St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-30
THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.
Some Of the Good Results 1t Brought
About.

There are some things about the
exposition that are worth noting,
says the Charleston News and Courier.
1t brought more people to Charles
ton in six months than had previous
ly visited this city in nearly, if not
quite, as many years.
1t advertised Charleston as it has
never been advertised before.
It gave the hotels and boarding
houses and railroads more business
than they have ever had at any pc
Rod in the past.
1t supplied tenants for nearly every
vacant house in the city, and enabled
owners of property to rent places at
good prices, which could not be filled
before at any price.
! It added from three to five million
dollars to the money circulated in
this community.
1t gave profitable employment to
hundreds of men, women and chill
dren.
1t brought to Charleston the presi.
dent Of the United States, the govern
ors of fourteen states, the mayors of
many cities, the legislature of South
Carolina, two foreign ministers to the
United States, the consular represen-
tatives Of several foreign govern
ments with which this country has
large commercial relations; the
teachers and pupils of many of the
best colleges and schools in this and
other states; thousands of people
from all parts of the country; capi-
talists looking for investments; men
searching for homes, soldiers and
sailors, home folks and strangers.
1t gave Charleston the most active
business ever known and the most
brilliant social period in the life Of
this well-meaning and hospitable
community.
The exposition was the geratest en-
terprise ever attempted in any town
in this country. 1t surprised every.
one by it's extent and merit. It show
ed what can be done by cooperation,
even halfway cooperation. 1t plac-
ed Charleston back on the map as a
live, progressive community. It
made a record in exposition-giving
that will be not lost on other EXPOSE
tion-giving cities. An officer of thu
Pan-American exposition company,
who rectnly visited Charleston, was
amazed no less at the extent of the
show than at it's cost, and went home
convinced in his own mind, as he ex-
pressed it, that the management at
Buffalo did not understand the science
of the exposition business, as they
had 'lost six times as much as the
exposition at Charleston cost"
Not only was the exposition at
Charleston given at minimum cost,
but there were many things about its
management which are worthy of
note. During entire period of six
months there was not a serious acct
dent, or disturbance, or fire. There
was not failure of the water supply,
or a hitch in the machinery which
furnished the lights for the buildings,
or the illumination of the buildings
and grounds. In the city, as well as
at the exposition, there were no Sc
rious fires, or burglaries, or murders,
or acts of violence. The electric
railway and the steam railroads ran
their regular and special schedules
without accident, and the crowds
were all we'll taken care of. And the
last night, when some of the exhib-
itors and concessioners who had not
forgotten their rough experiences at
Buffalo, trembled for the safety of
their property, passed without the
least evidence of anything but good
conduct and good fellowship.
Charleston has made a record of
which it may well be proud Of 1t
has started the new century at
splendid pace. It will not lose the
advantage it has gained if its people
are true to themselves and their o2-
portunities.