The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-29
PUT IN A WRONG POSITION.
Somebody Doctors" Mai. Ryals' In
terview on thu State Fair.

Somebody doctors" Mai. Ryals' In
terview on the State Fair.
Mai Ryals is indignant over the garblipg
Of his interview on Chatham county's pro-
posed exhibit at the state fair, published In
last Mondays MORNING NEWS.
In the Atlanta Constitution of last Thurs
the State Agricultural Society, in which he
quoted the doctorsd interview and COM
mented rather severely upon it.
Here is Maj. Ryals interview as revised
by some unknown party:
The State Agricultural Society has been after
me 10 get an exhibit from Chatham county for
the state fair, but haven't time to attend to
it, and the only way l see to do such thing is
to get a good man and pay him 10 get up
really firstclass display. The society is not
likely to spend money this way. IL desires TO
get as much freq work as possible. One reason
why the exhibits OF the fair have been so poorin
recent years Is that the society is unwilling to
spend money to get up EXHIBITS 6So The society
ury 1t ought to let loose little of it, and sur
prise itself and the public.
Following is what Mai Ryals said to a
MORNING NEWS reporter, and is exactly
the words used by him:
The State Agricultural Society has been
after me TO get up an exhibit from Chatham
/ haven't time to attend to IL, and the only way
l see to do such thing is to get good man
and pay him to get up really first-class dis
play. II is about the same way with state ex.
hibit at the worlds fair. good man like Maj.
Glessner who has had considerable experience
in the business, could make splendid exhibit
on great deal less than 100000.
II never said nor intimated,n said Maj.
Ryals yesterday, shat the State Agricult-
urai Society should pay a man to get up a
display from Chatham county for the state
fair. ! think it would be the hight Of fool
ishness for the society to pay a county for
getting up an exhibit, and then award 1t
premium should its display happen to be the
best. What meant and intended to con-
vey-and l believe no one who read the
article can construe it otherwise-is that the
county, through its commissioners or
through the combined efforts of individuals,
should employ some competent person to
get up an exhibit.
81 can't imagine what motives could have
induced any one to have SO CARRIED my
statements. l feel satisfied that Secretary
Jemison is not responsible for the Doctor
ing. He no doubt got the interview from
some newspaper, certainly some other than
the MORNING. NEWS. Maybe it was the in
tention to use me to whack the agricultural
society.
"a portion Of the fixed interview puts me
down. Mai Rysls added, "as saying that
the reason why the exhibits at the fair have
been so poor IN recent years Is that the
society IS unwilling to spend money to get
up exhibits. The fact of the matter is,
have never attended any Of the fairs and
know nothing about the exhibits, whether
they are good or bad. Then again am
quoted as saying that shat the society has
$4,000 or $11, 600 in Its treasury and ought
to let loose little Of it and surprise itself and
the public. This is another fabrication ont
Of the whole cloth. don't know anything
about the finances OF the agricultural society.
As far as know it may have 81 in the
treasury. or it may have $4,000, or 1t may
not have anything az ali"
Maj. Ryals would like very much to find
out who took the liberty Of quoting him TO
suit his own way aud place him in false
light before the public.