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SUNDAY, OCTOBER H
Ninth Annual Fair in Augusta, October 19th to 24th
ONE IIEK FROM TOIId NINTH ANNUAL FI IF
IHF GFDRGIA-GAROFINA FI ASSOCIATION TO OPEN
Will Be a Magnificent Success—Cheap Rates on All of the
Railroads to Augusta During Fair Week—Excellent At
tractions
POULTRY SHOW, LIVE STOCK SHOW AND
GREAT QUANTITY AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS
Splendid Midway, Horse Races Two Days, Football Game
Between Academy and Riverside and Automobile Races on
Friday, the 23rd.
One week from tomorrow the ninth
annual Georgia-Carolina Fair will
throw open its gates to the public.
For nine years the fair has been an
institution in Augusta and each year
it becomes more and more established.
The people of this section of Georgia
and South Carolina are looking for
ward with the keenest anticipation to
the opening of the big fair and thous
ands of people -will come to the city
from throughout this section of Geor
gia and South Carolina.
Judging from the interest that is be
ing manifested by the public generally,
and particularly the exhibitors, there
is no such thing as hard times caused
by the low price of cotton. It is be
lieved that if the weather conditions
are propitious one of the best fairs
ever in this section of the country will
be held, artistically and financially.
Secretary Beane is about the busi
est man in Augusta just now. He is
having the fair grounds made ready
for the reception of exhibits and a
force of workmen has been busy for
several weeks cleaning up the grounds
preparatory to the big opening tomor
row week.
The fair has a great many high
LEON WASHBURN WILL TRANSPLANT A
REAL PORTION OF CONEY ISLAND FOR
% THE GEORGIA-CAROLINA FAIR HERE
The Great Trained Wild Animal Arena, Temple of Tango, and
Progressive Girls’ Show Among a Few of the Attractions.
There used to be an old saying
“There is nothing new under the sun.”
That was some time ago, before the
advent of the great Washburn Mighty
Midway Shows, which will be here as
the feature of the coming Georgia-
Carolina Fair, week of October 19 to
24. There is whole lots of new nov
elty in this greatest of all traveling
aggregations, %vhich will surprise and
delight those who see them. In the
first place the very idea of It all Is
new, it being Mr. Washburn’s inten
tion to transport and place on wheels,
In a monster special train, a real por
tion of Coney Island, the world’s great
est amusement resort. This he has
succeeded most admirably in doing at
enormous expense, but when the shows
are all set up and the goggeous fronts
illuminated with thousands of electric
lights, the Coney Island effect is well
carried out, particularly as far as the
music and merriment is concerned. It
would take a whole page of this pa
Want Friday of Fair Week To Be
Known Officially As “Augusta Day”
Labor Men to Attend in Large Numbers-- Effort to Induce
Manufacturing Establishments to Shut Down and Stores to
Close---Rotary Club Can Help.
Active steps will be taken this week
by. the Augusta Federation of Trades
to get Augusta manufacturing plants
to shut down at least for one-half a
day on Friday of fair week, which will
be October 23rd. It Is expected that
this day will be called "Augusta Day”
at the fair. The Federation of Trades
officials had a conference with the
fair officials some time ago and it
was agreed to have Friday of fair
week known as Labor Day. However,
since that time the idea to have a
broader meaning and call the day "Au
gusta Day" has been suggested and
Estimated That Between 11,000 and
12,000 People Attended the Circus
Is One Indication That Times Are Not Bad---Work of Load
ing Trains Took Place Before Midnight in Remarkably
Short Order
The total attendance yeeterday af
ternoon and nisht, at Rlngllng Broth
ers’ great show was estimated, con
servatively, at between 11,000 and 12,-
000.
This statement should at least put
Into circulation a more optimistic air;
It should tend to suppress all this
"talk- one sometimes hears from pes
simists about "hard times,” etc.
Rlngllng Brothers' circus turns loose
about SB,OOO or $9,000 every day. so It
la learned, and they must take in this
amount and more besides to keep go-
L,lnf. In some places probably, the at
■ tendance has not been good, but they
are not complaining.
Mr. Edward P. Norwood, one of the
press agents of Rlngllng Brothers,
*sys thst the Impression In the North
of "hard times” in the South la ex
class attractions, including the poul
try show, agricultural exhibits, the
best live stock show ever put on in
this section of the country, an ex
hibit of Augusta-made goods (which,
by the way, will open the eyes of the
people of this section of the country),
a high-class midtvay, excellent horse
races and automobile races and a great
number of smaller, yet none the less
very attractive exhibits. There will be
horse races Tuesday and Wednesday.
