The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-29
IN SMALL DOSES.
News of Progress Of WorldS.
Fair Work In Kentucky.
BIG APPLE AND PEAR DIs?LAY
Lawn Of Kentucky Buiidlr1 so~n In
Blue Grass-Eshibits CT Won,cn's
Work Arranged For-oisplay Of
Hemp Broken by Maehi,ery--eeets
Two Feet Long For the Exhibit


has bought 1000 barrels of apples In
Henderson county - where. by tho
way. fruit OF this kind seems 10 have
fourished more than anywhere else In
Kentucky this year--and fifty-hve bar
rels are being culled from the entire
lot for Kentucky's horticultural di-
play at the Worlds Fair next yeaf.
The varieties are Ben Davis. Vino
Sap Winter Pearmain. Black TwiSs
and Rome Beauty. The fifty.hvo bar
rcls turned over by Mr.. Whltosides TO
the Exhibit Association have been
carefully wrapped In two different pa
pcrs-each apple separately. accayi.
ing TO instructions given out by Expo
sltlon ofilc,als-and have been shipped
10 Louisville. to be placed In cold stor-
age until taken 10 ST. Louis next April.
The Louisville Veteran Firomens
Association has unanimously voted TO
attend the Worlds Fair next year 10
a body. II will carry along an ola
hand FIRE engine used In ante bellum
days. and In a parade on the grounds
every member being In oid-fashS
loned hremans uniform-win doubt
less attract a great deal OF attention.
Col. ~ c. CUP. the Secretary Ct the
Committee on Ceremonies for the Er-
position. is arranging n Veteran Fire
mems Day" and the Louisville lad
dies" all Of whom are close nroun3
three score and ten IN age. win -
over on whatever date Is selected
The two hundred foot lawn In
front Of the Kentucky State Building
ut the Worlds Fair Is being soxn In
blue grass. so II will presen, an at [
trac,ivc appearance when the Exposi-
ton opens next April 30. This work
Is In charge OF Mr.. Henry NAM. tho
Chairman OF the Horticultural Com
mit,ee Of the Exhibit Association In
addition TO sowing the lawn tn blHo
grass. Mr.. Nam Is transplaning alb
the beautiful shrubbery native tn
Kentucky. In March he will get ost
numerous flower beds. 20 the plesurs'
will become more beautiful AZ spring
glIdes into summer.
The postmaster at woodvilic. In
McCracken county. Mr.. Wade Brown.
IA very enthusiastic over Katucky's
display at ST. Louis next year ani has
collected some very nne grapes and
other agricultural products. He II also
gathering spcoirneas mr. the Kentucky
forestry exbibit J>opls.
Chief Milan II, Hubert, of the
Department Of Manufactures OF Ae
Worlds Fair. has written the Ken
lucky Exhibit Association that his a.
partment has decided To install alb
exhibits Of individual womens work,
such as embroidery. handmade lace,
decorated china. typography. etc. lSo Z
viii assign n limited area In tho Var
led Industries Building for show
case to accommodate decorated ohins
and like exhibits. and In the teNtiies
section Of the Manufacturers Guild
Ing to accommodate embroidery. gems
eral needlework. etc, The Kentucky
Exhibit Association invites an Ken
lucky women interested In those dis
plays to correspond with It's secre-
tary at Louisville on the subject
Miss Sue Sutherland. a teacher iD'
the city schools at Owcnsturo. is
using the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton map. Issued by the Worlds Fair
at st. Louis. as supplemental natter
before her pupils. The purchase Of
the Louisiana territory, which nows
embraces about one-thlrd 81 tho total
area OF the entire United States, was
one Of the most interesting acts In
American history. and school child
OF today takes very kindly to spy In
structlon along this line. becarso so
many OF them contemplate visiting
the Exposition at st. Louis next year.
which Is TO commemorate this great
event.
Among other interesting features
% the hemp display 10 be made from
Kentucky at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition will be sample Of this
fiber broken by macNi-o-~ nrcahhng
hemp by machinerv is n revolution In
this great Kentucky industry Up to
this time the colored man has had a
monopoly in hemp breaking doing 1t
by the old-fashloned method. after tho
hemp had been al'owoH - 49, ~ the
ground for several weeks. Tho ma
chine which breaks hemp-and 1t
costs several thousand dollars--takes
the hemp soon after Il Is cut without
rottlng. and gets even better results
than the .'darkey" with his olG-timo
break" o
Mr.. J. T. Gilkey. who lives near
Winchester. In Clark county, has sent
TO the Kentucky Exhibit Association
n sample of the California yard
bean" grown by himself from seed
sent 10 him from the native elmo OF
| the vegetable. These beans have the
right name. being fully three feet In
I length, and have taken very kindly N
/ the Kentucky soil
In the vegetable display 10 bo
made by Kentucky at the worll's Fair
there will be several bcets two feet
in length. grown by Mr., John Kladler
OF Valley Station. These have beeu
put in dry storage and will he heSi
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