The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-28
WON BY TAR HEELS
Four Grand Prizes, Twen-
ty Gold Medals.
And Twenty. Six Silver Medals, List of
Awards Given North Carolina Ex-
hibitors at the Worlds
Fair.

given to North Carolina exhibitors at
the louisiana Purchase Exposition
of 1904, by the International Jury of
Awards.
Twelve to eighteen months will be
required for the manufacture and dis
tribution of the medals and those en-
titled to award viii therefore bear
this in mind
Grand Prizes-Robert Harris and
Bro, Reidsville, N. c., manufacturing
plug and smoking tobaccos; Green
vile Board of Trade, Greenville, y. c.,
leaf tobaccos.
Gold Medals-North Carolina Board
of Agriculture, Raleigh. N. c., col
lective exhibit of grains and seeds;
Long and Walters, Roxboro, n. c.,
leaf tnobaccos; Brown and Williams,
Winston, N. c., plug tobacco r. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston, N. c.,
manufactured tobacco; North Caro-
lima State Board of Agriculture, Raj
eigh, n. c., collection of cotton seeds;
Herbert White, Edenton, n. c., cot
ton seed; G. s. Williams, Franklinton,
n. c.. cotton seed.
Silver Medals-Noah Biggs, Scot
land Neck. n. c.. corn; j. j. Mardre
and Bro, Windsor, N. c., peanuts; c.
S. Williams, Franklinton, n. c., corn;
Bailey Bros, Winston, n. c.. tobacco;
The d. A. Tompkins Co, Charlotte,
n. c., cotton seed huller: Chas. f.
Johnson and Co, Raleigh, n. c.. cot
ton; ]. A. Shine, Faison, n. c., cot
ton seed.
Bronze Medals. L. Brake, Rocky
Mount n. c., corn; Square Deal Farm
and Nursery, Wilmington, N. c., corn;
r. P. Thomas, Bethlehem, n. c., corn;
w r. Craig, Waxhax, n. c., cotton
seed; Martin McKinnon, Red Springs,
n. c., cotton seed; F. d. Wilson, Lit
Teton. \. c.. cotton seed.
Department. of Manufactures.
Gold Medals-Chatham Manufacture
ing Co., Elkin, n. c.. blankets.
Silver Medals-Myrt Dest Co,
High Point, n. c., quartered oak office
desk; Lindsay Chair Co., High Point,
~ c., quartered oak chairs, upholster-
ed in leather; Tate Furniture Co,
High Point n. c., quartered oak
High Point, n. c., Upholstered oak
couch; Globe-Home Furniture Co,
High Point, n. c., birdseye maple
dresser and chiffonier.
Silver McdaIs-Columbia Furniture
Co., High Point. n. c., quartered oak
Chiffonier; Continental Furniture Co,
High Point, n c., chartered oak side
board.
Department Of Mines and MctalIurgy.
Grand TFizes-North Carolina Geo
logical Survey, Chapel Hill, n. c., coll
lective exhibit of monazite and pro-
ducts.
Gold NGedals-state of North Caro-
lima. Raleigh, n. c., collective exhibit
of gems and gem minerals; North
Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Raleigh, n. c., collection of specimens
Of corundum Alfred II. Smith & Co.,
New York, collection of North Caro-
ina gems; American Gem and Pearl
Co, New York, collection of North
Carolina gems; North Carolina Tale
and Mining Co, Hewftts, N c., collec-
ton of tale and products; State of
North Carolina, Raleigh, n. c.. orna-
mental building stones: State of North
Carolina, Rale gh, n. c., general min
ing exhibit; Mining School of n. c.
University, Chapel Hill, n. c., mining
school exhib t; North Carolina State
Museum, Raleigh, n. c., systematic
collection of minerals; State Museum.
Raleigh, n. c., collective exhibit of
mica and products
Silver MedaIs-S. S. Ross, tin ore;
SILVA Mica Mining Co., Sylvia, n. c.,
mica. both crude and cut; North
Carolina Geolog cal Survey. Chapel
Hill, N. c., crude barytes; Balfour
Quarry Co. Asheville, N. c., pink
granite from Rowan county; Harris
Clay Co, Dillsboro, n. c., kaolin. crude
and washed and products; National
Marble Co, Murphy, n. c., blue, gray
and white marble; p. w. Hairston, Adj
vance, N. c., orbicular granite or do
rite; state of North Carolina, Raleigh,
\. c.. collect on of gold ores Mount
Airy Granite Quarries Mount Airy,
y. c., light gray granite; w. F. Toms,
Hendersonville. n. c., zircon and zir
bearing rock; State of North Car
DINA, Raleigh, N. c., collection of cop
per ores
Bronze Medals-Ncrth Carolina
State Museum. Raleigh, n. c., sand
stone; North Carolina Geological Sur
vey, Chapel Hill, N. c., white marble
from Mitchell county; j. T. Wyatt,
Faith. n. c., mill stone; Mica Insula-
tor CO., mica: L. NJ. Carpenter, Kings
Mountain, n. c., tin ores
Department of Fish and Game.
Gold MedalS-North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture. Raleigh, n. c.,
collection of game animals.
Gold MedaIS-John Z. Lewis, More