The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
The LaurenS Advertiser.
= $3.50 Per Year in Advance.
EXPOSITION DAY AT CAPITAL.

TEREST OF THE GREAT SHOW AT
CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Nov. 3.--Last
Thursday was exposition day at tn,
annual State Fair of the South Caro-.
lima Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety in Columbia. The attendance at
the fair was the largest on an" day
in the history of The society, the num-
Der Of persons passing through the
gates aggrcgatinG not less than 20 1000.
The visitors came from all parts OF
South Carolina and made up The hap
picst and most Contentcd lot of mortals
that has ever been assembled in South
Carolina. There was IL look of pros
pcrty in the throng. The women
were handsome, of course, aud all the
men well dressed and well behaved. !
There was not an incident during the
day to mar the delightful harmOnies of
the occasion. The exposition to be
held at Charleston next year was the
talk of the day and night, and the
bill boards throughout the city
famed with posters announcing the
exposition to be held next year. Thou
sands of advertising buttons and stacks
Of "litcraturc" were widely distributed,
so that o%nc-fourth of the ladies attend
ing the fair wore the exposition label
and in every community throughout
the State the exposition will be dis
cussed from o until its opening day,
with ever increasing interest.
The officers of the State Agrlcultu.
raj and Mechanical Society were cx-
%ccedingly attentive to the representa-
tivpS nt tho nVnnSittnn nntn,nn,r nnl
every possible opportunity was offer
cd for the discussion of the great en-
terprisc.
The feature of the day was the cX-
position demonstration on the fair
grounds, when the people of the State
were addressed by the Governor of
South Carolina, the president OF the
State Agricultural and Mcchanicle So
ciety and the Mayor Of the city of
Charleston i'll behalf of the undertak-
ing. IL c,osing his address to the
people oi South Carolina, Governor
Insolvency. salG'
81 feel great interest in the success
of this great exposition, because | firm
~ believe 1t means a great deal, not
only for the city Of Charleston, but
for the entire State. | trust and be-
lievc that IL people, with n accord.
from the mountains to the Scaboard.
will lend their aid and influence tC
make this the greatest and grandest
exposition ever held IN our Southland
and if they do it will rebound to the
lasting benefit not only to the pcCplC
OF this State, but TO the people of the
entire country. There is no reason
why it should not meet in its every de,
tail the most sanguine expectations o.
those who conceived il and have beer
It's most earnest supporters.
"Lct us present a united front ant
show to the world that we are true &c
our birth and to our country. Ever,
city and every hamlet, and every maj
and every woman should feel ;
personal interest in this enter
prise, Cor its success or failure will af
feet every one of us. But 18th tn,
energy n progressive spirit that il
behind this enterprise, the success 0
The South Carolina Interstate ant
West Indian Exposition Is assured
and it will be a source of much salts
faction to know and to feel that W,
have contributed to that end"
MIR. w. ID. Evans, president of the
State Agricultural and Mechanical So
clety, speaking for the State Fair AS.
ISOLATION in n few well timed remarks
SAID that the fair association was de.
lighted TO have SO many Charleston
lans here, even the worthy Mayor OF
that metropolis. 1t was a genuine
pleasure to have so many Of the good
people of Charleston here, he sand,
and he hoped that city would continue
to send large delegations here. Char.
lesion was always welcome here. The
State fair has passed through its dark
days, but was o a great success, and
he was delighted TO so report TO the
people of the State.
The last speaker was the Hon. j..
Adgcr Smyth, the Mayor of Charles
ton, who set forth the objects of the
exposition thus:
"We believe if u plans are carried
out this South Carolina Interstate and
west Indian Exposition will so display
before the world our vast u~ndeyclop.
ed that we can interest them,
and thus draw into our State the capi.
tai and the population needed to make
our waste places blossom like the rose,
and replace our barren hill tops and
u unproductive swamps with the
smoke Of furnaces, the hum of
mills and factories, and with fields of
waving grain.
"lts very lame shows that it is to
be essentially a South Carolina Exposi-
ton. We feel, therefore, that we have
a right to ask you today for your SYM
pathy and for your assistance in max.
ing this exposition such a glorious
success as will reflect credit upon South
Carolina and promote the interests of
every citizen within her borders"
The commissioners of the eyposi-
lion company appointed for the several
of the State met in the SEN
ate chamber at Columbia on Thursday
afternoon and perfected their organiza-
ton for active work by the election of
Hon. G. 5. Mccall Of Marlboro County
as chairman, Mr.. f. @. O'Neill, of
Charleston, as vice president, and Mr..
H.. M. Aver as secretary. Capt. A. III.
White, of York County was made tenn
porarY chairman of the meeting and
presided over Its deliberations in such
o manner as to accomplish the object
for which the meeting was held. Capt.
+. w. Wagner of the Exposition