There will be cheap rates on all the
railroads, as usual, and great crowds
will be hauled to Augusta by each road
entering the city.
On Thursday of fair week a great
crowd will be at the fair grounds to
witness the football game between the
Richmond Academy and the Riverside
Military Academy team of Gainesville,
Ga.
On Friday of fair week an effort will
be made to get all of the people of
Augusta to go to the fair. There will
be automobile races on this day. The
stores will be asked to close, the manu
facturing establishments will be asked
to shut down for the afternoon and
all Augusta will take in the ninth an
nual show of the Georgia-Carolina Fair
Association.
per to enumerate the, many features
and describe them all, but it will be
sufficient, perhaps, to merely mention
the principal ones. The great Trained
Wild Animal Arena, with the lions,
tigers, leopards, bears and other beasts
in the most wonderful performances,
the Temple of Tango and the Progres
sive Girls show with the dancing beau
ties of all nations, the sensational Mo
tordrome, with the death-defying mo
torcyclists in their rides of peril, the
Barrel of Fun, with its million laughs,
the Hippodrome and Its pretty trained
ponies, dogs and funny monkles, the
Athletic Show, with male and female
boxers, fighters, wrestlers and ath
letes, the Trip to the Moon, a marvel
ous show of Illusion and sensation, the
Dreamland Ten-ln-one show, with the
greatest aggregation of freaks of hu
man nature ever seen together. The
big sensation is Alma the High Diving
Venus, who plunges from a lofty tower
Into a shallow tank of water.
has met with approval.
The suggestion to induce the mer
chants to close at 2 o'clock on Friday
so that their employes may attend the
fair is respectfully referred to the Ro
tary Club. It Is believed that this or
ganization and the labor men can in
duce the merchants to close early so
that there may be large crowds in
attendance upon the fair on this date.
FTlday should be the biggest day of
the fair in point of attendance from
the home people.
There will be high-class automobile
races that afternoon at the fair.
aggerated and that he has not found
them, in his opinion, to be so bad as
It Is said.
The last section of the great circus
pulled out of Augusta last night about
midnight over the Georgia Railroad,
bound for Atlanta. The work of lad
ing the trains in such a short time
after the performance, which didn’t
end until after 10 o’clock, was truly
remarkable. From Atlanta Rlngllng
Brothers go to Birmingham, and wind
up their season for the year In about
a month at Cairo, 111.
THE WEATHER
Foreoast.
Washington, O. C.—Georgia: General
ly fair Hundav and Mondiy,
South Carolina: Generally fair Bun
ilay and Monday, cooler Monday west
portion.
COMMITTEE FOR
PLANS 01 NEW
RICO SCHOOL
Matter is Embodied in Res
olution Passed at Meeting of
Board of Education Saturday.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Education of Richmond county
was held at the Tubman High school
at 10 a. m. Saturday.
The following important resolution
was introduced at the meeting by Mr.
Sherman, from the sixth ward, and duly
passed:
Whereas, The Board of Education has
purchased a tract of land for the de
clared purpose of erecting thereon a new
Tubman High school, for the young
ladies of Augusta, to take the place of
the present high school, and
Whereas, it would be advisable to
consider ways and means for ultimately
carrying this purpose to Its completion
at some future time near or remote,
therefore be it
Resolved, That the High school and
the Finance Committee of the Board of
Education be a Joint committee for the
purpose of considering plans, cost of
erection and equipment of said building,
as well as presenting to the board some
method of which a sufficient revenue
may be raised to pay for same, and that
said committee report to this Board at
any time it may complete its delibera
tions.
STABS HER HUSBAND
INSTEAD OE HER RIVAL
Meaning to Cut Another Wo
man of Whom She Was
Jealous, Negress Sticks Knife
Into Spouse
Lucinda Williams, a colored woman
about thirty years old, on Saturday
night stabbed and almost killed her
husband, Prince Williams, near the
corner of Third avenue and Campbell
street. He was taken at once to the
Lamar Hospital, where he is thought
to be In a critical condition from In
ternal hemorrhage.
The cutting arose from jealousy on
the part of the Williams woman, who
saw her husband in the company of
another woman named Bertha Adams.
She attempted to stab the woman, but
Williams threw up his arm and thrust
his companion out of the way and his
wife made a second stab, at the
woman, which caught him full In the
back.
