From Charleston conies the greeting of
the Charleston Chamber of Commerce
through St. John P. Kinloch, secretary and
treasurer. He states that at tiie- regular
meeting of the chamber on May Sth that
body in formal resolution resolved to accept
the invitation of tiie Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce to co-operat‘- in earnestly sup
porting the Cotton States and international
■ ( . ition. Th e resolutions ■
“Resolved, That the Charleston Chamber
i of Commerce take such steps to further the
object of that exposition by inuriai to
our members of congress; and also to the
legislature of the state to the end that the
resources of this state of every kind what
soever shall be conspicuously represented at
that time.”
Mr. Henry Hotter, secretary of the Mem
phis cotton exchange, encloses in a letter
to Secretary Sandvrs the ro: mitioris adopted
by the board of directors oi that exchai -.
They cite that the whole Mississippi valley
would be immensely b nelit'M
the trade south of the I nited States, give
the exposition uti'iiiaimcd c.> . /s- iii- ii.,
recommend that a fitting exhibition should
be made by Tennessee, ami imk the state
press to champion the enterprise ;u: I urge
the senati >rs and r< ■ ■■■ i that
state to favor the bill providing for a
national exhibit.
Secretary A. W. Willis, of the Nashville
Chamber of -' inmiercc, sends a c <p; of the
resolutions adopted bj’that bodv, wnicn are
very strong in their endorsement of the
enterprise and their reconnnendations w
congress to aid it.
