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OPENS NOV. 2^
CLOSES NOV. 28
PATRICK WAL-SM*^President:.
eJULES RIVAL 3ec«raiy. m
JACOB B. PLATT, Cteneral Manager.
Leaaon Embracing a Multi-Varied Aggregation of Amusements,
Entertainments and Attractions.
Exhibitors.
Exposition
gun club tournament
Daring the Exposition—November
and 27.
Passenger trains, and electric cars run to
StTKPLBMENT
Will take you
Borne of The Exposition.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, offers un
equalled advantages for the Southern
location of factories, and calls attention
V A to the following facts:
M Augusta has long been the Largest
M Cotton Manufacturing City in the South,
i baviDg gained for herself the sobriquet
1 ^ of the «Lowell of the South,” and she
® ^ will lead in other manufactures.
She has twelve large cotton factories,
which, alone, are more than any of the
entire States of Arkansas, Florida, Lou
isiana or Missouri, and the same number
as the State of Mississippi She haB
the best map position in the Southern
territory, standing between the North
and the extreme South, in access to the
Atlantic Ocean, and in the midst of the
most vital and far-ieaching systems of
railroads in the South. She is at the
Ilead of Steam Navigation of the Savau-
nah River, opening to the sea, and is the
best point relative to Northern, Western,
and Southern home, aDd Southwestern
foreign markets, in a Southern direction.
Augusta is the center of the richest
and most populous agricultural region of
the Southeast, making her the Second
Largest Inland Cotton Market in the
nd the ' United States, Memphis being the first,
; and guaranteeing support by home con-
i sumption alone to many manufactories
Main Building 900 feet long, containing 200,000 square feet of displaying space.
the Door.
SOIIIM SPINM.
IN SESSION.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 1, 1891.
At a meeting of the Southern Manufac-
Augusta has a popufation of 45,000 : turers Association, held in this city to-day,
. | (including suburbs) which is larger than ! k was resolved t0 09,1 a convention of the
m n trii «rrn rm i that of Chattanooga, Little Rock, Knox- j cotton ,nan,,fa , cturere of the South > to meet
j! V \ Tille or Birmingham. Augusta’s tribu.} :at Exposition. The
i w 1 IMI 1 Hi ! . . . , | reasons lor this convention must he apparent
| tary territory is filling with towns, aud !
] has a population of 1,500,000. a ugusta 1
stay will It, nd her territory support home indus-j
liberal
ICfiit/lOD
for iiiere will be the
works epitomized
under one roof.
THE INDIVIDUAL PREM
IUMS ARE THE LARG
EST OFFERED IM
THE SOUTH.
Semi for n [tromium list or
(her inf'iriuation,
T. F. HENRY,
Manager.
An; ista is in the midst of vast fields
of kaolin, fire-brick and other cla\s,
j reasons lor this convention must be apparent
to every manufacturer who understands his
' ogusta! business.
I am satisfied that good results will
j follow a conference of the leading mill men
of the South. There never was a more
opportune time than tiie present for ns to
ochre and superior glass sand ; and gran- J confer together in regard to our great and
ite, marble, copper, iron and coal are in
easy access.
Augusta h the Largest Lumber Mauu- \
rowing interests.
The increase in the number of spindles
! shows the phenomenal development which
, , , _ ’ the South has made in cotton manufacturing
iacturmg City in Georgia, which means! . • ,, , . , .
& J h ’ ; during the last ten years. According to the
hpM'.kn lb
Range.
Fuels About Augusta.
Augusta’s population 45,000.
Augusta’s total debt i < $1,744,800.
Anpista has 80,000,000 invested iu
«tou factories.
Augusta’s assessed value of property
L 1 1, A; hi,i ton.
Augi:st.il;as twenty-six miles of electric
fetet railroad.
Augusta ha- the best public school
•tern in the South.
Augusta’s cotton receipts for 1890-91,
Nf,(Kiii hales.
Auiusta’s asset,-. in water works aud
•ml are 8'J,000,O00. '
Augus'a has seven direct railroads and
>'-tc ti&nch roads.
Augu-,a is the largest cotton rnanu-
Miring centre in the .South.
