The Washington times., 1895-06-18
EXHIBITS FOR ATLANTA
Money Only Needed NoN to Send the
Districts Contribution.
1Ieeting of the Joint Committee of
Delegates From This City to the
Cotton States Exposition.

There was q meeting held yesterday
! afternoon in the Board of Trade rooms,
OF the Joint committee of the ladies and
delegates appointed by the Commissioners
to represent the District at the Cotton
states and International Expositi on,
which will be held in S September, at At
| lanta, Ga.
The meeting was called to order by Hon.
ID. F. Blount, after which the joint COM
mittee proceeded to elect permanent of
| flcers Mr.. L. A. Lambert was chos en-
| president, Mr. Blount re fusing the nomina-
tIon; Mr.. L. w. Smith, treasurer; aud
Mr.. c. H. Syme, secretary
All of the abOve-named gentlemen have
! been most active in their work for the
exposition, Mr. Syme, who is a popular
! young lawyer with an office in tn Atlantic
building, being especially prominent i'll
| pushing projects for the success of the
affair. AT the last me citing of the
| ladies committee Mrs McGill was chosen
| chairman OF the entire body
| The most important subject now be-
fore the joint committee is the matter of
| money. The Atlanta authorities have
| communicated to them through Mrs Bar
! rett, Georgia lady now in this city, that
| they must be notified at once as 10 the
| amount Of space needed for the District
| exhibit and the delegates and ladies are
now in quandary 10 know what to do
because the quantity of floor space re-
quired depends on the sum OF money avail
able for sending the articles for exhibition.
The Public School exhibit is now almost
ready for shipment. This fact is due TO
the admirable plan pursued III getting each
year specimens OF the pupils work in the
academic, business and manual training
courses.
The school exhibit viii remain perman-
emily at Atlanta and also the library col
lection. AT least twenty five hundred dol
lars Will be required to send the exhibit 10
Atlanta, and this small amount, il is
hoped, Will be munificently contributed
10 by the District merchants.
All persons desiring space for exhibits
at the exposition, or Information concern
ing il, should make application TO the
secretary OF tue commission, Mr.. Conrad
II Syme, at his office, Room 62, Atlantic
building.
An invitation from the coIored COM
nittee to attend mass-n'eeting held
last evening at the Nineteenth Street Col
orcd Baptist Church, was accepted.
Miss Wiimuth Gary, tie artist, offered
three pictures to he put on rattle for the
bcrefit Of the exposition. This was re-
terTed to the committee on finance
The board OF trade has rendered the use
of its rooms TO the commission, and at
TINS place, every Monday afternoon at
O'Clock, the joint committee VIII hold a
meeting until the time Of the opening Of
the exposition in September.
II was announced that a teacher In the
Washington public scLo ools would be sent
down by the school board TO take charge
OF and look after the educational exhibit.
The following committees Were ap-
pointed
On public school exhibit, Superintend-
ent Powell, Ar j. T. Stewart, Miss Full
Ter, Mr.. John Chamberlain, Mr.. j. T. jan
ney and Miss WeScott: finance committee,
Messrs. T. W. Smith, Jesse B. Wilson, B.
IL. Warner, John f. HerreIl, John J. Ed
son. George HenniDg, j. w. Thompson,
s. W Woodward, Hon. John w. Ross,
Hon HoEe Smith. c. ]. Bell. j. ?. Min
etTee, BeTiah wilkins, H. w. Fuller,
7. W. Noyes. Hon. c. Il. Conn, Thomas
Sommerville, s II. Kaufnan. and Mrs
Blount, Mrs. Birney, and Mrs. McGm
Miss SpoffOrd, daughter OF the Congress
sional Librarian, was appointed chairman
OF the library committee, and as her asso-
ciates, Mrs. NJ. S. Lockwood. Airs. SeweII
and Miss Cleveland; art committee Messrs.
Brooke, AosheT. Dunbar and Weyl, Mrs
Lancaster, Mrs. Johnston, GuiIlaume,
and Mrs. Parker Mann. The appointment
of the manufacturing committee was post
poned until the next meeting, on Monday.