The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-30
Jour EXHIBIT BEST
Report of Committee That
Visited the Exposition.
Resolutions Passed by the Board Of Agriculture
Yesterday. Motion 10 Appropriate
$1,000 10 State Fair.

The Board of Agriculture met yester-
! day morning and proceeded to the Acad-
envy of Music, where they ATTENDED the
| commencement exercises of the A. and
M. College.
| At the afternoon session committee
was directed to draft reply TO the res
oiutions of the Board of Visitors of the
A and NJ College in regard to the Ex-
pertinent Station This reply will short
~ be made public.
President J. A. Long and Secretary
Joseph f. Pogue addressed the Board in
behalf of the State Fair Association and
it was moved after hearing these gentle
men, that 81 500 be appropriated for the
State Fair This motion was referred,
as is usual in such cases, to the Finance
Committee.
The report of the committee appointed
to visit Charleston and report upon the
exhibit of the board at the exposition
and the expenditure of exposition fund
was submitted. 1t follows:
The committee met at the exhibit OF
the board on the exposition grounds at
g o'clock a. m, April Sth. Present J. Il.
Coffield, f. l.. Daughtridge, W. A. Ora
ham and A. Cannon. By designation of
the Commissioner, w A. Graham presid-
cd The Committee examined the eX-
hbit Of the board and then of other
States The North Carolina display was
notably the best of any of the States eX-
cept perhaps that of South Carolina; but
taking into consideration that the latter
had ten times the amount of space that
was allotted to the former, we can hard
ly acknowledge the superiority. Th3 ar
rangement in appearance and for the ex-
animation of those interested in particu-
lar articles, was decidedly the best on
the entire grounds. The object OF the
exhibit was not to show the curiosities
and monstrosities to be found in the
State, but what there was in different
departments inviting the investment of
capital, the article exhibited was only a
duplicate or sample of what could be
found by those seeking such investments
The credit for the excellent ARRANGEMENT
OF the exhibit is due to Mr.. T. X Bruner,
Secretary of the Board, who was most
efficiently aided in his work by Mr..
Brimley, the curator of the Museum.
The exhibition of building, ornamen-
tai and monumental stone in dressed and
polished columns or other forms as
shown in the exhibit of Georgia Impress
ed us as valuable We recommend that
the board take action to have some of
the stone of this class in this State so
exhibited in the Museum. The cost of
this work should be borne by the owners
o,rpn
are obtained.
We also recommend that the board
enGcaVor to have the United States De-
of Agriculture extend the work
of Matching and prcpagating fish and
oysters in this State; the opportunities
for such work are very great, and it is
a remunerative industry. The aS-
planes fer such work as is shown in
the exhibit by the government at Cha,
lesion, which was most courteously eX-
planned to the committee by Mr.. Morgan.
who was in charge, has reached a high
state of perfection. We invite the men,
bars of the board to inspect the new
cases and other furniture used for the
first time at Charleston, but which will
be part of the permanent furnishings of
the Museum, and which were paid for
from the exhibition fund
I'VE recommend that the claims OF AL
len and the Boyd Furniture Company
for unpaid balance be referred TO COM
mittee consisting of the Commissioner of
Agriculture, the Secretary of the Board
and the curator, with authority to adj
just.
Report on expenditures is deferred
until exposition is closed ard all papers
can be examined
The report of the Building Committee,
which has charge of the two new build
irgs at the A and ~. College, was read |
The board then adjourned to meet at
the college this morning at 10 O'Clock.