Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04

The MORNING NEWS, in view Of the
failure Of any organized effort IN Georgia
to make an exhibit of the resources Of the
State at the Louisville Southern EXPOSE
ton and the Cincinnati Industrial EXpOsi-
ton, decided TO offer a premium for the best
articles on the resources Of the state.
The scope Of the articles was afterwards
enlarged to include Alabama and Florida
and that portion OF Tennessee and Ken
lucky Oh the lines Of railway between the
South and West. \ map, which we pub
lish to-day, was also prepared, showing
the railway connections.
The premiums offered amounted 10 $500
distributed as follows:
For best article in Daily. Dailies only COM
peting with each other .-.-...---. Slo0
For best article in Weekly. Weeklies only
competing with each other -..--. .-..-- 100
For second best article in Weekly, Week
lies only competing with each other loo
For third best article In Weekly. Week
lies only competing with each other leo
For best article. as explained above, in
semi weekly or Monthly, or in any other
regular publication not mentioned. in
Gliding the consolidated report from the
Agricultural Department ofeither of the
five states .-.---.....--. -...-..-..-. ..... 100
Each paper competing for a premium
was required to send from 100 to 800 copies
to Louisville and Cincinnati for distribu-
ton at those places.
The decisions viii be made in Louisville
or Cincinnati by committee of three or
five men appointed by a convention,
made up Of not more than one representa-
tive from each paper competing.
To carry out the plan a bureau was
established, under the charge Of Mr.. :. T.
Jenkins, at Louisville and Cincinnati, and
a place was secured in each of the Expo
sitions. and mammoth maps, showing the
/ south and its connections with the two
I cities mentioned, have been placed so that
all visitors can see them. Several firms in
! Atlanta. Cincinnati and other places, and
the Cincinnati Southern Railway, the Ken
lucky Central, and the Louisville and
/ Nashville also, as will appear from an eX-
animation of the map, offered additional
premiums. The main idea, as Will be
seen, was to show the importance of
savannah and advertise this section, and
the country between the West and the
South.
The competition for the premiums closes
on the 1th of October.
Thirty-two papers have so far entered,
and have published or prepared articles
on the resources of their respective sec
tons. The MORNING News of this
morning publishes its contribution to
the list, in concise article,
not. however. as exhaustive as it could
have been made had it not have been for
the limit put upon it by the terms of the
offer. Nearly all OF the papers have
issued editions of 5000 copies, and several
over that number, making about 16O, O00
newspapers which will be circulated, con-
tanning carefully prepared articles on the
resources of the South.
The copies of such papers as have al
ready been received, show careful prepa-
ration of articles submitted. and are we'll
printed. As We have before stated
the original plan was to adver-
tise Savannah, but the plan
was not comprehensive enough
to insure success, and it was found
necessary to enlarge it. As we stated
before, copies of all papers competing are
distributed from day to dav annon5 the
visitors at the E~rOsItlOn.