Augusta has steamboat navigation to
* sea, which secures for her cheap
Sche iule to Savannah thirty
hbhts.
the largest in many Stites, and besides
pine, has unlimited quantities of hard
woods for every kind of hardwood manu
facture—oaks, of all varieties ; hickories ;
ashes; poplars; maples ; cedar ; cypress;
walnut; sassafras; tupelo, and other
gums.
Augusta is assured low freight rates
for all time by her river; as, for instance,
her present rate on Eastern freights is
18 cents per hundred less than either
Macon’s or Atlanta’s (though Augusta is
112 miles from the sea), and only 2
cents more than Atlanta’s on freights
from the West.
Augusta is essentially a Manufactur
ing City. She has one of the most
superb canal water-powers in the world,
and by loag odds the finest in the South,
but notwithstanding this power, the city
is filled with black chimneys and smoke
and steam jets, whil- at the same time
electric motors run many establishments.
Augusta’s canal fur nishes 11,000 horse
power, of which there are about 2,500
yet unused for day use, ““tficieiit for
many small iudu-tries, aud nearly the
full daily quota for night use. The
capacity of the canal may be increased
to 14,000 horse-power.
Augusta’s canal cost her $2,000,000,
ana power is rented cheaply at $5.50 per
liorse-power per anuam
Augusta is not one of the new cities
where there is everything of a public
nature yet to do, with consequent high
taxes for a long time, but is one of the
oldest cities of the South, firmly built
and established, with streets, water
works, sewers, gas, electric light and
power plants, public schools, public
libraries, societies, parks and churches,
aud city and government pnblio build
ings, coupled with an energetic citizeuship
and the spirit of the new South.
Augusta is in the midst of many ma
terials for manufacture; is commanding
among Southern cities, with a great
future as with a great present and past,
is increasing in population aud extent
with phenomeual rapidity; is having
added many miscellaneous manufactures,
best authorities, we had in operation in 1S80,
667,854 spindles, and in 1891, 2,130,82?
This growth is demonstrated by the laet
that for the year ending August 31, 1890,
the South consumed 546,894 bales, and for
the year just closed 604,661 bales—an
increase of 57,765 bales.
Does not this great interest, developing
so rapidly, require that the manufacturers
of the South meet in convention, confer
together, and agree ou some line of action
whereby our great interests would he mu
tually promoted ?
The Southern Manufacturers Association
extends a cordial invitation to all of the
cotton mills in the South to send one or
more delegates to the convention to be held
in Augusta, Ga., November 20 and 21,
during the Exposition, when a special rate
of one cent a mile is granted by all railroads
in the Southern Passenger Association, to
wit: Atlantic Coast Line, Atlanta & West
Point, Brunswick & Western, Central of
Georgia, East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor
gia, Georgia Railroad, Jacksonville, Tampa
& Kev West, Norfolk & Western, Pennsyl-
vania Road (south of Washington), let $200; of which $50 to second; weight for
Royal & Augusta, Raleigh & Gaston Rich- #ge . nlai j ens alIowed ten poun(ls .
mond & Danville, Richmond, l’redericks-
EXPOSITION RACES.
Numerous Announcements — Liberal
Purses—One Mile Track, Finest
in the South, under the Aus
pices of the Augus
ta Jockey Club.
l-'IitST DAY—THURSDAY, XOV. 12.
First Race —Trotting, 2:40 class, purse
$200; best three in five heats.
Second race, runuing, three-quarter mile
dash, purse $200, of which $50 to second
horse; weights for age; entrance free.
Third race, trotting, free for all class,
purse $200 ; best three in five heats.
-SECOND DAY. SATURDAY—NOVEMBER 14.
First Race—Trotting, 3:00 class, purse
$150. Best three in live heats.
fiecond Race—Running. Gne aud one-
quarter miles, selling. Sweepstakes, $10
each, $200 added, of which $50 and 20 per
cent, ol stakes to second. Horses entered
to be sold at $800 Jo carry weights-for age;
two pounds allowed for each $100 down to
$200; two i>ouuds additional for each $100
up to $1,500, then one pound additional for
each $100 up to $2000.
Third Race—Trotting ; 2:28 class. Pursei
$250. Best three in five heats.
THIRD DAY, MONDAY, NOV. 16.
