Excerpt from An Address in Memory of Thomas M. Holt, Governor of North Carolina, and for Twelve Years President of the North Carolina Agricultural Society: Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Raleigh, October 27, 1898 The Fair was the gateway through which immigration entered the State. It was an unparalleled advertisement of the good things in modern life, from a steam engine or a wind mill, to an embroidered handkerchief or a sewing needle. It brought together schools and colleges in friendly rivalry. It arrayed the whole State Guard together in encampment for the first time and made them feel the strength of union. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.