Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-04-19

open boil to the feecy staple, from the
thread of the spindle to the cloth OF
the loom. This thought will grow and
develop the more it is considered, and
can be utilized in many different ways
In this department we must also have
exhibits of all varieties Of corn, wheat
oats. rice, barley, rye, peas, pumpkins
sugar cane. tobacco, grasses, and other
field products.
On the forestry building we should
exhibit all kinds OF timber grown in
the State, from the rough log to the
dressed lumber from the finished
board to the manufactured article. I'M
agine what d splendid display we can
make in pine lumber with its many
varieties. Then when hardwood and
/ timber susceptible to high polish, are
considered, Mississippi ranks with any
State We have many ! might say
hundreds. of varieties Of wood, among
them the cedar, cypress, ash, maple
locust, beech, poplar. lin, gum. hickory
oak, elm, china, sycamore, magnolia
walnut, holly, plum, peach, juniper,
bay, haw, willow, mulberry and others,
In the horticultural department we
will exhibit our finest and best grades
of fruit-peaches apples, pears,
ounces, plums, cherries, grapes, straw
berries, raspberries figs and other
fruits that grow and thrive in every
county besides preserved and picked
fruits. OF course, the fresh fruit can
only be shown in season, and constant
shipments will be required to make
creditable showing, as all decayed OIL
! unsound fruit must be removed from
the exhibition tables daily
In the manufacturers building
, Mississippi need not be behind an!
State in the Union. Take our cottol
! and woolen goods for instance, manu-
featured by the different factories o
the State-where can they be excelled
The products Of our looms are as fin
and good as can be found in any State
and their character and variety are a.
?, most endless. Displayed in neat cases
with care and taste, they will presen
an appearance to command the after
ton of all passers-by. In this depart
= ment we will also exhibit many art
t eles manufactured from wood, iror
+ leather, fbers, stone, clay, the worf
d manship of Mississippi artisans an
d students Of the Mechanical and Indu
e trial Colleges Of the State. The lis
&c will doubtless run up into many hui
= dreds. and it will be so full and con
y y plete as not only to amaze the publ
> but delight and please our own peopl
who little realize the vast resourc'
and possibilities of their own sectio
"In the mineral building we will ais
'e have many things of interest to sho'
though our State is woefully behir
many of her sisters in deyelopmel
i. along this line, having had no tho
t. ough geological survey. 1t is know
a, however. that we have iron ore
er many counties, coal and Ignite
as others, stone in great abundance al
so an inexhaustible supply of marls. Viii
Sc we excel most States in mineral water
f. the excellent properties of which a
It. known far and wide.
an the fishery building Mississip
can take rank with the foremC
te States, and present an exhibit of fire
II. and salt water fish that would do cre'
i'll to any section. Splendid displays M
OIL be expected from the canneries of
or seacoast, consisting Of oysters, shrin
'er crabs and fish; and 1t goes without ;;
lal ing that the men behind these ent
oo' prises will see to it that their secti
ra- is we'll and properly represented at
oin st. Louis Exposition.
OF Q. In the fine arts building MisslssiI
an should have many exhibits o. r
ms merit, paintings sketches, pho
graphs, carvings, etchinSs, SealptO