Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-13
Tho Atlanta Exposition.

were delivered by Senators Vance, of North
Carolina. and Voorhees,, of Indiana. aud by
Mr.. Kimball, Gov. Coqnitt and others. The
attendance on tho first day was large. The
Exposition is not yet in good working order,
but will bo in fow days. About tho first of
November visitors will be well re paid for
their attendance.
Tho following extracts in relation to the
Exposition, will bo read with interest:
THE GREAT COTTON GROWER,
Among the distinguished visitors who
have honored Atlanta with their presence
thero is no moro notable figure than that of
Colonel W. O. Richardson, the great. .Missis-
sippi cotton king
MIR. Richardson is The largest cotton plan,
ter in the world. This distinction for long
time belonged to the kbedive, of Egypt but
Richardson in q crop Of l250O bules took
from tho Egyptian king tho first place among
tho cotton growers of earth. This crop was
worth nearly ono million dollars, and Col.
Richardson has grown up to this average
nearly every year since.
Beyond tho fact that ho is the argcs. cot
ton grower in tho world, there is no place in
the South whcro the mere handling and cul-
tivaton Of cotton can DO studied SO we'll rs
on his vast plantation. IIc has the fields in
which he grows the crop, the factories in
which he makes the fertilizers with which it
is grown, the seed oil mills in which the
seed are manipulated and oil made, yarn
mills in which the fiber is spun into thread
and a factory with 10000 spindles, in which
tho thread is made into CLOTH lie has the
processes for making the bulk Of the seed
into cake for stock feed, after it has been
through tho oil mills. and processes for
burning the hulls, from the ashes of which
fertilizers are made. In fact every process
for tho culture or handling of cotton is gone
through with on tho place. and every particle
Of tho product, except the stalk, is made
to yield to him its ultimate profit. BY these
thorough and sngacious methods Colonel
Richardson has amasscd fortune, estimated
ut from six million TO twenty million dollars,
and has established the fact that there is no
business that pays better than growing cotc
ton with free labor and manufacturing it
near the fields in which i, is grown. The
time will soon come when capitalists will
imitntc the example of Colonel Richardson
and when his vast estate will be typical
Of many similar places throughout the
South.
Colonel Richardson is q nan Of pleasing
manners, Of inc information and OF great
strength Of character. Ito is massive,
strongly built man and in the enjoyment Of
perfect health. lilo manages the infinite
details Of his business personally. even buy
| inn tho orncls tbof oo11 70 tbo l,h,
his place from the stores run by the supcrn,
tendents. lie has always been foremost in
oil efforts made to bring the South prom-
rcntly forward. wns 4 commissioner Of the
centennial exposition, and was commissioned
by this government to the Paris exposition.
lie is Y ices President of tho International
Cotton Exposition, and is on hand to give il
the benefit Of his adsico and presence"
LLKI&Ds OF COTTON.
| II would ride q thousand miles any day."
said Colonel Ben Lockctt, the great cotton
planter Of Georgia, reGcctivcly, rs lie leaned
over the plaEk fenco at the Exposition
grounds yesterday, Ito see this little field of
cotton, and no cation planter in Tho South
ought to fail to see il as it is probably a
which has never been seen in this county
before"
The colonel was looking into the field of
cotton collected from all parts of the world,
growing as it is grown in its native country,
and it was this that called forth his enthusi-
astic praise. The field is really marvel Of
agriculture. 1t is on enclosure of Il very
few acres, where, growing side by side, can
be seen every variety Of cotton plant that
can be grown upon this earth. There
is cotton from Iudia, from Ilindoosnn, from
China, from japan, from Australia, tho
North coast of Africa, Brazil, Chill and the
South Sea Stands, the Cape of Good Hone
Mexico, Central America, Bombay and every
other climate in which tho cotton rlant hns
ever been grown. Each plant preserves it's
characteristics admirably, and side by side
may he seen cotton with the perfectly red
I flower growing ten feet high and the stalks
, with perfectly blue flowers growing less than
two feet high. There is the queer Chinese
cotton with pinched, contracted look Tint
, marks everything that comes from that coun
try; tho Peruvian cotton with its flowers OF
indigo and it's small bolls; tho Indian cotton
with it's tropical appearance. but in,pcrfcc,
frutage, and nll Of them with their vnriou.
marks crowned by few rows of our own
king of them all. Tho collection of sect
;, for this field was matter Of great painstak
g ing and expense. Mr.. S. NJ Inman, wht
. had chnrge of the matter, was months got
% ting correspondents in various quarters o
), the globo that lie could rely upon to send til