Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-22


day of October There al but few
more days to see the most beautiful
Exposition which man has ever built
Every day from this time to the enc
will be great day. Already th'
crowds are daily increasing aud th'
the prospect is that the attendanc,
for the last two weeks will be enor
nous.
While all days will be great ones
there are three days which have been
set apart for the grandest demonstra.
lions that have marked the long line
of success during the Exposition's
history. The first of these is Direc-
tor Generals Day, when the man
whose brain has achieved this won
dtrful beauty will be honored by one
of the greatest programmes ever pre-
pared IN the history of the expOsi
tlon. 4 his will be October II, and
ali who feel pride Of the great sue
cess achieved by the Exposition
should come on that day. Maj. E
c. Lewis has put his very life into the
work and to no man is due more credit
than TO him.
But there is another man to be
honored by the observance of special
day, and that is the President of the
Exposition Company, Mai. j. w.
Thomas As the President of the
Nashville, Chattanooga a. ST. Louis
Railway, be is man who has a few
hours when he is not at work. But if
any important thing is to be done it
must be the busy man who can III :
dertake it, He was offered the
Presidency of the Exposition Com
pany and several times declined it
before being induced to accept.
When he did accept, it was under the
made by himself. that in
no case should there be any salary
whatever attached to the position.
Aud yet when it comes to the |
of work done for the Elk
position, no man could have done
more than President Thomas, what.
ever salary might have been fixed.
He has looked to every item of the
just as he does in the
of his railroad, and has
held the nrmest grip on the affairs
of the Exposition where the constitu-
tiUn gave him voice. He has used |
business methods which are seldom
found III the management of such
great Enterprises where the money
zones largely from the public, and
where too often there is an indif
ference as to the disposal of the
funds. He has scrutlnlzed the ex-
penditure of every dollar, and
las many times been more par
Iicular III aslertaining the correct
ness of claim that he would have
been had it been personal account.
When the finances of the Exposition
nave been strained, as at times they
have been, President Thomas has
pledged himself for the amount
needed at the bank, and has given
his individual check for what was
to supply the deficiency. |
For all this, not a dollar was charged, |
either as interest or in any other way,
direct or indirect.
When the funds on hand have |
been low, one thing President Thomas
has always made positive order
that every workman must be paid in
full-regardless of the state of the
treasury. And every Saturday night,
throughout the Exposition period,
every workingman has been paid in
full.
The question of rates is the great
est question confronting the manage
nenC of an exposition Unless the
people can go cheaply they are liable
not TO go at all> In The securing of
The lowest rates possible, no man has
had it in his power to do SO much as
has President Thomas. Nashville
and Tennessee have ever gotten the
best rates ever granted to AN expcsi-
ton.
In thousand ways the President
If the Exposition has aided as NJ
other man in that position could have
aided, and it is lit that he be honored |
as he deserves. The program pre-
pared for the day will pe the most |
stupendous aggregation of interest.
ing features ever seen here on a sin
gle day, Military, fireworks, music,
and everything OF the most gorgeous
character will be part of The day.
The parade and the fireworks will be |
without an equal in the history Of the
1t is hoped that the attendance on
President Thomas Day will be of
size commensurate with the merits of
The gentleman in whose honor the
lay is celebrated.
Saturday, October %, will be-
School Children's Day, and for the
children there will be some splendid
programs of amusements. There
viii be numerous features of interest,
including the Carnival Parade, gor
yeous networks, aud a ten cent rate
If admission. 1t is expected to be
me of the greatest days in the his
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