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ENQUIRER-SUN: fOICMBCS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1890
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ARE YOU READY?
WE ARE READY!
_A_isr:D oipie isr wiide, swinsro- the gates of the
EXPOSITIOlsr PARK TODAY,
OPEN WIDE THE GATES-
THE GREAT SHOW TO GET UNDER
HEADWAY TODAY.
EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR THE
OPENING EXERCISES—WHAT WAS
SEEN AT THE GROUNDS
YESTERDAY—THE
PROGRAM.
The gates of the great Chattahoochee
Talley Exposition will be thrown open to
the public today.
Thousands of visitors will be present to
attend the opening exercises. The weather
promises to be delightful, and the Exposi
tion will open under the most favorable
circumstances.
It will be a grand success, and a success-
from the jump. . That is what everybody
aays, and everybody knows.
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
The preliminaries incident to the open
ing of the Exposition are complete.
The procession will form in front of
ENGINE HOUSE NO. 1
at 10 o’clock this morning, and will move
to the grounds in the following order:
Marshal of the Day, Richard Howard
with assistants.
Platoon of police.
Fourth United States artillery band.
The Columbus Guards and other mili
tary.
City officials in carriages.
Officials of Phenix City in carriages.
Girard city officials in carriages.
Officers and directors of the Exposition
Company in carriages.
Distinguished guests in carriages.
Phenix City brass band.
Columbus fire department.
OPENING CEREMONIES.
Upon reaching the gronnds the proces
sion will form about the band stand. Rev.
A. M. Williams, pastor of St. Luke church,
will deliver the opening prayer, which will
be followed by an oration from Col.
Lional C. Levy, the orator of the day.
President Slade will then declare the
Exposition formally opened to the public,
and the fan will begin in earnest.
The program for the day will be an in
teresting one, as will be seen by the official
advertisement on the third page.
Music will be furnished by the Fourth
United Stales Artillery Band.
There will be a grand display of <50
trained Shetland ponies, driven by chil
dren of prominent families to four-in-hand
chariots. Miss Myrtie Peek will ride Ro
man standing races on from two to four
horses. The only living woman who has
survived this perilous feat. She will also
drive the great two minutes, eight seconds
pacer, Silver Tail, valued at $10,000, in a
race.
There will be a balloon ascension and
parachute leap by Professor Jenkins, who
will entertain the public by performances
•n a flying trapeze as long as the balloon
remains in sight. When the balloon
reaches three miles in height, the terrific
and perilous parachute jump will be made
by the aeronaut, through the clouds to the
earth, the most wonderful and daring aer
ial exhibits ever offered to the public.
There will be running and i rotting races
by noted flyers in the. afternoon.
The Little World will be in full blast.
The out door attractions will be nuiner-
Everybody is pleased with the outlook for
a successful opening today.
This morning the rush will begin in
earnest, and every incoming train will
bring in the people from far and near.
The indications are that the weather will
be delightful and an immense number of
pleasure-seekers will pass within the gates
today.
A POPULAR MANAGEMENT.
The Exposition officers and directors
have labored earnestly for the success of
was made in this city by the Columbus
Iron Works company.
There are a good many exhibits in ma
chinery hall, including the displays of Har
ris, Troup and Talbot counties. The hall
will be an attractive place to visitors.
ABOUT THE GROUNDS.
Everything about the grounds is in ap
ple pie order.
Nearly all the flyers are here, and most
of the stalls are full.
The biggest horse on earth has arrived,
the Exposition, and they have had the ! and will be a special pet with the children
hearty support and co-operation of the j The horse weighs 3,000 pounds. The
citizens of Columbus. The popularity of J equine Jumbo is a hummer, and no mis-
the management will be clearly demon- : take.
strated by the immense number of home
people who will visit the Exposition every
day while it- is in full blast.
FACILITIES FOR BEACHING THE GROUNDS.
The facilities for reaching the grounds \
are unequalled. Superintendent Hender- ,
son has arranged to carry the people to '
the gates of the Exposition over the
dummy and horse-car lines. The
The Shetland ponies are little beauties,
and the ladies and children will rave over
them.
The Myrtie Peek Combination is on hand
in great shape and will give some splendid
exhibitions each day of the Exposition.
The wonderful trotting dog “Doc” will
be on hand in due time.
Professor Jenkins, the balloonist, is on
county, is located in the southeast part of
the building, just south of machinery hall.
