The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1904-09-06
OUR STATE At
WORLD'S 8 FAIR.
Mississippi Makes Good SHOW
ing, But Her Exhibits Are
IN Some Instances.
Defective

that the WorI3's Fafr which is
now in progress al S.. Louis IS
/ the greatest, grandest and most
/ gorgeous exhibition that the
world has ever beheId. and while
( Mississippi Is fairly well repre-
T sented in some of the depart
ments there are some of the exc
hibits that are by NO means what
they should be. This s. notably
true of the educational exhibit.
which is exceedingly small, sad-
f. ly deficient in many particulars
one of the most glariug omissions
being the absence OF any aXhib-
it from the Industrial Institute
and College, of this city This
/ is one of the most prominent ef-
ucational institutions in the
State, and a representative 1t
+ The Commercial who visited the
+ booth recently naturally sup
posed that ne would dnd "a mag
nificent exhibit there, 1ut imaE-
inc his surprise on asking Tor Jhe
I exhibit Go have pointed 1ut rC
him a picture of the college.
which is hanging Immediately
over the entrance and faces the
. opposite wall. so that the 1rii-
nary visitor would never see be-
unless his attention chaucel -s
called to its presence This pl.-
tograph and one of the college
ANIMALS forms the only exhibit
|of an institution which ls tle
pride of the State. an institution
whose students in the various
art and industrial departments
turn ont each year hundreds ut
articles of beauty and usefulnrzs
which are "a credit to them and
to their teachers and which the
+ Exposition would afford s srleu-
+ did opportunity ta display OBJ th-
world.
+ As soon as Size Commercial
+ representative recovered lr.n
/ his surprise at no, dndiaz any
exhibit from the college he im-
mediately SET about OBJ discover a
+ reason therefor, but tine a.truG-
antin charge could give H.m ua
information On the subject. sr be
waited until his return ta Column
bus, hoping that President kln-
+ cannon might throw soue llElta
/ the subject. When am Interview
was sought with that gentleman.
F however. IL wac found. lhat hr
was out of the city. so the alb
+ sence OF the college exhibit r--
mains unexplained. ltis T1ssi-
+ BILE that there is some reason Iuv
no exhibit was sent, blt we can
but feel that the mistake ln u1r
+ sending one was an exceedingly
+ grave one, for the friends 0i tle
f college who visit the Exposition
always ask % see its exhibit, and
are much chagr5uued Is Gnd Be-
non est.
/ In some Of the departments the
exhibits from TINS State are very
creditable, the stature &c King
Cotton, which is IN the agrcuIt-
ural building, being very heauu-
+ fuI. This is an immense figure
F representing a king seated 1n a
F throne. the entire stature as we'll
as the pedestal on Whichu rests
+ being constructed of the Leecy
staple which constitutes the priu-
cipal product of Mississippi. At
+ the base of the stature are wax
f figures representing negro boys
and girls engaged in the worE &c
+ cotton picking, and the picture
presented is a most novel one.
This exhibit possesses a charm
for visitors from the North as
we'll as the South, for there are
hundreds of N0Ttherners who
have never seen cotton except iu
its manufactured state, and even
this mimic cotton field seems O.
possess a great fascination for
them.
Within a few feet Of the stature
of King Cotton the State exhibit
from Mississippi Is located. This
exhibit is in charge of Air. John
Hudson, aIormer resident of Co
lumbus, and>is fairly creditable.
though it does not adequately