The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-24

Some Facts Concerning tho Remarkable
Atlanta Expositio.-why North Carolina
Could Not be Representative State
Exhibit-The EXPO sition Must be Seen to
DO Appreciated.
Editorial Correspondence
ATLANTA, Ca. Oct. 10, '95.
The Southern Exposition at Atlanta
is big success. As soon as you step
inside of the imposing archway at the
entrance, you are impressed with the
size and number of the buildings, and
with the beauty and extent of the
grounds. The site of the Worlds Fair
at Chicago was fiat, so that very little
of the grounds and buildings could be
seen from any one point. At Atlanta
it is different. The grounds are I'M
dulating and naturally beautiful.
From every hill top in the grounds you
get almost complete birds-eye view,
different from every other view.
Thus nature has done much and the
management of the Exposition has
done much more with rare artistic skill.
Between two ridges there is q long
winding lake over which the Naptha
launches glide constantly. In the mid
die of the lake there is an electric fOun-
tian and in addition the re is q floating
electric column of fire. The effect at
night, with the buildings also illumi-
mated, is simply grand.
The Exposition is modelled very much
after the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Those who went to Chicago will find
both pleasure and profit in going to
Atlanta, but those who missed the
Worlds Fair cannot afford to miss the
Exposition at Atlanta.
The longer you stay at the Exposi-
ton the more you are impressed with
tit grows on you. 1t is perfectly
wonderful that such an Exposition
could have been gotten up by any city
in SO short time. The whole South
has cause to be proud of the wonderful
enterprise and energy of Atlanta.
We regret very much that North
Carolina was not in position to make
an appropriation for this great South
ern Exposition, but the last Legisla-
ture found that the State had spent
about $4,000 more than the receipts,
besides there was a crying need for
larger appropriations for the asylums
and for more money for the public
school system. These items had to come
first and the Legislature had to find
new sources of revenue to provide for
the above.
North Carolina has a very creditable
exhibit, but it is so much scattered that
a part of the effect is lost. Our dis
play of minerals and woods are at
tracing no little attraction. Our very
efficient and able State Geologist, Prof.
J. A: Holmes, is on hand calling the at
tention of visitors to our many and
valuable resources. He deserves great
credit for the successful effort that he
has put forth to properly represent the
resources of our State. As State GeOlO-
gist, he 10 one of the most valuable and
important officers of our State govern
ment.
The Seaboard-Air-Line and the
Southern railroads have made fine ex-
hibits of the resources of the State
through which they run. In their ex-
hibits the resources of North Carolina
stand out very prominent. In short
their exhibits are a fine advertisement
for our State.
Georgia has two buildings. one show
ing her agricultural resources etc., and
one showing her manufactured pro-
ducts. We were very much impressed
while walking through the latter build
ing with the number and variety of
her manufacturing enterprises. There
is scarcely anything in the line
of manufactured articles that she does
not make in her own borders. North
Carolina should do the same-we should
have q hundred manufacturing enter.
enterprises in North Carolina where
we have one. Our people should start
small factories and gradually increase
them with increased knowledge of the
business and with increased demand
for the articles manufactured.
The climate here is delightful and the
weather glorious. The crowds are in
creased daily. By the LIST of November
the attendance will be very large.
1t is impossible to give anything
like q description of the various build
ings and exhibits in each. One must
&C and see it to get anything like .
proper idea.
A unique feature of the exposition
il the negro building and exhibit. The
whole thing is remarkably creditable
in the race and impresses one very
much with the progress they are
making.
1t is worth = trip to Atlanta to see
the government exhibit alone.
We forgot to mention above that the
display Of fire works 10 much better
than 1t was at the Worlds Fair, in fact
the best We have ever seen.
Those who can should not fail to 70.
B.