The  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition,  held  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in
1904,  was  really  the  first  great  fair  in  which  Georgia  was  ade-
quately represented.  The  legislature  made  an  appropriation  of
$50,000  for  an  exhibit  of  the  State's  resources.  Here  also  for  the
first  time  Georgia  had  a  state  building,  modeled  after  the  home  of
Gen.  John  B.  Gordon  at  Kirkwood,  near  Atlanta.  A  resolution,
passed  by  the  general  assembly  on  Dec.  2,  1901,  provided  for  the
appointment  of  commissioners  and  also  directed  the  governor
to  appoint  an  advisory  board  of  two  from  each  Congressional
district.  Hon.  Dudley  Hughes  of  Danville,  president  of  the  Geor-
gia Agricultural  Society,  was  appointed  commissioner-general;
Glascock  Barrett,  of  Atlanta,  assistant  commissioner-general ;  Hon.
O.  B.  Stevens,  commissioner  of  agriculture,  secretary  and  treas-
urer; Prof.  W.  S.  Yeates,  state  geologist,  executive  commissioner;


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R.  F.  Wright,  assistant  commissioner  of  agriculture  and  F.  B.
Gordon  of  Columbus,  commissioners.  The  advisory  board  con-
sisted of  P.  A.  Stovall,  of  Savannah ;  John  M.  Eagan,  of  Savannah ;
E.  L.  Rainey,  of  Dawson;  J.  P.  Cocke  of  Leesburg;  Dr.  L.  H.
Chappell,  of  Columbus;  Harry  Fisher  of  Newnan;  Oliver  Porter
of  Porterdale ;  Dr.  J.  D.  Turner  of  Atlanta ;  W.  J.  Kinkaid  of  Grif-
fin; A.  B.  Shaver  of  Jackson ;  W.  J.  Neal  of  Rome ;  Dr.  T.  H.  Baker
of  Cartersville ;  McAlpine  Thornton  of  Cartersville ;  Jas.  M.  Smith
of  Smithonia;  Dr.  J.  F.  Erwin  of  Blairsville;  H.  M.  Franklin  of
Tennille ;  E.  B.  Hook  of  Augusta ;  Col.  J.  F.  DeLacy  of  Eastman ;
W.  S.  Humphries  of  Quitman;  John  A.  Cobb  of  Americus;  Jas.  B.