First Bice—Running, lg miies; purse
$200, of which $50 to second ; for 3-year-
old and upward, the winner to be sold at
auction for $2,000; if for less, one pound
allowed for $100 down to $1,000 and two
pounds for each $100 down to $500.
Second Race—Running, five-eights of a
mile heat; purse $200, two in three, of
which $50 to the second horse; weights fbr
age; entries free.
Third Race—Trotting; 2:40 class; purse
$175; best three in five heats.
FOURTH DAY—WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18.
First Race—Trotting, 2:40 class; purse,
$150; best 3 in 5 heats.
Second Ikxe—Pacing, 2:40 class; purse,
$150; best 3 in 5 heats.
Third Race—Running, one mile; purse,
,
Augusta is the best cot‘on market in
Nmtli, ,-viicl a ! so the largest inland
fculet ex;epi Memphis.
Augustas annua! income from the
*- al Hnd water works is $80,000.
wa,er aupp’y is unsurpassed.
• "s'B'a has nine miles of canal, fur-
pover for manufacturing at
horse power pier annum.
‘ ll ? ll '’& average annual temperature
Ir *he last t sen tv years is 64 degrees; I and will welcome the founders of every
tiew industry, groat or small—irrespective
burg & Potomac, Savannah, Florida &
Western, Seaboard & Roanoke, Shenandoah
Valley (south of Potomac), South Carolina
and Western & Atlantic.
I see that a call has been made for a
meeting of Southern manufacturers at
Rsleigh, N. V, in October, for the purpose
of forming au organization similar to that
of New England. 1 beg to inform said
parties that such au organization was formed
in Augusta, Oa., several years ago, and all
that is needed is the co-operation of "the
mills in the South to make it a grand
success. We therefore hope that represen
tatives attending that meeting will resolve
to join our organization.
H. H. HICKMAN, Pres.
Southern Manufacturers Association.
11 "d rainfall, 50 inches.
- f t I’hhonici.e’s Trade ! °f creeds, political faiths or nationalities,
One of Many Such.
The press of the country is echoing Au
gusta’s praises. Here is a sample of tlic
hundreds of appreciated recognitions the
Exposition is receiving:
“A delegation from Augusta, Ga., is about
to visit New England with a view of arous
ing interests in the Exposition to he held in
that city. This will be an aetual demonsta
tion of the enterprise which is developing
in many parts of the South. The better the
> dned ihe following figure-*.*—bringing capital and honest and earnest i East and South get acquainted, the better
ide of Augusta, Ga, for • citizenship.
convincing arguments j
Many new industries are needed, espe-
mmercLi growth ol Au- j cially those working in wood, cotton,
I leather, kaolin, clays and fruits.
ides
,$10,000,000 !
■»('. 6,000,000!
provisions, wholesale
" ! 32,500,000
1 ' " an l cigars 2.109,000
■'fertilizers 2.000.1*00
1118 Manufactures.
R-xhIs and (1 .thing...
Paid For.
they will like each other.”—Albany (N. Y.)
Times.
It Was the Finest.
Mr. Hickok, of the Pope Manufactur
ing company of Boston, pays Augusta
a high compliment when he says
compliment when he
The Augusta Exposition of 1888 was the
finest Exposition ever arranged in the South,
Augusta and its Exposition are being
widely advertised all over the country, but
it is not “free advertising.’’ The Augusta
5,550,000 P eo l , ' e have been enterprising enough to excepting New Orleans, and in many re-
2.1(H) t.'OO a, ' vort ‘ Be their town in many ways and to B pects, especially in textile machinery, it
*r. i hau ” 1,200*000 ,,a - v their mone y for il - anJ one of lhe,n was equalled-is. We will exhibit at the 1891
carriages, etc. 750,000 * n a delegation of leading business Exposition. Put ns down for double our
i " 88BHS ■■
FIFTH DAY—FRIDAY, NOV. 20.
First Race—Pacing, free for all; purse
$200 ; best 3 in 5.
Second Race—Running, 1£ miles; purse
$200; of which $50 to second.
For all ages, to carry 120 pounds. Win
ners of a race at this meeting to carry five
pounds extra; of two or more, seven pounds
extra.
Third Race—Trotting, 2:35 class; purse
$200; best 3 in 5.