The exhibit is being superintended by
Messrs. II. P. Fortson, J. B. David and
George Findlater, all of whom were on the
grounds yesterday arranging the display.
The home county will mai.o a magnificent
showing. The farmers of the county
were thornuglily alive to the neccssityiof
having the home county well represented
at the Exposition.
TALIK'T COUNTY.
Col. John B. Goruian, one of the clev
erest an t most industrious farmers in
Georgia, is in charge of the Talbot couVity
display, which occupies a big space in ma
chinery hall. The colonel is a veteran at
the business, and the showing he makes
for old Talbot will be magnificent.
MERIWETHER COUNTY.
Captain Winslow, the assistant superin
tendent of t.he Exposition, is one of the
: leading men connected with the Meriweth
er county exhibit, which will be one of the
Saddle-horses and one-horse vehicles 25
cents. Two-horse vehicles 50 cents.
Season* Ticets.—For saddle-horse $1.
For one-horse vehicles $1.50. For two-
horse vehicles $2.
Hacks and Two-horse Carriages
Running for Hire.—For single-horse
hacks $3. For two-horse hacks $5.
ous.
It will be a great day. Let everybody *nad e * n these departments. The dis-
go down to the grounds and help start the I P^ a y s 5-he local merchants will be nurner
great show off with a b : g boom. j ous aD ^ a ttractive.
A reporter made the rounds at the ; machinery hall.
grounds yesterday, and some of the many ; \ reporter spent some time in ma-
things seen and heard are noted below. : chinery hall yesterday. The engine to be
crowds in the city. ' used in driving the wheels of the Exposi-
For several days past all of the inconi- ! tion has been put in place, and is in splen-
ing trains have brought crowds of visitors j did working order. The engine was fur-
to see the great show, and the hotel lob- j n <shed by Talbot & Sons, of Macon, who
hies were thronged with people last night, j a ' 90 have a fine exhibit on the grounds,
and the opening of the Exposition was The engine is a 50-horse power, and ta a
almost the sole topic of conversation, beauty. The boiler is also in position. It
. hand and appears as lively and peart as a
' cricket.
The poultry and pet stock show will be
well worth the price of admission to the
gronnds. There will be over one thousand
birds in the show, including many of the
. most noted prize winners in the country.
The Chattahoochee Brewing Company
has a big exhibit located in the center of
machinery hall.
The balloon ascensisions and parachute
leaps will occur as advertised.
See the races today. They will be fine.
The colt show will be great.
The cattle and live stock department
under the special supervision of Assistant
Superintendent Winslow. He i9 takin
great pride in the work, and will preside
over a splendid show.
Capt. David J. Baily, Jr., arrived from
Griffin yesterday in charge of six fine Jer
seys and a fine blooded mare.
The proprietor of the Griffin broom fac
tory has arrived with his machinery and
will manufacture brooms on the grounds.
This will be a novel sight.
The privilege men are on hand in fall
force, and their booths are in great shape.
Wardlaw, the famous barbecuer, will be
in big demand during the Exposition. He
has the exclusive privilege for barbecued
meats on th? grounds.
A well-known horseman predicted yes
terday that the races would be the finest
ever witnessed in Georgia.
The Little World will be an attractive
feature of the great show.
The Eagle and Phenix Mills exhibit is
superintended by Mr. T. W. Tillman, and
The main building is' beautifully and ♦consists of four looms, which will be in
constant operation by four pretty young
ladies, making table napkins, Turkish
towels, plaids and ginghams, and will
prove very interesting to visitors. This
exhibit is located in the southeast corner
of machinery hall, where Mr. Tillman will
take pleasure in explaining the working of
'the machinery to visitors.
Chief Beard will have ten men on duty
at the grounds, and perfect order will be
maintained.
Secretary Grimes and his corps of assisi-
ants were kept as busy as bee9 all day yes
terday. The office was crowded with
ladies nearly all day, and many additional
articles were entered for the various de
partments.
The ticket men will all be at their places
this morning, and everything will be con-
busy at the main building all day yester- * ducted systematically and in order,
day arranging the fancy needle work and j President Slade was certainly a busy
art departments. A splendid showing will man yesterday.
Superintendent Hunt is here, there and
everywhere. He is a hustler—that’s what
company has plenty of cars on both lines
and will be able to handle the crowds, it
matters not how large it may become. The
schedules on tx$,h lines will be quick and
convenient.
-public comfort.
