The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-09-03
THE MISSISSIPPI EXHIBIT.
What the State is Expected to
Show at Worlds Fair.

What the State is Expected to
Show at Worlds Fair.
The Considerations and Many Articles
Described by State Commissioner
II. HI. Henry.
In answer to numerous inquiries as
to the kind and character of exhibits
that Mississippi will be expected to
make at the Worlds Fair at st. Louis,
State Commissioner r. HI. Henry has
given out the following:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Mississippi being an agricultural
State, it is expected that her exhibit of
agricultural products will excel any
other at the Worlds Fair at St. Louis;
therefore samples of everything raised
in the fields and on the farm are solicit
ted from planter and farmer. We
want the best specimens, of cotton,
corn, wheat, oats, rice, barley, rye,
peas, potatoes, pumpkins, wood, melons,
sugar cane, tobacco, grasses, hay, mil
let, maize, etc.
TIMBER AND LUMBER.
We want every variety of timber and
lumber grown and manufactured in
Mississippi from the rough log to the
finished product. There are over 200
kinds of timber in this State, and we
want samples of alpine, oak, ash,
hickory, poplar, gum, cedar, cypress,
maple, locust, beech, magnolia, lynn,
elm, china, sycamore, walnut, holly,
plum, peach, juniper, bay, haw, willow,
and others.
HORTICULTURE.
We want samples of everything raised
in the orchard, garden and truck patch,
all the finest grades of fruits and vege-
tables peaches, apples, pears, ounces,
plums, cherries, grapes, strawberries,
dewberries, raspberries, apricots, POM
granates, oranges, figs, nectarines,
tomatoes, beans, radishes, cabbages,
squashes, okra, peas, caulifowers, sweet
potatoes, Irish potatoes, egg plants,
lettuce, celery and everything raised in
the orchard and garden.
CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Specimens of canned fruits, pre-
serves, jellies, jams, wines, cordials,
brandies, pickles, etc, such as the Mis-
sissippi house wife knows so we'll how
to prepare, are wanted in quantity and
quality.
HORTICULTURE.
Samples of every flower, rose, bulb,
fern and plant raised in flower gar
den, are solicited.
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.
Everything made in the shops and
factories of the State are wanted for
this departments articles made from
wood, iron, leather, cotton, wool, fibers,
stone, clay, cotton seed; everything that
can be conceived by the human mind
and fashioned by human hands.
TEXTILES.
All products of the spindle and loom
cotton and wooden goods of every
kind manufactured in the factories of
the State-sheetings, shirtings, drill
ings, osnaburgs, plaids, checks, stripes,
jeans, cassimers, worsteds, etc.
MINERALS.
Every kind and character of mineral
is wanted-ores of all varieties, iron,
mari, coal, Ignite, peat, stone, rock,
clay, sand, lime, kaolin, flint, slate
mineral waters, etc.
woMAN's WORK.
The woman's department will be one
of the most interesting at the EXPOSE
ton, and the ladies of Mississippi are
requested to send specimens of their
handiwork - crotchets, embroideries
laces, needle work; crotcheted dresses,
tides, collars, ETC.; embroidered table
covers, dresses, searfs, shawls, etc.;
lace handkerchiefs, lace collars and
cuffs, Jokes and fiounees, etc.:
quilts, afghans, lambrequins, pillows,
cushions, screens, piano covers, ladies
dresses and underwear, decorative
work of all kinds.
EDUCATIONAL.
In this department the State should
be literally represented, and the best
work and most advanced methods OF
our schools and colleges are solicited.
FINE ARTS.
Works of art of every description are
requested, such as paintings on can
vass, wood, metal, enamel, porcelain.
china; drawings and cartoons in water
colors, pastel, chalk, charcoal and pen
Gil; sculpture and bas-reliefs in
marble, bronze or other metals, terra
Gotta, wood or other materials; cary.
ings, engravings, etchings, etc.
FISHERIES.
In this department will be exhibited
every variety of fresh and salt water
fish that can be procured, and the col
lection cannot fail to prove of great in
terest. The exhibits of canned oysters,
shrimp and crab, from the seacoast can
neries are expected to be as fine as any
shown, and the best specimens ars So
licited.
LIVE STOCK.
All the best grades are wanted for
special days.
NEGRO EXHIBIT.
Leading negroes of the State having
asked for an allotment of space in
which to exhibit the work of their race,
the request has been granted, and
specimens of all the different articles
made by negroes are desired.
SPECIAL.
Inventions, Curiosities, Fossils,
Relics, and objects of great interest are
wanted, and persons having such arti-
cles are requested to communicate
with the State Commissioner.
Some people persevere in doing moth
ing.
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