SIXTH DAY—MONDAY, NOV. 23.
First Race—Trotting, third class; purse
$150; best 3 in 5 heats.
Second Race—Running, 1| miles; sweep
stakes, 915 each, $225 added, of which $75
and 20 per cent, to second; all ages; weight
for age. Winners at this meeting to carry
ten pounds extra; maidens allowed five
pounds.
Third Race—Trotting, 2:28 class; purse,
$200; best 3 in 5 heats.
SEVENTH DAY—WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25.
First Race—Trotting, 2:30 class; purse
$200; best 3 in 5.
Second Race—Running, 1} miles consola
tion ; purse, $200, of which $50 to second
and $25 to third; for horses that have run
and not won at this meeting; weights for
ages.
Third Race—Trotting, free for all; purse
$250; best 3 in 5.
Other special races will be arranged to
fill out the remaining Exposition dates,
and lovers of the turf will have lots of
sport.
Above is exclusive of special prizes to be
offered.
FRANK W. FOSTER,
Secretary.
A TRIUMPHAL TOUR.
The Pan-Augustans and their Con
quests.
The Pan-Augusta trip was an inspiration.
The fruition will be of lasting benefit to
our section.
The Exposition was inaugurated _to bene
fit the South, and the .outlook is that Eastern
capital and enterprise will make it the most
representative, and all-embracing ever ar
ranged in the South.
A handsome Pullman sleeper having for
its occupants the Exposition party, has done
momentous work for our section. The fol
lowing gentlemen were our emissaries :
Wm. A. Garrett,
J. J Uontlity,
James P. Verdery.
Maurice Walton,
J. P. Bones,
Percy Burum,
Geo. J. Howard,
T. R. Gibson.
H C. Smith,
Jsme« I.. Gov,
Frank X Dorr,
Jules Rival,
Crawford Mays,
Alex J. Gonley,
W. Ed Platt. -
W E Keener,
P. J O’Connor,
Joseph Gauahi, Jr.,
J. E. Barton,
Wm. H. Barrett, Jr.,
John M. Cranston,
Walter M. Jackson,
H. W. Land ram.
Late J. Henry,
Pleasant A. Stovall,
Patrick Walsh.
Hon. John S. Davidson, ex-President of
the Georgia Senate, Dr. Lansing Borrows
of Augusta ; Second Vice-President, W. N.
Mercier, of the Exposition Company, and
Boykin Wright, Esq., Solicitor of the Au
gusta circuit, joined the party in New York.
The car was handsomely decorated with
bunting and streamers advising all to “Go
South:—Augusta Exposition, November 2
to November 28, 1891.”
Ovations greeted them everywhere. A
dray load of advertising matter, about 200,-
000 pieces of literature, were especially pre
pared for the party. The wires sung of
their doings and sayings, and their return
was marked by conquests in the shape of
exhibits and “promises to come.”
The Manhattan Club, the Southern Soci
ety, the Exchanges and Boards of Trade
and the representative commercial interests
of New York vied with each other in show
ing the party distinguished attention. This
was repeated at Boston, Providence, Lynn,
Holyoke, Worcester, Lowell, and Fall
River.
There is not a precedent in the annuls of
progressive industrial history like this
party.
Five thousand miles travelled; receptions
attended; speeches made and the minor
details of travel encountered—all for Au
gusta and the South.
wriw, etc
u' ni,u *'e carpets.
Oil:
550 000 me,1 > at * creat e *I* ense of time and money, former space.”
300090 through New England to awake an interest (
>. - ■— ami pnintx 50 i „00 * n their Exposition as well as in their town.
^Olane-ms retail trade 5 8500 0 Augusta IHieves in advertising, but it does
**5 6ash, doors, etc 760 000 not see ^ to g**t it free, and the widespread
advertising which It
Till Forbidden.
Tokl v lu, ne of trade.
L<icm > (} a., Sept. 1st, 1891.
The Northern tour of the Augusta Ex-
is receiving costs position party has started an advertisement
$69,950,000 money, but the investment will retnrn profits of the Electric City in hundreds of papers
for years to come.—Manufacturer^ Record. ■ that will ran “tf.”—Atlanta Journal.
