The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
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THE PAN-AMERICAN
Weekly Resume Of Events
Happening There o.
FLORIDA DAY PROGRAM
SOuthernerS Went to Honor the
President In Florida Pavilion.

Buffalo. Sept. Tt was a graceful
courtesy, far above party politics, for
Cne Southern commissioners, exhibit
OTIS and visitors to have arranged to
meet In the Florida Pavilion Thurs
oay and Friday that they might pay
tnelr respects to the President of the
onted States in body, thus empha-
sizing their regard for him and his
nigh Office. A card reception was to
nave been held by the President in the
united States Government Building,
at $50, to which Secretary W. V. Cox,
OF the Government Board, issued a
number OF extra tickets for the South
ern commissioners. The reception in
the Temple Of Music Friday was pub
TIC. Dixie made good showing at
both. In addition to the Southern
commissioners, Col. Eggleston, of
Lake Charles, Louisiana, Superintend-
ent of the Louisiana and Texas rice
kitchen; Mr.. M w: Hayes, the Boston
representative, ana Col. l. C.. Wade,
the Atlanta representative of the
Southern Railroad, were prominent
in getting this body of representative
Southerners together that Dixie might
hold her own In point of numbers
here by the Great Waters of the
North. 1t is a subject of universal
comment that the South has done
its share in making the exposition a
success, and Buffalo has surely done
more than her part in the cordiality
OF the welcome and liberality of the
concessions she has extended to our
section. Thursday, Presidents Day,
the most notable of all the special
days of the exposition, was a fitting
occasion for every part of the Union
to honor the man on whose shoulders
rests the responsibility of this great
and growing naLlon. The Southern
ers did their part.
Commissioner and Mrs. R. r.
Poole, of Montgomery, Alabama, ar
rived at the exposition in time to at
tend the Presidential reception in the
Government Building. It is mainly
due to the foresight and energy Of Mr..
Poole that Alabama has such a fine
exhibit here. It has been the best ad
Vertisement the State ever had, and
will be worth millions of dollars to
her in the future.
The Louisiana and Texas rice
kitchen has been another unique and
valuable advertisement for the South
and for that cereal. The sale of rice
in and around Buffalo has increased
so per cent. since the exposition
opened. ~. Pritchard, the agent for
one of the big rice mills at Crowley,
Louisiana, was here last week. He
says the shortness of the corn and
bean crop will largely increase the de-
mand for rice this fall and winter. 4-e
has just returned from a business trip
to Chicago where he found the people
were waking up to the value of rice
as a food. The rice kitchen here
ought to have been ten times larger
than it is. 1t would have been filed.
There is a crush around the doors
every day and thousands continue to
be turned away.
Colonel Wier has finally arranged
the program for Florida Day. 1t will
be very attractive and several big ex-
cursions ought to honor the las. of
Southern days at the Pan-American
Exposition by coming. After the
morning ceremonies in the Illinois
State Building when Governor Jen-
nings and Mr.. Parkhill, of Pensacola,
will speak, Colonel Wier has arranged
to have a second mee-ng i the Iem-
pie of Music. The Florida Press AS
sociation will be here in body, and
the greater part of the evening will
be devoted to exercises in which the
leading editors Of Florida will take
part. There viii also be select mus
ical program.
The meeting of the New England
CoLton Manufacturers Association, to
to be held here September "a, Is and
rs, should bringa large crowd of South
ern cotton manufacturers and planters
to the exposition. 1t stands to reason
the cotton mills Of the future will be
located where the cotton grows. This
convention opens up a fine opportu-
nifty for Northern and Southern man
ufacturers to get together and formu-
late plans advantageous to both sides
Of Mason and Dixon's line. The South
needs capiu and skilled labor. MANY
Northern manufacturers might be in
duced to go South, where climatic con-
ditiOns are much better than at the
North. Mr.. D. A. Tompins, of Char
lotte, North Carolina, has been in
vited to address the association. He
has the reputation of being a clear
and fOrceful speaker. No man has the
facts better in hand, and few have
done more for the material advance
ment of Southern industries. Mr..
Tompkins will address the associa-
tion the 25th, and his speech will con-
tain statistics showing the immense
strides made in the manufacture of