The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-14
Letter from Atlanta, Ga.
The International Cotton Expositio,

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MeSSrs. EditorS,--Th International
Cotton Exposition, inaugurated October
9th, is now in the midst of successful
career. Of late the attendance has large
ly increased. The weather has continued
mild for the season, and highly favorable.
Crowds come and go full of admiration
and delight at the wonderful spectacle.
L desire to quote the expressed opinions
OF others with reference to this great
Southern Exposition.
The editor of the CSpacimgati Gazette,
lanta, published an article on the Expo
sition. He said:
"a In point of general interest the Atlanta Ex-
position ranks next to the Centennial at Phila-
delphia. No one can study the Exposition
without discerning the amazing resources of the
South. 1t is capable of producing almost every
thing within its own borders. The mineral re.
sources of the South have been barely scratched
The underlying riches have been merely sam.
pied, so to speak, yet the exhibit of these, as re-
marked is amazing"
Editor A. K. Mcclure, of the PhiZo-
delphla Times, thus writes to his journal
the results of his recent extended visit to
Atlanta:
The Atlanta Exposition is to this city and
State what the Centennial Exposition was to
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. By the Cen
tennial Exposition Philadelphia was made the
centre of Northern progress for years to come,
and Pennsylvania was quickened to the stride
OF more than decade in single year. By the
Cotton Exposition Atlanta is made for more
than generation to come the centre, the foun-
tain OF the new departure in the South 1t is
one OF the most beautiful inland cities on the
continent, and its beauty has all the glow of
ruddy health and long endurance"
Many have expressed the deliberate
judgment that, leaving out of view the
Foreign Exhibits, the Art and Horticul-
tural Departments, this Exposition ex-
cells the Centennial at Philadelphia. In
deed, in a short speech delivered last
night, ex Governor Jewell, of Connecticut,
testified that for practical purposes, uses
and ends, it takes the lead of all other
fairs. Here are his words:
" have been quite constant attendant at
fairs. | saw the first great worlds fair at New
York have attended the Mechanics institute
fairs ever since. was at both the great fairs in
Boston this year; | spent month at the vi
emma exposition in 1873 l was a month at the
Paris exposition Of 1857 1 spent six weeks at
the Centennial and yet. for all the practical pur-
poses Of life and which we want most to cultivate
and push forward to their true contamination, I
have seen no fair, exposition or exhibition which
answered all the purposes for which it was in
tended as well as this one does"
One of the finest displays Of minerals
and woods is that made by the Richmond
q Danville Railway Company, supple
mented by a magnificent display Of the
Georgia Pacific Railway, which is an ex.
tension Of the former line west to the
Mississippi river. In these two collec-
tions we see the rich and varied minerals,
woods, and other productions Of North
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Missis-
sippi. Other railroads and various States
have made fine exhibits. The whole is a
grand advertisement to the world of the
resources and capabilities Of the South.
J. III. M.