The management has by no means neg
lected the matter of public comfort. The
headquarters for the public comfort com
mittee are at the office of the Columbu3
Investment Company, under the Georgia
Home building. A clerk will be on
hand at the office at all times to
give full information about boarding
houses, terms of board, etc. Ample pro
vision will be niide by the citizens of Co
lumbus for the accommodation of all vis
itors. Reasonable prices will prevail and
there will be no goug : ng. The public may
safely depend on that.
COL. BOB FLOURNOY.
While Russell county will have no ex
hibit at the Exposition this season, the
county will be well represented. Colonel
Bob Flournoy, of Russell, is a host within
himself and was at the grounds by a large
majority yesterday. Colonel Flournoy
brought in several wagon loads of the pro
ducts of his own farm, besides many beau
tiful blooded colts, young mules, hogs,
Jersey’s and other fine stock, all grown
and raised on his own farm in Russell.
Every citizen of Russell county will have
reason to feel proud of the display Col.
Bob Flournoy will make at the Exposi
tion.
THE MAIN BUILDING.
artistically decorated with pictures, flags
and bunting, and the individual exhibits
are being put in proper shape by the dif
ferent parties owning space. They have
not waited, as is usually the case, until
the last day before staring, but have beeu
•' at work for several days, and the visitors
today will see the great Exposition start
off in ail its glory and grandeur, every
thing in place and the many wheels of this
immense show, running as smoothly as if
it were a week old. Bo don’t stay away
today, saying: “I’ll wait a day or
two until it gets started,” for it will be
there in its entirety today, and everything
promises to move along without a hitch.
Let the attendance be as large on the first
day as any during the ten days of
the great show. The ladies were
He Never Gets Left.—“He” in this
case means Couden, of Columbus—Couden
the artistic and popular sign writer. As
the reporter was passing down Broad
street last night his eyes rested on the at
tractive decorations at Couden’s headquar
ters, over Howard & Newsom’s store.
There were banners and flags everywhere,
and on some of these were
inscribed the following sentences: “Couden
never gets left;” “Couden on deck, Co
lumbus at the bat; we get there;”* “A
hearty welcome to all, Couden of Colum
bus.” Mr. Couden’s residence, corner of
Broad and Sixth streets, is also handsome
ly decorated. His motto is, “Num quam
best ever made at an exposition in Geo:- dorrnio.” By the way, Mr. Couden will
gia. Tne iadies of Meriwether have sent be in charge of the art department at the
a fine lot of pictures with the exhibit, por- Exposition.
traits in oil and crayon—all the handiwork —— —~~ ~
of the fair sex in Meriwether. I The Cau *° of Pa,p ’
' An ache or pain is not of itself a dis-
troup county. ease, it is but a symptom, and warns the
Mr. J. W. Storey is the manager of the sufferer that there is something the mat-
Troup county exhibit and he is certainly 1 ter with his physical organization. Weak
an expert at the business. Troup occupies kidneys, bad blood, and nervousness are
a big space in the center of machinery . frequently the sonrse or cause of the many
hall, just south of the Chattahoochee | mysterious aching sensations that affiict
Brewery’s big exhibit. One of the features
of the exhibit is a cotton patch which looks
as natural as if it was growing in the field.
The stalks are very fine and each one con
tains from a pound to a pound and a half
of open cotton.
HARRIS COUNTY EXHIBIT.
The Harris county exhibit is in charge
of Mr. R. E. Fort, and will show up in
great shape when completed. It consists
entirely of home-raised products and is a
credit to the county. In this exhibit is a
trunk, the property of Mr. T. N. Sparks,
which was made iu 1740, containing sev
eral old papers, among which is a receipt
for subscription to the Enquirnk-Sun,
dated 1832. This exhibit is in the north
west corner of machinery hall, where all
visitors are cordially invited.
The Fourth Artillery Band has arrived.
All of the incoming trains brought in
big crowds last night.
A good many business houses on Broad
street were decorated with flags and bunt
ings yesterday. Others will follow suit,
and Broad street will present a gala ap- |
pearance today.
Mr. C. M. Kinsell has on exhibition in I
his show window, corner of Broad and :
Twelfth streets, a handsome gold medal, I
which he offers as a prize to the winner j
in the individual drill at the exposition.
the hotly. You can remove the cause of
such distress by using B. B. B. (Botanic
Blood Balm).
C. H. Robetts, Atlanta, Ga., writes:
“My kidneys were disordered and gave me
excruciating pain. A single bottle of B. B.
