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INTRODUCTION.
In presenting this edition to
our readers, it will not be out of
place to preface it with a brief in¬
troductory.
What is the object in issuing
the paper? Tis this: Your read¬
ers all know of the Tennessee Cen¬
tennial Exposition now being
held in Nashville,
There is no better means
through which the people can so
easily keep pace with the rapid
march of science and art in every
branch of business, where they
can see the developments of the
resources of our great country, as
they are constantly being brought
to light from new fields, and
where the possibilities and capa¬
bilities of our Southland can be
better demonstrated, than at an
Exposition. That is, a national
»nd international one, as the Ten¬
nessee Exposition has been made
by the voice of the country, the
general government, and the for¬
eign countries that are here so
well represented. On the other
hand, the investor, with his capi¬
tal, waiting a promising opportu¬
nity to place it to his satisfaction,
nnd the home seeker from the
Korth and West, contemplating a
removal for many reasons to a
clime more congenial than his
present home, both seek an Expo
fition as a place where they can
lee and hear much of interest,
looking to the end they have in
dew.
To a people living in a section
)f country as rich in agricultural,
Manufacturing, mineral, and oth
tr possibilities as are the coun
lies traversed by the Georgia
'Jtailroad and its branches, we pre
sent an account of the Exposition
in general, its main buildings
ind their contents, showing in so
many ways the vast wonders and
improvements of the present age,
and buildings in which all, young
and old, male and female, can see
to many object lessons of great
help in every walk of life; we tell
|ou also of the attractions to be
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BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
seen when you tire of the graver
things; and then we ask you to
read the account of the exhibit of
the Georgia Railroad. There you
can and will learn much of the un¬
developed possibilities of your
own country, and we think you
will realize that if you give your
cordial support to the road in
their endeavor to upbuild your
country it will be equally as
much for and to your inter¬
est as to the railroad, and that
by thus working in close unity
you will soon show that not only
is Georgia the Empire State of
the South, but that Middle East
ern Georgia, the counties
through which the Georgia road
runs, will be the empire section of
the State in manufactories, agri¬
culture, truck farming, dairying,
and other interests.
Go to Nashville and carefully
study the scene there presented,
and we believe the great majority
of our readers will return home
fully indorsing all we have said to
them in this introductory.
To the investor and home seek¬
er into whose hands a copy
of this paper may fall, , ,, we say
to you, as we have to our home
people: The Exposition is an in
structor. Go there! Y r ou will
s< -e many inducements that the
South has to offer you. A ou
will hear of desirable homes
in many quarters of the South.
Look well into them all; but be
fore tain making your of the^eorgm final choice, Rail ob j
a copy
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take a trip over the road, and we
w jn leave the decision in your
hands without further argument,
CRAWFORDVILLE, GA„ FRIDAY, JULY 9. 1897.
Tennessee Centennial
Exposition
At Nashville, is an International
Exposition that Should
Be Seen
By Everyone of the South—Open
until Nov. 1 , 185 ) 7 .
The year 1896 was the one hun
dredth anniversary of Tennessee’s
admission into the Union. The
people of Nashville and of the
State conceived the idea of hold
ing an Exposition to show the
changes in the State from the pio¬
neer days down to the present
time. The project soon took
shape, and success was asssured
on the original lines; buttheywere
soon obliterated, the general dt
mand being that the Exposition
should be made a national one.
The plans and scope were accord
iugly changed; and Tennessee has
presented to her sister States not
only an interstate Exposition, but
an international one; an Exposi
worthy of a State which has
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during . the , bright , . , years of the . cen
fury past, but especially subse
quent to those dark days of the
sixties, when so much of her terri
tory was overrun by the contend
in K arm 'ies, whose swords are now
turned to plowshares; an Exposi
i„ n at which is seen on all side
the rap.d growth of the industries, |
re8 °' ,rce8 , and labilities of the \
a f>o, shown by the exhibits from
all sections of our country and the
handiwork of the artisan from
many foreign lands.
'The grounds chosen for the Ex
position are naturally beautiful,
but the genius of man has assisted
nature. Flowers and shrubs of
“ a thousand dyes ” have been
tastefully arranged. Two lakes,
“ Watauga ” and “ Kathrine,” re
lieve the broad vista of emerald
green; and the Venetian gondolas
upon the dark waters of Lake Wa¬
tauga rival in grace the majestic
swan which floats upon its broad
bosom. Arbors have been con
strutted, under whose cool shade
the visitor may rest, enchanted by
the sweet strains of music and the
beauty of the landscape. There
are eleven main buildings, bear
ing the following appropriate Machin-1
names : “Agriculture,” “
ery,” “Minerals and Forestry,” j
“ Commerce,” “ Transportation,”
“ Hygiene and Education, Gov
emment,” “ Parthenon,” “ Worn
an’s. ft it Children's,” and A Negro,”
all of which we will briefly de
scribe.
