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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

nrof,,. on what ms hitherto been con-
et,iarad vyastp IHfItfs herds uf &nE0Ta
coats are now grazing to Tho wealth Of
the State
/ stateiys structutej of old Colonial
tsbo II architertufa VIII be West vlr-
eiiiitt's official 11ome$amorg the buildings
thnt adorn the Plateau Of states at The
Worlds Fair ct 81. LOUIS II stands upon
m advantageous site on the EsBlanadc
si,nmediately cast or the Montana state
buildlnsa
West virginia's building covers a space
Z ~ N,o1xiso feet. PotHhes 1G feet wide sur.
mann. ii On three sides, aud az tho rear
t,,o nbrch fl ton feet wide. Tho main
"a ri OF tbe structure is square but tho
fia rpa ,,oIches III the center of each ia
apnde supported by SIX large G6rinthian
.columr1s. causes tho building 10 assume
Inc share az d Greek cross. On each cor
nor rises tower surmounted by a small
dome Rising from tho center Of the
ta,jlding is n huge classical dome on the
atIm,nit Of which stand the seuptored
figures Of two deer.
rho first floor has n large reception
hill occurring about one-thlrd of tho
annso With ladiss' reception and toilet
rooms On tho left The commissioners
room ia on the right. III tho rear is a
smoking room for mon aud packing
rooms. an information bureau and n room
FOR the sliperintcrdert Of the building. a
statrway 10 feet wide, with broad land
irgy. leads to the second floor, where Ia
provided BANQUET hall % by 10 feet.
Other rooms, private for the officials, are
on the second floor.
The exterior finish Is Of STAFF and plas-
ter. The interior IS finished In tho woods
Of West Virginia, ana the ceilings are
,,I m al ),,, "a
manufacturers Of the State The Worlds
Fair commissioners for West Virginia
arc ". T. Whitaker, Colonel Fred Paul
Grosscup, A. III. Winchester, r. NJ. Ar
cher, d. Il. Abbott, u. G. Gcrwig, John
II McGraw and Frank Cox.
North Carolina.
A hunters lodge Astounding in troph-
les OF the chase, standing where tho
product OF the forest and stream meet
His one OF North Cardinals attractive
features in the States exhibit in the
Palace Of Forestry, INlsh and Game at
the Universal Exposition Of 1901. at ST.
L.ouis There are other exhibits equally
valuable, in the Agricultural Horticul-
turc, Mines and Manufactures depart-
ments, but to one appeals to all classes
more than the hunters lodge and its
surroundings.
The hunters lodge Dis a typical struc-
trre standing IN the center of large
rarallelogran prominently situated In
the Forestry Palace. On the one side are
the forestry features, and on the other
The natural history display, the lodge
beng on neutral ground, and partaking
Of all the characteristics OF both. Car
DINA tirnbers are Used In the construc-
ton of the lodge. The floors are covered
with rugs made from the skins OF an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

OF Agriculture. The state leads in the
production OF peanuts her annual output
being valued at Si,T03,G05. The pagoda Is
about 80 feet high, modelled after a Gre
clan temple. 1T is entirely covered with
natural and artihcally colored peanuts
artistically blended. Curtains, made by
sstringing peanuts on wires, divide the
temple into COMPARTMENTS. The peanuts
are trented to coatings OF gold and silver
bronze.
Horticulture is shown to be one OF the
States interests. Seven hundred and
fifty barrels OF apples are in cold storage
and all other fruits that can be grown
in the temperate zones VIII be exhibited
In minerals Virginia Will make n sur
prisingly largo exhibit, Besides the us
ual minerals and stones there will he an
extensive exhibit from the arsenic mines
In Floyd county, the only arsenic mines
operated in this country
West Virginia's Exhibits.
Eight thousand square feel o. hoor
space in the Mines aud Metallursy Pal
ace have been secured in which TO dis
play representative exhibits of West Yir-
glnias mineral wealth. FIVE thousand feet
in the Forestry and 1000 feet In the Pal
ace of Agriculture will also be hlled
with interesting exhibits,
are so great that these interests have
heretofore overshadowed her agricultural
advantages, and In measure The latter
have been ignored. Nearly the whole
State lies within the Allegheny coal sys-
tenn Coal of u superior quality is mined
In large quantities in 20 of the 55 conn-
ties and new mines are constantly being
opened The oil fields of West Virginia
are among the richest in the world and
many millions al dollars worth OF petrp-
eum comes from the old wells annually.
Vast deposits of natural gas add many
more millions To the wealth OF the state.
The forests Of the state arc exceedingly
valuable and for many years thetimber
has brought as great returns as the coal,
Two-thirds of the States SURFACE is yet
covered with timber
All OF these natural advantages have
combined 10 keep West Yirsitia from
developing the State extraordinarily to
tho eXtentthat the fertility OF the soil
would warrant, The soil OF the ridges
Is fertile to the tops and the submits
Of many mountains are Hat, natural
meadows or slades. AN OF the cereals
nro easily grown, and tobacco is an inn
portant crop. Fruit of all kinds Yields
labundantly and is OF ~ hne quality.
The mountain regions afford good grazing
and the sheep industry Is pursued with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

