The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
SOUTH CAROLINA
1T The FAIR.
pAlMErTOITES AT THE ENPO-
SITiON.
N. Iulnlcn$c Crowd. GuYcrnpr t!:lHS
and Senator Titinnau Speak.

Ut al early hour Thursday morning;
the streets OF Atlanta were alive with
people, some walking aud others
crowdiug the street curs and the expo
sition cars Of the Southern Railway.
The parade Of tie South Carollnu
troops, cscorting Governor Evans, va;
composed of 1000 men. Governor
Atkinson and staff, the Atlanta artil-
Icrv and tue Fifth Georgia Regiment
escorted the South Cnrolinn Governor.
Atluntn, South Carolina and lnmGn
day doubled Any previous Attendance.
.Atlunte Day, Savannah Day, lnmon
Day and South Carolina Day packed
the exposition grounds with the pco-
Die. The crowd was nearly three
times as large as the largest up to that
date. Every building WIS crowded
und the thcro?ghfarcs were thick with
people. Atlanta seemed to DC full to
oycrHowiny ut ull carly hour but the
| crowds continued to pour Ill all i;ay,
aud at the exposition the turustllcs
clicked steadily from early morning
until late i Il the afternoon.
The military display was tic Srcnt-
est ever seen III Atlanta. Iw" thors-
and Of South Carulina' enlisted troops
! came rs III escort to Governor Evans,
and they were accompanied iii the pa-
radc by Governor Atkinson aud staff,
the Fifth Georgia Regiment and the
Atlanta Artillery The best OF order
prevailed and the programme was car
ricl out without hitch. The people,
though everywhcre iostlcd one an
other. were good Aumored and every
one seemed happy The whole OF At
lantn was out on holiday. The stores
and offices closed, and the business
portion of tue city had Il Sunday ap-
pearnnce. The happiest people are
the exposition directors, as, it is said,
Thursdays receipts insure the tinan-
cial success OF the fair beyond the
shadow Of Il doubt.
The only sensation Of the day was
sprung in the speeches at the audlto-
rum, where new departure was taA1h
by Governor Evans and Senator Till
man Up to this time all the speeches
delivered at the exposition, whether
bv Northern o. Southern men, have
been pitched upon the keynote Of
fraternity and OF national unity. No
| one heretofore has nttcrcda note OF
scctioualisnr. Governor EVANS aid
Senator TiIimun struck Oh Il different
line, in direct contrast with what
had gone before.
GOvEliNOE ATKINSON.
! Commissioner Roche then intro.
| duccd Governor Atkinson, who de-
| Iiycrcd a20-luiuu.c address Of welcome.
He referred to the relations OF the
States in tic past, aud twittcl Gov
erncr Evans for not showing greater
appreciation of thcwomcn Of lis State.
Continuing, he said:
81 ;:m glad also to SLY 10 yUu that
Oh this OCCASION the people, know not
whence they come, have paid high
tribute to the governor of South Caro-
lima despite his shortcomings, and to
their distinguished senator. aud hy
their presence testified IL higher ap-
precintion Of their worth and OF their
presence than they gave to the Prcsi-
dent Of the United States Aud why
should they not? Why should Georsin
not stand by South Caroljua:
lie cold tic Caroliniaus they were
welcome to I'LL they could cat and IL
there WAS anything else they wanted
all they had to dc was to ask for it, tlo
feared they would feel the need Of it.
In the course of lis sncech, lie said,
after relating Carolinu's past:
''W1cn Georgia, having redeemed
herself from degradation. looked
around her, she did not feel that hcr
duty was done. hut she looked across
the line and saw engaged III Il mighty
contiic! the man vino La,l been hcrolc
in war, vet who has done nothing to
immortalize Iii name such as WAS done
by him in this mighty struggle for III"
supremacy OF The moral and intellectual
forces Of South Carolina. and I ulln@e
to General Wade Hampton. itireat
checrins.I She went TO his ail and to
the aid of South Carolina, (rot bless
her. The chiyalric and patriotic john
B. Gorlen went 10 stand by him.
He said South Carolina now had
lea<'s.:..S-slc was willing to trust and she
should take her place III the first rank
Of the States.
He denied that Northern capital had
built up the South.
Mr.. $. N. ISMAN.
Mr.. ). NJ. Inman spoke i'll be-
half OF the exposition company. He
said the power and significance Of
North and South Carolina would be
understood when it WAS remembered
| that they cqualled in area the COM
binel Kingdoms Of Norway and Sweden,
which had carved their names upon the
history Of Europe. He said that in
Rome one hundred millions had becli
. spent in churches and palaces, but that
our country had spent many tilnc5 that
SUM il maintaining public schools.
AThis vas 4 greater glory t" American
hEiyilization than the costly residences
,tAf Europe were to the old world.
II Nj. Inman was presented BY Com
Roche. Of South CaroLiua,
spoke Of him as the msu who had
+ line more than ANY other to make tLi.
eat exposition. Mr.. Inmal WIS r--
wed with cheers. thanksgiving aud
ing Of handkerchiefs. He paid Il
}dsolne tribute to South Carolina
especially to the military Of that
Ssc r. saying that their appearance had
Iiv- vi his respect for thair native