The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-04
THE SOUTH At BUFFALO
Attractive Features at the Pan
American Exposition.
Virginia Apples attract widespread
IntcrcSf-The Old and the New We
Ero-AIab gmars Capitol HeprOduc-
ed I'm Corn-4Iissouri's Pavilion

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BUFFALO, June A-Virginia's exhibit
of apples which is attractiveIy displayed
in the horticultural Building, is regard
ed as the finest ever seen. and general re-
gret Is. expressed that Richmond at least
did not exploit her fine tobaCcos here 9th
er cities, which cannot compare with the
capital Of the Old Dominion as tobacco
manufacturing centres have spent hun
dreds of dollars in exhibiting to Pan
America what they can do in this direc-
ton. As the factories of Richmond are
fed by the products Of the rich golden
tobacco belt OF North Carolina it would
have paid the two States to have had
fun exhibit here. Perhaps it is not yet too
late, and if one or two energetic men win
take hold OF it now, the exposition au-
thorities viii cordially cooperate with
them
Alabama made an appropriation OF s.. 900
for the Pan-American Exposition. The
States commissioners have been on the
ground less than a week, and they did
not begin to install their products until
Saturday, but the work was all finished
Monday night. The commission is COM
posed of three members, r. H Poole, J.
Q Adams. and r. W German, the last of
the exhibit through the exposition period
Mr. German is a newspaper man from
Opelika, Ala The installation in the Ag-
riculture Buildings is very artistic and
for the amount of money used makes q
most creditabIe display What attracts
most attention is the State House of
Montgomery reproduced in corn Il is the
old colonial style of architecture with
long piazza in front which is of especial
historic interest because It was here JEFF
ferson Davis took the oath of office as
President of the Southern Coufederacy.
Cotton as well as corn is conspicuous,
though the Alabama pavilion contains
about every agricultural product known
to America.
The Missouri pavilion il the Agriculture
Building is arranged with great taste In
the centre is a blue tower Of octagonaI
shape thiTty-four feet high It is topped
by shock Of grain, bearing the name
and arms Of Missouri This banner is
h CHER than any other exhibit object in
the building and can be seen from nearly
all the doors leading into the building
In the lower part OF the tower grain is
shown behind panels Of grass. Arranged
in glass cases and jars on steplike shelves
beginning at the floor and extending to a
height of six feet are oats wheat, over
10y varieties Of shclled corn. many kinds
Of timothy seed, beans and peas. Huge
cauljLowers, muskmeIons and carrots,
preserved in liquid. are shown in large bot
ties On the counter forming the north
ern boundary Of the booth rests a squash
weighing eighty-one pounds It IS said
too, that this isn't much Of a wonder in
Missouri. but that squashes often grow
10 that size there However the enthusi-
astic superintendent Of the exhibit, J E
CTumbaugh, of Columbia. No. admits
that the average Missouri squash is
tribe smaller
Exhibits Of cotton and wool are shown
for Missouri does quite business in both
One case shows the different stages of
wool, from the fleece Of the sheep to the
manufactured cloth.
There IS a group of Official treaties in
the exhibit of the Department of State
which excites much curiosity One of
these is written in Greek on a slab OF
white PenteIican marble It was found
among the ruins Of the AcropoIis and be
longs To the age Of PericIes. 1t Is a treaty
between the Athenians and Chalcideans.
The translation, made by Prof Basil Gid
ersleeve, Of Johns Hopkins University.
accompanies it II was sent to the United
States Department Of State by Cen AIeri-
deth Read when he was Minister TO
Greece, but has never before been per
mitted To leave the department building
at Washington Another curious treaty
( Is in the form Of the tooth of a sea mon
| ster- presumably a shark, sent to the
President of the United States by the
| Chief Of the Fiji Islands There are many
others. but these two represent the ex-
| trenes Of foreign diplomatic negotiations
I p 10
| II MichaeIs. the chief clerk of the de-
! partment. and its able representative ON
/ the Government board
| The negro exhibit which was at the
| Paris Exposition has been installed in the
| Liberal Arts Building. It shows the ne
/ gro or the South as he was at the time
/ OF emancipation and as ne is TODAY
FrgSTeSs OF Negro Education" Is the
SUBJECT OF an instructive group. This
SHOWS q white frame schOolhOuse Of the
| district school type Of the date OF 1873
/ used by colOred children. The next group
Educational Results shows q crowd of
| well-dressed, intelligent boys and girls,
! who are attendants at the negro High
! Schc0i IN Washington. Investment in
/ high School Education is REPRESENTED
! by model of the large fOur-stOry brick
| negro school at the National Capital.
! Not quite SO graphic. but no less in
! strucuve, are the series Of Photographic
frames showing the different educational
institutions which have been built
| throughout the South. for the education
/ of coloTed youth A few schools are rep
/ resented by before and after pictures
showing them after they have been at the
/ institution 4 year or two or when they
| have completed the course. IN the lat
/ ter pictures they appear as welI-dressed,
! intelligent men and women, whose latent
| capabilities are plainly indicated.
! Among the schools represented in the
! pictorial display are: The Hampton Nor
/ nal and Agricultural Institute. Hampt
! Va. Fisk University. Nashville Tenn :
/ TougaIoO University, TougaIoo Miss; Be
/ rea College, Berea, Ky Shaw University
J Raleigh, N c; Roger Williams Universe
/ ~ Nashville, Tenn Union University,
/ Richmond, Va; ChaIIin University Or
| augsburg. s c; Haines' Normal and In
! dustrial Institute Atlanta Ga; Howard
/ institute, Negro State Normal School,
/ jefferson City. Mo; Agricultural and Me
! Chanical College, Greensboro. y. c. TJIS-
/ kagee Normal and Industrial Institute,
/ Tuskagee, Ala This is the school found
/ ed and largely maintained through the
! efforts Of Booker T Washington.
/ To show the present prosperity of the
/ Industrious. educated negro, there Is a
! series of Photographic frames giving
! views of the homes. Interior and exterior.
! of WeII-to-do negroes IN many of the large
/ Southern cities None of these is paIa-
/ tial but all of them show the comfort and
/ good taste Of the occupants. AffOrding a
! comparison between the past and the
! present. the last frame in this series
| shows the Old-fashi0ned log cabin home,
| of the slavery days. People who think
| the negro is without capacity for business.
| viii have something to think about aft
! CT they have seen the series of pictures
| devoted to the display of business fnstf-
| tutiOnS owned and operated by COIOred
hrs