The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-10-12
EXPOSITION PLANS.
THE TEXTILE FXIIIBIr WILL BE ONE
OF THE GREAT EST FEAT URES
This "a Appropriate ns South CAROLINA cads
tho South In this Branch OF In
dustry-More Capital
Needed.

Charleston, s. c., Oct. 0.-The
South Carolina Interstate and West
Indian Exposition will be held in the
city Of Charleston next year. The
capital stock Of tho Exposition Com
pany has been fixed at $25O,000 and
the resources of the company are os,
timated at $1,GO0,000. It ls pro,
posed that tho exposition shall be
fully representative Of the material
resources and manufacturing and
commercial interests IF South Caro-
lima and the Southern States, par
ticularly, and of tho whole United
States and their possessions in tho
West indies and tho Philippines.
The most encouraging pledges of
assistance and co operation have boen
received from tho authorities at
Washington and from the Governors
and commissioners Of agriculture of
nearly every State in the Union.
The leading commercial organiza-
tions Of the principal cities in the
United States have promised their
active co. operation, and it is expect,
ed that the exposition, in all its va.
ried features, will be tho most com
pleto and attractive that has over
been held in the South.
The subscri ptiops to the capital
stock Of the exposition company
mado in the city Of Charleston ag-
gregato nearly 100000, and, rs the
exposition is to be Of direct benefit
to every industry in tho State and
to every court" y the State, it is
hoped that there will be liberal
subscription made by tho manufac-
turers and merchants and business
men Of the whole State.
Arrangements have been made Tor
an "EAposition Day" at the annual
fair Of the South Carolina State Ag.
ricultural and Mechanical Society to
bo held in the city of Columbia dur
ing the month Of October, and the
opportunity will at that time be pre-.
sented 10 the people of the State to
subscribe to the full extent of their
ability and disposition to the capital
stock CT the exposition company.
The shares Of the exposition com.
pany have been placed at S5 each,
payable in instruments upon the call
of the board Of directors, and, as
every industry in the State and the
people of every county are interested
IN the attraction of capital to South
Carolina for investment, and of in.
telligent and progressive people in
search of homes, it is thought that
there will be a liberal subscription
made during the State Fir to the
stock of the exposition company.
Millions, of dollars are going out
West every year for investment, and
hundreds Of thousands of people in
search of homes arc arriving in this
country every year There is no
reason why much Of this capital and
many Of these settlers cannot be
brought to South Carolina and the
South if the people Who arc inter-
osted in the improvement Of our op-
portunities will make the most of
the advantages which will be afford
ed by the exposition at Charleston
for the full development of their re-
sources
During the State Fair at Columbia
an important conference will be held
by the representatives of the exposi-
tion company with the cotton mill
men of the State, nearly all Of whom
have signified their wish and dispo.
sition to cid in making the textile
features of the exposition complete
in every detail, South Carolina,
which is today the largest cotton
manufacturing State in the South
and tho second largest manufactur.
ing State in the Union, ought to pre-
sent study in progress at the expo
sition which will impress the visitors
and result in the extension of our
commercial relations with the coun-
tries Of South America and the West
Indies.
During the month of October the
North Carolina State Fair will be
held at Raleigh in that State, and
the Georgia State Fair will be held