B. helped me wonderfully.”
William N. Nelson, McDonough, Ga.,
writes: “B. B. B. has benefitted my
daughter very much. She was afflicted
with severe nervousness. I think it the
best family medicine.”
W. R. Ellis, Brunswick, Ga., writes:
“I have tried B. B. B. and it i9 a great
thing for the blood. It also cured me of
rheumatic pains.”
No. 29 South Claiborne St., New
ORLEANS, La., Nov. 8, 1889.
Wm. Radam.New Orleans. La.:
Dear Sir—I wish to thank you for the jug of
Microbe Killer yon kindly sent me for the use of
the Home, and take thla means of certifying to
the many benefits to be dersved from its use. I
have one patient here that I feel confident it
would have cured had he known of your valuable
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is emptied many of the inmates of the Home will
be able to speak of the benefits derived from
taking the Microbe Killer. Again thanking vou,
1 am, dor sir, yours respectfully,
Robert Parker.
For sale by O. W. Wakefield, No 8, Twelfth
street.
Do Not Forget
1 That .J. Marion Estes & Son sell the only orig
ual, gen tine Foot Warmers to be had in Colum
bus. All others are imitations, [and we st»»»
prepareti to prove it.
.1. Mabiox Estes & Son,
Shoe Deaiei*.
•mething New.
You should see the "‘Standard” New Sewis*
Maclaine. It is of recent patem ami the best
Machine made. Mr F. M. Knowles, the local
manager, specially invites the ladies to call and
see the “Standard. nov5 eodJw
j Gent’s fins Shoes, see Estes’ Shoe Store.
j J. K. Harris & Co., will on Friday morning re-
j ceive a large shipment of Black Chevoit Suiis ior
I young men and boys. They are made of excel-
[ lent material and handsomely bound. These
: goods will be otfered at a bargain. Call early. *
you may fail to get one.
Gents' tine Shoes, see Estes’ Shoe Store.
The November installment of the Intel
state Building and Loan Association is due
and payable today. Fine will be enforced
for non-payment. R. B. Gun i:y.
novo 3t Gen’l. Manager.
Gents* fine Shoes, see Estes’ Shoe Store.
Lamar's Diarrhoea Mixture claims to b*
a certain cure for any case of Diarrhu a.
Bay Estes’ genuine Foot Warmers.
J. K. Harris & Co , will receive on Frith*
morning their sixth and largest shipment <>f Jer
sey suits, which were purchased at a grea ij re
duced price and embraces the handsomest |ot
styles to be seen anywhere. Mothers can »<»•*
nothing like them elsewere.
Buy Estes’ genuine Foot Warmers.
Salvation Oil is guaranteed to contain nothin•
of a noxious or poisonous character. 25 rents.
Buy Estes* genuine Foot Warmers.
Time is too valuable to be wasted in experi
menting with various remedies when !>.*. Ball's
Cough Syrup will at once cure your cold
More Foot Warmers. Estes’ Shoe Store.
“Mrs. Winslow’SjSoo thing Syrup for c : id
ren teething” softens the gams, reduces intia
mat on, allays pain, cures w'ndcolic. 5<* a bati -
More Foot Warmers. Estes' Shoe Store.
Henry M. Stanley, the great African ex
plorer, is announced to lecture in Mont
gomery during March.
More Foot. Warmers. Estes’ Shoe Store.
For Sale.
City Mills Stock. Applv to
Socle Redd & Co.,
Broker?.
To Old Friend*
Who may visit the Exposition, and who have
A t thn iripplino’ of the directors last ■ n ' ut *‘*‘ n in Columbus for along time, we desire
At. ine meet ing of t,ne directors last (tomtJ . that we continue toeo duetthi shoe bus:-
night It was decided to keep open the eil- . iness in the same store occupied by us f r nearly
tries in the several departments until 6 : 25Jyears. | J. Marion Estes & So x,
o’clock this evening, as it was impossible i shoe Lealers.
yesterday on account of the rush to reg- Erysipelas.—I. L. Irvin, of Thomasville. Ga.,
ister them all. 1 hr waK . “ fflicte ,d with erysipelas for ten years
THE RACES TO DAI'.
:tutl was only eured when P. P. P. was used.
the boys all say.
COUNTY EXHIBITS.
FIVE COUNTIES ON HAND WITH FINE DIS
PLAYS.
The exhibits of five counties are already
on hand, and the displays will be attrac
tive and creditable to the counties making
them.