The Agricultural Buildisg
525 in 175 feet in dimension, with
its imposing facade and towering
dome, makes an impressive appear
mice as you approach it from the
Rialto. Here are to be found elab
orate and most artistically ai
ranged exhibits not only of agri
cultural products but of agricul
fZlr . mn hin pJ^lTl^ t( h( ,,„
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the 8eedg in the gPOund , colttvata
(o harve(jt ti and finaJ1 gather
and p rC pare the crop for market.
The display of Tennessee's agri
cultural resources is on a grand
scale, and aids much in showing
up the wonderful possibilities of
T e South. To the expected vis
or we say: If you are agricultu
rally inclined, you can spend a day
i in this building and then not be
fully versed in all the lessons
which it contains.
We cannot refrain from calling
attention to the magnificent
rations of this building, for it is
by far the most elaborate, most
consistent, and at the same time
artistic effect in decorations to be
.found at the Exposition. One
cannot realize until he sees this
what wonderfully handsome de
signs can be wrought from the
raw agricultural materials, elab
orate pictures being worked
out entirely of the different ce
reals, and producing a result most
lifelike and pleasing in the ex
treme.
Machinery Ham..
.'575 by 138 feet in dimension. J
llere is seen most complete work- j
ing machinery of every descrip
Hon, the building well filled witii
,lu ‘ mechanical display and con
taining many recent inventions
:ind improvements, which will be
of interest to any one interested
in machinery; and not only those
who are already interested, but
one who is entirely unfamiliar
with machinery cannot fail to)
have his wonder and admiration I
excited when he has thns brought!
before him the intricate, and at
all times wonderful inventions
and devices of men who have
made a lifetime study of labor
diurges, etc., wliicli now nggre
gate the amount of ubout |12.
This subject alone is well
worthy of a long article, but must
be seen to be appreciated, and is
of itself worth, to those interested
in cotton, a trip to the Exposition.
!hk Minkhai.s and Fokkstry
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ils original size of 520 by 124
feet not being sufilcient to auoom
module exhibits in the two lines
designated, the management some
time since added an annex 72 by
120 feet, in this und the main
building, Tennessee, Alabama,
and Georgia principally are ap
parently, from their exhibits.
| striving for supremacy. It is,
however, a friendly rivulry, ail
working for the development and
upbuilding of the South. The ex¬
hibits found here are both inter
eating and attractive, and more
than one lesson can be learned
from the great possibilities here
shown of the South’s practically
undeveloped wealth. We must
(,|.j e tly refer to the exhibit of ths
Htate of <ieor^ia. In minerals
^lay^ ai 1( j woods here exhibited it
what mines of wealth have
| a j„ undeveloped and unknown at
our feet for centuries or more;
but, with our present knowledge
a , 1( j (he developments constantly
„ lade> we feel tLat the future of
, (|e ^ tattJ brighter than ever
bofope The main thing now need .
ed is capital for development and
immigration to assist in building
up our waste places.
Tub Commerce Bijimuno.
The largest and, some think, the
most magnificent building on the
grounds. Its length is 500 feet,
and at the T 315 feet deep. A
dome in the center rises one hun
dred and seventy-five feet, and
from its top is afforded a grand
view of the grounds and of the
surrounding country. in this
are to be found the ex
of manufactures and liberal
and the display here seen em
braces all of the best that pertains
articles making up the com
of the world. The indus-
and money-saving machinery to
the Houthorn people, and espe
daily those engaged in the grow
ing and handling of cotton, there
is a new field for thought, and
speculation in the exhibit being
made of a process for baling and
compressing cotton into the much
talked-of cylindrical or round
bales. Here they are substantial
ing their claims that this system
is by far the most economical,
cleanly, and without a doubt the
managing most satisfactory the cotton crop,and process fur j
one
revolution which will in necessarily the cotton produce industry. aj I
1 he machine for making the new
bales was shown in a compari
lively crude state at the Atlanta
Exposition, and even then was
one of the leading attractions. |
It is now perfected, and success
has crowned the efforts of the pro
moters, among whom we find the
names of some of the most promi-;
nent men of the country, they hav
ing confidence sufficient in the en
terprise to invest in it the sum of
fO,000,000. The company claim
that they have already in success
fnl operation large plants in Tex-j
as and other cotton growing j
States, all of which method promise to |
adopt in time this exelu
sively. They declare a saving of
several dollars pei bale will be
the result, which, from the plant
er’s point of view, is a most inter I
possibility. This claim is
upon the theory that the
gets for his cotton the
price paid by the manufacturer,
less the cost of baling, ties, bag
handling, hauling, compress
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