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WONDER OF THE AGE
Mr. W. G. Cooper Writes of the Big Fair
In Atlanta.
IT IS A SPLENDID EDUCATOR
No Georgian Should Miss Spend
ingSome Time There.
TOMORROW WILL BE ROME DAY
Thousands and Thousands of Northern
Visitors Have Been Delighted With
It—Great Good to Georgia.
Atlanta, December 9, 1895. —It gives
me great pleasure to comply with Mr.
Knowles’ request that I write a letter for
The Tribune. lam always glad to write
about the Fair, and especially where it
can be read by our people, for I know
that to some extent Georgians are miss
ing the opportunity of a life time. It is
a noteworthy fact that the visitors at the
Exposition have come from a distance in
larger proportions than at any other
exposition. Up to the Ist of November
comparatively few Georgians visited the
Exposition, but we had taken in
strangers from twenty-five or thirty
states. Twenty-six press associations
have been to see the Fair, and have gone
back to their respective states enthusiastic
on what they saw. We have had the
governors of a score of states, the mayors
of many cities and representative men
and women by thousands. Our audito
rium has been used by people represent
ing almost every important organization
in the country. Every important interest
and most of the isms have had utterance
here—and all these people, with their
variegated ideas, have united on the
Exposition. Almost without a dissent
ing voice, they have said that it was a
greater undertaking than would have
seemed possible for a city of one hundred
thousand people to carry to success.
The governor of the Mexican state of
San Luis Potosi said in his speech that,
judging by the Exposition, Atlanta must
be a city of not less than half a million
inhabitants. Such expressions are so
common among visitors that they have
become stereotyped.
The Exposition is the greatest harmon
izer we ever had in this country. State
after state, city alter city, has spoken in
our auditorium, through its governor or
its mayor, such fraternal sentiments that
Atlanta has become noted as the chief
seat of patriotism in the United States,
and the Northern papers are already say
ing that the South is more American
than any part of America Atlanta has
been almost as much of a revelation to
the people from a distance as the Expo
sition is. It is hard to imagine what
kind of people our remote visitors ex
pected to see, but judging from their
expressions of surprise, they must have
had very queer ideas about us. They
went away expressing surprise and grati
fication over the fact that they found the
same kind of people here that they left
at home. The fact is that for the past
two months we have been engaged in
educating the country on the South, and
it is the best lesson that has been taught
in thirty years. I thought that enough
had been written on this subject in the
past to enlighten everybody, but it took
the Exposition to open the country’s
eyes.
As an educating influence this Expo
sition has been more efficient in propor
tion to its size than the World’s Fair.
Some months ago the Department of
Publicity and Promotion took special
pains to bring to the attention of schools
and colleges the importance of the object
lesson to be seen here. Thousands of
circular letters were sent out, and as a'
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result every day has been graced by the
presence, of school girls or school boys in
eager pursuit of information. It woul 1
be hard to estimate their number, but it
must be many thousands. These boys
and girls went away with their minds
enlightened and their lives broadened
and inspired by what they saw. This is
one of the happiest achievements of the
Exposition, and will be far reaching in
its consequences.
It is hard to tell you much about the
Exposition in a newspaper article, but I
may refer to a few things that ithpress
themselves upon the memory. One is,
that this will be remembered as the model
Exposition. While it is second to the
World’s fair (and to no other) in magni
tude, it is second to none in quality. In
many respects it is superior to the Mam
moth of 1893. The exhibits are better
selected, and in many cases the installa
tion Is better and more effective. One
can see more here in a day, and after
sight-seeing he is less liable to have a
case of mental indigestion. What we
get. is assimilated information. As far
as possible, all surplus material has
been left out. This vastly increases the
educational value of the exhibits. In
stead of seeing a wilderness of objects,
' you see the best of each class.
I In scenic beauty, this Exposition is
i easily the first of all. This is usually
the first remark made by visitors who
have seen the other great expositions.
