Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-08-11
stEirEGnatiOrs: Cotton ExDO.
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Director General Ii 1. Kimball has is.,
sued tho iollo"iug circular, addressed to
manufacturers aud merchants:
".An exhibition of tho industries of oil
civilized people will open at Oglcthorpe
Park, Atlanta, Ca, on the 5th of next o..
tvbcr and continue through the remainder.
of the year, closing December 3lst. This
exhibition was named the International
Cotton Exposition, because nothing moro.
was contemplated than fair for illustrating
every detail in the cotton industry. Soon;
after the Exposition company organized tho .
Executive managers decided to admit other
textiles, AMI latcr, yielding to an almost
universal demand, they concluded to open,
their doors to all industries. Hence the.
Exposition is no longer confined to that ono
staple, nor to The several textile interests,
but it comprises every irdustry in which
civilized men engage.
"I,s scope having been made universal
The classification employed ct the Centennial
will be closely followed in the six depart
mcnts Of the Exposition. These depart
mcnts embrace every industry, and
there js a snitahle place in some one Of
the groups for every product Of human
skill.
"Auong the questions daily asked by
merchants and manufacturers ono of tho
most frequent is, What are the prospects
as TO the numbcr Of visitors to tho Expo.
stion?'
"Our reply is that the railroad companies
Of the county lave adopted excursion rates
lower than were ever offered before. For
iuci,nnn rnr Il triD ri, Of Cron, hotl, M;
cago and St. louis will cost but SIS, whilo
similar tickets from either Cincinnati or.
louisville will be 50. The rates by other
lines will be equally low.
mot less lhan half million Southern
citizens and at least two hundred thousand
people from the North will avail themselves
OF these low fares, while The number of
visitors from Canada, Great Britain and tho
European continent will be very large.
"Atlau;a has splendid hotel accommoda,.
tons already, and the Exposition company
is erecting another new and magnificent one
near tho Park that will accommodate
thousand guests. In addition, q Depart.
mcnt Of Public Comfort has been organ.
izcd, Which is assured Of tho general CO.
operation Of the citizens OF Atlanta in pro-
vding comfortable entertainment for this
multitude, so that from twenty to thirty
thousand can be cared for daily 1t is per-
icctl; safe 10 say that no auoh favorable
opportunity has been offered to the manu-
fncturcrs and merchants Of this country
since 1876 to advertise their wares, and
that never before has there been such q
chance to show them to the Southern peo-
pie.
"'rhc entry fee cf SO is the only charge
made and for it exhibitors have oil the.
space they need for suitable display of
their goods. and in addition they are sup
piled with free admissions to the Exposition
for themselves and their necessary asss-
tancc.
"Nearly every kind Of business is al
ready represented amons tho entries regis
istcred: clothing, boots and shoes, cars
ringes, clocks, watches, optical instruments,
sewing mnchincs, agricultural implements
aud machinery, jcwelry, lacos, confectionery,
chemicals and druggiss sundrics, food
products and cauncd goods, -four, pianos
and organs, machines for a!! purposes,
steam engines, and 4 multitude Of other
things arc comprised in thcso entries.
"'Hhcsc facts are respectfully submitted
to manufacturers and INGREDIENTS, in the
hope that they will in some measure be
satisfactory reply 10 the questions all arc
asking. This Office IS, hcwcvc-, prepared
to give full and specific answers to all in.
quilics"
We are informed that no entry fees will
be required for exhibits Of minerals and
woods. In this department large exhibit
is desired aud expected