Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-26
RoAsTs THEM.

fled with the way Fruithurst day and those who participated in the making of It grand success were treated by Att lanta papers. and had the following to say about 1t in the last issue of that paper:
 When Governor Oates and his staff met, with the press and several hundred other citizens of the state to celebrate Alabama day at the exposition, and it was expected that the hand of the gov ernor of the great state of Georgia would welcome him. Governor Atkinson had other business of more importance to attend to. | It has been claimed by the newspapers Of Atlanta that as a matter of official etiquette. the governor of Ala bama should have called first on the gov ernor of Georgia; that from an official standpoint he was seated upon a. throne of state. surrounded by his staff. and should have been approached by Gov ernor Oates as the lowest subject in some far-om eastern monarchy would ap- preach his king; and that because the governor of the state of Alabama was not familiar with the etiquette surrounding thrones, the people of Alabama were de- prived of the pleasure of welcome on their own day by the governor of the state of Georgia. This may be the fact. We have not in our sanctum the revised edition of the code of etiquette that gov erns kings; but we do know that had tho tables been turned. and the governor of the state of Georgia had visited Mont gomery, in any capacity, especially to celebrate Georgia day in Alabama'S cap ital, he would have been received with such a welcome by Governor Oates-eti- quette or no etiqutte-as the governor of any southern state. or any American should give to another.
 "On Saturday last when FOO people from Cleburne county. Alabama, and Haral- son county, Georgia, boarded a train of ten cars for the exposition to celebrate Fruithurst day, day set apart by the directors of the exposition for this purpose, the party went in an orderly manner to the grounds, paying to the ex- position officials $350 for tickets, ex- pending within the grounds over $2500 at the various entertainments, restaur- ants, etc, of which amount one-quarter, or over $500, went directly into the cof- rferS of the exposition that evening and contributing $100 towards the special fireworks display, constituting nearly one-eighth of all the people'in the ground that day. and the largest body of people that have visited the exposition to cele- brate any special day since it's opening, with the possible exception of Chicago day, their arrival and departure was noticed by just one paper in Atlanta, and that because the reporter of said paper was personal friend of one of the managers of the excursion. The At
  tion, the two great dailies of the city, that make public sentiment and adver- tise the exposition, were entirely silent, not one line of reference to the fact that a little town in Alabama had contributed more people to swell the attendance and contributed more money for its support than any crowd on any other special day since the exposition opened; and yet the celebration of the Kentuckians, number ing less than 100 on the same day, was r~H fHtt l. ter, and the large attendance and the magnificent fireworks which the Fruit hurst day managers had partially paid for. were loudly praised.
 "The readers of the Constitution and Journal were entitled to the news; the exposition officials were enti- tied to whatever publicity the fact of so large an excursion visiting the ex- position would give, and the TOO mem bers of the party who participated in the exercises of the day, many of them sub scribers to both papers, were entitled to some sort of recognition by the press of Atlanta for their enterprise and sup port
 "To put the matter in plain English, the Reporter believes that the exposition is being handicapped by 1ealousies that are injuring it materially; that those jealousies are too bitter against Alabama or anything that comes from Alabama to recognize that Alabamians can accom- plish anything worthy of notice while Kentucky and other remote states not competitors of Atlanta, are treated to fulsome praise for sending to her expo sition a little handful of less than 100 peo- pie.
 we feel that we have right as rep resenting the people of Fruithurst and Cleburne county, and indirectly the state as well, to feel aggrieved over the shabby treatment of AlabamianS by the press and some of the people in Atlanta; and we believe it Is the duty of every citizen of Cleburne county to withhold from Atlanta merchants every dollar of trade possible, and give it to the merchants of Anniston and other cities in Alabama; and this should apply as well to the Bir- mingham Anniston and Montgomery dailies in preference to the dailies pub lished in Atlanta. Let us help those who help us, and not do as we have been do- ing. support those who ignore us.
 "If every county in the state of Ala bama and Georgia alone should adopt the plan of an excursion to the Atlanta exposition-that would give to each one participating in it ticket entitling him to railroad transportation, admission to the grounds and dinner at a price as low in comparison as that paid by the mem- bers of the Fruithurst excursion-would advertise is as this was advertised-pat- ronize the concessions within the expo- sition grounds as literally as they were patronized by this party, 1t would in- crease the attendance at the exposition more than 25O.00O people whom the pres ent plan of advertising the exposition adopted by the management would not reach, and make a difference of nearly $500 0O0 in their receipts. Yet the Fruit hurst plan was not originated in Atlanta, but inaugurated and carried through by Alabamians."
 DISABLED CONFEDERATES.
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