The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-03-01
SOUTH CAROLINA'S EXHIBIT.
Governor Evans Visits Charleston and
Meets the Young Mems League.


Meets the Young Mems League.
| CHARLESTON, S. c., February IL
It is evident that Governor John Gary
| Evans will be more of n success social
! " than was his predecessor, Tillman.
| II Governor came to Charleston yes
| terday to consult with the Young
Mems Business League about the
States T., pre- sentation at the Atlanta
Exposition and left here today, having
carried the town by storm. Tue doors
of the local aristocracy were thrown
open to him. and functions in his hon
or were so numerous that the small
army of politicians who crowded to see
him were left cooling their heels in
the lobby of the hotel until long after
midnight.
At ) o'clock he was entertained at a
luncheon at the residence of the mil
lionaire banker, George w. Williams.
Jr., and in the evening at dinner at
the Italian villa of Major Andrew ST.
monds. the banker. OH South battery.
During his visiting hours the Cover
nor found time to devote some attcn-
tion to the business which brought
him down here. He met the Young
Mems Business League committee in
the editorial rooms Of The News and
Courier at O'Clock.
The Exposition committee of the
Young Mems Business League consists
OF Judge Smythe, w. f. Huger, Geo.
II. Tucker, DR.. G. w. Kollock, l.. A.
Emerson, w. II. Weich andJ. G. Hemp
hill, and the finance committee is
composed of Andrew SimondS, f.. III.
Iringlc and f.. IL. Sparkman. All Of
these gentlemen were present and the
conference was very satisfactory all
around.
The work of the league committees
was fully explained to the Governor,
who took Il lively interest in the mat
ter and approved of what had been
done and of the plans which were pro-
posed to make a full and representa-
tive exhibit OF the resources of the
State. Ho was assured of the earnest
desire of Charleston to make an eXhi-
bit representative of the entire State,
and he expressed the wish that the
State should cooperate with the city
in the enterprise which would so
largely benefit both tic city and State.
After the subject had been discussed
at great length and in all its various
| phases the conference determined that
AN organization should be made with
out delay foi the State. a central
| committee of seven one for each Con-
| gressional district in the State-of
which the Governor will be cX-Otlicio
! chairman, will be appointed, and it
will constitute tha general executive
head of the South Carolina exhibit.
MIR. T.. l.. Roche, who has had larger
experience than any other man in the
| state In tine organization OF such eXhl-
| bits, Will be made commiSslOncr-at-
large for the State. and will assume
| - Al N a. l.
bit.
The finance committee OF the Young
Mems Business League will be cOnsti-
tutcd the general financial agents OF
| the exhibit. Three commissioners
will be appointed FOR each of the coun-
ties in the State, who will be charged
with the duty Of collecting and pre-
pairing the exhibits from their respec-
tive counties. n proposition will be
prepared within few days setting
| torch the purposes Of the conference.
The Governo" will issue commits
siOnS under the seal OF his Office to
those who will have charge OF the
work Of collecting and arranging the
, exhibit for the State and counties.
Altogether the prospects are en-
couraging for most croditab!o exhi-
bit Of the resources OF the State in At
| Idild. III Jlo OlO ISApool
tiOn committee OF Charleston will pros
ccuLe its work with redoubicd energy.
COLUMBIA, 5. c., February lS.-It
is safe to say tonight that South Caro-
lIna's exhibit will be one of the strik-
inEiy attractive features Of the Cotton
States and International Exposition.
Governor Evans has returned from
Charleston, where he went Saturday
to consult in-rcgard 20 IL with repre-
scntativcs OF the Young Mems Busi-
ness League, which for two months
has been systematically arranging for
u State exhibit.
G'hc Governor says that it was deter
mined that the efforts which he pro-
posed to inaugurate throughout the
State in the interest OF an exhibit shall
| he in cooperation with the Charles
ton league. The Governor will ap-
point at once three commissioners to
nave general charge Of the work and
an executive committee to push it sys-
tematically in every county in the
State. The Governor will be ex-
Otlicio chairman Of the commission and
he will call upon the women to lend
their assistance,
f.. l.. Roche, Of Charleston, who has
charge Of the States exhibits at the
Philadelphia centennial and at the
New Orleans and Chicago Expostions,