The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-05
AFLAxpA's ATTRACTION.

To-day tho Cotton and General Industrial
Exhibition opens in Atlanta, Ga. There is
more meaning 10 and there will be more
outcome from this event than our people
in this section have thought for. II will
bring together more merchants and
and miners and rail
road men and capitalists gener-
ally than anything that has transpired
in the southern country for many years.
Our northern friends will in passing
through some q our southern states aud
cities On route 10 GeOrgia's capital, have
rare opportunities Of witnessing the agricul-
tural capacities and general industrial rc
sources Of our people better than they
have ever before had In Atlanta
thoy will meet with some OF our
leading business minds ut the
exposition they will observe tho progress
we have made in the arts and sciences q. ap-
piled TO tho farm, tho workhOus0 or the
counting-room. Prom Atlanta many Of
them will proceed al invited guests to some
Of our chief cities, a. Savannah Mobile,
New Orleans, thence to Texas. One CAPT
talst will DO impressed with ono enterprise
while another will take interest in some
thing else Of our varied resources. As they
thus "go marching through some Of them
will comprehend for tho first time that tho
southern people havelong since accepted
the situation, and are politically and go
cially all that the best citizen Of the repub-
lie would have them be. They will return
to their homes wiser folks, and 40 urge
their friends to do AZ they have done
capital among "sure-cnough loyal peo-
pie Besides this, ths quick, ingenious
inventive mind OF the eastern or western
genius will discern how, by understanding
our conditions, surroundings and wants,
he con simultaneously adva age the ma
ton, and turn an honest pyany' for him
self Further, the spirit Of our onw citizens
will be inspired by the sight Of tho aSscm-
bed benefits and new improvements and
resources we have avaied or can hencefor;h
avail ourselves Of. The exhibition will
continue until the close Of the year, and
during the nort three monthe vast array
ofarticleS and oil immense amount Of ntor-
nation can and will be accumulated in the
general good. There will be exhibited
among other things, in groups and classes;
mineral and metalurgical products, tools
implements, and machinery, which will in
cludc preparing cotton and cotton seed;
textile manufacturing tilling, planting and
harvesting, general manufactures and tex
tile manufactures such as cotton yarns,
cloth and prints, etc; home and social im-
provcmcntl, which comprise furniture and
/ muSca. Instruments, mirrors and table
ware, heating, cooking and lighting, edu'
cation and natural sciences, and the fine
att, Then will follow the forcs: and agri.
cultua products, including the grand
prize for the boSt bale OF cotton, which is
set .own at 5000, the bale 10 become the
property Of the exposition; and fiber other
than cotton, cereals, sugar and tobacco:
/ fruits anu NuNtIN' NiNNl' dilAl AhNa'N' Nh''l
and swine; bench show Of DOS
poultry, etc. and dairy products, etc, etc,
/ This enumeration will give some hint Of the
scop, oftho enterprise. The railway com
panies hiyo reduced the fare to oue-nlf tol
all visitors And iyis to be hcprd that III,
| rltilcgs Of Atlanta have seen to Sp'n >ulh'
/ cheney OF hotel, restaurant and other accom-
da, as as will compel ail guest, oa the
important oc'as.ou % leave the place with
/ NJ yrcts AMI lao causes " com,
/ plain. abou, eytor,ion y,e rDe gen
Ill 90. ,ai5 ;rr,t ''a'' - III see To- 10
,u,, Texas ,c duly represented, and t,a,
7. Invitations % visit Us ba cN'euici most
cord ..y by individuals or yurou-G b'or,p
ott@is city councils or Other corporal,
hoUps. TO al, desirable parties,