The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-09-18


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Appeal For State Exhibit at Charleston
South Carolina, Exposition.
To the People of Georgia:
Our sister state, South Carolina,
will hold large industrial exposition
at her principal city, Charleston, be-
ginning December l, 1901, and ending
May 81, 1902 She has invited other
states to unite with her in giving a
grand exposition of the south's re-
sources, making this a great oppor-
tunity for our southern country to dis
play it's wonderful natural wealth. In
order to bring the rich lands lying
southeast of us into closer trade rela-
tionship with us, he has extended
cordial invitation to the West Indies
to join her in this great work, and
her exposition has been named '"The
South Carolina Interstate and West
indies Exposition"
Congress has appropriated large
sums of money for the benefit of other
expositions north, south and west;
and, at its last session, it appropriated
the enormous sum of $5,000000 for the
exposition to ne held in st. Louis in
1903, at the same time refusing South
Carolina the modest sum OF $500, 900.
Under such circumstances, can Geor-
gia refuse to make display OF her
resources?
Many northern and western states
have made large appropriations that
they may be creditably represented at
this South Carolina exposition, and
large amounts for this purpose have
been raised in those secIlons by pri-
vate subscription.
At it's last session, the legislature OF
this state expressed its interest in
having Georgia represented at the
Buffalo and Charleston eXpoSitioHs by
creating a commission for this purpose
and appropriating the sum OF $1,000,
with the idea that enough money
would be raised by private subscrlp-
ton to display the states material re-
sources in a manner BETTING the great
Empire State OF the South. But no
funds were raised by private subscrip-
ton and the commission undertook
to make a creditable display of the
mineral resources of Georgia at the
Pan-American exposition, by removing
and installing at the exposition part
of the collection in the state museum,
which had been collected by the Geo
logical Survey, By the patriotism OF
a private citizen, Mr.. John A. Manget'
the commission was able to display
the production of q 25-acre Georgia
farm number 174 products. Because
of lack of funds, and the inability OF
the commission to provide genera
agricultural and horticultural exhibit
between December 1900, when the leg
islature made the appropriation, ana
Ma. 1901. when the exposition opened,
no better agricultural display was pos
sible To remove and install these ex-
hibits cost in the neighborhood OF
$500. the closest economy being used
It is apparent that Georgia cannot
BE- represented at the South Carolina
exposition, unless the patriotic citizens
of Georgia will come forward and con-
tribute something to this end. Any
amount will be appreciated and prop
erly accounted for by the governor
There ought to be one hundred men in
Georgia who would be willing to con-
tribute $1,000 apiece for so good
cause. An appeal for $1,000 made two
months ago, was responded to by
three generous citizens, who agreed to
give $1,000 apiece. There were no
other responses. Must this appeal to
the patriotism and generosity OF Geor-