The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-07-23
AN OPEN LETTER.


quality aud price.
II the South has lands, water
powers, minerals and timber 10
sell they cannot be sold unless
they are advertised, and unless
what they are capable Of pro-
ducins and the quality is shown
to those desiring to purchase.
The opportunity presented 10
the people Of each county in
the South To advertise its re-
sources, free OF cost. az the
Southern Inter state Permanent
Display and Exposition is an
exceptional one. and no wide
awake section can afford to be
left out.
Below We give a list Of ar
ticles and the quantity that can
be exhibited. 1t will cost but
very little IL collect the articles
for exhibition, and all Southern
railroads are transporting the
exhibits free. All that is nee
essary is TO direct to SoutheI n
Exposition, Raleigh, NC.
The following are among the
articles desirable for each sec
ton Of the South to place In the
Southern Exposition to be held
in the city OF Raleigh. NC.
One-lalf bushel OF each Vari-
ETY. Of the following: Barley,
buckwheat, corn, oats, rye, rice.
wheat grass seed, cane seed,
field peas, beans, dried apples,
peaches, ounces, prunes, cher
ries, wild and cultiva led berries,
nuts and acorns.
Preserved fruits in half-gai-
Ion glass jars.
One to ten pounds Of each va
riety OF cotton in seed and lint;
fax aud jute In various stages
Of manipulation.
Ten pounds Of each variety OF
sugar; one gallon of each varie-
ty OF 1nolasses and sorghum;
honey, one quart or one to ten
pounds in comb.
Two pounds Of each variety
of tobacco.
Ten pounds OK each variety Of
grass; one bundle, six inches in
diameter, Of each variety Of
grain IN sheaf.
Hops five pounds; broom corn,
ten to twenty-five heads; garden
peas and beans, one gallon OF
each variety dried.
Plants and growing shrubs in
pots.
Spurious liquors, wines and
all kinds Of liquids, one quart OF
each variety.
Minerals, building stones pre-
cious stones, mari and phos-
phate rock, any size specimens;
soils, one foot square as deep as
desired, boxed up SO as to re-
tain the same shape as when
taken from the ground.
Wood AMI timber specimens,
If in sawed torn, one inch thick
any width and length; if q sec
ton 1s sawed from the tree to
be sny size desired; ifsp1it from
the tree, the section to be large
enough to square at least two by
four inches, by four feet long.
Manufactured goods, from cot
ton wool, fax and silk, each
sample usual width, six yards
long; from wood or iron, one
specimen Of q kind.
Stuffed birds and animals; In
diaa relics and curiosities; pho
togfaphic views Of buildings,
farms ard scenery, one OF a
hind.
The above list Of articles may
be added to, both in variety and
quantity, according to what is
produced, manufactured or
found in each State or commn-
nifty.
The cheapest means of adver-
Using is to have a dozen col
uInns of One issue of your coun-
ty papers devoted to the advan-
tages that your county can offer
to land buyers; and have one to
ten Thousand printed and send
to US for distribution among
the large number Of visitors
who will attend the Permanent
Display, which is continuously
open to the public, and the Ex-
position proper, to be held dur
ing October and November. The
visitors will expect to see what
the South has to offer home
seekers and capitalists.
Do not wait until OcUber.
Take this work up at once, for
the Permanent Display is now
being arranged in the city Of
The Permanent Dis
play will be Kept open all the
year ronud, so that what is sent
in at once will be doing your
section great good, and you can
add to it from time II time aS
you make collections.
Respectfully,
J. T. PATRICK, Sect'y,
Raleigh. n. c. |