The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-05-12
Here's a Fine Thing
tor the Sunny South
First Made-in- -CarOlinas
Exposition Ever Held
Company With One Hundred Thou
sand Dollars in Stock Formed to
construct Monster Building With
4UO,VOO Feet of Floor Space and
Hold First Exposition.


Hold First Exposition. =
Inc secretary of state has lust is
/ sued charter to the Carolina Exnosi-
Glon company. The company has one
hundred thousand dollars in common
| stock, taken by practically all of the
bankers, merchants, and business men
of Charlotte.
J The lncorporators are as follows:
/ A. j. Draper, past president of the
! American Cotton Manufacturers as
sociation and one of the best known
manufacturers in the United States:
J. B. Efrd, head of the Eird chain
of stores; Charles Parker, president of
Parker-Gardner company; Norman A.
Cooke, vice president and treasurer of
the Southern Power company; David
Ovens, Of the j. B. Ivey company; H.
o. Miller, president of the Carolina
Baking company; S. B. Alexander, Jr,
Southern representative of Crompton-
koWnles Loom works; Joe Fitzsim-
mons, president Carolinas Auto Sup
ply house; Lane Etheridge, president
Pyramid Motor company; John L.
Dabbs, southern manager for Dupont
and j. c. Patton, of The Charlotte OBJ
server.
Purposes of Company
Work will commence within a few
days on the construction of building
25O by 400 feet, which will provide
100000 feet of floor space, about
10000 of which will be used for dis
playing Carolina-made products. The
building will be thoroughly equipped
for comfort and convenience, being
provided with rest rooms, smoking
rooms, band stand, etc.
1t will be the largest building of it's
kind on one floor in the south.
The exposition will be held most
likely the first two weeks in Septem-
Der, exact date, along with complete
list of officers to be named within the
next few days.
1t is predicted by those familiar
with the plans that fully 100, 10000 peo--
pie will attended this exposition, and
special efforts are to be made to bring
school teachers from all over the Car
olinas to the show, in order that they
NAV study the wonderful variety of
ex exhibits on display. 1t will be an
to every one, for the Z,OOU
of the Carollnas are
today practically every
article made in America. - - i !
There will be on hand machinery
making cigarettes, plug tobacco, cl-
CdES, COtU 6IIuhS1 IOSlCAS SAONAA3
dies and medicines, shoes and wood
products, and it is expected that at
this show will be represented the nm |!
ished products made from WoOd, cot !
ton, peanuts, cotton seed, minerals, ,
leather and all of our raw
materials. The furniture manufacture
ers, the woodworking manufacturers j
the monument people, the shoe max !
ers, the candy and confection manu- |
facturers, the cloth and hosiery peo-
ple, the hat makers, the overall peo-
ple, the silk mills, the power develop
ers the fertilizer manufacturers, the !
cheYnists-in fact all of the manufac- ,
tured lines of the two states, lnclud- .
ing everything from automobiles and !
farm implements, and on down to
toothpicks will be on display.
Millions Sent Away.
Each year millions upon millions
Of dollars are sent out OF the caro-
Iinas for goods that are being made
at home in equal quality and the main .
nnrnose of this, the first Made-In-C Car
olinas exhibit ever held, is to famll-
iarize the people Of the two Carollnas
with the wonderful variety and match
ess quality Of homemade goods, SO
hat more liberal backing may be
given the home products.
Various committees are at work ar
ranging the many details of this ex-
oosition-an exposition which is by
far the largest every before attempted
bv any states of the south. The COM
mittee on entertainment will bring a
musical program to the show which
will cost $15 1000 to $18, 900. The most
noted band and the most noted talent
Of America will be on hand for the
two weeks. -
In addition various meetings OF
associations and industrial bodies Will
be held during the show.
The exhibits will come from all
parts of the Carolinas and already
over 10 thousand feet of the avail
able 10000 feet of floor space has
ben spoken for by such we'll known
as the American To-
Dacco Company, Anderson Motor Co.,
Rock Hill, S. c.; Durham Hosiery
Mills, p H. Hanes Knitting Mills, Lid
lelI Foundry; Cement Products Cor
ooration, of Wilmington; AMERICAN
Products Corporation, of Reidsville;
Shirt Co., of Reidsville;
El-Rees-So Cigar company, Of Green's,
ooro: Southern Ice Machine Co, Caro-
ina Baking COMPANY; Lance Packing
company, Charlotte Marble and Gran
te Works, and numerous other Char
otto concerns: Ton1linson Chair Com