(. plants just peeping above the soil; full
/ grown plants in miniature fields; a curing
! barn with Its appliances In operation
/ an exhibit Of all the atools machinery
| and appliances used in tho culture OF the
| weed; warehouses showing the processes
| az handling and storing the leaf to-
/ hacco: factories where plug tobacco IS
manufactured: other factories crowded
with lpretty girls selected from the Gig
| arette factories because of their dexter
i5fty turning out before the eyes OF vis-a
tors thousands of cigarettes; SUI other
factories wliefe granular and plug-cut
smoking tobacco, fine cuts and snnffs
ara made.
AS one approaches the special exhibit
of tobacco the great central pasoda, oc-
tagonal in form, with its summit o. feet
| in air, reaching almost to the roof OF
the great Agricultural Palace, commands
ones attention and forces admiration.
The pagoda Is 40 feet across. Built OF
wood 1t is entirel Uncovered with tobacco.
and as the great wooden palaces covered
with star appear to be of marble, SO this
pa coda appears to be of tobacco. Col
,lmns and walls Of tobacco rise 10 feet
to the cornice line. leaving four main
entrances gracefully arched This is sur
mounted by a cornice made of glass six
feet wide, entirely enclosing the pagoda,
on which are photographed actual scenes
from the worlds most famous tobacco
fields. Behind this glass corn.ce are
placed. electric lamps the light of which
brings these photographs into plain
view
Above the cornlce Dis a. fiat roof and on
the roof stand heroic figures of Indians
the first users of tobacco Tobacco plants
FARO also growing on the top. From the
center of the roof rises u huge globe
| rs feet In circum ference. The globe Is
| entirely covered with tobacco. The land
I is shown by the darker colored tobacco
while the waters are represented by the
bright types. The great river systems
.of tile world arc shown by threads Of
golden leaf running through the dark
brown. 5f iEb
Attached to the top Of the glot anG
sailing In golden sea Of leaf tobacco
is a graceful ship, with it's hull of dark
brown tobacco nesting In Its yellow bed,
and the sails and ropes of other shades,
This ship represents the return to Eng
land of Sir Walter Raleigh with the first
cargo of tobacco from the new world,
Surrounding the pagoda arc four large
exhibit spaces In one of these all of
the machinery is In operation and the
finished product Is made In full View Of
the visitor, from the leaf tobacco taken
from warehouses elsewhere III the great
exhibit. plagonally across the pagoda
space is ANOTHER machinery exhibit, and
here Is manufactured the granular and
piug-cut smoking tobaccos. fine cuts and
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GREAT FAIR
SOON BEGINS
Virginia, the Cradle Of Aineri-
can Civilization, Well Repre-
sentcd at ST. Louis.
REPLICA OF MONTICELLO :.
Old Doninion's State Building
one Of the Most Interesting.
Features Of the Exhibit.
BY John G. Small.
tspecinl Correspondence Of The Times
Dlspatch)

