The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-06-07
THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION
The Resources and Industries OfSOutl h
Carolina Arc to Have n Complete


Carolina Are to Have IL Complete
Showing.
Tho South Carolina Interstate and
West Indian Exposition company will
probably be formed within the month
Charleston subscriptions to the capital
stock have already passed 81 600 and
there Is much moro in sight. Book
nave been sent to various ScctiOus Of
South Carolina and the people Of the
state have been Invited to endorse the
project by signing for nuch stock as
they may care to take. This should,
however, not be taken as an Indication
o! the inability TO raise the full amount
desired In Charleston, but to give
South Carolinians the full opportunity
Of becoming part Of the great enter
prise.
The exposition will be held in Char
lesion in 1901 and there IS every
reason for &ctivc work. Ten thousand
matters OF detail are to be arranged
and forty Of the most sii hstnntial and
best known citiHcns Of Charleston were
placed as the executive committee to
manage these preiminaries. This
committee is now being increased, to
include four mem bcrs from each county
in the State and already many OF the
leading citizens 0. tho cities and towns
OF the State arc enlisted and working
shoulder to shoulder with Charleston.
Naturally 1T requires time to complete
the large committee, but W thin week
| or two at most each CUlnty will be fully
represented ON the executive commit
tee, and the people OF the State need
only to ask thcir towDsmen and
friends els tho exposition at Charles.
ton good thing?" To receive u full and
intelligent reply.
In Rand n McNally's atlas Of the
world the map OF South Carolina is
accompanied by a brief sketch OF the
industries and resources Of the State,
and in the course Of this explanation
" is said, lead, iron, copper, aud many
other minerals occur, but are only
mjncd to 8 limited extent. X aolin
clay and glass sand, Of the finest quail
ity abound in sOmo sections but these
splendid resources are hardly touched"
etc The wealth. Of our forest is hardly
even estimatcL: there are many square
miles OF pnsturc land whore cattle have
never Straycd; our water courses have
| not given IL tithc Of thcir energy to the
| turning OF mill wheels and tho fertile
| lands could well produce ten fOld the
| CottOn, tobacco, rice, cane, fruit, veg
| etablcs, they now yield, and an exposi-
LiOn, such no will be held in Charles
| ton, vii! bring into the State thousands
OF men VINO arc looking Tor hOmSS.
Men willing and anxious to work for
the bread they will eat and who will
bring with them money to build homes
and develop the wealth that lies in
the soil, tho forests and tho mines.
| Capital will follow the immigrants as
certain as night follows the day and
manufactures will develop to take ND
the Increased supply OF raw materials
| The advances made in tho South have
| been phenomena. in the past decade,
but greater things are yot in store.
! The eyes Of tho world are turned this
j way and it would seem that this Is the
time to say to tho people Of this coun-
try, Come to South Carolina next
year and in the great exposition at
| Charleston, the chief seaport, behold
our goods displayed. Our sea islands
| produce cotton tnat is akin 20 silk and
| largely used as IL substitute; our yellow
pine lumber is priZau above many
woods Of foreign growth; our mines
yield up gold ORC, and copper, lead.
/ kaOlip, phosphate rock and q score OF
other valuable minerals; our tobacco Is
as fine as anv grown; our mills make
! the best Of cloth; our lands will pro.
Guce anything that can be grown Ia
| the temperate zone and there Is room
and u welcome for oil who would como
and make their homes with u.s."
Expositons have benefited other
States. South Carolina cannot prove
an exception.