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Over 3,000 Made-In Carolina Products Assembled Under One Mammoth Roof The Carolinas Exposition opens for its fourth consecutive year in Charlotte, September 22, closing October 4. In these four years the Exposition has risen to a place of national character. It is the Show! Window of the Carolinas, _ the two industrial empires of the South, fast leading all other States in roads, schools and diversity of manufactures. Come and see w,hat we are doing in the Viay of manu facturing. See more than 3,000 Carolina made articles on display, that mean millions of dollars in payrolls annually to Carolina people. •* * Witness the sham battle, see the parade, hear the wonder ful music in the auditorium twice~dailyv meet the World War boys when they gather for their reunion, and help all the Carolinas to celebrate their growth in industry and art. See the wonderful automatic loomis in operation, turning out the finest fabrics, and get a vision of the Carolinas as they will be a few? years hence, and as they are now*. Bring the wife and daughter. Give them a chance to see wjhat is made here for their comfort and pleasure. Bring the children, so that they may grow up w,ith greater pride in their States. You will be most Welcome—twelve full days of enter tainment and education, of fun and frolic, of patriotic pride. The Music From the first it has been insisted that the, musical programs presented at. the Exposi tion must be of the same high character as '% |he srest of the show. And so, each year only artists of unques tioned standard and artistic merit have been presented. ' This season the programs will, it is be lieved, be even hiore popular ifnd atten tion-compelling thai* ever before. The programs, while of the usual artistic r' standard, will have perhaps a more univer sal appeal, as no effort or expense has been spared to present numbers that will delight music lovers of all classes. Two concerts wil] be given daily, one at 3:30 and the other at 8:30 at night, in the Exposition Music Hall, which seats 2,700. There is no extra charge for admission to the concert hall, and it is believed that any one leafing through this program and not ing the wonderful numbers that will be presented, cannot “fail to realize that each evening’s entertainment is worth several times the amount of the small admission charged to the Exposition. n ■ • Purposes of the Exposition Fifty years ago there wasn’t a solvent bank in North Carolina. Fifty years ago there were less than six cotton mills in tjhe Caro linas and these were small. ' jOn the ashes of Civil War con flagration, sturdy sons of the two States began with crude tools and little money but with a faith—a Vision and a determination un equaled—to erect a foundation for a great industrial structure. They dammed up small streams and erected thereon crude mills and shops. They toiled by day and walked long miles to market their products. In those days North Carolina was .pointed-';out as the most illiterate State in the Union, save New Mexico. Today North Carolina holds the proud distinction of having a wider diversity of manufacture than any State in the Union. She pays more revenue to the Gov ernment than 44 out of the 48 States. Her six thousand facto ries ttfrn out products each year worth one billion dollars. She ranks ahead of all textile mam* facturing States, save Massachu setts, . and stands next to Michi gan in Furniture, while leading the world in her output of mica, towels, tobacco products, denims, damask and many other things. Today one million white citizens of North Carolina alone are di rectely dependent upon her fac tories for a-livelihood, while Car olina products are carried oyer the seven seas* to all lands arid all climes. Out of the wilderness of poverty —away from the shadow of de spair, into the bright light of an almost unequaled prosperity! That is the story the Carolinas Exposition was created to tell to the world. The Exposition has but one pur pose- -to draw attention to this story of romance in business; to picture this triumph over obstacles which would have swamped men of fainter hearts, n ■ The Exposition has made good from 'the start and is growing each year in prestige and influr ence. Its charter provides that no stockholder or officer can ever drew a penny out. It is a public institution—to promote Carolina industries. • Veterans’ 1%, Thursday, September 25th The parade that will be staged in connection with Vet erans' Day is expected to rival anything, of the sort ever attempted in the Carolinas. The: parade wiill pass in review1 of General John A. LeJuene. Battle of Chateau Thierry in real action—two brass bands—other mili tary features. * .^ggp”1^1 - e • ■■ ***;. Textile Diversification Thousands of Cotton Mill Executives and operatives are -expected to witness the daily demonstration of looms in motion. Practical evidence will be presented that the Carolinas are tbday manufacturing many of. the finer weaves in cotton and silks,.;and that Carolina mills-and opera tors are capable of manufacturing prod-' ucts to compete in every dress goods riiar-„ ket of the world. " M. D. C. Crawford, research editor of the Fairchild Publications, a world-wide au thority on textiles, will exhibit his price less Collection of cotton goods, many pieces dating back to the period of the Pharaoh. Only once has this international collection ever been shown to the American people— at Boston—where it drew 100,000 people from all over the country. Museum, and' other specimens of the an cient weaver’s art will be on exhibition. Speakers of national reputation in cotton, woolen and silk goods will be feature of the week’s program. Blankets, rugs, carpets, towels, sheetings, artcloth, silk, tapestries, velours, ging hams, knit goods and other dress fabrics will be manufactured before the eyes of the public in the Textile Section. Crompton-Knowles Loom Works will have ten looms in operation * so will the Stafford Company of Readville, Mass., Bahnsoh Humidifiers will be in motion, accessories to the manufacturers of the higher price goods will be shown, m operation. Erlanger Mills, makers of the famous B; V. D., will have a large moving display, so will Icemorlee Cotton Mills, Southern Spindle & Flyer Company, and various _ others. This will be the greatest exhibition of tex tiles open both to the mill, man and the general public ever put on in the South east. . X Business Men, Manufacturers,' Educators, Statesmen, Commend This Exposition of Carolina Supremacy THE GREATEST EXPOSITION YET —COME BRING ALL YOUR FAMILY -- SEE YOUR STATE!
The Charlotte Herald (Charlotte, N.C.)
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