. rs ..
tspecinl Correspondence Of The Times
Dlspatch.)
SIT LOUIS, MO-, April 25.--Upon the eve
OF the Louisiana Purchase Expositi ons
opening, world interest turns from US
routine to the great spectacle ut ~.
Louis where civilization has recorded, with
tho achievements Of It's geniuscs the
newest signs OF human progress.
Tho largest OF Worlds tairs mas peen
three years In building and progress
has made possible such n display Of In
dustrial effort aB has not heretofore been
available. Here have peen gathered The
newest Inventions, the latest discoveries,
trIu,nphs In science, masterpieces OF ART
ana all that is beautiful In nature.
Whatever testiiles to mans skill his
creative power and the earnest endeavor
OF thought has been included ~ an ~
yentory or the worla's acquisitions and
there is no country State. village or IN
diytdual omitted IN the accounting.
Such an enterprise as could attract tho
admiration Of the world vas bound TO
inspire special cndeavor from the In
trend American and while the Exposition
lis universal In character 1t especially
represents the best of what the United
states have done to better the condition
Of mankind.
An cptome OF tho worlds progress
was not To be made without assistance
from that great conmonweaith5lfl wficn
was born tho sniendid civilization OF
Which the United states boast, and Nir-
ginia, the home OF the man who con-
illuminated the Louisiana Purchase,
stands in the front ranks Of the States
participating In the worlds Fair.
No less important Is the part taken
by the nearest ncighbors of the Old Do
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ANDERSON S
CARPE II HOUSE,
2I5 EAST BROAD ST.

snuRs. TWO spaces are given over to.
the manufacture of cigarettes. both by
hand and machinery.
There are twenty States extensively
engaged in tobacco culture all Of which
have collaborated In making the uniyerr
sal tobacco exhibit the greatest ever
contemplated Kentucky leads with hes
slA,oOp 900 hounds annually. North Caro-
lima comes next with l270Q0e0l then
Virginia. with 100000; ohio With S.
10000 Sounds; Tennessee with 1900 ejs
pounds: Wisconsin with ls,anoN ana sa
on down the list
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the Tennessee building in the western
part of the grounds
Tobacco. one Of yirginia's chief COM
mercIal products forms the basis for
elaborate displays. Besides occupying n
prominent section in the universal lobac-
co exhibit, there is a special exhibit OF
Virglnla,s tobacco, modelled after the
Washington equestrian statue in the Cap
itol Square, with the surrounding group.
The pedestal Is reproduced in bright to-
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minion-west Virginia and North Caro-
llna--which have brought from their fer
Tile fields and inexhaustable mines
the best OF Gods gifts TO be seen at the
Exposition.
Reproduction Of Monticello"
Virginiats State pavilion is replica Of
"Monsicelo," the home OF Thomas Jef-
ferson This Is peculiarly appropriate.
He was not only the writer Of the Dec
laration OF independence. and after
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Never to be Built.

Surveys, which have just been S'tF,-
pleted for a shin canal across Russia %
connect the Baltic and Black Seas, SHOW
that the distance will ba !. sss miss and
tho cost sisaoo0.SpA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
SONS OF VETERANS MINGLE
 THEIR CHEERS WITH THOSE
 OF GRAY HAIRED HEROES
Continued from First Paee)


 have commanded the applause of senates were never heard after the cry of battle was over; the genius which might have directed the counses of nations, breathed it's last upon some forgotten skirmish line. The very flower and pride of our people perished in the battle front, and the blood of our race lost much of its most magnificent strain when they went to their graves.
 DepIore the Great Loss.
 q hold no view of southern degeneracy, but I deplore the irreparable loss to my country and the coming generations when those splendid men, the bravest and best the world has ever held, went down in tleath Some one has said that every generation must have it's war. If so. in Gods name let it not be a real war. The burning houses, the wasted fields. the ravaged cities--l could see them all go until the wilderness was back again. and contain my grief; but l can never bear to think of the strength and beauty the manly courage. the stubborn nerve, the pure chivalry the peerless devotion, the unstinted faith and loyalty which went into the battles deadly front and never returned It is the loss of men like these that made the south poor in- deed, loss that can never be re-, stored not in forty years-no, not in forty centuries
 But, my comrades it is great com fort to know that the south has had such Men to lose. It was a revelation to the world. It was a revelation to ourselves. What magnificent race of men. what splendid type of humanity. What courage. what grandeur of spirit, what patriotism, what self-sacrifice It was sublime It Is wonderful beyond compare Not all were conquered. Some of these men came back | see them before me now. God has bountifully prolonged their days that they may ii- lustrate to the next generation the civic virtues, that they may tell the won- ! drous story of those days, that they may stir up in the hearts of youth the circula- tion of virtue, the passion for noble achievemeWf, the spirit of sacrifice. Shbuld Tell the Story. "As the close of our days draw near
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
DEWBERRY 6 MONTGOMERY
 STATIONERY COMPANY
Consolidation Went Into Effect Mon
 day.

