. PerquimanS and Cho-
wan will send county exhibits. Inc
exhibits from these counties EN-
brace everything" that can be pro-
,luced in northeastern North Caro-
lima. and are ever revelation 10
fair crowds. Currituck. and Gam
den. which stage their own falrS'
will bring their. prize winning eN-
hibitS To Elizabeth City next week.
individual farm exhibits of pro-
ducp. and Of livestock, i'll many
respects better and more inter-
eSting than ever. have been promised
Some especially good crops have
been produced i'll the section this
wear. and numerous farmers have
brought some of the best pure bred
live stock to their herds. that he
section has known. and many or
these will he exhibited at the fair.