The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-10
WANT CORN SHOW
WILL BE URGED TO MEET IN co
LUMBIA THE NEXT TIME. =

A Strong Delegation VIII Be Sent to
Invite the National Corn Exposi.
tfon to the Capital City.
The State says the second South
Atlantic States Corn Exposition will
be held In Columbia during the week
Of December 4 of this year and the
prospects are that the Exposition
will be success from every stand
point.
South Carolina In cooperation with
other Southern States will send a
strong delegation to Columbus, Ohio,
to extend an invitation to the Ma
tional Corn Exposition, to be held In
Columbia In 1911.
The national corn show will be
held in that city this year, from Jan
uary 80 to February u. There will
be over $4,000 exhibits, with prizes
aggregatlnIZ S5U,UU
Every effort will be used to Sc
cure the national corn show. Should
the Exposition be brought South. and
to Colum bia, it will be held in con.
nection with the South Atlantic
States Corn Exposition.
1t is expected that at least s20,.
900 will be secured as prizes for the
second South Atlantic States Corn
Exposition. An active campaign fol
the Exposition has already been
launched by the management. Sew
eral large contributions for the Ex'
position have already been pledged
The first corn exposition to be held
In the South, which was held in Go,
lumbia from December s to 9 was 6
complete success. There we're ovel
700 exhibits. It Is expected thai
there will be several thousand ex'
hibits for the second exposition. The
exposition Is a permanent affair.
National Corn Exposition.
The following dispatch from Co
lumbus, Ohio, where the fourth
National Corn Exposition will socl
meet, will give some idea OF what Il
really Is:
The program for the fourth an
nual National Corn Exposition, &c ht
held January 80 to February II, i;
the eight immense buildings on th'
Ohio State Exposition grounds, ha'
iust been completed, and provides fol
one of the greatest national a5ri,ul
.ural exposItiols ever held in tll'
world.
The buildings are connected By In
,,c=rd walks comforta bly, hesteL al,
brilliantly illuminated, in all Iesem
oling.a great summer garde,' will
palms and plants and tender srowinl
.,ropp giving, the y!sttors a :E.hiFflo
aatu- which wlll mere remind then
II balmy June day thai of'"1h'
| winter season.
The great National Cora Exposi
lion will be a roundup Of all Stat
agricultural shows AMI a!rlcrltura
meetings. The name, corn expos
lion" does not mean that cnly corr
will be shown, for all .gra'ns an
grasses, the prize winners only, q
The various State shows. will he II
ccmuetitlon f,r the valuable nat!oli:!
|trophies.!
rIore than rs States will have com
petltiYe exhibits. twenty-five Stat
agricultural colleges and experiment
stat!ons will have scientific exhibits
each demonstrating its most ad
vanced experimental work. These ex
hIbits, which will be In charge Of ex
port demonstrators. will deal, In
practical way, With nearly ever.
pnase Of the science Of agriculture
For instance. North Carolina vii
mphasize the cotton industry. frol
the growing plant to the manufae
tured article, with cotton gin aut
loom IN actual operation; while III
no!s will especially emphasizes its sol
work. Never before in the history o
the worli has there been such
showing Of results in agriculture
based on scientific Investigation.
The federal department Of agrI
culture Will be represented with III
famous exhibit, whtaa fills two larg'
furniture cars. and which has jus
been returned from the international
exposition at Buanos Ay-es.
Important among, the many meet
.igs. exhibits and ctaer special fen
lures OF this creates. of agriculture
eypositionG may be ment!aned tn
meetings Of the American Breeders
Associations, the Ohio Da!rymcn's AS
sncietioa, Ire National Rural Liit
Conference, the Ohio Conservative
hss,ccio ton. the OHIO Corn Improve
r.ent Association and numerous !lr'
stock Associations.
There will ba special features 0
vital interest to the Y. NJ. c. 4.
nhurcHrs. co.'cncs. scACcls. the farm
er and the city 'Ian ard their fami
lies a!il,c.
Special entertainment features vii
Include a two-riNc winter circus
band concerts Nth vocal soloist6 aut
moving pictures.
;-i,EtCI!t.H .a.:1S .tS ri4AGALAS.