The consolidation of the Montgomery Stationery company with the Dewberry Stationery and Office Furniture company went into effect Monday morning. ,Stocl< taking is now in progress at the second avenue store, which time this store VIII re closed. but will reopen immediatelN thereafter for business, and vii. De the rermanent location for the new company. The Nineteenth street store is now opeh' and the customers of both of the old com panies are being served there When .he Second avenue store opens the Nineteen'h street store will be closed permanen.ly, and is for rent after July 1. Customers and friends will please take notice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
BLouNT SPRINGS HOTEL,

Open all the year. Recommended by all physicians for all diseases of the ston 1eh, Liver and Kidneys and Power full Alteration Tonic First-class hotel ac- commodations Own Dairy and Livery Stable, Hot Sulphur Baths, Bowling AL ley. Tennis, Croquet, Pool and Billiards. Rates per day. $2.0O; per week. $105O ex- cept July, August and September, which are $10.50 to SIP. 50 per week.
 pnJoT ATaEUrUNy
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Crockett Arsenic-Lithia Springs

and Baths, open June 1st. Elevation 2000 feet. Cures Nervous Prostration, Dyspepsia, Rheumatic, Skin and Kid. ney Troubles and Female Diseases, cleanses and beautifies the complex. ion. Write for booklet.
 M. c. THOMAS,
 Crockett Springs Va
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
SEARCH RECALLS
 FAMOUS CONTEST Mrs Nancy Terry Has MY8te- riousIy Disappeared SAID TO BE QUITE VEAL THY Original Trouble Said to Have Been Over Dispute as to the Nation
 ality of Her Former
 Husband.
SAID TO BE QUITE VEAL THY

Courtland, June 4.-(Special) )-Thomas Terry farmer of the Swoope's Mill neighborhood was here Saturday endeav- bring to ascertain the whereabouts of his wife, Nancy Terry Mrs. Terry left home twenty-eight days ago, and has not been heard of since She is supposed 10 have taken the train at this place, but her destination is unknown
 The disappearance of Mrs. Terry calls to mind one of the hardest fought and most tragic eases that ever went through the courts of Alabama. and which was finally decided at the spring term of the su- preme court. Eighteen years ago Mrs. Ter ry who was then known as Nancy Farley married Jackson Loeklayer. who claimed to be Portuguese but who many thought had negro blood in his veins. The present probate judge Of Lawrence county was then in office. and having heard of the rumor that Jackson Locklayer was not of pure Caucasian blood refused to issue the marriage license without further proof of the nationality of the ma.. I.ocklayer em- ployed counsel and made an affidavit that he was a man of mixed blood. being one fourth Indian. one-fourth Portuguese. and one-half Caucasian. and that not drop of negro blood flowed in his veins.
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Cause Was Fought Bitterly.

The courts were appealed to, and the cause fought bitterly through all of the intermediate courts till the supreme court was reached. where decision was rem dered adverse to the woman. the court holding the Lock.ayer was a negro and that his marriage was null and void on that account and the wife was no wife, nor entitled to any exemptions in the estate.
 This decision did not affect any of the real property as All of this had been con veyed to Mrs. Loeklayer, prior to the death of her husband, but numerous suits have been threatened against her, by the children of the first wife to have these conveyances set aside on the grounds of undue Influence. and 1t Is thought by many that these threatened suits and the humiliation at the decision of the supreme court has unsettled the womans s mind
 When she left Courtland four weeks ago she was accompanied by her brother. Dan Farley. who is said to be not of strong mind and no one can tell whither they went Shortly after the death of Lock layer, his widow was married to Thomas Terry. who Is now engaged in the search for his wife Mrs. Terry was well sup piled with money. many claiming that she always had several thousand dollars on her person, which may account for her disappearance. as foul play Is suggested on the part of some. though the concen- sus of opinion is that the woman has gone way to hide her humiliation and will spend the balance of her days among strangers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
FERNvALE SPRINGS.

Located 12 Miles From Franklin, Tenn. Under new administration. re1tted and refurnished, will open for visitors June l, 1904. Accommodation first. class. For information, address
 J. R. WIN6oURN, Manager,
 Fernvae. Tenn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15

Hawkins Springs is the finest place on earth to have a picnic. For particulars see B. R.. |. & F. Co.
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Appointment of Committees.


