The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-17
EXPOSITION SITE IS FORMALLY ACCEPTED
COwart Makes An Address When Ground Is Rendered
 for Exposition

san Francisco. September l6.-(Special) ) Alabama and Mississippi found a typical balmy southern day waiting for them on the grounds of the Panama-Pacifc Inter- national exposition at San Francisco when they were given the deeds for their sites on September s. Commissioner Lee Cow art for Alabama and Commissioner H. F.. Blakeslee for Mississippi accepted the sites on behalf of their respective states and the final acts of the joint dedication ceremonies the state flags were raised over each plat of ground.
 Officials of San Francisco, former resi- and dignitaries attended the brilliant ex- ercises.
 Preceding the actual presentation of the gold and sealed parchments conveying title there was a luncheon given at the Palace hotel by President Charles C., Moore and exposition directors to the wis., iting commissioners and a review of troops of the Twentieth infantry at the Presidio
 After speeches by representatives of the exposition, the city of San Francisco and the state of California, the Alabama flag was raised by little Miss Anne Catchings, granddaughter of Gen. Tom Catchings Of the Eighth congressional district of Ala bama. Mrs. Fred George pulled the lag of Mississippi to the top of the flagstaff Commissioner Cowart in a notable ad- dress on the exposition grounds spoke as follows:
 T come here as the official representa- | tive of the great state of Alabama to ac- cept the site so graciously rendered to us by the exposition for an Alabama building. We will erect here a building commensurate with the dignity and im- portance of our great state. We will dis play here a most wonderful variety O, the states products. We will show ;hai our iron, coal. coke and steel products arc without anything superior, and that same | can be produced cheaper in Alabama than anywhere on the face of the globe | We will demonstrate here that Alabama can produce every product needful fol the happiness and prosperity of mankind | and that we have a greater variety of op. portunties to offer to the home seeker and investor than any other state in this union We will show thav Alabama is the l home of opportunity. It's opportunIties 1 are so varied that no class is favored. nc class is excepted We offer peace and plenty for the one-horse farmer. Wt offer wealth to the steel and iron manu | facturer We offer full dinner pail ant congenial relationship to the day laborci and we offer fame and fortune to the pro | fessional man. We will demonstrate ners
 our varied resources, our magnificer
 waterways. our mineral deposits of almos | every description, our recognized advan tages as meat producing section. together
 with the great variety of food crops WI can grow successful All combine z
 make Alabama the great store house O commercial supplies and the coming irof | and steel center of the world.
 we expect to demonstrate here the fac that no other state in this union offer such an array of human opportunity.
 "I thank you most heartily and ilvit you to make the Alabama building you resting place while attending teh exposi 1 ton in 1915."