ibit in agriculture and the special tobacco exhibit were located in
and adjoining the central nave of the Palace of Agriculture.

In the mineral display in Mines and Metallurgy Building there were 168
different exhibits, representing every mineral in the State, and the
specimens were from the different localities where developments have
been made. This exhibit was one of the most beautiful in its
installation and general effect of the many splendid exhibits in the
Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. On account of the quantity of material
collected and the inadequacy of space inside the building it became
necessary to make a separate exhibit in the Mining Gulch, which was
confined to coal, iron, phosphate, copper, and marble.

There were 12 different exhibitors in the Live Stock and Poultry
Department, who made their exhibits under the auspices of the
commission.

The exhibit in the division of anthropology, Administration Building,
was one of the finest of its kind, and one which attracted the attention
of archaeologists from every part of the world. Gen. Gates P. Thurston,
of Nashville, collected and installed the exhibit, which was made up
from the private collection of General Thurston, the Hicks collection,
and the collection of the Tennessee Historical Society.

During the life of the exposition large quantities of advertising matter
were distributed from the State building and from the State spaces in
the exhibit palaces. This advertising matter was furnished in part by
the State, in part by the different cities and counties of the State,
and in part by the railroad companies of the State.

TEXAS.

On January 9, 1902, a corporation known as "The Texas World's Fair
Commission" was chartered under the provisions of the laws of the State
of Texas on application of citizens of Texas, and appointed Texas
World's Fair Commissioners by Hon. Joseph D. Sayers, then the governor
of the State. It was believed by the commission that with State aid to
the extent of $200,000 added to sums that had already been guaranteed by
subscribers, the State could make a creditable showing at the World's
Fair in competition with other States and Territories. Accordingly the
commission memorialized the twenty-eighth legislature for an
appropriation of $200,000. The bill which sought to authorize the
appropriation was reported to the house and was opposed by the governor
of the State on two contentions: First, that the constitution did n