All the hustle and bustle of a town in which gold or oil has just been discovered is in evidence at the fair grounds today. In fact, the grounds have the appearance of a city that has sprung up over night with every one seemingly fighting for a location of greatest importance. The dull, monotonous silence has given way to swift, business-like action. Every one at the grounds seems to have a particular task to perform, and he is going about that task with a vigor and determination that is getting results.
“We are ready. Let the thousands come.” That was the crisp statement made this morning by Dr. T.N. Spencer, secretary of the fair, when asked if the fair officials were ready for the opening Tuesday. The officials have wrought long and systematically. They are confident of the results.
And a last minute survey of the grounds should convince even the most skeptical that the officials ae justified for this spirit of confidence. The grounds present a spick and span appearance; they are equipped with buildings enough to care for a fair that would do credit to any county.
And Concord has caught the holiday spirit. She is decorated in her fairest raiment and on every hand there is a spirit of merriment. The city is decorated in many hues, a variety of flags being the predominant figures in the decorating scheme that takes in the entire business district.
Today merchants are extending the decorations to their places of business. This work will be continued Monday and when the fair parade moves Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock the business section will offer a bright decorated avenue through which the marchers can move.
A number of horses that will compete in the paces during the fair have already checked in at the fair ground. Many others are expected late today and tomorrow, and by Monday noon it is believed all of the 112 that have entered for the races will be on hand. Some of the horses have been shipped to this city from Kentucky, where they worked on the big time circuit. Others are coming from Raleigh, where they raced at the State Fair, while still others are coming from other race centers of the East and South.
Person who have exhibits to enter in the fair are expected to have them at the grounds not later than 6 o’clock Monday night. Beginning at that time the fair association will have care takers placed in all of the buildings to guard the exhibits.
Additional exhibit space has been provided in all of the buildings this year. The farm people learned from experience last year that there is something to the local fair; that premiums are paid promptly and that they can derive much needed publicity from exhibits entered at the fair. For these reasons the exhibits this year are expected to be more numerous than those of last year.
Among the horsemen who have already arrived at the fair grounds with their racers are:
C.E. Pitman, Newark, N.J.; Herman Tyson, Wilmington, Del.; M.H. McVay, Hutchison, Kans.; Penny Brothers, Greensboro; D.H. Helty, Greensboro; J. H. Thomas, Pinehurst; W.N. Reynolds, Winston-Salem.
Everything points to a fair that will eclipse in attention and interest any other county fair held in this State in many years.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Oct. 18, 1924
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