| Show X EXPOSITION Formally Opened With Words of or Greeting Irom thu tho President Charleston 8 S G c Dec 2 Tho Carolina and West Indian exposition was WI formally opened today with wih words of ot greeting the of or the tho States An imposing of ot military and In civic bodies escorted eScort el the tho guests of or honor to the exposition grounds where thc took part In nn appropriate program of ot In Inthe II the all ni Charleston observed the day n as f a holiday and tho city olt handsomely decorated Tho ho weather was waR After ACer the parade the guests guc to assembled In the tl auditorium where tho tool took pac The Invocation was delivered delver by the Vener Venerable VOler able Ible Charles S of at the Hugue Huguenot not church F W Wagoner president of or the exposition company and GO M 1 U D spoke works of ot welcome Hon lon M Depew United States from New York orator of ot the tho day was then Introduced by hy Mayor Smith At the conclusion of at tho oration ornton President stepped to the wire connecting the auditorium with the th executive mansion In Washington sent greeting to President Roosevelt A J few minutes Inter tho response c of oC the tho President lt Wl received the exposition waa WI for formally mally open A number of ot state days have been nr the tho first on the list being beinG December 4 W Is tho day assigned to font state The principal object ct of the exposi exposition tion Is to make a n full un display of ot the ton tl manufacturing progress commer commercial cial of at th country and particularly of ot the southern A commercial JB problem nt this con COU confronts fronts the Routh perhaps the uti of the fair U II to ta solve I It o The great advance In the nUI r rot of ot cotton oton constructed c the tho out output output put of ot finished products hns created n surplus of o the cotton coton goods Of Ot this product China China was at one time tle the largest of ot the home markets Th t ll n In that country however has hs virtually paralyze the tho markets and Ild the homo multiplies The rhe undo prim J market lf In II ludl with tho South Juth In uni It ItIs ItIs Is hoped through the Ium of r full tullUs pay ill tIll tho exposition to h trade with wh that part of or the thu world l p opposition p lon site occupies about one 1 and Ild nore nOle of bind on 01 lh Ih bank of tho Ashley river 1101 Tho arl of or th buildings fol Col follows lows Iowa closely the wore In Introduced II lit thu tho Worlds Fair I II Thu Tho number l of t departmental l buildings In II eleven el lm and com commerce merce hall of ot mining 1111 forestry do lu to art tho 11 The rho cotton covers iO feet of ot a on Jho at I In spite 1111 to of ot H to 10 make nn appropriation nl has Ia a display hlo tho exposition ox company J provided thc tho necessary accommodations Ie for tM tho government exhibit t recently toen oel nt ot Tho court of around tho 10 In are aru Is feM t III n and over too POO fi ot wide wido court ono ana million 1 1 Ion six lx hI fifty thousand square feet teet and Ix of unique f en a atine tine Is II n 1 n with lh tropical plants Ue around an nn oleo trie fountain t I L |
