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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