The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

and most honored citizens, is general mana
ger, and his interchangeable zeal and enter
prise are bearing the best of fruit for the
company he represents. He has swept
through New York city. Elmira, Pittsburg
and other places north and east. and brought
into Augustus lap the mechanical and in
dustrial products OF that section. A tour
among the great exhibitors of the St. Louis
exposition has been equally success
full, while the displays of agricult-
ural implements Of every character and in
numberless variety from the great
west are of exceeding interest and
full Of wonderful information. Mr.. Platt
is now in Canada, whittier he was especially
invited by the National Electric Light Com
pany, aud exhibits from which he IS sure to
bring us.
To SHOW YOU THE POPULARITY
of the individual members of the exposi-
ton company, another invitation which is
pregnant with much good TO the south and
fraught with good deal of significance Is
the one from Boston. that a committee of
our members go on north and east and per-
sonally mingle with the great manufactu-
rers aud inventors of that region, and talk
Augusta, the exposition and the south gen
orally to them. Those people, L believe.
are honestly anxious to know us
better, and there is no better method
in the world of bringing this about than by
hearty acceptance aud reciprocabon OF
such courtesies. OF course our people
accepted the invitation without hesitation.
and committee, consisting of Hon. Patrick
Walsh and Messrs. l.. w. Car vile, William
Mulherin and w. Edward Platt were ap-
pointed to notify the BOstoniaus Of the
acceptance and formulate plans for carrying
out nice programme. The excursion lists
will leave here tomorrow evening and will
-e.N a. b. rE1
will be joined by others at Washing ton
City, anc they will be the guests
of members of the Three Americas
exposition the biggest thing of the kind
ever conceived by the mind of man and
will visit Fall River, New Haven and many
other northern and eastern centers of manu-
featuring and commerce. These gentlemen
go, strictly speaking, not so much as MEM
bers Of the exposition as they do as citizens
Of Augusta. Hence they will occupy ele-
CANT Pullman )aches and dining cars, pro-
vided for the occasion at their own indiyid-
u0l expense and without costing the expos
sitlon company penny. At glance, 1t
can be seen the many benefits derivable
from such a trip, both to the coming
big show and of permanent good to the
whole south as well The military display
and the competitive drill to be had during
the exposition are attracting much attention
both in Georgia and in Carolina, and prom
ise to be one Of the finest features ever
witnessed. Lieut.. Satterlee has consented
to act as one of the judges, which will be
good news to Savannahs soldiery, among
| whom he made many friends at the Chicka-
mauRua encampment. Augusta, probably
better than any other city in the south, is
| adapted 70 military parades, by reason OF
her unusually wide, level streets; and the
| exposition grounds as a locus tenenS for
sham battling has not its superior in the
country. 1t will be great occasion and a
great multitude will witness it.
THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
and interesting displays secured are those
| Of the Whittier Machine Company of Bos-
| ton, the Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company
also of Boston, aud Mr.. William E. Jack
| sons invention for decorticating the fiber
of cotton-stalks and other vegetable sub
stances, hitherto valueless, for manufacture
into carpets, mattings, rugs and cotton bag
ging. This is one of the most important
| inventions Of the age, and as Mr.. jackson is
| an Augusta man, with many relatives and
connections in your beautiful Forest City,
we all feel very proud Of him, indeed His
invention promises to be the means of a
large fortune to him, as the Higgins Carpet
Manufacturing Company. the largest in the
country, has made him an offer which, OF
itself, means wealth to the young Augusta
| inventor.
The management could easily fill theii
immense displaying room ten times over
but they are culling and pruning matters
to considerable extent, and only soliciting
strict novelties and first-class object lessons
for the show. As General Manager Plat
says, the intention is to make the display
compact, fascinating and instructive, anC
, certainly he and his aids are proceeding b
} make it such in the strictest sense of tht
| word