The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-05-30
THE PAN-AMERICAN
Exposition and the South's
Interest in it
GEORGIA & ALABAMA LEAD
In Securing Places of Honor in the
Big Shows Management.
Continued from last week.

Six car loads containing the
exhibit from the state of Louis
lana arrived a few days ago.
The exhibit excites a great deal
of interest here, and is being in
stalled by the efficient commits
miSsiOners, Major j. C. Lee,
and DIR. w. G. Stubbs, in the
1900 square feet reserved for it.
The location of the Louisiana
exhibit is one of the most con-
spicuOus in the Agricultural
Building. 1t occupies the first
space to the right of the main
entrance. 1t is enclosed within
three arches supported by four
columns. The first column is
made of cotton, the second Of
sugar cane, the third of corn
and the fourth of rice. On the
pedestals of these columns are
splendid palm and palmetto
trees that reach nearly to the
ceiling. The wood work of the
exhibit is of Louisiana cypress,
enameled in white and border
ed with gold leaf. In golden
letters on the two larger panels
is a list of the resources of the
state. On the central arch is a
shield bearing the coast of arms
of Louisiana, on which is en-
blazoned the white pelican, faS-
tened in a cluster of palm
branches. The effect must be
seen to be appreciated. The
large palms and palmettOs which
were brought from the horticul-
tural gardens of New Orleans
are very beautiful. Major Lee
says the state of Louisiana real
ICES an average of 500. .OOO,O 600
per annum from its agricultural
crops alone. There are four
large cases containing rice in ev-
cry form. AS many more con-
tain fine exhibit of corn and
cane. There are several kinds
of cotton, with the manufactur
ed products in other cases. Ev-
cry product of the resourceful
state is here in good shape.
Some of the sugar cane is so tall
that it almost reaches to the
top of the space in which the
Louisiana exhibit is enstalled.
I noticed boxes of gumbo fill.
Major Lee tells me he is going
to give these people mp here
something good to eat, when the
Louisiana cooks make the gum
bo in the rice kitchen, which is
another part of the grounds
There we're several huge bales
of cotton and three bales of the
prepared grey moss, out of
which the best hair mattresses
can be made. The appropria-
ton by the state of Loisiana was
only $4,000.
500 square feet in the ForeS-
try Building has been reserved
for the forestry exhibit from
the Pelican State. This con-
sists of a magnificent display of
fifty of the handsomest woods
from Louisiana highly polished,
and in the rough. Another
beautiful feature of this exhibit
will be a profusion of the fresh
grey moss, a graceful growth
which hangs from our trees,
unfamiliar to the people of this
section but seen everywhere in
Dixie.
The handsome cases in which
many of the products are in
stalled we're made in New Or
leans of the exquisite fine grain
ed cypress wood. I confess to
feeling a personal pride in this
comprehensive exhibit from a
southern state, and regret more
than ever that every one of them
did not have a similar represen-
tation here. Major Lee and DIR.
Stubbs were hard at work to-
day assisting with their own
hands in the installation of this
exhibit. It is evident that
Louisiana has been as wise in
the selection of her practical
commissioners as she was in the
selection of her exhibit here. 1t
cannot fail to rebound with veryl