The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-15
NORTH CAROLINA At
ST. LOUIS FAIR.
Mr.. 7. K. Bruner Talks About
Great World S Fair in'O4.
The Plans Now Making to Put North Cardinals
Chief Products Attrac'iveIy Befors
The World.

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Mr.. 7. X. Bruner, who is superintendent
of special exhibits to the Department of
Agricultural at the Worlds Fair, st.
Louis, is in the city. He came yesterday
from Blowing Rock, where he went to Sc
cure funds sufficient to make the proper
exhibit of the apples of the mountain re-
gion.
The State Horticultural Society is an or
ganization with limited means, but fortu-
nately for the State it has number of
enterprising members, and among these
sum sufficient has been subscribed to in
sure splendid exhibition of apples and
perhaps other fruit from this State at the
Worlds Fair next year. This feature has.
attracted much attention since 1900, when
the State received some twenty odd awards
from the Paris Exposition, and that year
Mr. Moses II. Cone. who has been so law
ishly planting trees in the Watauga coun-
try. was the recipient Of four OF these
medals. The work at Charleston after
ward and at the State Fair last year have
all tended to draw public attention to the
great possibilities afforded our people IN
the production Of the finest fruit to be
found in this country and it is particularly
gratifying that this feature of the States
exhibit will be so nicely represented.
Asked about the North Carolina exhibit
at the Worlds Fair, Mr. Bruner said:
I'm general the State will make exhibits
in five of the sections at st. Louis-agri-
culture horticulture, mines and mining,
forestry and natural history and manufac-
lures. The first four Of these will be made
up from the nucleus in the State Mus
cum, while the manufacturing features
are to be largely provided for by Messrs.
Hugh Chatham and F. B. Arendell who
are just now canvassing the State for the
purpose of raising funds for all of the ex-
hibits. 1t is gratifying to note the sue
cess which is being accorded them. In adj
dition to their work last week the tobacco
men have gone zealously to work to raise
$4,000 to place North Carolina tobacco
properly before the world and the mem
bers of the horticultural Society, above
alluded to. have contributed $1,000 to
make creditable apple exhibit, while
there is perhaps $4,000 already in the
hands of the Governor contributed from
various sources in this State. There can
be no doubt, therefore, but that the State
viii be fully and creditably represented in
the divisions above referred to. In agricul-
ture the exhibit proposed will be com
posed largesy of grain grown in the State
and will be oranmented with the sheath
material In forestry and natural history
the excellent timbers are already in hand,
n lot af
which is being conducted by Mr.. w. w.
Ashe, which will be added to the collec-
ton, making it perhaps the finest to be
seen in this country. Mr.. II. H. Brimley,
Curator of the Museum, who will have
charge of both forestry and natural his
tory. is just now engaged in making
very attractive feature which will be en-
bodied in these exhibits of forestry and
natural history. 1t. viii consist of a hum
ter's lodge and will be beautifully deco
rated with a paraphernalia Of the hunter
and the fisherman. as well as by natural
history specimens, gun, rods and aeces-
series 1t will also be the rallying place
in the exhibit for North Carolina visitors
for the entertainment of North Carolina
visitors and will be used as the office in
this division.
PROF. Holmes is working most diligent-
ly in the preparation of the metalliferous
ores, which will comprise, of course, gold,
silver, copper. lead, zinc and iron and also
very large and fine collection of economic
minerals, such as kaolin. tale, corundum,
monansite, zircon, etc Desires these, the
gem bearing minerals of the State viii be
fully and beautifully illustrated. In regard
to building stones and road construction
material Prof. Holmes has three special
lists in the field, Mr.. George p Merrill, of
the United States Natural Museum, and
Prof. Watson, who are making a syste-
matte study of gneisses ETC.
I'm addition to the regular series of
eight inch cubes representing the whole
of the building stones Of the State there
are now being selected and prepared by
the aforesaid specialists a number of ten
inch polished spheres of the more orna-
mental and monumental GRANTEES and
marbles, and also some six or eight pol
ished columns of the same, all about foot
in diameter.
1T is hoped that the manufacturers of
the State will combine by taking space
contiguous so as to present in one place
all the manufactures shown from this
State. It would be desirable from the
point of State pride as well as from serv-
ing for the purpose of bringing all these
people together so that the visitor would
not have to search over the entire manu-
features building to find what he wanted
from North Carolina.
Altogether the prospects Tor ereditable
and altogether pleasing exhibits from
North Carolina are most encouraging, as
our people seem to be extremely liberal
in their contribution for this purpose. In
this way they are emulating somewhat the
people Of kentucky, who have already
subscribed about $4,000 and expect to
raise about 5000, 900. And the people of
Texas are also subscribing literally to
proposed fund Of 100000, about one-third
of which is in hand.
Mr.. w. G. McCarty, in the Richmond
News Leader. says in an article on the to-
bacco exhibit
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