Daily Republican., 1881-12-26
FOURTH EDITION.
COTTON EXPOSITION.
Large Crowds - Accommodate Ons
xOOd-6rand speech Of Commis'
slOner LOring - A tOur Among
the ExhibitOrs.
Special Correspondent Of the REPUBLICAN.

SIO0ef 1IOf1nx - n aO0r AuAOno =
the Exhibitors.
Special Correspondent Of the RHruBLToAN'
ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 10.
The attendance during the last week
at the Atlanta fair was simply im-
mense. Whole train loads Of visitors
kept pouring in, in fact the widest eX-
pectatlous OF the management OF the
Exposition was more than. reaiizad
ne attendance was expected TO reach
30, 900 daily, but it has gone up even
farther than that, in fact the cotton ex-
position will 20 on record rs he grand.
est success Of 1881
The fact OF the matter is this As a
means of bringing cirital IA the South,
il will be n gr .at help, aS | bear that
the city Of August, Ga, will have
another large cotton factory with a call-
toi of 81, ,obo, 900, mostly Northern mon
ey. This is a gran opening for Geor-
gia, and yet hear thai other sections
OF the South will also be favored as sew
eral large manufacturers Of the North
and East are here consulting with re
gard 10 establishing large cotton mills
III this section. buiy yesterday dis
patch was received here announcing the
tact that the Book walter E1glne Shop-
are to be established here, rld that, too
y hon it. had been determined 10 estaS-
lish them at +. Paso. This inve>'-
ment Is bnt torerunnsr OF what the
Exposition " ill do for the South,
Speaking OF cotton manufacturing, il
seems 10 be conCeudtd that the new and
correct idea is, that for the future TIA.
new South will he the great cotton
manufacturing centre ot America. To
show tbah this is possible, the Augusta
mi il, paid II per cent. on the invest
m"nt last year
The hon. George Il LoriDg, United
SlataS Commissioner Of Agriculture,a ad-
dressed i large audience composed OF.
the National Cotton Planters AsSocia-
lion, N judges Hail, on ID" 'th of e
cNmaer Tee address Was received
with great favor.
Dl The eXHiOItS, So much has been
written that tie matter seems tp Lave
L,en as well worked up as possible.
SjIiI it is but huuAau TO Try and give an
lQea (cven at this late day ot some OF
the displays made by the varlou, large
manufacturers, wEo are 50 well repre-.
sented here.
The mdnutAcrure Of haI bed wire for
fences, of whcn quantity Sluade her"
daily, Is :. gr a novelty and mlEscts
SPECIAL attention, A. wc!! aS The display
made by tine yarlOGs sFDu. manUiictO-
rleS. who, ii seems are astonishing Z he
natives with the Kland display made.
Ia the last wing annex the exhibit
made by the Jackson " Sharp Car Com
pa y of Wilmington, is very nne They
have on exhibition one Of the finest pas
senger railway cars ever seen South
with the latest improvements and the
very finest OF appointments. The daily
number of admirers ol the car seems to
give the gcnial .,.ru' in charge, much
pleasure. In word, Wilmington has
given the exhibition one Of its finest
displays.
The next few weeks will hr imror-
tant ones Tor the Exposition, rs among
the noted visitors who are expected,
may De named Pr sldent Arthur, Hon.
j. q. Blaine "rd mrny Of tEc ates
men now at Wa E!nAtoE, who propose
% pend their thH>tHau vacation here.
Hoping that this letter may be Of lntcr-
esl, | am yours,
"A GEORGIA CRACKER.