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and ascertain their views as to its importance 

 and as to the practicability of the contemplated 

 exposition. The reception given to Mr. Kim- 

 ball was so encouraging, he found so warm and 

 earnest a response to his request for exhibits 

 and subscriptions, that in April, 1881, the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen Joseph E. Brown, Samuel 

 M. Inman, H. I. Kimball, R. F. Maddox, B. E. 

 Crane, E. P. Howell, M. C. Kiser, R. J. Lowry, 

 Sidney Root, C. Wallace, J. F. Cumraings, W. 

 P. Inman, J. C. Peck, L. P. Grant, W. A. Moore, 

 G. J. Foreacre, Richard Peters, E. P. Cham- 

 berlain, J. F. Wheaton, J. R. Brown, W. H. 

 Young, Thomas Hardeman, C. H. Phinizy, 

 Joseph Sibley, of Georgia; J. W. Ryckman, 

 S. Bates, Richard Garsed, of Pennsylvania; 

 H. Baldwin, of Maryland; James L. Harvey, 

 of Virginia; R. Y. McAden, of North Caro- 

 lina; William Trenholm, of South Carolina; 

 J. Durr, of Alabama; S. Boyd, C. Bussey, L. 

 Ranger, of Louisiana ; Thomas Allen, William 



L. Black, "W. J. Paramore, of Missouri; Ed- 

 ward Atkinson, W. A. Burke, W. Gray, Jr., 

 George Draper, of Massachusetts; J. II. In- 

 man, Robert Tannehill, of New York; J. H. 

 McMullen, of Maine ; A. D. Lockwood, of 

 Rhode Island, and David Chadwick, of Lon- 

 don, England obtained a charter of incorpora- 

 tion under the laws of Georgia, with the name 

 of "The International Cotton Exposition," 

 with a capital of $200,000, in shares of $100 

 each, the object of such corporation being '" to 

 hold one or more expositions of the appliances 

 and machinery used in the cultivation, prepa- 

 ration, and manufacture of cotton and other 

 fibers ; together with exhibitions of cotton and 

 other fibers and fabrics, and whatever else is 

 directly or indirectly connected with or bene- 

 ficial to the cotton and other textile interests 

 of the United States and other countries." It 

 was determined that the first of the contem- 

 plated expositions should be held at Atlanta, 



INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPOSITION AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 



Georgia, opening October 5 and closing De- 

 cember 31, 1881. The officers of the organiza- 

 tion were as follows : 



President, Hon. Joseph E. Brown,* Georgia ; 

 first Vice - President, Robert Tannehill, New 

 York ; second Vice-President, Governor A. H. 

 Colquitt, Georgia ; third Vice-President, W. H. 

 Gardner, Alabama; fourth Vice - President, 

 William C. Sibley, Georgia; Treasurer, S. M. 

 Inman, Georgia ; Secretary J. W. Ryckman, 

 Pennsylvania; Secretary pro tern., J. R. Lewis, 

 Georgia; Director - General, H. I. Kimball, 

 Georgia. 



Soon after the organization had been com- 

 pleted, books wer"e opened for subscription to 

 the capital stock in Atlanta and other cities, 

 and the required amount was rapidly sub- 

 scribed. 



The chief control and supervision of all the 

 operations and affairs of the exposition was 

 wisely intrusted to Mr. H. I. Kimball, as Di- 



* In September, Senator Brown having resigned, Governor 

 A. H. Colquitt was elected president. 



rector-General, to whose administrative capa- 

 city, untiring energy, and zealous vigilance, 

 the success of the enterprise is largely due. 

 Committees of foreign representation, audit, 

 installation of exhibits, construction, engineer- 

 ing and machinery, agriculture, minerals and 

 wood, publication, transportation, awards, pub- 

 lic comfort, admission and protection, were 

 appointed, consisting severally of three compe- 

 tent members, in addition to the Executive 

 Committee of twenty-nine, and the Finance 

 Committee of five members. Hon. H. V. M. Mil- 

 ler, of Atlanta, Georgia, was appointed Foreign 

 Commissioner, and Hon. Thomas Hardeman, of 

 Macon, Georgia, was appointed American Com- 

 missioner. 



Application was made to the General Assem- 

 bly of the State of Georgia to make an appro- 

 priation in aid of the enterprise, which, though 

 fully appreciating its value and importance, the 

 Legislature was compelled to refuse, because 

 the Constitution of the State does not warrant 

 such a use of the public money. 



