Cunningham, whose name was first
mentioned as his successor, as well as
Col. Benehara Cameron, upon whom
the honor finally fell. After speak
ing of the run down condition of the
State Agricultural Society and the
lack of interest entertained by the
pi.blic for the annual fairs at the time
of Col. Carr's election as president,
the Review says:
At this important crisis there was,
looking the whole State over, but one
man whose record, capacity and equip
ments made him available to assume
the great undertaking with confidence
and set on foot the sweeping and rev
olutionary changes necesssary to pu
the Fair on a foundation of honor and
success. That man, of course, was
Col. Julian S. Carr. Thankless and
disagreeable task as it was, his response
to the request was the same it has beep
to every other request or demand
made on him in which the local pride
and the native credit of North Caro
lina was involved. Notwithstanding
his large, important and varied inter
ests pressed hard upon him for atten
tion and he was burdened , with more
business than any other man in" the
State this man of many and great, af
fairs and activities, yet with all but un
rivaled executive ability found time to
reorganize the Fair and to direct it in
every detail from start to finish. The
announcement that the project was. to
be under the immediate personal su
pervision of Col. Carr was a sufficient
prospectus to insure it as well worthy
of being consummated in the name of
and under the auspices of the great
State of North Carolina. From the
moment he consented to identify him
self with it in the capacity of Presi
dent there was not a man from the
hills of Cherokee to the coast of Cur
rituck who doubted that under his
leadership the Fair would be any-
thine else exceDt what the people' of
the State wanted it to be. Confront
ed with difficulties which would have
driven many others to despair, this un
daunted and audicious man, with that
splendid courage which is absolutely
fearless of failure, not only raised the
State Fair above suspicion, but placed
it in the honor roll of his many mag
nificent successes. 