The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-10-18
EAPOSlTION ID AY All THE EAII
The State is Asked to Co, Operate in
the Most Complete and Attractive
Exhibit Ever Held In the South

Exhibit Ever Held In the South
The south Carolina Interstate and
West Indian Exposition will be held
ia the city Of Charleston next vear
The capital stock OF the Exposition
Company has been fixed At $3.50 000
and the resources OF the COMPANY nre
estimated 1T 81 100000. 1t il pronosed
that this Exposition shall b. fuilv ran.
resentative OF the material rss0ur.es
and manufacturing and commercial in.
forests of South Carolina and the
Southern States particularly, and OF
zee whule United States and their nav
possessions in the West Indies and the
Philippines. The most encouraging
pledges of assistance and co-operation
have been received from the authori-
| ties At washington and from the Gov
| eruOr3 and commissioners # Agricul-
| ture OF nC&rly every State In the Union.
| Ihc lradlng commercial ors tnizatiops
OF the principal cities in the United
States have promised their active CO.
operation, and it is expected that the
Exposition, in all its varied features,
will be the most complete and attrac-
tive that has ever been held in the
| South The subscriptions to the cnpi.
tai stock Of the Exposition Company
made In The city Of Charleston aggre-
gate nearly 5000 and. rs the Ex-
position is to be OF direct ovnefit to
every county OF the State, t. is hoped
that there will he y liberal subscriD.
tion made by the manuiac turers and
merchants and business mon OF the
| whO.o State.
Arrangements have been made for
al " Exposition Day" AZ the annual
Fair OF the South CarUliua State Ayrl-
cultural and Mechanical Society TO he
| h,.lb In tha (ijJu NJ nj
the mOnth Of October, and the 0DDor.
tunity will at that time be presented
to tho people OF the State To subscribe
| 10 the full extent OF their ability nnd
disposition to the capital stock Of the
| Exposition Company. The shares OF
| Exposition Company have been placed
at $500 each, payable in instalments
upon tn" call of the Board OF Directors,
and, rs every industry in the State and
! the people Of every county are interest
cd in the attraction OF capital to South
Carolina for investment and of inteIli-
gent and progressive people in search
OF homes, it is thought that there will
be q liberal subscription made, during
the STATE Fair: to the stock OF tho TX.
position Company. Millions OF dollars
arc going out West every year for in
Y: stment. and hundreds of thousands
OF people in search Of homes are arriy-
ing IN this country every year. There
Is no +" ION why much Of this capital
and MANY OF these settlers cannot be
brought TO South Carolina and the
South II The people who are interested
| in the Improvement OF our OpDOrtuni.
ties VIII make the most oi the auvant
ayes MICH will hn afforded by the Tx
position at Charleston for the full de-
| VelOpElcnt OF their resources.
| During the State Fair at COlumS Sia
an imp Irtant conference will be helu
by the representatives OF the ExpOsi-
tiOn C)npany Win the cotton mill men
Of the State, nearly all Of whom have
signiticd their Wish and disp sition to
aid>in making the textile features OF
the EX position complete in every de
tail. S,lth Carolina, which is today
The largest cotton manufacturing State
in the South, and the second largest
manufacturing State lii the Union
oughi ID present a study in progress at
the Exposition which will Impress the
| ylsltcra to the tx position and result in
the e., iCnsion Of uur commercial rela-
ti0ns WITH the countries of South Am
orca %nd the West Indics.
During the month OF October, the
North Carolina State Fair will be held
at Raleigh in that State, and the Geor.
gia SoaLe Fair will be hrld in Atlanta
| INi a. " uCl''E illHue itf GnG
| full presentat ii H. Of the EurpUsCs Of tho
great enterprise at Charleston to the
cotton mill men OF North Carolina,
which ranks second to this State In
cotton mill development and improve
ment, and Of Georgia, which is GOOD
third ia the race for manufacturing
supremacy. An opportunity will be-
presented the manufacturers Of these
two States to join tue tcxtile OK.
hiblt at Charleston and with thes
three-with the Carolinas and GeOreiA
working toRethcr upon u definite ana
wcll-considered plan, the great r. Xtllu
building at Charleston will contain
The richest treasury OF manufactured
cotton goods that has ever been pre-
| sented
Gen. r.. w. Noise, Of Sumter, has
boen appointed the State Commission
! er for South Carolina OF the Exposition
Company, anl will mako 8 thorruph