Lucinda Williams was sent to the
barracks and locked up under a charge
of stabbing. She expresses great re
gret at having struck her husband,
though she readily admits she meant
to cut the woman.
TO RE-NAME THE BONITA
MONDAY; WHO WILL WIN?
Much Interest In Contest
Which Closes at 9 A. M. To
morrow. Announcement in the
Bonita at 5 P. M.
The contest for the most suitable
name for what is now the Bonita
moving picture theater closes prompt
ly at 9 a. m., Monday. Thename se
lected by the judge* as the one In
their opinion the best and most suit
able for the theater, together with the
name of the winner, will be announced
by Mr. H. H. Morris at 5 o’clock to
morrow afternoon in the theater.
There will surely he a crowd there to
hear the winner’s name called, for
there has been a great deal of Interest
in the contest, many names having
been submitted.
The Judges are Messrs. H. H. Mor
ris and T. C. Bryan and C. B. Han
son.
25 per cent off on Suits and Over
Coats. See iarge Ad. F. G. Merlins.
Will Be More Cash Prizes at
Poultry Show at the Georgia-
Carolina Fair Than Before
Entries Closed Last Night and Indications Are That the Fif
teenth Annual Exhibition of the Augusta Poultry Associa
tion Will Be Greatest and Most Spectacular Ever Put on.
The entries for the poultry show at
the Oeorgla-Carollna Fair. October
19-23, were closed last night, but a
publication of the list is not possible
till Mpnday as some entries put Into
the mails Haturday, will not reach the
hands of Mr. H. W. Cameron, the sec
retary, until Monday.
Last night judging from the num
ber of entries that had already been
sent In, and considering also the fact
that the majority of entries come In
at the last moment, the show this
year will be the best and largest the
association has ever held here—and
this is the fifteenth annual exhibition.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
Making Preparations For the 7th
Annual Negro Fall Fair in Augusta
Many Premiums Will Be Offered---Indications Are That Fair
Will Be a Big Success---Many White People Lending a
Helping Hand.
(By Silas X. Floyd).
Preparations for the seventh annual
negro fair, which will be held at the
Georgia-Carolina Fair grounds Octo
ber 27th, 28th, 2!) and 80th, have gone
forward without interruption, and the
outlook for a successful show is very '
bright.
The usual premiums in the poultry
and pet stock department, in the ag
ricultural department (including the
corn show), and in the woman’s de
partment, have been voted by the
board of directors. In spite of the
European war, and in spite of the cry
of “hard times” on this side of the
sea, no decrease has been made in our
appropriations for prizes. In fact we
have increased the awards in several
instances. For example, there will he
one day’s additional racing this year,
and that Involves a small additional
outlay; and we have also increased
the prizes In the corn show.
As to the corn show, it is gratifying
to chronicle the fact that our white
friends have continued to lend us a
helping hand In this department.
Among others, Mr. H. H. Alexander,
Phinizy & Co., Hon. W. H. Fleming,
Hon. W. M. Toward, Mr. Thos. S.
Gray. Mr. Frank H. Barrett, J. B.
White & Co., Von Kamp, Vaughan &
Gerald, Hon. Tracy I. Hickman and
Rice & O’Connor Shoe Company,
have agreed to make small donations
to help us out with our prizes in this
particular department. Rev. J. W.
Whitehead, the chairman of our agri
cultural department, and the writer,
will call on others of the white citi
zens of Augusta during the present
week, seeking their aid and co
operation.
The chief event, locally, in connec
tion with our fair each year is the
annual football game between l’aino
College and Haines School. These
two teams will line up on the grid
iron again this year on Thursday af
ternoon, October 2flth. This game is
already the talk of the town.
Dr. S. S. Johnson, chairman of the
horse racing committee, has been de
voting considerable time to getting a
fine racing card for Tuesday and
Wednesday and Friday of, fair week.
There will be mo races on Thursday
on account of the football game. The
chairman of the racing committee
states that we will have the best races
this year that we have ever had. All
horses that enter are owned by col
ored people. We do this to encourage
the raising of fine stock among our
people.
Dr. Walker to Make Address.
Dr. C. T. Walker, president of the
Negro Fair Association, will deliver
his address on opening day at noon
In the grand stand. His annual re
view of conditions as they affect the
people of the South, both w'hite and
colored, is looked forward to with
eagerness and great expectancy each
year, and it goes without saying that
his large audiences are never disap
pointed. Dr. Walker Is the ablest
and wittiest negro preacher in the
world, and we possess a great measure
in having him to direct our affairs.
