The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-12
INVITED TO ST. LOUIS.
South Carolina Invited to- Make an
Exhibit mt the Big show.

The house and the senate met i'm
joint session Wednesday night TO hear
addresses from the visitors who are
here representing the st. Louis cx-
position which, it is said, will he the
most magnIicen thing OF the kind
ever held. The visitors were escorted
by legislative committee headed by
Senator Henderson. They spoke for
an hour and interested the legislature
in their great prospective show.
Mr. :. w. Ravenel, former SoIth
! CaroIiEian now living i'm st. Louis. was
the first speaker. He was applauded
vigorously when he said that he had
never seen the day when he was not
proud TO say that he was South Car
Gilman.
Mr.. c. NJ. Rees Of ST. Louis said he
had never before been told that his
money was c1untcrfclt and his checks
worthless. Since coming to this State
they had not been allowed to pay for
anything. But some day they would
repay the compliment.
He said he came from the western
bank of the Father of Waters to BRING
a greeting to South Carolina. This
will be the greatest exposition i'm the
history OF the world. He gave statiS-
ties showing how this exposition is
projected to he the greatest OF Them
all. lie spoke Of the history Of this
section from the time LaSalle nayi-
gated the Mississippi to the time when
Thomas Jefferson made it possible for
this to become a part OF the United
States
South Carolina has PLAYED such y
part in the settling Of that country
that there is chair for South Caro-
lima in every Missouri home. He urg-
ed South Carolina to take n prominent
place in the exposition.
Hon. f. 5. Garner, the next speaker.
said that he had once had the mis-
fortune to be a legislator. He had been
a newspaper man unit he had becme
SO lazy that he was fit for nothing else
and they sent him to the legislature.
The people Of Missouri are spending
$4,000 to be represented at the
charleston exposition. Will it paw?
Chicago has been taking wonderful
strides since her exposition. st joseph,
Mo-. had nearly doubled it's popula-
ton since its exposition. 1t paid
them. 1t will pay Charleston.
This is an ideal climate for cattle
raising, he said, and it is possible to
raise as fine cattle i'm this State as in
any other. South Carolina has many
resources which need development,
and there is no way to better advertise
them than at an exposition. MANY
other southern States will be there
and South Carolina cannot afford to
lag behind. From Missouri's exhibit
at Buffalo, the people OF that State
are receiving many inquiries from
homeSeekcrs and from peonle- seeking
to invest.
st. Louis cannot do without South
Carolina. Can't have a State building
then send magnificent exhibit any
way. He had been much pleased with
the State exhibit at the Charleston ex-
position. Such an cxhit could he
made at st. Louis He referred TO the
history Of the south and declared that
south Carolina is rich in history. and
for that reason he wants them TO have
an exhibit there. Whenever he passes
the statue Of Calhoun in Marion square
in Charleston he feels like taking off
his hat. He referred to other great
men in this States history and was en-
Enthusiastically applauded when he re-
ferred to the 'nobleSt Roman of them
alr'-Wade Hampton.
lie had been born in the north where
the feeling towards the south had not
been so congenial once but he wanted
/ 10 say that his first boy was named for
Wade Hampton. Applause. He CON
tinucd thus to eulogizc the patriots
and statesmen of South Carolina and
urged that for the sake OF the past as
well as the future this State should be
well represented at st. Louis.
Col. Avcrill, director general Of the
Charleston exposition, was next pre-
Sented. He thanked the general assem-
bly, OF South Carolina for putting the
Charleston exposition firmly on foot
This State has the finest building on
the grounds today and the most hand
some exhibit. The Charleston expoSi-
tion is driving the nail home, and if
South Carolina would send a suitable
exhibit TO the st. Louis exposition it
would clinch the nail. The people Of
the northwest are tired Of the bleak
winters there and many Of them would
like to know of the possibilities OfthiS
state. He spoke Of instances of pros
pective settlers spending hours i'm the
South Carolina building at the Char
lesion exposition.