The common exclamation at night is,
“This is Fairyland!’’ The decorative
lighting by means of incandescents is
the worK of Luther Stieringer, who did
the same work for the World’s Fair.,
and has surpassed himself here. He is
also the designer of the electric foun
tains at both places. In the lake,
Atlanta has one of the exhibits on the
grounds. The water is filtered by the
Atlanta waterworks, and has never been
muddy, even when it rained.
The United States government exhibit
of this Exposition is beyond question
the best ever made. This is the opinion
of the jury of awards, one of the most
eminent bodies of its kind ever assem
bled in this or any country. Headed by«
such a man as Dr. D. C. Gilman, presi
dent of Johns Hopkins University, and
composed largely of specialists of
national and international reputation,
it easily excelled the jury at the World’s
Fair. The system of awards here is
generally admitted to be -far superior to
the one adopted at Chicago, and one of
the best features is its promptness.
This Expo-itton, like most good
things, is a growth; and it is now
easily ten times as large as first pro
jected. It was a great struggle for the
people of Atlanta to accomplish such a
result. It is an achievement without a
parallel, and even Atlanta found it a
heavy tasK, but with accustomed pluck
and public spirit these people ral
lied to its support, and have now
put it on safe financial ground. The
directors are endorsers for the Ex
position to the extent of two hundred
thousand dollars, and we hope that
they will get all of this back. A large
part of it has been paid already’. The
first half of the first mortgage bonds
was in the hands of the trustees on
the 25th of November, and the third
quarter will be paid in a few days. It
is expected that the whole of this issue
will be liquidated before Christmas.
It is hoped also that all, or nearly all
of the second mortgage bonds, held
entirely by the directors, will be paid
by the close of the fair. Naturally
they feel that in this great undertak
ing, which is doing so much for
Georgia and the entire South, the
people of this region should hold up
their hands. This is a case where in
terest coincides with duty, for the
man, woman or child who fails to
visit this Exposition loses an oppor
tunity which will never come again,
and will regret his negligence to his
dying day.
I am glad to hear that the people of
Rome will be here in large numbers
on next Wednesday. The rate of
40 for the round trip is as low as
the railroads could be asked to make
This puts it within-the reach of almost
anyone to visit the Exposition. As
Wednesday is Rome’s day, I hope ,to
see the city will represented, and
among other things, I would like to
see the schools come down en masse.
TRADE EDITION—ROME TRIBUNE, DECEMBER 10, 1896.—FORTE PAGES.
BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
This is the best exhibit that could be
made for any city. The boys and
girls would learn more in a day at the
Exposition than they could in a whole
term at school.
W. G. Cooper.
OVB CONGRESSMAN
Hon. John W. Maddox, Who Represents
Ithe Seventh District in Congress
This distinguished gentleman, who
now represents the Seventh congres
sional district of Georgia in the
United States congress, is to the man
ner born, and every inch a Georgian
of 'the old school.
Hon. John W. Maddox was born in
Chattooga county, Georgia, in 1848,
and after serving with honor and dis
tinction as a Georgia volunteer in the
late war, he studied law and was ad
mitted to the bar in 1877. His first
public office was that of county com
missioner in 1878, and in 1879 he was
elected to the lower house of the leg-
JUDGE J. W. MADDOX.
islature from Chattooga, and served
his constituents faithfully for three
terms. Then he was elected to the
state senate from the Forty-second
senatorial district, and served one
term, when he was elected judge of
the Rome judicial circuit in 1886,
which position fie held with honor
and dignity until elected to congress
at the general election in 1890.
So well did he serve his people that
at the last general election he was
chosen by the democracy of this dis
trict after a hard tight with the pop
ulist element, and is now entering
upon his second term in Washington
Judge Maddox is a gentleman of
fine personality and . magnetism of
character, and is admired and hon
ored by one of the finest constituen
cies in the state of Georgia. In con
gress he is respected by his colleagues
for his ability, integrity and sound
judgment. No man in the district
possesses more personal popularity
than Judge Maddox.
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