The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-01
ruE GREAT INTERNATIONAL COT.
TON EXPOSITION.
A New Era for the South.


As before stated in these colup,ns
hare was a peculiar fitness in the calling
an exhibition of the machinery and
,ethods of cotton culture and manufac-
Dre A staple worth in annual crop
shen gathered from the field 5000, ,OO0..-
0o, and acquiring an added value of
300 ,0O0,000 when manufactured, de-
erycs r special exposition. When we
onsider that this staple is manufactured
a great distance from the fields in
Ehich it is grown, and by a people of
;aerent habits from those that grow it.
seems fit that they should be brought
nretler on common ground. Mr.. At
inson prefaced his call for M exposition
kitb the statement that there was no
[reat staple of the world-except sugar
grown and handled SO wastefully as
otton. The South, acting upon this
Irrestion, might reply that there is no
Industry in which such swift progress is
pade as in the manufacture of cotton.
nd thus notify the spinncrs of New
England that they might also profit by
tudy of the latest inventions in ma
hinery.
The South was SO torn up and devas.
ated by the ravagcs of war that many
AVE held it to be still region of ruins
nd makeshifts, semi-civilized and bar.
|arous. With the clearing away of tho
louds there has been made apparent to
he North, when it looked "across the
ine," country bright, prosperous.
heerful--filled with hospitable, cultured
Ind law. abiding peoplc-covered with its
,oo;ot oD1 infarnctiur ornnu opI 80.
aried groves and flowers, and the temp.
alton to journey into this fair land is a
trong one. 1t is estimated that the
rowd of strangers at the Exposition will
mount to certainly half million, and
probably twice as many. These will be
lot the ordinary eXcursionists, but men
Ind women of character and capital,
hrcwdly observant, studying the customs
md opportunity Of the country, and lay
ng up /: testimony that must be of the
Utmost Importance to the development of
he section they visit.
COST OF TRAVEL
Remarkably low rates have been made
rom the principal cities of the United
States. From Chicago to Atlanta and
eturn will be sl4, and from Cincinnati
ind return 50. The rate for round trip
rom New York will probably be SIS to
E2l. Monster special excursions will be
organized by the transportation commit
ees, and SO adjusted that the special
Frowds will be distributed over the three
months. After the first two months of
he Exposition the annual tide of Flor
da travel-involving from $4,000 to
00,000 people-will set in and be de-
aged for few days by the Exposition.
The transportation committee, recogniz-
ng the desire of the visitors to see the
pecial sights Of the South, are organ
zing local excursions at tho very lowest
ates and with extra accommodations for
he gold fields OF Georgia, the orange
groves of Florida, the famous battle
ields, the mineral belt of Alabama, and
o the various Southern cities. For very
small outlay, and by special excursion
rains, the visitor at the Exposition can
zee the points of interest throughout the
fouth from Atlanta rs q center.
MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITS.
It was agreed months ago that the Ex-
position should not be limited to cotton,
put should have as incidental exhibits
rom every branch of industry. Such
houses as Thurber e Co. and Lord &
Taylor, ayow their purpose to make more
Elaborate displays than they have ever
made at worlds fair, and this spirit
Eoyerns all who have made entries.
There are several companies that will
carry on in the building the complete
nanutacture Of cotton from the seed to
ne finest cloths or threads, and Phila-
lelphla firm promises to do what has
1ever been attempted before-manufac
ure line cotton or woolen machinery.
The Foreign Commissioner, Mr.. III. V.
VI. Miller, now in Europe, reports that
N the 18th of August two steamships
oaded with English machinery will sail
or this country. The importation of
MS machinery will put English and
american In square competition, and will
PROBABLY settle the supremacy of the
english roller or the American gin, con.
Fernlng which the world is now in dis.
bute. "''
Among special experiments, it will be
Elded whether or not the Clement At
achment Mills that promised such O.
evoluIlon year or ago are practicable
End efnclent, and settle finally whether
ne cotton fiber can be spun profitably
Fhd honestly as it comes from the gin
End on the border of the field in which
us grown. Indeed, the exhibit will be
thorough and complete that this Ex-
position will settle many mooted cues
IONS as to cotton manufacture. and will
tand as the date from which MANY es.
entia! reforms are made.
Probably the most interesting exhibits
BBowever, will be the general Southern
iisplay. For example the gold fieids Of
oeorgia, which yield 81 100000 of bull
~ pel annum, are in charge of local
,o,nmittee oma1i that will make the most cx-
,"ustiSe ,osS display of ores, nuggets and
,a,s na ever made, perhaps. Nuggets rang
" rom twenty pennyweights to eight
+ Tnuiea n., Will be shown, and specimen
hoGi.; GGaSz weighing ninety pounds and
mo%ing mus'n over I'VE $500 worth Of gold on the
uriaco. Trace These fields are being rapidly
,c,Heloped and the most satisfactory re-
u; uls obtained, and yet twenty mills
uiSnt DC located where there is now one,
n ,na tne supply still be practically mex.
laastible The bars from all the mills
n;n nnhey are turned out week after week
al De put OH exhibition. There will
~, perhaps, 100000 worth of native
Poiu SHOWN by this committee.
,,.;, an exhaustive exhibit of tropical
~ li''ts, y, flowers, sea island cottod, cane and
u, the products Of Florida will be made
- 'he Hamilton Disstcr Company that
las bought the 100000 acres of ever.
nau,, ,aues, and this display will be supple
ties. ''n''' si"''oi' "u'iiol-
bs Commissioner %nisi Killebryer, i'll charge of
ave- av department. te of Woods and Minerals,
Deyss ays mere h Will be such display as has