The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-01-17

and repealed the attacks of the British
forces upon New Orleans in 1915, Mean
time the pioneers in intervals of war
were busily employed in clearing the
forests and building houses and cult
waiting the fields, SO that in 1910 the
State produced larger quantity of corn
than any other in the Union.
Nor was it lacking in those industrial |
enterprises that establish the character
of a progressive and prosperous people.
AS early as 1910 it was known as a iron
producing State second only to Pennsyl-
vania. The cannon balls that were sent
HURTING through the British ranks at
New Orleans were moulded in Dickson
County, of Tennessee iron. The most
active commerce of the Mississippi Val
ley found its centre at Nashville. Polit-
ically, the State was regarded as the most
influential in the South. Under the
leadership of such men as Jackson,
Houston, Bell, Polk, Johnson, Jones,
Zollicotier, Henry, Haynes, Gentry, Neil
S. and Aaron Brown, Haskell and Others
its reputation for craftsmanship and
oratory reached the furthest confines
of civilization. To celebrate the virtues
of our great men; to honor those who
hewed out homes from the wilderness
and drove back the savage; to keep in
remembrance those who built up our
manufactures, is surely high duty de-
volving upon the present generation,
and all good men, proud of the history
of Tennessee, are lending their best in
fluences to the undertaking.
! 10 prOnOoa1 fret Of oil IN pOllopt tho
scattered facts and traditions that go to
! illustrate our past history; to bring to
the knowledge of the present generation
the hardships and the spirit OF endur-
ance that characterized our forefathers =
how they lived, what sort of houses they
occupied, the kind of food they ate, and
the character of the clothes they wore,
they being for the most part the pro-
ducts of their own domestic spinning
wheels and hand looms. 1t is in con-
temptation, also, to illustrate the en-
yironments from which sprung as sturdy
q race and as noble a manhood as ever
planted an elevated civilization. Such
exhibitions as this will do much to create
in the minds of the children of the State
veneration for the simple habits,
austere morals and pure hives of their
pioneer fathers and mothers, and lift
them up to comprehension of the great
qualities that constitute true men and
women for it is truism that the self
ishness of man will protect wealth, but
elevated character and lofty virtues must
be cherished and encouraged by the no
blest impulses Of our nature.
The various industries of the State
will be represented in this exposition
showing the grand achievements that
have been made, the difficulties that
have been surmounted, and the wonder
full strides that have been taken in spite
Of the almost total destruction of per
sonal property during the late civil war
= Exhibits will be made Of the advance
ment which the State has made in edu
cational efforts. When it is remembered
that in 1871 there were many counties il
the State in which there was neither
3 public nor private school in operation
Y and that the State government was do
! ing nothing to support public education
the present condition OF the public
l schools will be revelation to every in
l telligent and thoughtful observer
Twenty years ago the total number o
coal mines operated in the State wa
twelve, giving an output OF 10000 ton
: of coal annually. There are now eighty
D seven coal mines in operation, with al
r annual output of 100000 tons. Their
o were twenty furnaces in the State il
1873, with combined capacity of 40
tons of iron per month. The twenty-si,
D furnaces now in the State have a com
bined capacity per month OF $4,000 tons
/, an increase of sevenfold in two decades
Cotton factories have multiplied all owe
}, the State; numerous marble quarrie
r have been opened zinc and lead mine
are being worked; copper mines are be
ing developed new lines of agricutur
have been discovered, and the world
. prepar ng itself to send its capital into
: State that has shown such faith, sucl
: courage, such enterprise and such elast
lofty. immigration in a constantly In
creasing volume Is being drawn hithe
: by the reports of this exposition, an
: there is bright outlook in every di
: rection for building up every possibl
industry in the State.
A fair estimate of the amount of capt
: tai that will be attracted to the Stat
!, and permanently invested through tn
: influence OF the exposition is $50, 100000
Nor is this to be wondered at, when w
remember that Chicago by her exposi
: ton added $500, 100000 to her wealth an
j | 100000 to her population The Mid
! winter Fairin San Francisco added 500
100000 to the wealth of the State, n,
agency in modern times has proved to b
d so effective in attracting capital and POP
= ulation as well-conducted exposition,
}. This was first demonstrated in 1851 b
! | the Worlds Fair in London, whic
, doubled the influence and greatly in
> creased the commerce of the Unite
Kingdom. 1t proved to be a grand sut
:, cess ia Vienna in 1877. Paris, despit
F. its multiplied industries and immens
, commerce and large accumulated wealth
> found il an active agent in increasln
= the wealth of its people and establishin
l. new centers of trade. Pennsylvania too
1t on new life and added untold millions I
her many industries by her Centenni;
EXPOSITION at Philadelphia commemora
ing the birth of the American Union. +
D. day she leads all the States in the vari,
o. ty, extent and value of her manufactu
70 ing interests as well as in her materi
development Atlanta, in 1881, in til
enthusiasm of its fSath, taxed itself a
most beyond the point of endurance t,
the Cotton Exposition, and yet four
the amplest compensation in the growt
and Improvement of the city. Its trat
a ,ros ~, 4apJa1. 1uaal+h Howod u,ifh ;y, (;