The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-02-14
ATLANTA'S GREAT FAIR.
Notes About the international and
Cotton States Exposition.

Monday OF last week was Il good day
With the Cotton States and international
Exposition. BY the same mail came
advicra OF another foreign exhibit and
another State exhibit Col. | ". Avery
wrote from liurnOs Ayros that he had
made arrangements with DR.. Hector
kclaSqurz, minister Of foreign relations
for Paraguay, for an "XhIbttirOm that
country. The Worlds Fair exhibit from
Paraguay was presented ton Columbian
Society in Chicago, and the minister
intends to ask tn" loan OF that material
for II displayat Atlanta. He will appoint
one Of the Pnragunyan consuls com
missioner to take charge OF the exhibit
and in this way hopes to have II credit
able representation OF that country.
The same day came II letter from Mr.
VnchrIIrr, COMMISSIONER Of Mines, Manu-
features and Agriculture for Arkansas,
asking large space for an exhibit from
that State. He says: ARKANSAS will
want considerable space, as we hope to
make n full exhibit OF tn" prOducts of our
State. Please let us know how soon YOU
will be ready to aIlut Us space, and how
much. We want good space and plenty
of it"
Applications for spac" are coming III
TuIllIh from IJGtDSn fAfIDltbIS otI"H
goods, cotton machinery and other man
ufncturcd articles from England will be
represented and ceramic ware, cutlery
and textiles will be her" from Austria.
Inquiries from Germany Indicate II coed
display of textiles from that country.
An interesting feature OF the past week
was the meeting OF the chief cOmmiss.n U"rs
for the ColOrcd Exhibit, from each of the
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present: Booker r. Washing on, Iu>!."-
gee, Ala: W.O. Emory Little Rock. trk !;
VI. W Lcwry, Pensacola. Fla; Is. H..
CrOgman, Atlanta: J. W. Whitaker,
New Orleans, La: Isaiah +. Montgomery,
Mound Bayou, La: W c. Cu3rni:n,
Concord, " E.; Rev. J. Il. Middleton.
Camden, :. e., g. Y. Clark, Memphis,
Tenn; y. W. Quincy, Galveston, Tex; |.
Garland Penn, Lynchburg, Va
These commissioners met in t.!Hntn
on the 10th of January, and 'rrctrd
Prof. ". II. CrOgman, OF Clark nivrrsi Y,
Atlanta, Chairman, and Garland l,in,
Principal OF one OF the city schools 0i
I.ynchburg. Secretary.
After delibrrntiOn, Garlnnd Penn was
recommended to the executive committee
OF the Exposition Company fer chief oi
the negro exhibit. Other recommend,
ntiOns of Il business nature We're made.
on Saturday night the commissioners
held n public meeting in the Lloyd street
church and addressed an audience q
representative culored people, who took
Il deep interest in NIL that was said.
The National Manufacturers AssOcia
ton, which was organized in Cincinnati
last week with | 200 representative
manufacturers present, adopted the FOL
lowing resolutions endorsing the Cotton
States and international EXpo-itiou:
WHEREAS the National Association OF
Manufacturers sees i'll the Cotton States
and International Exposition to he hello
in Atlanta. from September 18th to Deem
Der jlSt, 1885. great opportunity to eXtenC
the market for American wares anC
products, to develop resources, and Stimu
late progress through educational exhibits
of machinery and methods, therefore, be i
Res0lred, That, representing every par
of the country. we congratulate our South
ern fellowcitizenS on an enterprise o
truly national character. already Target,
international in the scope of lis exhibits
and one in which every American may TAX
pride.
The Association voted to meet th
fall, ut some plare to be selected by tn
Executive Committee. and 1T Is not un
likely that it may meet in Atlanta durin!
the Exposition.
One of the most attractive features O
the cotton States and lnteruatiOna
Exposition will be the reproduction O
the Worlds Columbian Exposition il
miniature by Mr.. &. ". Ferris, tn
builder of the Ferris Wheel The grea
Worlds Fair will be reproduced III it
entirety, complete in every detail, on
scale OF 1-l40th. This makes the Manu-
facturers and Liberal Arts building abou
ten feet long. and the whole Exposition
scventy-tive feet long. The material i
white holly, and the work mansbip eXqui
site. The electrical effects will be perfect,
reproduced. and the smallest lights eve
seen will beusedin decorating the variou
buildings. Search lights will be show
on the battle ship and the various build
ings, the iutramural railway will b
seen with ears III motion, the whale-bacl
steamer will be seen arriving and depart
ing, and Lake Michigan will appear i
the distance. by electrical aud mechau
zeal effects, sunrise, daylight, iHoonrist
and the white city by moonlight. wi
appear in succession. The Miniatur
City Is decorated with all the statuar
and ornaments that appeared in tn
original