The Augusta Gun club has been quies
cent for some time, but now comes forward
in splendid style. It is a well-known fact
that gunners prefer shooting for sweepstakes !j
here in Augusta; they do not minoe matters > g^^teed.
saving that the rales of the Aagasta Gun
clnb, and the pereonel of its organization,
make it both pleasant and satisfactory for
gentlemen at a distance to participate in
the events arranged by the local organiza
tion.
Renewed interest has of late evinced
itself in gun club matters. In a short time
the dub will move over to North Augusta
and a handsome dub boose will be erected,
embradng not only the sodal feature; but
all appliances for indulging the tastes for
this gentlemanly sport.
A two day’s tournament will be arranged,
November 26 and 27. This takes in
Thanksgiving day, and we will have sports
men from Tennessee, North Carolina, South
Carolina, the several clubs in Georgai, a
delegation from Jacksonville, with a strong
probability of a couple of teams of five men
each from Alabama.
Mr. Allie Berckmans, Fred Pope, J.
Henry Meyer, A. W. Stulb, Sam Meyers, D.
Sancken, Bob Potter, Landon Thomas, J. U.
Jackson and other crack shots are deter
mined to make the event a great one.
Here is the program as it is being sent
out.
Grand interest traps shooting tournament
November 26 and 27, at the Exposition
grounds.
Rux.es.—Shooting will be done from five
traps.
Rules of the Augusta Gun dub will gov
ern, as the tournament will be conducted
under its auspices.
All surplus money will be divided as
follows:
Forty per cent, added to purses, 20 per
cent, to fust, and 10 per cent, to second for
best average in expert class to those shoot
ing in all purses this day. Twenty per cent,
to first, and 10 per cent, to second for best
average in ainatuer class to those shooting
in all purses this day.
Shooting will begin at ll:3fi, sharp each
day.
All purses at this tournament will be -di
vided into three moneys—50 per cent., 30
per cent, and 20 per cent.
Target moneys to be deducted from purses
when entries will allow.
FIRST DAT, *01
No. 1, 20 singles, entrance $3, with $49
guaranteed.
No. 2,10 singles, entrance $1.40, with $20
guaranteed.
No. 3,5 singles and 3 doubles, entrance
$1.50, with $20 guaranteed.
No. 4,15 singles, entrance $2, with $35
guaranteed.
No. 5,10 singles, entrance $1.50, with $20
No. 6,20 singles, entrance $2, with $4(1
guaranteed.
No. 7, 8 singles and 6 doubles, entrance
$2, with $30 guaranteed.
EVENTS SECOND DAT, NOV. 27.
♦No. 1,10 singles, entrance $4 with $30
guaranteed.
No. 2,15 singles, entrance $1.50, with $30
guaranteed.
No. 3,10 singles and 5 doubles, entrance
$2, with $40 guaranteed.
No. 4, 40 singles, entrance $3, with $45
guaranteed.
No. 5.15 singles, entrance $1.50, with $30
guaranteed.
No. 5, 20 singles, entrance $1.50, wilh $25
guaranteed. »
No. 7, 5 singles and 5 doubles, entrance
$2, with $40 guaranteed.
For events marked * special prizes, either
guns or medals will also be awarded win
ners.
OFFICERS:
PATRICK WALSH,
Z. W. CARWILE,
JAS. L. GOW,
W. N. MERCIER,
JULES RIVAL, -
THOS. P. HENRY,
J. B. PLATT,
Presiden
- 1st Viee-Pres’t
2d Vice-Pres’t
- 3d Vice-Pres’t
Sec’y and Treas’r
Manager
Genl Manager
DIRECTORS:
R. H. May, Mayor, ex-officio.
Wm. Mulherin T. P. Branch
D. Sancken J. Thompson
E. J. O’Connor Asbury Hall
W. C. Jones J. U. Jackson
A. F. Austin A. J. Schweers
P. M. Mulherin A. A. Thomas
8. Lesser G. J. Howard
W. Ed. Platt Juo. B. Tischer
W. Schweigert G. H. Howard
Thomas Murray.
A Kaleidoscopic
EPITOMIZING THE RESOURCES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND ADVANCEMENTS
THE SAVANNAH VALLEY AND CONTIGUOUS SECTIONS.
