The age-herald., 1900-02-07
BUFFALO CITIZENS
 TOURING THE SOUTH In the Interest of the Pan-Ameri-
 can Exposition. saa3 STOPPED OVER IN. THIS CITY Party Made Up ot. Distinguished Men Who Were Taken to Ensley- Entertained at Dinner-Left for Jackson. Hiss.
STOPPED OVER IN. THIS CITY

Birmingham had the pleasure of enter- taining yesterday a committee of dist.n- guished citizens of Buffalo, N. Y, who. are in the south to arouse interest in the Pan-American exposition to be held in that city next year. a
 The committee consisted of Norman E. Mack, editor of the Buffalo Times, a mem Der of the advisory committee of the dem ocratic national campaign committee, and former chairman of the New York state executive committed; John B. Weber, com- missioner general of the Pan-American ex- position; C. F. Bishop, former mayor of Buffalo; W. H. Ryan, congressman from one of the Buffalo districts; John H. Brink ley, one of the founders of the Pan-Amer- ican exposition, and J. J. Kennedy, presi- dent of the board of aldermen of Buffalo.
 The Pan-American exposition was ln- corporated with an authorized capital stock of $5,0OO,0OO It is contemplated that the exhibits at the exposition, which opens in May, 19O1 shall represent the industrial and commercial products of all American countries, both in North and South Ameri- ca. Commissioners have been sent to all the countries on the two continents to work up an interest in the big show and to pre- vail on the governments to collect displays of their products and resources to be placed on exhibition.
 The city of Buffalo appropriated s1,5oo 900 towards the enterprise, the state of New York s1,OO00OO and the national government $500,O0O.
 Mission of the Committee
 The mission of the committee, headed by MT. Mack, is ito induce the states ln this section to exhibit their resources at the exposition. The committee spent Monday tin Columbus, S. C., where they presented the niat,ter to the legislature of that, state, and today will go before the Mississippi Legislature for the same purpose. The South Carolina legislature gave the com mltEee an attentive hearing, and agreed ito appoint a commission to represent that state. Mir. Mack, in speaking of the re- ception accorded ahe committee by the South Carolina legislature, said he felt certain that that state would have an ex- ttJbit at the exposition.
 The same committee Will come to Ala bama next December to present the mat ter to the legislature of this state. ChSehohAhou Mayor Drennen, H. B. Gray, president of the Peoples Savings bank, and others, took charge of the visitors, and during the af- ternoon went with them to Ensley, where they were shown through the mammoth plants of lthe Alabama Steel and Shipbuild- ing company the Alabama Steel and Wire company and the other industries there. The visitors expressed themselves as being higihy pleased with what they saw fin Bir- ming'ham's prosperous suburb. They spoke in terms of the highest pra1se of the won derful developments in this district, and of the unmistakaIoe signs of prosperity evil dent on every side.
 Mayor Drennen entertained the visitors at a dinner at the Morris last night, af- ter which they departed over the Alabama Great Southern at 10:O5 o'clock for Jack son, Miss.