The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-08-11

pay VI WHiCli dilS 'othCc III uiC Ciiot'
might be proud. The exhibit OF TIM
ber specimens of commercial woods,
SO far as wide variety and market
value are concerned is probably the
best in the building The section of
the 500 years old yellow poplarfrom
Cherokee county attracts much
notice; the great six ton black wal
nut log from Jackson county, to-
gether with some finished veneers
from other cuts of the same tree; the
beautiful specimens of white pine,
sand hickory, curly popular, yellow
locust, and many Of the beautiful
and valuable woods collected since
the Chicago Fair, have in the aggre-
gate, doubled the large exhibit made
by North Carolina there.
The finished wood products, such
as AZ inch turned bowls, berry ship
ping crates, handsome household
furniture, finished ceiling, flooring
and wainscoating, pine fiber and
liquid products of the leaf, hand
some split baskets, native (French)
briarwood pipes, etc, may all be
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eleven years.
Progress is the watch word all
through. In the Fish and Game
department various new specimens
illustrating the commercial and
sporting features are shown while
much additional interest is given by
the display of Il series OF the more
modern hunting and fishing tools
and appliances that are the most
suitable for taking the different varie-
ties of game birds, animals and
fishes found in the State. These
have been loaned the exhibit by the
different manufactures. A complete
whaling outfit from Beaufort, n. C.,
which has been actively employed in
the whale fishery there for % to 80
years, is shown for the first time. A
fine lot of high grade native furs are
exhibited in the raw state and as
dressed skins, and in an adjoining
case are shown the animals from
which the different furs are derived.
This exhibit is about threefOld as
large as that made by North Caro-
lima in Chicago, and its value and
interest to visitors are proportion
atel.y great.
One of the unique displays the
State is making is that of tobacco in
the Agricultural Building. A large
octagOnal pagoda, with a cornlce
line Il feet above the floor, is cover
ed and decorated with the different
colors and grades of granulated
smoking tobacco and the beautiful
bright yellow "Golden Leaf" Several
Interesting legends are displayed
on large shields on the sides OF the
structure, showing facts OF interest
as to the history and value OF the
North Carolina tobacco crop. To
bacco was first given to the Old
World from North Carolina and not
from Virginia, as often stated, the
returning expedition of Sir Walter
Raleigh taking it back from Roanoke
Island in 1892. Anotherfact is that
Pitt county, North Carolina, grows
more bright tobacco than any other
county in the United States.
On top of the octagon is great
% foot globe, with a map of the
world worked out in light and dark
tobacco, the light showing the water
areas and the dark the land. This
structure is the striking feature of
the row of "special'' exhibits running
down the center of the great Palace
of Agriculture, from end to end. The
States display in tobacco is so far
ahead of that made at Chicago that
no comparison can we'll be made.
In the general exhibit in agrlcul-
ture, North Carolina is making a
valuable display of the many pro-
ducts of the soil grown in the State.
The installation is plain, and the
conspicuous in avoiding the over
decorating SO many of her sister
states are indulging in, but the exhi-
bit is very meritOriOus and contains
many valuable lessons to the seeker
after agricultural knowledge. The
display of grains, of peanuts and OF
the many varieties of cotton, both IL
seed and in lint, are all fine, and
much good must result from their
showing.
A lot of cotton mill machinery is q
feature of the special cotton section
and the Charlotte firm exhibiting il
no doubt will reap a reward. This
| is the first time the State has made
q show in this line of exhibits.
The horticultural exhibits in gen
eral are at this date mostly OF colo
storage or preserved fruits. Nortf
Carolina has meritoriOus exhibit o
last years crop of apples. Every
thing combined to make for poo
showing in this line-pOOr crops, pre-
mature ripening owing to drought
difficulties of collection and tranpor
tation-and the wonder is that th
State has anything to show at all
But what is exhibited is good, ant
the flavor of these apples from tn
mountain counties of North Caro-
lima is not surpassed anywhere.
At Chicago North Carolina showed
only few jars of preserved fruits AM
wines, so this display of fresh fruit
is a decided advance over the State.
exhibit there. Enough remains o.
hand in cold storage TO keepu goo
displays for the remainder OF the ES
position.
Although it may be said that tn
exhibits which North Carolina
making at st. Louis are fifty pc
cent. larger than in the aggregat
and at least that much in advance i
merit and usefulness as those mad
at the Columbian Exposition.
End of Bitter Fight.
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