Unusually Large Premiums to
GOVERNOR W. J. NORTHEN, of Georgia,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER m
CONCERTS DAILY BY WORLD-FAMOUS MUSICIANS.
Each Day Distinctly Unique, Special Attractions and Diversions on the Grounds*
>u can see it in opera-
Sonnets Like a Romance—“Gathering Cotton by Machinery”—but j
tion at the AUGUSTA EXPOSITION, in a Field of
Gens. Gordon, Hampton, Braubroard,
Fitzhuoh Lrb, and other Prominent Ex-Uaulegeraies,
Infantrymen and Cavalrymen, Tuesday.
x-Canfedert
SB.
XXB,
, will
again meet their old followers.
SPREADING TRUTHS.
Augusta is today the best advertised city
in the Union. No exceptions to this fact are
admitted. None can be conscientiously
made.
Augusta is seen everywhere in print, her
resources are advertised, people talk of the
Electric City of the South, and capital looks
with appreciate eye on the city and country
that insure rich returns for investments.
The city is extensively and elaborately
advertised in the* Manufacturers’ Record,
the weekly aud daily papers of Georgia and
Carolina devote columns oi space to Augus
ta’s Exposition and to Augusta. The
Chattanooga Tradesman will so. n contain
extensive advertisements frotp here, and
The North American Review will, in an
early issue, devote four pages to Augusta.
But Augusta’s latent move—the tour of
the Exposition party—will probably bear
the greatest fruit. The East is the richest
section of our country, it is the banker for
the West and the South. Augusta has gone
amidst the bankers and capitalists, to invite
them to rich fields for investment. The
To Exhibit H.-re. press of New York and Boston is filled with
All who can furnish samples of field crops the story of Augusta and the Augusta Ex-
for the Sooth Carolina exhibit at the Au- position,
gusta Exposition will please forward the
same to Governor Tillman. His sugges- _____ _
tinns, we published last week, are good, and °" e presston.
we hope the farmers in all parts of the state The Augusta delegation who went North
will co-operate with the Clemson College several weeks ago to boom the Exposition
trustees in making a good exhibit for the have returned home. They made a power-
state at Augusta.—Orangeburg Ootton Plant ful impression np there.—Darien Qaaette.
Ilaiy Ept of Die Tear!
The Exposition Military Event, Nov. 5, 6 and 7, when $2876 will
Be Contested for by Infantrymen and Cavalrymen
of Georgia and Carolina.
NOVEMBER 19 and 20 the Savannah Valley Convention will again assemble, and
give new impetus to the River Improvement Plans, inaugurated so auspiciously in August*
Jan. 25 1888.
AN INTER-STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION, under the auspioes of
the Richmond -’ounty Sunday School Association, will participate iu au enjoyable prtK
gram FRIDAY and S YTURDAY, NOV. 13 and 14. A Grand Prize, for the best Clan
singing.
. . T T » Mr'tr n A V NOVEMBER 18.—Prominent AllUneemen of Georgia
' LL1 AlMC-c. Dft i alJ( j South Carolina will meet fraternally and hear ad
dresses by President Leonidas F. Livingston, of the Georgia State Alliance, and President
- Wm. Stokes, of the South Carolina State Alliance.
men of both States will
ent of thq S. T. A.,
DRUMMERS’ DAY—^r^thS?
and important matters will be discussed.
ima' A V THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 -Governor Tillman and
L* A K VJ I 1 IN *4 LflA i a number of prominent Carolinians will conduct an in
teresting program.
INTER S TATE ATHLETIC FIELD MEET, Monday and Tuesday, Nor.
9 and 10, will attract Athletes Irom all points. The program is elaborate and the
prizes liberal.
THE INTER-STATE CRYSANTHEMUM SHOW—Nov. 16,17 and 18.
Liberal Premiums Offered.
Splendid Racing Nov. n to Nov. 28.
Fleet-Footed Flyers will Compete for Libeial Parses.
'T*1_ ,.1^ CL Will Attract Fanciers from all Sections as the
A IlC till J C w HOW premiums are unusually generous.
The Railroads will sell yon a Ticket to the AUGUSTA EXPOSITION for
^JSTJEC OESSTT A* IMXLiHS