The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-15

stirring article in the Chronicle on
the 18th of October, 1887, the organi-
Eation Of
THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL
EXPOSITION.
which has been a potent factor in
bringing millions Of dollars TO the
South. At that time the enthusiasm
DISPLAYED by city of less than 10000
inhabitants raising by public sub
scrintion inside of few weeks over
sec. 600, demonstrated to the world
the earnestness and possibilities Of
this great movement, This Is the
history of the beginning of the Au-
gusta Exposition.
The Augusta Exposition Company
purchased ninety acres of land and
erected buildings which were at That
time the largest Exposition buildings
in the country, and which are still
the largest in the South, at a cost of
oMFz HUNDRED AND TWEEN
TV-FIVE THOUSA&D
DOLLARS.
In the fall of 1883 was held the first
great Augusta Exposition, attended
by thousands ofpeOple and attracting
visitors from all parts of the Union as
we'll as foreign countries.
The marvellous work of the Expo
sition demonstrated to the country
the wonderful advancement of the
agricultural interests and mechanical
industries of the South, and attracted
large numbers of exhibitors and in
vestors from all sections of the
country.
The Exposition of 1888 opened on
November Sth and closed on the 10th
of December of that year. At that
Exposition the wonderful exhibits of
textile and cotton machinery far sur
passed anything of the kind that had
ever before or that has since been eX-
hibited in the United states. The
famous manufactures OF Worcester,
Mass, and all New England We're at
this Exposition in full force---IAe
Exposition differing in many essen
tial particulars from most EXPOSE
tions more than paid its running ex.
penses aud induced by this wonder
ful exhibit many exhibitors to this
section. In the next three years
great developments were made in
Georgia, South Carolina and through
out the South.
TIE AUGUSTA EXPEDITION
OF 1894.
Flated by the work accomplished
bv the Exposition of 1873, the citizens
of Augusta in November, '9l, gave
another Exposition. This, like the
first, was in every respect grand
success, more than paying its eX-
penses and in addition thereto paying
interest to the stockholders on the
large amount of money invested.
The Exposition of 1891, with for its
President, the Hon. Patrick Walsh,
of the AuAsta Chronicle, and a
strong directory, all prominent and
influential citizens of Augusta, made
that event grand success in the face
of repeated opposition and fear from
some sources of failure. But with
the characteristic determination of
the President and the people the Elk
position of '9l has been recorded as
success from every standpoint.
No such exhibition of electrical APP
pliances and machinery had ever
been seen before in the South, # even
in one collection in the United States
before. The Exposition was a grand
success. The exhibit of agricultural
machinery on q large scale and agri-
cultural machines brought visitors
from all over the South; and the ben
eficent effect of the Exposition in
Georgia, South Carolina, the South
and Augusta was even greater than
the event of 1888.
The people from all sections We're
charmed with the wonderful array.
The praises of the Augusta EXPOSE
~ l,s
position ever held in the South, and
the fiat was sent the rounds that
Augusta never does things by
halves which kind eulogium has
stuck to the city ever since, and has
gone, like England's drum beats, al
most around the world.
The Great Event of '93.
The only industrial event of 1913
outside of the Chicago Exposition,
was brought about by the desire OF
exhibitors from all sections of the
country to come to Augusta, many
of whom were unable to get space at
the Worlds Fair. This desire was
prompted by the belief that there
was excellent opportunity of showing
to the capitalists of the east and the
west the wonderful advantages that
can be presented in the South. The
fact, too, that Augusta is holding the
only event in the South viii make ii
doubly attractive to exhibitors and
investors. The Georgia State Fair
which has been an important event
in Georgia for many years, realizing
that the Augusta Exposition would
be grand occasion, consolidated
their holding with the Augusta Elk
position Company, and the two great