The Monticellonian., 1895-11-29
Great Is Arkan as.

The horticultural and agricultur- al exhibits of Arkansas at the At lanta Exposition have been award. ed tho golden medal, the best prize offered for such displays. Of all the states in the Union Arkansas takes the load in products of this character. Wherever ts fruit, vegetables and cotton are display ed 1t captures the prize for these re spective products. Its minerals and wonderful s.oues, remarkable for variety and perfection, are ev- anywhere voted by experts to be the best. The state was \ prize winner at the great Worlds Fair at Chicago, and has been equally successful in obtaining recognition at the next most important exposl- uon held upon this continent.
 
 Nearly all the states have horticul- tural and agricultural exhibits at Atlanta, end each spent large sums of money in the collection of these displays. IL vas known tor months in advance of the opening of the Cotton States and Interha- tional Exposition that in all the contest for prizes the one that would excite the greatest rivalry would be that involving displays of horticultural and agricultural products. The Exposition is held in ore of the most progressive cities of the South, and in tie cen ter of Il vast, fertile and resource. ful agricultural region. One of the principal objects of the promo ters of the Atlanta Exposition was the holding of material eonven- tion. the active delegates to wbich should consist of the agricultural products of the South. Arkansas sent her apples, corn and many other productions of its soil. and in her contest for superiority car. ries off the palm of victory. Ac. cordng to the testimony of every exposition, state and international, Arkansas is the best agricultural state in the Union. Her collection of golden, bronze and silver med als, diplomas and blue ribbons, give ample evidence that she iS far ahead of all states in the pos session of raw materials that enter into the manufacture of articles that are in demand throughout the entire world. The states exhibit at Atlanta is not as varied as It might have been, but the displays that are there are better than those of other states, and will serve to attract the attention of all such persons whose citizenship is desr- ed in this state. They appeal to thrifty farmers who have toiled for years in the barren, storm blasted regions of the North west; and wbo are now seeking con genial climate where fertile lands abound and whore storm and bliz gard are not constantly threaten ing their stock and their homes with destruction, and where there are no drouthy visitauons to de spoil them of the fruits of their Ia bor. They remind the capitalists of the world of an undevelepee region where millions can be legit imately made through proper in vestment in the building of rail roads and in the establishment o manufacturing plants. stimulate the pride of the citizens of th' state and cause them to think bet ter of Arkansas. They make Il, feel satisfied with our homes, thaf we have the best the world affords and that if we are diseontented ourselves, and not Arkansas, itt climate and soil, are responsible l for our diseoutent.-Gasette.
 That Third Term Talk.