 General Lee then announced the follow ing committees:
 redentials-Alabama Capt. w. H. Bell; Arkansas, Dr. J. NJ Keller District of Columbia, Hon. Hilary A. Herbert; Florida Maj. G. H. Hubbard; Georgia, Col. William M. Crumley; Kentucky, Gen.. John II. Leathers: Louisiana, Gen. J. B. Levert; Maryland. Dr. Martin J. Jarrett; Mississippi. Andrew Vaughan: North Car olina, Maj. William A. Guthrie; North west, Col. William Ray; Ohio, Captain Shields; Oklahoma R. NJ Davis; Pacific, Maj. John II. Lester: South Carolina, Gen. William E. James; Tennessee, Col. Frank A. Moses; Texas, Gen w. H.. Richardson Virginia. J T. Stratton.
 soutions-Alabama Capt. W. II. Lo- gam Arkansas, Col William Watkins; District of Columbia. Dr. S. E Lewis; Florida. Gen. w D. Ballentyne; Georgia. Col. w. l.. Calhoun Kentucky, Gen. James R. Rogers; Louisiana, Col A. R. Blakely Maryland. Marcelus J. Molly; Mississippi, H. Clay Sharkey North Car olina. Gen. James T. Melts; Northwest, Capt George F. Ingram. Ohio. Capt. S. B. Kidwel; Oklahoma. Col. w. Mckay; Pacific, Dr. William C. Harrison; South Carolina, Col. o. T. Schumpert; Tennes- see Major w. R. Tolley; Texas, Col. J. B. Simpson; Virginia. J. Taylor Ellison.
 General Lee then introduced Dr. Ran dolph H. McKill of Washington, D. C.. as the orator of the occasion Dr. Me Kill was in excellent voice and his ora tion was a notable effort. Although the veterans had listened to two hours and more of oratory in a temperature ap- proximately 90 they gave Dr. McKill their undivided attention and frequently interrupted with cheers.
 Dr. McKill said in part:
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and the work of npbuilding our coun- try passes on into younger and stronger hands, let us make 1t our mission. com rades. to tell the story. Do not let your children and grandchildren forget the cause for which you suffered. Tell 1t not In anger tell it not in grief: tell 1t not in revenge. Tell il proudly as fits a so- dier. There Is no shame in all the his- tory. Dwell on the gallant deeds, the pure motives, the unselfish sacrifice. Tell of the hardshiBs endured, the battles fought, the men who bravely lived, the men who nobly died. Your dear comrades shall live again in your woods
 The infinite pity and glory of it all will awake the hearts of those who lis- ten, and they will never forget. Tell them of Albert Sidney Johnston. of stonewall Jackson, of Stewart with his waving plume. of Forrest with his scorn of death Tell them of Wade Hampton and Gordon, the chevalier Bayards of the south. Tell them of Zollicoffer, of Pat cleburne and Frank Cheatham, of Pel- ham, of Ashby. Tell them of the great soldier with the spotless sword, and the spotless soul, who sleeps at Lexington, in the valley of Virginia. Tell them of the great president, who bore upon his sad heart the sorrows of all his people, and upon whom fell all the blows which passed them over.
 This. my comrades, is your last com mission. Do this for the dead, that they may be loved and honored still. Do this for the living that they may also be- come worthy of love and honor Do this for your country that when the time Is ripe she may again be rich in heroes and in noble deeds
 Shall not the self same soil bring forth the self same men?'
 Will Not Spare the Page.
 When the great account is taken which page think you. my countrymen, will the south most willingly spare? Will t be the old page torn and ragged, stained with blood and tears which tells the story of secession and defeat-or will 1t be the new page of her latest census. with it's magnificent figures of wealth and prosperity? Whatever she chooses. give us old soldiers the old page to read and read again. This blood and those tears mean more to us than to all the world. The cause in which they were shed will never be lost to us and the love we gave it will not die till the last gray jacket is folded. and the last gray head is buried beneath the sod.
 My comrades. neither do l believe our descendants will ever hesitate to make the same choice. The people of the south would not change the story of the Con federacy for the wealth of the world. At their mothers knee the coming gen erations shall learn from that tragic his- tory what deeds make men great and na- tions glorious A people who do not cherish their past will never have a fu- ture worth recording. The time is even now that the whole people of the United States are proud of the unsurpassed he- rolsm. sef-sacrihees and faithfulness of the soldiers and people of the Confed- 1 eraey."
 Hon Thomas M. Owen of Montgomery Ala, commander of the Alabama division i Sons of Veterans. spoke in response to | the welcoming for the sons. He was | heartily applauded.