Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-13
UNIQUE EXHIBIT At THE FAIR
SILK QUILT BEARING THE SIGMA,
TURES OF PRESIDENT McKIN-
LEY AND 43 GOVERNORS.

Mrs. $. X. Hallam of this city has OH
exhibition in the Women's department a
silk quilt, representing the United States
flag, made in 1898. 1t has the customary
six white Nand seven red stripes, and
forty-five stars, representing the mum
Der of states at that time. and on each of
fOrty-three stars is the autograph of the
various governor of the United States.
secured at the time William Mckinley
was president and Theodore Roosevelt
was governor OF New York.
At the time she made the quilt. Mrs.
Hallam resided in New Mexico. She hit
upon the plan of making the flag and Sc
curing for each of the stars the auto
graphs of the governors by sending each
a small piece IF cloth upon which to
write his signature. Two were not Sc
cured, and one faded. The flag or quilt
is nine feet long and six feet wide.
The signatures OH the quilt are Viii
liam Mckinley, president, and Miguel u.
Otero, governor of New Mexico territory.
these being in the center of the quilt and
in the stipe section; Frank w. Rollins Of
New Hampshire, Roger w. Wolcott of
Massachusetts, George f. LOunsberry Of
Connecticut, Elisha Dyer of Rhode Isl
and, Theodore Roosevelt of New York,
Foster NJ. Voorhees, of New Jersey, VIII
liam A.. Stone Of Pennsylvania, A. d.
Gambler of Georgia, Miles b. insolvency
of South Carolina. Daniel L. Russell Of
North Carolina, j. HOge Tyler Of Vir-
ginia, Lloyd Lowndes of Michigan. f. w.
Tunnel of Delaware. +. G. Smith OF
Vermont, w. o. Bradley Of Kentucky,
Benton Mcmillan of Tennessee, George S.
Bushnell of Ohio, Murphy J.. Foster of
Louisiana. James A. Mount of Indiana,
Pingrce of Michigan, ID. w. Jones of Ar
kansas, Lon t. Stephens Of Missouri,
Joseph +. Johnson of Alabama, John r.
Tannek of Illinois. w. ID. Blasham Of
Florida. Joseph ID. Savers Of Texas. Les
lie NJ. Shaw Of Iowa, Edward Scoficld Of
Wisconsin. John Lind of Minnesota, 7.
T.. Geer Of Oregon, w. f. Stanley of Kan
sas, G. w. Atkinson of West Virginia.
Governor Sadler of Nevada, w. A. Poyn-
ter of Nebraska, Charles s. Thomas OF
Colorado, Robert 3. Smith Of Montana.
II. VI. Wells of Utah, ID. f. Richards of
Wyoming, Frank Steunenberg Of Idaho.
/. r. Rogers of Washington. Andred f.
Lee of South Dakota and f. b. Fairchild
Of North Dakota.
The Howse Furniture Co. of this city
is showing refrigerators exclusively.
vanished and enameled. -Four refriger-
atOrS are OH display in the Agricultural
tent, and all are of the Quincy make.
The boxes are proving an attractive
sight to all the housewives who visited
the big tent.
The principal product in the Harlin-
gen section is sugar cane, and that town
has a liberal display of this crop that is
such a valuable item in the supremacy
of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. There
is a sack of raw sugar of the first grade.
manufactured by the Hill Sugar Co., and
there are also other samples of sugar
made by that concern. A. w. Cunning
ham OF Harlingen wOn first premium at
this years fair for the best bale of alfal-
ia hay, making three years in success
sion that he has carried away this prize.
Harlingen also took second prize for
turnips, grown by G. b. Rhodes. and has
the largest carrots on exhibition in the
Agricultural tent. OOther exhibits in
clude AIMED fruits, honey and a general
line of truck. III. ID. SeagO, secretary of
the Harlingen Commercial Club. is in
charge of the display.
Tcn-in-One Shows best at carnival.