The exhibit of Muscogee, the home
For Sale.—In order to enter another
The races this afternoon will be a fea- ; line of business, and to wind up the estate
ture of the day’s pleasures. The entries of F. M. Dunbar, deceased, I now offer the
closed yesterday afternoon as follows: } White Elephant Saloon for sale.
2:45 Trotting—S. P. Salter enters s. g. J. B. Dunbar,
m., Amy’s Baby, three years old, sired by oct24tf Agent.
Judge Saulsbury, d. Araee by Beard. j _ , ~
Evan I npnnanl enters h m HpIIp hv ' Tetter, saUrheum and cancer are all cured by
Evan L. uennarcl enters b. in. Belle, by ; ,, P ,, The effects on theg4 . diseaseg are
Barney Wlikes, dam unknown. I tibie after the first bottle of P. P. p. was used.
Hermitage Stud Farm enters b. m. Ha- ~
gar. by Nutwood, dam HUda. . j Messrs. Wallace Jo‘ Ho£mm ( Ge'n-
T. Fullarton enters b. s. Justina. by Syl- , t'emen—I lake pleasure in bearing testimony to
Tester, dam Knickerbocker. j the efficacy of your Microbe Kiler. Some time
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dash—J. J. McCanerty enters >. g. Lurch, ; concluded to try a jug of your Microbe Killer,
by Enquirer, dam Brocade. 1 which 1 did, and was astonished at its results.’
Charley McCafferty enters b. s. Cams, | £*,£ and
Leon E Levinson,
With L. M. -lones A Go., Houston.
For sale by O. W. Wakefield, No. 8, Twefth St.
Randall Pope, the retired druggist of Madison,
Fla., says P. P. P. is the best alterative In the
market, and he has handled and sold all the
sarsaparillas and blood medicines that were ad
vertised.
bv Longbrow, dam Lizzie Hayden.
T. E. S nith enters b. s. Henry Hardy,
by Jack Hardy, dam Lalla Rookh.
Charles Tuart enters b. g. Iago, by Hy-
der Ali, dam Kelly.
Terms of Admission.—Adults 50 cents.
Children under twelve years 25 cents.
btock and ouim yuouuons.
By John Blaekmar, Broker, Columbus, Ga.
Bid. Asked.
Georgia State 3%s 103 '304
Georgia 4^s 119 US’i
Georgia 7s, 1896 114 115
Georgia 7s, 1802 K)2 103
Atlanta 6s 106 110
Atlanta 7S - 112 US
Columbus 6s 104 105
Columbus 7s Ill 112
Augusta 6s 106 10T
Augusta 7s 114 11*
Macon 6s 115 Ut>
Savannah as 184 105
Ga. Mid. & G. R. R. first, due 1917.. 94 95
A. and G. 7s, 1897 HO 111
Central railroad joint mtge 104 IOC
Central railroad gold 5e 91% 10*
C., C. and Aug. first mtge 107 108
C., C. and Aug. second mtge 115 1)6
Columbus and Rome first mtge 106 107
Coltunbus and Western first mtge.. 107 108
Covington andMaccn first mtge 6s .. 90 92
G-, Jeff, and So. first mtge end 112 114
G., Jeff, and So. first mtge 107 108
G., Jeff, and So. second mtge end... 110 111
Georgia railroad 6* 10 7 110
M.andN.Ga S % 9*
Montgomery and E. first mtge 1909. lue 107
O. S. S. Co., endorsed by C.railroad. 101 182
Sav., Americas and Montgomery 6s.. 95 96
S. Fla. and W. 6s, 1935 112 114
S. Fla. and W. 7s, 1899 k.115 116
Georgia Southern and Fla. first. .... 9'
Atlanta and West Point stoek 1C % 1C v
Atlanta and West Point debentures. 9t ICs
Augusta and Savannah stock 140 142
Central stock 119 1 *
Central debenl ures 97 !)i
Georgia railroad stock 200 201
Southwestern stock 126 ISO
Eagle and Phenix stock ?3 87
Muscogee Factory stock 101 !U5
Paragon stocV 106 110
Swift Manufacturing Co. stock 116 117
Chattahoochee Nat’l Bank stock 200 210
M. and M. Bank stock 150 151
Third National Bank stock 125
Columbus Savings Bank stock 110 -—
City Gas Light Co. stock 87
Georgia Home Insurance Co. stock.. 206 -—
Columbus Ice Co. stock 90 91
Paragon Factory bonds. 7s 106 107
Muscogee Factory bonds. 7s 106 106
Swift Factory, 6s 103 10*