Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-13
ATLANTA NOTES.
The City TO Have No Special Exhibit at
New Orleans-The Health of the Capt.

New Orleans-The Health of the Capt.
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Correspondence Of tke Morning Eelcs.
ATLANTA. July lit is now pretty
generally conceded that Atlanta win not
have a special or individual exhibit at the
New Orleans Exposition, and that, in
stead, Atlanta and Fulton county viii
take space in the States display. along
side of the other cities and counties Of
Georgia. This determination was arrived
at day or two since, although as yet the
local press has had nothing, to saw about
it. The scheme, when first sprung upon
the people Of Atlanta. was a popular one,
and for a time it looked as though it
would 60 through. Recent investigations
Of the plans suggested have created a
great change in public sentiment, and the
impracticabIlity of the scheme has been
shown to those who at first advocated it.
Atlanta will work in the interest of the
State. 1t is thought that this determine
ton upon the part of Atlanta and Fulton
county win help make the State exhibit
something like what it ought to be.
Along about January last MAJ. J. w.
Robertson, Of the Roswell factory, Robert
J. Lowry, an Atlanta banker, G.. J. Fore
acre, the railroad manager, and a number
Of other capitalists formed a stock COM
of water power in Habersham county,
three miles from GAINESVILLE, for the pur-.
pose of putting up at that place a mil to
make wooden goods. Work was at once
com menced, and a few days since the
mac hineFy of the mill was put in mo-
ton. Maj. Robertson, who is attend
ing personally TO the enterprise
told me that he was getting along finely
with his new venture. He saws that the
product OF the mills will be jeans, and
that the COMPANY expect to turn out lot
of it of the best quality before the winter
trade sets in. In answer TO a question
put by me as to where he got his wool, he
said: $50 far we have had to bring it from
the West. If the Legislature would only
pass stringent dog law, and thereby en-
courage sheep raising, we could get all
the wool we need in Georgia.
EVERY DAY OR so | AM TOLD
of the wonderful health of Atlanta, and
occasionally asked why | do not write
something in this line to show what a
healthy city Atlanta is. / would be very
glad to crafty these people if could only
find out how healthy Atlanta really is.
For some time the mortuary report has
not been published, and the public has
been kept in ignorance as to the death
role. If the city is as healthy as claimed
no other cause than that of pure, good
luck can be assigned The streets are
filthy, while the back alleys and out-of-
the-Way places are in no better condition.
Two sanitary officers connected with the
police force and few dump carts cOnsti-
tute the sanitary and scaYenger depart
ment of the city. A sort of lick-and-prom-
Use programme is carried out by this de-
partment, and little effective work is done.
The prevailing idea is that the force is not
large enough to do the work thoroughly.
Maj. Copper, of Darien, the Commits
sioner of the First Congressional District,
who is engaged in getting up Georgia's
display for the New Orleans Exposition,
was here day or two since. When l
saw him, he was diving into a premium
list of the State Fair TO be held at Macon
in the fall. AS he pocketed the pamphlet
! noticed a respondent expression upon
his face, and asked him what had gone
wrong.
''Why, it is just this,'' said he. ''There
is no premium offered for olive oil, and
we are making the best in the world down
our way. I'll tell you the crowned heads
would smack their lips over our FIRST Dis
trict olive oil if they had it. | am sorfy
that they haven't offered premium for it.
Undoubtedly it was an oversight in the
gentlemen who got up the list. However,
am not going to let the fact that there is |
no premium bother me. | am going to
get up display, prize or no prize, and |
show the management what an important |
industry they have left out of their cata-
lOgue. l expect to astoniSh Georgia at |
the State Fair and open the eyes of the |
world at the New Orleans Exposition" |
Questioning him as to the prospect of |
GeOrgia's display from the First District, |
he said: "We are getting on finely. |
Judge Harden's plan of organization is |
an admirable one. | think il will be pref |
ty generally adopted all over the State. /
Not because it originated in Savannah, |
but for reason of the Iact that it is /
simple and complete. We are |
going to make an effort to lead all |
the other districts of Georgia in the way
of a display Of fruits, vegetables, rice, |
oats, wheat, corn, cotton, and woods. !
The County Commissioners of the district |
entrusted to my care are assisting me adj |
mirably. Mcintosh and Glynn counties |
have already organized and settled down |
to work. The other counties are starting |
in on the same line. Look out for us when !
you hear us coming, and we promise that |
you will not be disappointed"
AT THE HOTEL DAY
l met Mr.. Hotchkiss, a prominent hotel !
man from Buffalo. AS our conversation
turned upon politics, he said: cleveland |
is considered a good man all over our
State. / know Cleveland personally and
intimately, and tell you he is one of the
best men in the State. He makes acqnain-
tances rapidly, and before you have been
with him ten minutes you will find him
calling you Tom or Jim as friendly as if
he knew you all his life."
A government officer, speaking OfCleve-
land to-day, tells me that he was livingin
Buffalo when Cleveland was Sheriff, eight
years ago. The Democratic nominee
served four years as Sheriff, during which
he hung only one man-JOhn Gaffney
The condemned man tried the insanity
dodge for two weeks, after which he let it
drop at the suggestion of Cleveland, who
told John to "brace up and die like a
man."