Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-31
TAR HEEL" STATE
FOR EXHIBIT HERE
Gov. T. W. Beckett Pledges His
Earnest Support to
the Project.
is COMING TO INAUGURAL
special From a star Correspondent.

! Special From STAFF Correspondent.
| RALEIGH, n. c., January 3l.-GoN'
| T. W. Beckett, who has just been in
Quoted into office. is enthusiastic in his
support of the plan to establish in the
National Capital a permanent exhibit OF
the states, which shall be, If possible
housed in state buildings. He intends 10
participate in the conference OF gov
errors on the morning following the
inauguration ceremonies, March 6, and
will make a speech declarins No' III
Cardinals support of the proJect.
| ut is a great idea and should prove
| a powerful educational influence, salo
| Gov. Beckett to a special repressn.s
| tive Of the state societies ana the Gu
Grafton of Citizens Associations OF the
District OF Columbia. under whose aus
pices the permanent exhibit OF me
states is being pushed as supplement-
to the educational exposition OF hcie
Sam in His Workshop which IS 10 De
an inaueural feature visualiZing the
works of the various government de-
partmcnts.
Value to the State.
"when North Cardinals visit the
National Capital and see there SYM
postum of the resources OF their state
which also illustrates how those re-
sources are increased in value through
the industry and enterprise Of the ma
tiyes by manufacture, their state VIII
mean more than ever to them Ihey
will not only be made to feel as
though they have found part OF nome
in the National Capital. but VIII pflhs
aWay a broader conception of the part
their state and they themselves play IN
the great economic scheme of govern
ment. They will realize as never pc
fore Just what they are doing to heip
feed, cIothe or otherwise contribute TO
the support and advancement of their
fellowmen.
Not only will the exhibit of the state
be an advantage to the state, put II
will be Of strong educational value.
We may have in text books hundreds
of pages devoted to the resources and
products Of North Carolina, but the
hurrying world does not stop to read
these pages and appreciate their mean
ing as it will when these resources and
products are actually placed before
them in one concrete exhibit.
See America First.
I'VE have taken up the slogan See
America First and for those who cannot
travel to the far ends Of this United
States there is no better way Of seeing
America than through such exhibits care
fully selected as symposium Of the best
each state has to Offer
"And again, through such composite
of the resources, products, industry ana
genius of the citizens of the states there
will be a broadening and instructive les
son, for each state can learn much from
the other. This plan for a permanent
states exhibit appeals very strongly to me
and I will use my influence in support
of the matter when it comes before the
conference of the governors on March +.
| The educational value Of such an eN-
hibit appeals particularly to Gov. Beckett
because the state capital at Raleigh boasts
of its zeal for education beyond pride
| in its manufactures or anything else.
| Raleigh claims to be great educational
center, with $500 pupils from city homes
and more than 1000 attending nine in
situations Of higher education in the city
limits. 1t has efghty-two manufacturing
plants with annual products Of more than
| So, 100000.
To March in Parade.
Although he has not been in Office long
enough to appoint his staff. Gov. Beckett
promises that the old Tar Heel'' state
will be conspicuous in the inaugural cele-
bration. He will be in the parade at the
head of the state delegation, accompanied
by his staff. and says he win bring with
him the largest possible representation.
AS the North Carolina troops have been
ordered home he expects tG have them all
in the inaugural parade.
| This North Carolina delegation intends
showing Washington how proud it is of
/ its representative in the cabinet. Josephus
Daniels. Secretary Of the Navy, whose
new newspaper plant is one Of the fines;
! buildings in the state capital 1t also is
going to boast that North Carolina was
the first state on this continent to de-
clare for independence: was one of the
last to go out of the Union, but at the
close Of the war stacked more muslzets
! than any other state i'll the Confederacy
! was the first to offer life ON the altar
OF the Southern Confederacy as it was
! the first to give victim to the Spanisl,
war in the person of Worth Bagley, kin
Of the present Secretary OF the Navy.
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