Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-19

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ATLANTA. November III find myself at the
last moment compelled to lay aside my half
finished Exposition letter and give your readers
! q hasty dish OF general gossip this morning,
not however, from any fault Of mine.
Having waited patiently for the Exposition
to get itself into shape. and now that it has
suddenly rounded itself into a state Of COM
pleteness. I ind big lump of material
dumped into my hands for the South Georgia
readers of the MORNING NEWS.
Yesterday Mr. w T. Forester who is so ably
assisting Col. G. d Owens and Mr.. H H. San
/ ford in charge of the exhibits of the Savannah.
Florida and Western Railway, finished and
handed TO me nearly forty pages Of foolscap
/ paper on which he had recorded the articles
| sent In for display in their department.
| OF course have not had time TO run over
and re arrange and copy all the mass Of mat
| terror my promised letter OF to-day, and so /
| have laid It aside for few days and substitute
/ a letter, hastily written, Of a more general
/ character and filed with considerable matter
| of ''pershable'' nature and not calculated to
keep.
In my next I shall briefly run over the splen-
/ did Georgia exhibit in the upper rotunda of
| agricultural firm of ". B. Jones & Co. of
| Burke county. has kindly given me list of the
! chief attractions. he having been one Of the
| prominent artists who arranged the various
| displays in the best possible menuer. Georgia
| has no occs sion to feel ashamed of her State
| exhibit, although hastily arranged at the last
moment, as it is magnificent in every respect.
In a few days the Florida building viii be in
| full bloom and ready for the most critical in
| spectiOn. After many vexatious delays the
| building has been completed and the exhibits
/ afbarcH il N0xv that the rnch of vicftor- hoe
/ commences in good earnest the Florida display
/ is attracting marked attention and it will be
well for her people to keep it flled with fresh
/ additions daily. We are having very cold
weather and many tender articles soon decay
and must be replaced by new supplies
The Savannah. Florida and Western Railway
are~1istributing two valuable pamphlets which
are being eagerly sought after. l refer to the
| ''ClimdtOlOgV Of Florida" by DIR. @. ]. Ken
worthy, ard Southern Georgia" by Judge
| Joseph rillman and G. p. GOODYEAR ESQ both
Of which are published in handsome style and
\ written in an attractive manner They will do
very much to call attention to- the best
section of the South for people seeking mild
er climate and more prolific soil Savannah
ought to raise a fund and add her "GtiIe to
Strangers Visiting Savannah to this list Of
/ free literature
Another good feature of the Exposition needs
| to be commended to all sections Of South Geor-
gia and Florida and that is the free distribution
| of newspapers, many of which are prepared
with an eye to this very purpose The North and
/ the West better understand the value Of this
kind of advertising of their resources, and have
sent here an immense quantity of pamphlets.
circulars and newspapers, some quite expensive
/ for free distribution. l would suggest that
| Savannah, Jacksonville and the smaller cities
| and towns in South Georgia and Florida pre-
pare special issues of their leading papers and
have them here for the grand agricultural
| convention the second week in December. 1t
will prove paying investment.
THE CROWDS ARRIVING.
The long expected crowds have at last put
| in an appearance, commencing with Monday
Of this week, and the prospect is that there
will be no abatement unless bad weather re-
turns and holds on for a week or more.
Cheap rates on the railroads have done the
| business, as well as the announcements by
newspaper correspondents that the Exposition
is ready and in full bloom. regret to notice,
however, that fully one-third of the people
who come here on the cheap rate fare do not
visit the Exposition. They are here for fun. TO
visit relatives or for the transaction Of bust
ness.
Still, so far as the railroads are concerned,
hundreds Of people daily come here on full fare
tickets for the express purpose of visiting the
Exposition There is, therefore. but little to
complain of in this direction. Both the rail
roads and the Exposition are now getting a fine
patronage, and if it continues to hold good I'M
I'll the last of December they will certainly en-
joy "a happy New Year"
How are the hotels handling the crowds? AS
well could be expected under the ciccum-
stances. There are so many railroads CEN
tering in Atlanta that several excursions ar
rive here daily, which often throws big rush
into our hotels from several directions. Yet,
up to this time the hotels have managed to
meet the emergency The Kimball House seems
to be like an Omnibus-always having room for
one mOre-and ex-Mayor Huff. at the Mark
ham House, is an old stager in the handling Of
crowds. To day he is running his dining room
on the open and shut plan" The crowd is so
great that he is compelled to feed them in sec
TONS
One good feature seems to have been inaugu-
rated by the South Carolinians who utterly ig-
uOred Charleston Day" and South Nerolina
Day" and declined to meet in tn Judges
Hall for any reception. speeches or gTthing
of the kind. They simply speat the ire day
quietly viewing and studying the lmmeuse
proportions of the Exposition. They consider
ed this worth more than tOadying speeches or
personal exhibitions. Icommend most heartily
their good sense in this matter, and hope Au-
gusta, Macon, Columbus. Savannah snd other
cities las did Romeo will ignore speeches in
Judges Hall. The Exposition is able to stand
on its own merits and needs no outside attrac-
tons.
A gentleman writes me from Welaka, Fla,
that he wanted to bring his family, but the |
rates were too high. That was before the |
adoption of the reduced rates; yet Big to |
assure him. as we'll as other readers of the |
Morning NEWS in his section that James L. |
Taylor, Esq, the popular Gen raj Ticket Agent |
Of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, |
informs me that excursion rates on the st. |
Johns river and the railroads leading out of |
Florida viii now give ample facilities for par |
ties TO come here at a reasonable rate. As to /
families, wherever man is able to do so, he |
ought to bring his family, for 1t may be long, |
long time, if ever, before his children will |
again have such an opportunity to study the |
grad resources and mighty sweep of inven- |
tive genius of this American continent and |
people. All varieties of agricultural and min |
eral resources are here in profusion and as to |
machinery and art productions, the display is |
as immense as il is varied and startling. A |
month could well and probably be spent in |
studying the several departments of the Ex- |
position. wise father will give his children |
at least glance at this storehouse Of know |
ledge.
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
Messrs. E. lowering & Co., of Baltimore, |
give each visitor to Art Hall cup of fine |
coffee, and G V. Hecker & Co, of New York, |
add a fine griddle cake, making a good free |