The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-07-25
Exposition Praised.
Enthusiastic Resolutions by Official
Representatives of the Several
States.

jamestown Exposition, Va, July
12.-At the meeting of the state COM
missioners' association of the James
town Exposition, held at the Mis-
souri, building July 5th, the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and asked to be published
by the newspapers of the country:
Whereas, We believe that the repre-
sentatives in some of the papers of the
country relating to the jamestown Ex-
position and to the accommodations
and cost of living in the vicinity are I'M
just to the Exposition and consequently
grossly misleading to the people of this
country; and it is due to the citizens of
our respective States that they should
have from us such authoritative Informal
ton as will enable them to form a just
opinion OF it's value and character and to
mature their plans to visit it, with such
knowledge OF conditions as we, their rep
resentatives, can from our investigation
and experience, give them; therefore
Resolved, That we hereby testify to
the magnitude and varied attractions of
this exposition, ranking as it does with
the expositions OF the country, appropri-
ately celebrating the ter centennial OF our
udIIOu .dIlu we IL 10 our
fellow citizens as worthy of their conf
dence and patronage.
Despite bad weather, labor troubles
and freight congestion, great exposi-
ton has been produced unique in its his
torical and educational features and rich
in it's architectural beauty, set in the
midst of historic surroundings, its at
mOsphere teeming with associations con
pocfo6 it'll ovorv norin6 cf orr cnuptru e
history.
The great exhibit buildings are filled
with industrial exhibits of the most in
teresting character. The United States
government has assembled in its build
ings exhibits unsurpassed at any previ
Gus exposition, while in many respects
| they surpass any heretofore made. The
| buildings erected by the various States
are unquestionably the best ever built al
| any exposition.
The amusement section compares fav
| orally with that of any other previous
exposition, it's shows being clean, many
| of them of high order and most inserest
ing. ..
| Assembled in the historic waters o
Hampton Roads, which wash the shores
of the exposition grounds, may be seer
| the great specimens Ofnaval architecture
of this and other countries. The sight
seer has opportunity to visit the colon
NAL, national and State capitals-Wil
liamsburg, Washington and Richmond
in the neighborhood OF which are the
| battlefelds of all our wars from York
town to Appomattox, and to visit the
| points of interest made sacred by events
of three hundred years.
| The adjacent cities offer ample hOte
and boarding house accommodation at
| reasonable rates rooms being Obtainabe
from 80 cents upward and the cost OF
living, restaurant prices, etc, are mod
crate, giving the prudent visitors oppor-
| tnnity to live as economically as their
taste and circumstances may make ex-
pedient
Therefore, in commencing this Exposi-
ton to the people of our respective States
| we strongly advise that they should not
fail to visit it, and to come prepared to
remain long enough to study its vast and
varied interests and attractions.
(Signed.) H. c. Dockery, North Car,
DINA; James N. Irwin, Missouri; Samuel
4. Eddy, Connecticut; Herbert f. Sar,
| gent, Michigan; Committee.