The gold leaf., 1901-08-08
THE SOUTH AT BUFFALO.
MARVELLOUS RESOURCES MAKE AN IMPRESS
SIvE OBJECT LESSON.

mAhfclUUo hESUUkCES MAkE AN IMPKtS
SlVE OBJECT LESSON.
Comprehensive Exhibit by the South
ern Railway-Missouri's Artistic In
stallation - Louisiana's "Cotton
Tree''-AIabama's Pavilion Always
Thronged With Visitors-Excellent
Exhibits OF Three Southern States
Southern Hospitality at Louisiana
Rice Kitchen.
Especial Correspondence of the Gold Leaf }
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 6, 'Ol.
In the exhibit of the Southern Rail-
way, in the Agriculture Building, at
the Pan-American Exposition large
painting OF the tea farm, Summer
Vile, South Carolina, has recently
been hung. This canvas is about
five yards long and ten yards wide.
The border is an artistic arrangement
of tea leaves and the effect of the
whole is one of the most attractive
pictures in the building. Below this
are grouped colored photographs of
THE Pines," Flat Rock, North Caro-
lima; Asheville, North Carolina, with
its semi-circle of magnificent peaks in
the distance, the romantic valley of
the French Broad river and Round
Knob with it's fountain in the center
of the picture. There are other col
ored photographs which tell both of
the beauty and progress of Dixie,
notable among which is that of the
Olympia Cotton Mills, Columb bia,
South Carolina. There are rows OF
glass jars containing the various
products produced in the lands ad-
jaoent to the Southern Railway. Con-
spicuous among these are fruits and
vegetables from Tennessee, sea inland
cotton from the Charlotte Oil Mills,
Charlotte. North Carolina, cotton
seed oil, oats, wheat, hay. corn,
fruits and vegetables of every descrip-
ton from Alabama, Georgia, Ken
tucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
Illinois and Indiana, with BILE
photographs of important cities and
towns, mining and timber districts.
manufacturing and commercial cen
ters and of the most productive agri-
cultural districts. There is also an
exhibit of tea raised near Fayette-
vile and Pinehurst, North Carolina.
In short it is condensed exhibit of
the marvellous resources of the entire
Southland.
This exhibit as [ write is thronged
with people from every part of the
country who are profuse in the ex-
pressions Of admiration, both of the
manner in which the exhibit is in
stalled, and of the splendid resources
Of the section through which this
railroad runs. l have heard some
people, especially during political
campaigns call the Southern Railroad
an IAN octopus" However true or
false this may be am not in a posi-
tion to say, but here on the Pan
American grounds it represents the
resources of the Southland better
than any other single exhibit at the
Exposition. Its practical value must
be seen to be appreciated. The
woodwork in front OF the picture is
tastefully done in the curled pine for
which the South is famous. The
background of the exhibit is wine
colored felt. Tendrils of gray moss,
clusters of rich mahogany colored
tobacco leaves, sheaves of rice, rye,
oats and wheat are so arranged
against this bright background as to
make a most effective ensemble.
At the base OF the exhibit there are
several framed placards containing
sentences of which the following are
samples: "The South has 8O,SOC
square miles of coal lands. The iron
interests of the South are wonderful
in extent. Its mills command the
markets of the world. The orchards
of tho South produce fruits of excep
tional quality. Fast freight service
of Southern Railway to principal
markets" The exhibit occupies The
space Immediately in front Of the New
York State pavilion which is in the
center of the Agriculture Building
On one side of it is one Of the most
popular entrances to the building, or
the other is the exhibit of the Stat.
of Minnesota. Its position is wei
adapted to catch the eye OF the peo
pie who visit the building. II this
road is an octopus it is great pity
that the South does not swarm with
octopi of this species.
Mr.. Crumbaugh, the superinten
dent of the agricultural exhibit o
Missouri is continually adding new
and attractive features to his pavil
lion. The wood in which Missouri
exhibit is installed is painted pail
blue with an ornamental frieze run
ming its entire length made Of corn
Kaffir corn and other cereals. MIR
Crumbaugh is a glib talker whel
Missouri and her resources are hi
theme. He says:
Missouri took the honors a
Omaha and Chicago in the Agricul
ture Building for the best and mos
varied exhibit of the agriculture pro
ducts. The advantage she has owe
all the other States of the Union i
that of location. In 1900 she raises
forty thousand bales of cotton. II
the Southern portion of the State W
have a complete line Of tobacco ant
all the varieties Of wool of this year
shearings, twenty-four varieties o
wheat and nineteen varieties of oat
besides all grades of cotton. Beside
the agricultural products, We have Oh
exhibit here twenty-eight differen
brands of flour" In the middle O
the pavilion is an old fashioned cor
crib made of wire surmounted by Al
ear of corn that Baron Munchauso
could not make a credulous publ
believe ever grew on any stalk.
is twenty-ssven inches long and fou
. and half inches in diameter. Owe
, the private entrance of Mr.. Crum
baugh is q large coat of arms of tn
State of Missouri, with the motto
''Salus Populi Supreme Lex Esto" con
spiculously displayed in large letter
on yellow background. But
wouldn't be safe for emigrants to g
down to the State expecting to rails