The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-08-08
North Carolina Exhibit

and Natural History Exhibits, Dis
play of Timbers, Manufactures,
ETC., Proclaim the States Varied
Products and Resources.
D. A. Tompkins in Charlotte Observer.
The best exhibit at any exposition
ought naturally to be made by the
United States gOvernment-this Is
because of the talent they have en-
| ployed, the resources they have out
of which to make an exhibit and the
| unlimited funds at their command.
The government has most SUI
| perb exhibit at the jamestown Expo
sition. That relating to the Navy
and to the War Department is par
| ticularly fine Nevertheless, no one
who carefully makes careful exami
nation can doubt that the exhibits
| made by the States of North and
South Carolina surpass those Of any
other State, and in many respects
the exhibits made by the government
itself. This is because both these
States in their exhibits expose new
and very forward economic condi-
tions, both in domestic and indus
trial development.
The State exhibit for South Caro-
lima is in charge of Mr.. Moore, Of
Spartanburg The exhibit is not
only extensive, but in almost every
feature is new and conveys to the
general public clearly about the re-
sources of South Carolina not before
known.
THE NORTH CAROLINA EXHIBIT
TIE North Carolina exhibit, under
the direction of Mr.. Brimley, as
sisted by Mr.. Chisholm, is attracting
| a great deal of attention, not only
for it's elaborate and fine exhibits,
but has an important element in ex-
posing to the general public how
much of good value can be obtained
from North Carolina and for how
little money these good values may
| be purchased
Some Of the important features are
the production OF wooden blankets
| at Elkin and at Spray, the prOduc-
ton of cotton blankets, the produc-
ton of great variety of dress goods,
all of cotton, and of mems wear OF
| wool and OF mixture of wool and
cotton.
HISTORICAL EXHIBIT.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company
has an original exhibit in the Pure
Food building OF a great variety OF
| products in cotton and cotton seed
oil. North Carolina will have an i'm
| portsnt exhibit in the Historical
building. This exhibit has been
in charge OF Mrs. Lindsay Patter-
son, of Winston-Salem, and she has
two assistants, viz: Miss Mary Hill
lard Hinton, of Raleigh, and Miss
Rebecca Schenk, of Greensboro. The
| Historical building is one OF the de-
| layed buildings, but it is now finished
aud the two young ladies who are as
sisting Mrs. Patterson will have the
! historical exhibits ready inside OF
| week
| The exposition is in most excellent
shape-it is far greater than any OF
the other expositions at Il similar
period of development ever held in
the United States, excepting only
the Centennial in Philadelphia. The
show is better show than any i'll
the list, excepting only the Philadel-
phia show Nobody ueed wait d
minute-the unfinished work is not
enough to attract attention. 1t the
big government pier be lett out there
is plenty for everybody to spend a
month in seeing, and it is one of the
| most instructive shows ever put be-
| fore the public in the United States.
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT.
The State Board of Agriculture ex-
hibit is installed in a space 4Ox75
feet in size, with aisles on every side.
1t exploits all the natural resources
OF the State, except that of minerals,
which is in the Mining building, just
across the street. The exhibit in
question comprises agriculture, hor-
ticulture, forestry, fish and game
OF these agriculture and horticulture
naturally come first and are allotted
the most space. The display of sheaf
grains includes material saved from
last years crop and an exceedingly
fine lot harvested thepresent season.
Some of the specimens of wheat, oats,
rye and the forage crops are unsur-
passed by those exhibited by any
other State, not excepting such typi-
cally grain States as Missouri and
Ohio. This statement applies both
to quality of grain, yield, length OF
straw, and general excellence. These
sheaf grains are exhibited on the
tops of decked tables especially de-
signed for the purpose, as we'll as on
the sides of these high decks, on a
dark red background, and the gen
eral effect is quite pleasing. The
cleaned grains and seeds are shown
under glass, some in four-foot tubes,
some in glass globes and Others in
show jars. This collection is quite
complete and, taken in connection
with the unthreshed bundles above
mentioned, cannot fail to impress
the visitor favorably with the agri
cultural possibilities OF North Caro-
lima.
FINE SHOW OF FRUIT.
A fine collection of fruits preserved
in glass is shown in the horticulture
division, but the chief efforts ar,
| bpiur mada alopr tho limos of froS !