The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-04-05
raE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL

THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL f
Ihc Nashville American aya uIIt0rI-
Tally tmt Tennessee is equal tn thr tnsh f.
Of making ihH centennial hummer
Tho Bedford County Time is one Of
those live peppers which tIinh uuI .Htas
Tennessee viii have u ezposiIionthaI I.
/ W.Il bon stand success whether She g..
7 wggs au appropriation from Cougte
coz not
Is large end representative meaimgo, .
cit.zaus of Humboldt and vicinity, after
powerful speech from Col Robert f
4 Gator paagi strong aui aggressive re.
olutI0ua. endorsing ,hr centennial eN.
position and urging Che general u.scm- .
/ bly to make O liberal appropriation
Several members OF the general as-
aembly who have looked into thc m,i-
mut of their counties during the recess
come back with thc firm determination
90 do an thcy em for Che success of tho
exposition II remarkable, they Hg
what mmimity prevails concerning tHe
necessity of having One enterprise carried
ou 90 o. most glorious termination
The Richmond City Iud.J Nll Works
have made application for space for %
complete exhibition of mill machinery,
tbe MOST complete. they say. ever made
under one roof They promise lrger
variety thm Nag shown even at tie
Worlds Fair. The entire display BOW
H. their branch house 80 Nashville, with
much more If IT can De secured, will be
put 10 the centennial and kept n opera.
tion. They already have about thirty
! complete sample machines running
Every county in Che State should at
once begin to prepare for au exhibit at
: the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
EXpositions have not only become pop
ular but necessary. They create the de
b mand You furnish the supply Every
= incentive of either natural uggrandize.
I ment on patriotic impulse bids Ieunes-
scans work for los success. With lib.
eral appropriation from the general ass
semblv all is assured When the State
shows ana interest IN her own enterprise
every other avenue viii be opened
The general assembly viii, without Il
doubt, come up to the measure of It's
duty aud make a liberal appropriation
to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
7 When this is done every county in the
State may be induced to make am appro-
priation for an exhibit No county can
e afford TO expose as q pauper county in
such an exposition. lfany county is too
4 poor tomakem eyldbitit VIII be toOpooI
toattmct capital Therenever was IN all
the history og the State such glorious
> opportunity to make known aud develop
y its resources.
The centennial exposition is u State
e enterprise every portion of Che State is
n equally interested, and often the com
ties most remote and with least assessa
bic wealth are most deeply Interested
and will derive the greatest benefits II
the development of their hidden resourc
es. Being a State enterprise. it SHOULD
u be nmtmed and patrouiZed by the State
d Every argument aud inducement SHOULD
4 be presented 10 the members Of tn,
y general assembly to secure from them
generous and liberal appropriation. Th,
women of the land are lending help.
ing hand the educators and their charge
the children, are responding in no I'M
certain sound. Let each of these max,
+ it a point, either directly or by commu
e nication, to encourage the representative
/ to DO his duty to This most worthy enter
n prise.
Y The Evening Post, Nashyille's new al
@ ternoon datly, makes an earnest plea TO
the centennial exposition in leading cdl
q torial in its first issue. THE Who'll
!. State is equally interested and to b
n benefited, it says Some of the coun
ties most remote and with least assessa
,. bic wealth now viii derive the creates
e benefits in the development Of its min
r. erals, ores and timbers and water pow
n en- The immediate benefit to NGsh7ill
~ ends with the expositiony to these couu
r ties ii extendsinto the centuries to come
q These ideas relate only to the material
+ But far beyond this lies the deeper, th
IN grander impulse Of State pride and pat
riotism ~. Another very hopeful sig
is the very enthusiastic manner in whic
h the school children Of the State have 6
poused the cause, and the spirit of gel
erous rivalry awakened among thel
When the educators in Che Ian
and the youthful charges take hold th
10 lever is being worked by q power thg
es rivals steam and electricity