The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-14
FOR AN EXHIBIT AT ATLANTA.
THE INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE
TAKES THE MATTER IN HAND.


Entire Charge of the Exhibit, But
DecIines-The County to BE Called
ON TO Aid.
The Citizens Industrial Committee, at
its meeting yesterday afternoon practically
decided that Savannah should have an
exhibit at the Cotton States and inter-
national Exposition at Atlanta this fall.
For his purpose it was decided to send
Capt. d. G. Purse. president OF the Board
of Trade, TO Atlanta to confer with Presi-
dent Collier and the exposition board
and see If desirable space could be OBJ
tained and under what conditions the
exhibit must be made.
Capt Purse will go up to Atlanta for
this purpose in a day or two. The meet
ing wanted to appoint Capt. Purse a com
mittee OF one to secure space and take
entire charge of the exhibit. both during
its preparation and the display at the ex-
hibition. He pleaded his duties. which de-
mand his entire attention now in connec-
ton with the Savannah Freight Bureau,
of which he has recently taken charge, and
after some discussion It was decided that
he should make the trip to Atlanta and
report to a special meeting Of the commit
tee to be held Monday afternoon for the
purpose Of considering the exposition ex-
hiblt question in all it's details.
1t may look to some as If the Industrial
committee were a little late in under
taking an exhibit, but the fact is it mas
been considering the matter in one form
and another all summer The question
of an exhibit in the forestry building was
first taken Up. 1t was decided to take
space in the forestry building, and an APP
Precipitation was made FOR the purpose.
committee, of which Mr.. /. q. Haas Is
chairman, has the matter in hand. The
forestry exhibit being only a small mat
ter, however, Il was generally agreed that
a more extensive exhibit was needed, and
the proposition for an exhibit in the state
manufacturers building was heartily ap-
proved by the committee The local man.
ufacturers took so little interest In this
exhibit, however, that Savannah viii cut
turers' building
The question came UP at yesterdays
meeting in the discussion OF the PROPOSE
tion laid over from the previous meeting
TO appropriate Sl75 for a writeup of Savan-
nah for the exposition. The discussion
brought on a discussion OF an exhibit. and
showed that the members, or those pres
ent, at least. were unanimously in favor
of 1t. The proposition for an exhibit was
strongly urged by Col. Garrard, Hon. Pope
Barrow. d. =. Lester, Esq, Capt. ID. G..
Purse and others. The subject of colonial
relics, a very large exhibit of which will
be made from Savannah by the Colonial
Danes and the Daughters Of the Revolu-
ton was brought up, and
Mr. Barrow proposed that this
exhibit and all other exhibits
from Savannah, both private and public,
industrial and otherwise be grouped into
one exhibit for Savannah and Chatham
county. He moved that Capt. Purse be
appointed a committee Of one TO 20 to At
aanta and secure the largest space to be
had IN the most desirable location and
that the committee set TO work with the
aid OF the people of Savannah to fill this
space, with Capt. Purse as a special COM
missioner in charge of the gathering Of
the exhibit and its display at the exposi-
ton
I'VE can do It," said Mr.. Barrow. 1--WE
can get the pictures from the Telfair art
gallery If necessary"
Capt. Purse demurred to this PROPOSE
tion. He said that nothing would give
him more pleasure than to undertake such
a work, but the duties which he had re-
Gently under taken as manager OF the Sa-
that he should take charge of the ex-
hfbH
at would occupy my entire time be-
tween now and the opening of the EXPOSE
tion.' said Capt Purse, ''and then prae-
Tically all my time during the continuance
of the exposition. The display to be eff
fectve, must be carefully looked after
and all the contributions must be con-
etantly guarded to prevent loss to the
contributors. There will be no trouble
about getting all the space we want The
people Of Atlanta are very anxious to have
Savannah make an exhibit there and they
viii do every thing they can to help us
out on it. / regard it as very important
that we should make an exhibit and am
willing to do everything that can so far
as my other duties will permit"
Capt. Purse was urged by the other
members Of the committee TO see the
matter in a different light. He urged
Col. Garrard to take the exhibit in hand
but he replied that he had already under
taken as many public matters as ne
could well attend to. Mr.. BarrOw's res
olution was finally Withdrawn and Capt.
Purses proposition to go TO Atlanta and
see what could be done there in the way
of space was accepted. II he makes a
favorable report to the meeting Mon
day afternoon, a committee to take
charge Of the exposition exhibit will be
appointed.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to confer with the, county COM
missioners on the subject of an appro-
priation was changed to consist of
Messrs Jacob Paulsen, ]. l.. Whatley
and James NJ. Dixon.
Mr. Lester said he believed that If
the matter were properly presented to
the county commissioners that the board
would make an appropriation to the COM
mittee. especially If they understood that
the appropriation was to be used for
an exhibit al the exposition.
1T is of as much Importance to the
county as to the city that we should be
represented there" said Mr.. Lester.
1.-The county really has more to offer.
If it were to expend $1,000 in advertising
and were to only bring fifty Jersey farm
ers here it would be money well spent
Chatham county has the finest truck
farming lands to be found anywhere in
the country, and the facilities for reach
ing the markets are unequalled. We
send away thousands of dollars every
year for hay alone, wnen every ton of
it could be raised around the city. The
only thing is to get the farmers here
who have made a business Of raising
hay all their lives and know how to
make 1t pay