Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-03
ATLANTA.
The Exposition Closes With I'M
posing Ceremonies.
Eloquent Address by Director
General Kimball.
Singing Of Grand Chorus by
Hundreds of Voices.
Letters Read from Hon. James G.
Blaine and Others.

Cotton Exposition are now in pro-
press. They began at half-past one
O'clock. The crowd is enormous and
the judges hall is packed, with thous
ands unable to get in.
The Cation Exposition closed to
day with appropriate and imposing
ceremonies At half past l o'clock
the judges hall, which had been pro
fusely decorated with fragrant
paper forB was thrown open and an
immense throng entered, and as many
as could, secured seats. The stage
had been enlarged, and upon it were
the officers of the exposition, mems
bers of the exposition, members of
the executive committee, orators,
and the orchestra and choir, which
furnished the music. The scene was
an imposing one.
Prayer was offered by Bishop H.
W Warren, after which some letters
of regret from several distin guished
men were read.
Director General Kimball then de-
livered his address. He said the
exposition rad depended wholly for
its support upon the voluntary sub
scription OF its friends in many and
widely separated larts of the
country. 1t received no bonus from
the city and no bounty from the
State, but the countenance which the
peoples representatives refused has
fortunately BEN accorded by
their Chief NJ igistrate and sustained
and applauded by the peop>e them
selves Thegrand objective idea of the
exposition, the main shaft to
which has been bolted every wheel
that has worked for its success. is
concentrated in ON one word, "Im
provement A to the great resour
ces at their command what
American ingenuity has adopted to
the demands of American industries,
productive and creative, has here
been sbown most abundantly and 10
a higher degree than ever before in
history of the countr,. Referring to
tie c,tton-ginniug devices on
exhibition he noted as wonde rful
{ 1T -ttt,at~sH. ry es.tts,n Z III was but d
modlhcalion If Viii neys principle.
| This fact, alone constitutes .aluable
| discovery and enhances in no small
measure the fame of an American IN,
ventDr, whose labors raised him to
the IA! k of benefactOr. There has
been here also brought to the atten-
ton OF tn co ton producers Of the
world a recent invention that is like
| ly to be as great a gift as the
cotton gin was when it first
revolutionized industry. refer to
the cotton cleaner, which has be u
declared the best device ever invented
for the accomplishment of the uni
versally desired end, and has been
awarded the grand prize of the expo
sition. In announcing the close If
The exhibition he expressed the thanks
of the directors and all conc rned to
It's friends IN the different cities OF
the union, who had added work
and to the press of the country,
which had so literally uphei d then
cause. He thought every exhibitor
must be proud of the success which
the exhibition had achieved. Who
can measure it's benifcent effects
who, after failing to estimate its re
suits upon our productions aud in
dustries, can hope to weIgn the IN
. fuence it has cast upon the hearts
OF tue people.
The programme was as follows
Chorus of singers numbering sew
eral hundred; grand march; ell
trance of Officers aud guests: prayer
by Bishop H. w Warren, of the
the Methodist Episcopal Church
"AmericA" by ch, rus and audience
Lee ters from Hon. JAS. G. Blaine
and others, read by j. W Ryckman
secretary. Address by Hon b. l
Kembal, director-general.
Quartette and semI-chorus-Ros-
ini.
Address-Hon. Joseph E. Brown
United States Senator.
Poem-Frank III. Norton, of New
York.
Address-Wm. G. Breckenridge
OF Kentucky.
Halleluiah chorus-Handel.
Address-Gov. A. FL. Colquitt
president of the International Cot
ton Exposition.
Doxology-Old Hundred, by cho-
rus and audience.
Senator Joseph Brown was ex
pected to speak, but at a late hou
was taken SICK and could not do sc
f. Ii. Morton, OF New York, rea'
a poem.
Col. VIM. G. p Breckenridge, o
Kentucky, delivered an eoquent ad
dress on the benefits severally AM
otherwise that will come from tn
exposition.
Gov. rnor Colquitt, president Q
the Exposition, delivered an ad
dress, which closed With the sig
, nal for stopping the machinery.
The machinery was stopped, aml'
the blowing of whistles and ripgin
of bells, at eighteen minutes pas
three o'clock.