Reduced rates have been granted on
all the railroads, ns usual, and we are
expecting the usual large out-of-town
patronage. We are trusting to those
who read these articles in the Au
gusta papers to favor us this year, as
in other years, by scattering the in
formation as to our dates, etc., as far
as possible. The slogan all through
Richmond and the adjoining counties
in Georgia, and throughout the neigh
boring counties in Mouth Carolina
ought to be during the next two
weeks, "Meet me at the colored fair
in Augusta the last week in October."
Eager for Fair.
One of our Augusta colored news
papers says that all the colored peo
ple hereabout are looking forward to
the coming of the negro fair Just as
eagerly as little children watch for
Christmas; another colored newspa
per here says that It will be one of
the biggest fairs yet held In Georgia,
In spite of the hard times; and each
week our third colored newspaper
here, (the oldest and most influential
one) says something editorially about
the good the negro fair has done and
is doing.
I am hoping that the mchlblts will
bo about as large as In ftast years,
but as to this we cannot be certain
I until opening day. What with the
long and devastating drought of last
j spring, and what with the "Great
i War” of the present autumn, the
i farmers have been hard hit. and sev
| era! are filled with despair, unfor
j tunately, not knowing which way to
| look to find a friend; hut wo are hop
ing for the best. The woman's dc
i partment will have Its usual quota of
fine exhibits from those who sew and
paint and do fancy work, and also
from those who are skilled In the
household arts and sciences; Liberal
premiums are granted In this depart
ment each year, and for that reason
Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys,
pigeons and fowls of all sorts from all
over the United Htates, Including some
of the most expensive and prlzud
birds In the country.
A splendid array of cash prizes will
be noted In the premium lists Issued
several days ago. Many exhibitors
prefer to win a cash prize rather than
a cup and In anticipation of this pop
ular desire the Augusta Poultry As
sociation Is offering more cash prizes
this year. The money will go to the
winner* during the week of the show,
positively.
we seldom or never lack a large num
ber of splendid and attractive ex
hibits.
Captain Beane says the Midway
will be all right, as usual. Including
the colored high diver, and balloon
artist, etc. There will be a plenty to
eat and drink, and we will have the
usual police protection.
"Meet me at the negro fair the last
week in October!"
FANS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
WORLD SERIES AT BIJOU
JudffinK from the enthusiastic crowds
that have pou*reci into the "Bijou Park’’
for the past two days, the service on ttie
world’s series, rendered by The Rlectra
soore, has been an undeniable success.
All of the fans who have attended this
playground for these two games are
praising the successful manipulations of
the past two contests by “Umpire"
Rhodes. "Dusty” not only receives the
messages, hut calls each play, In fact,
one has a world series all of his own
when attending the battle «t Bijou Patk.
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11 a Manufacturer You Cannot
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“Made in Augusta” Exhibit at Fair
Exhibit at the Fair and People Will Get the Habit of Asking
For Vour Goods---Many Exhibits Have Already Been
Secured For This Department.
If you manufacture any article in
Augusta and your sales in this sec
tion of Georgia and South Carolina
aro not as great as they ought, there
is a way to make them what they
should be. The answer is short, ad
vertise by placing the goods on ex
hibition at the Georgia-Carolina Fair.
Whether you manufacture candy,
cloth or saw mills and farm machin
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your business.
If you want the people of this sec
tion of Georgia and South Carolina to
get the hablt_ of asking for your goods
whenever they want anything in your
line, place these goods on exhibition
at the fair.
There will be an exhibit at the
Georgia-Carolina Fair, which opens
oti tomorrow week, of goods "Made in
Augusta.” Secretary Beane already
has a large number of entries In this
exhibit and If you manufacture any
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As has already been outlined In The
Herald, Augusta manufacturers—
coton cloth of various kinds, paints,
farming machinery, cabinet mantles,
sashes, dors and blinds, wagons, flour,
meal, bread, mattresses, brooms, cot
ton seed meal, shoes, candy and va
rious other articles. Now there Is
going to be up exhibit of AuguSta
mudp goods at the fair which will be
a revelation to the people of this sec
tion and you cannot afford to be left
! mit. Call up Secretary Baene and
i tell him that you are going to have
an exhibit.
UNFILLED STEEL TONNAGE.
New Yo-k. Tile unfilled tonnage of
the I’nlteil States Steel (Vrpia-atlon on
September nil'll totalled :1.787,ii(>7 tons,
a deerense of 127,(584 tons from August.
The best Pants made. Come and bs
convinced. F. G. Mertina.
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