The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-31

Mines and Metallurgy.,. 525 by $50 100000
Liberal Arts ............ 525 by $50 475,OOO
Electricity ............. 525 by I5O 399,94U
EQuCa1On .............. 020 Dy lou o1S,oSS
Agriculture ........... 500 by 1000 $685.
Horticulture ............ 4OO by oUO ZzS,OOO
Forestry, Fish and Game. 800 by 900 171,00O
The Agriculture Building is the largest exposi-
ton building ever erected, and is a fitting recog-
milton of the chief industry of the great Louisiana
Purchase region. It covers nearly twenty acres.
North Carolina has exhibits in the Agricultural
Building and also in the Mines and Metallurgy
Building, but of course it would be idle for us,
with only $4,000, to expect to make a very
creditable showing in comparison with other
States which have expended from three to fifty
times as much.
One of the unique exhibits of which little
has been said thus far, is the Lincoln museum,
including the little one-room log cabin in which
Thomas Lincoln and the young Abraham, who was
to become President, lived from 1913 to 1916.
Thomas Lincoln later sold this cabin for 500 and
ten barrels of whiskey. Here also are shown the
spinning wheel and loom used by Lincoln's mother
in making clothes for him and his father, and
the historic car in which Lincoln travelled while
President. This car was afterward set aside from
active service until Jay Gould came into control
D / lie TdllrOdu company anu WIFI Ills CudTdCC6rlS-
tic cold commercialism, ordered it again into use.
Hotels and Amusement Features.
"The Pike" as the amusement feature, cor
responding to the Chicago midway" is called,
contains a great number of costly and creditable
attractions, and we saw practically none of the
gambling Or immoral type which so often disgrace
our State fairs. Jerusalem" is a reproduction
of the Holy City, costing a half million dollars.
The Tyrolean Alps and "Creation' cost quite as
much, the latter being a magnificent secenic pro-
duction. Other striking attractions are the Gal
weston Flood, Hagenbacks Circus, Irish Village,
Santiago, Battle Abbey and Scenic Railway.
The Inside Inn, the hotel which was headquar-
tiers for our North Carolina party, was itself a
thing of unusual interest. It is only three stories
high, but contains 2,257 rooms, and can accommo-
date 5000 guests. Two thousand five hundred peo-
pie can be served in the dining-room at one time.
We found the fare good and the rates reasonable,
and as this is the only hotel inside the grounds,
it will not lack for patronage at any time of the
year.
And just here we must express our surprise at
the stories which have gone out from St. Louis
as to the extortionate prices charged by restau-
rants, hotels, BARRIERS, hackmen, etc. We found
prices quite as reasonable as is usual on occa-
sions of similar character. Of course, persons
who wish to attend the Exposition would do well
to arrange in advance for boarding a~ccommoda-
tions, and a letter to the Publicity Department,
Worlds Fair, ST. Louis, Mo-, would probably bring
the applicant a list of hotels, rates, etc.
Japs, Beers and Filipinos.
The Filipino exhibit is one of the most interest
ing on the grounds. 1t covers forty acres. and