Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
7.00OAT OPENING
Of EXPOSITION
IN ARMORY
Governor Brown, Ex-Mayor
Maddox and W. |. Moore
Make Addresses.

The Atlanta Manufacturers eXposi-
ton, designed to reveal in some meas
ure the wondrous advancement of this
city as a manufacturing center, is in
full swing.
The opening was attended by nearly
1000 persons, who listened to addresses
by Governor Brown, ex-Maeor Robert
+. Maddox and Wilmer L. Moore pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce.
J. K. Orr and Brooks Morgan to whose
enterprise the exposition largely owes
Its existence, were seated on the ros-
trum with the speakers
A splendid tribute to the men Of the
South who laid after the war the foun-
dations of the Atlanta of today was
paid by President Moore in the opening
address. He then introduced ex- Mayor
Maddox, whose address was a predic-
ton of what Atlanta will be in the flu
ture.
Tells of AtIanta's Importance.
The former mayor also told in con-
else figures of the standing of Atlanta
today in the commercial and industrial
world and of the wonderful growth
since the early eighties. He empha
sized the value of the two expositions
held in Atlanta in 1881 and 1895.
What those expositions meant in ac-
tual growth to Georgia and the
South" said he, this exposition means
to Atlanta and Georgia, and 1 trust that
1t will be made a yearly affair and that
next year we may have every manu-
facturer in the city represented here
Governor Brown, in short address,
in which he paid a glowing tribute to
the capital city told Of the hopes of
Georgia for Atlanta and of the firm be-
lief the people of the state have in this
city.
Governor Brown made no reference
to political affairs. Previous to his
speech he had declared privately that
on account of the stupendous task of
reviewing the Tipipns bill he had been
unable to devote any time to the prep
aration of his speech.
Starts the Machinery.
At the end of his address he turned
and declared the exposition open and
pressed a tiny electric button on the
table before him. A score or more of
wheels began to turn, the band broke
into the strains of Dixie" and the mass
of people spread themselves over the
large hall and began to inspect the va
rious exhibits and to sign up their
names for chances on several hand
some souvenirs which are to be given
to the lucky ones.
In the words of ex- mayor Maddox,
THE exposition contains everything
made in Atlanta, from aeroplanes to
artificial limbs and collins" While not
representing all of the many articles
manufactured here, the exposition
shows enough to open the eyes even
of the man or woman who has lived
here lifetime.
Men admired the wagons and auto
mobile trucks the intricate machine
which manufactures barbed wire and
the women clustered around the dis
play of Atlantamade stoves and
ranges, the corset department and 9TH
er attractive exhibits, while the chill
dren begged for the beaten biscuit
given away at one booth, and hung in
punches around the pickle display pre-
sided over by The Guy Who Put the
Pick in Pickle"
The show will remain open for ten
days 1t opens at 2:30 o'clock in the
afternoon and closes at 10 o'clock at
night. Ten cents admission is charged.