est photographs obtainable, showing the
scenic beauty and material conditions of our Black Hills country. The
varied ores were exhibited in large piles.
_Financial statement._--Following is a brief review of the expenditures
made by this commission and a report of the disposition of its
properties:
Salary State commissioners .................... $3,000.00
Total amount expended ......................... 31,725.06
Unexpended balance ............................ 274.94
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Total ..................................... 35,000.00
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Received from sale of State properties:
State building .............................. 365.00
Furniture ................................... 387.50
Booths and fixtures ......................... 225.50
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Total ..................................... 978.00
Returned to the State treasurer unexpended
balance, salvage ............................ 978.00
The following properties have been turned over to the State Historical
Society, for the use of the same, or such purposes as the State may deem
advisable:
Educational exhibit (cases and bases, glass and
cards), value ............................... $400.00
Exhibit glass jars, globes, and bottles ....... 115.00
Exhibit ores and specimens .................... 200.00
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Total ..................................... 715.00
TENNESSEE.
_Members of commission._--Governor James B. Frazier, chairman; J.H.
Caldwell, Chas. A. Keffer, E. Watkins, John F. McNutt, J.M. Shoffner,
E.C. Lewis, John W. Fry, Hu. C. Anderson, Thomas W. Neal, I.F. Peters,
Mrs. J.P. Smartt, Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Mrs. A.S. Buchanan; B.A. Enloe,
secretary and director of exhibits; D.F. Wallace, jr., assistant
secretary.
The State of Tennessee made nine different exhibits at the World's Fair,
designated and located as follows:
(1) Tennessee State Building, a reproduction of "The Hermitage," the
home of Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States. (2)
Collective agricultural exhibit, Palace of Agriculture. (3) Special
tobacco exhibit, Palace of Agriculture. (4) Palace of Horticulture. (5)
Palace of Forestry. (6) Palace of Education. (7) Palace of Mines and
Metallur
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