The Greenville times., 1910-09-16
THE SOUTH AT CINCINNATI.
Extensive Exhibits at the Ohio Valley
Exposition.

The South is getting a great deal of
most valuable Advertising and its al
vantages are being put before uarge
numbers Of Just the kind of people it
wishes to attract as settlers, through
the magnificent exhibit of "The South
and its Resources which the railroads
Of the South collected by joint action
and are displaying at the Ohio Valley
Exposition now in progress in Cincin-
natl
This exhibit, said to be the most
comprehensive display of agricultural,
mineral and foest resources of the
South ever gotten together, is seen at
the best possible advantage The ex-
position management gave it splendid
position, and in arrangement ana dec
cation it is NOSE attractive The ex-
hibit covers nearly 10000 square feet,
giving practically one foot 70 every
mile of abroad in the South, the com
bined mileage Of the railroads join
ing in the display being 10000 miles
Every product of Southern farms,
mines and forests is to be seen, and
the showing has been the occasion of
the greatest surprise to many visitors
This has been especially true of the
display of corn and small grains, hun
dreds Of visitors having for the grst
time learned that the South is a great
grain gowing section and that its lands
can produce as many bushels of corn,
wheat or oats per acre as any land in
the West
The newspapers of Cincinnati and
surrounding cities have given great
deal of space to the exhibit from the
South, and this is one of the first fea-
lures sought by visitors on entering
the grounds. When it is considered
that the attendance is running up into
the thousands every day, it is easily
to be seen how many people ar eeib
to be seen how many people are inter
csted in the advantages of the South.
In addition, lectures illustrated by col
ored and moving pictures are given ev-
cry day by experts. These lectures are
drawing large crowds, and men in
charge of the exhibits are kept busy
all the time answering questions. Reg
listers have also been provided on
which persons desiring additional in
formation viii have literature sent to
them by the railroads. The large mum
Der of names which have already been
placed upon these registers is one of
the best evidences of the great work
for boosting the South which is being
done by this exhibit
The management of the exposition
and business men of Cincinnati con
slider this exhibit one of the really
great features of the exposition and
are most appreciative in their express
sions toward the railroads of the South
for collecting this exhibit and griug
inG it to Cincinnati, and toward the
people of the South for their cooper
alton.
Many Cincinnati manufacturers
have fom to their surprise that they
can buy to advantage in the South, raw
materials which they have been buy
ing from points hundreds of miles
more distant from them Business men
have been awakened to a realization
of the possibilities of trade which the
South holds out, and one result of the
exposition will be a redoubled effort
on the part of Cincinnati to get
larger share of Southern trade. The
majority of the visitors to the exposi-
tion come from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana
and adjacent states. Thousands of
these people will be interested in the
agricultural possibilities of the South,
ana doubtless large numbers of the
most desirable settlers will be drawn
to the South, through the efforts of
the railroadso the section in making
this splendid display at Cincinnati.