The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-09-06


Sary to cite the fact that while the construc
| ton of these buildings was going on immense
muItitudes thronged the Park every SUNDAY.
They paid twenty-five cents; came @ IN severe ire
weather, without the possibility OIL snelter III
case of rain or storm.
The work went on day and night, includ'
Ing Sundays and Sunday nights.
| "These high and dry grounds were raised oy
dredging the water and throwing out the
sand, and by bringing millions OF car loads OF
sand from the country.
MANY of these bui uildings are standing more
or less over Lake Mich igan. Agricultural
the water. They stand Oh piles. The piles
are boarded up and hold these high and hard
walks In place.
the Fair is over. The iron arches In most Of
these buildings have been sold to corpora
tions for union depots or other structures.
thrown into the cellars TO level them up.
The grounds belong 10 the city, and the con-
tract requires the trash to be cleared away
and the cellars TO be filled, as far as tho plas'
"All the statuary that yon see has been sold
to a firm in New York. Forfeit money has
been deposited to secure the sale.
"You see the gliding on the dome OF the iad ad,
and cost 100000. 1t is, you know, a reprnduc'
tlon, in architecture. OF the dome at WASH
ington."
OUR SUNDAYS
Thanking the guard for his talk and for the
Ice water which he gave US TO drink from MS
battered tin bucket, sought the depot OIL the
elevated road and was soon on tne way 70
1.-THE Mecca" where rejOincd our party, ana
we all went sightseeing In one OF the beau
tifnl parks. .,,
Sundays were spent Neither day looked ilke
Sunday at all, except that sweet hour OF pray
er which was spent at church. In the parks
we found saint and sinner mingling together
In the great mass or humanity Wnich was
everywhere to be seen resting on h tme srass, sns
grounds, or driving In vehicles OF every Kinu.
The other visitors being 30 determined on
their own pleasure 9nr @ crowd had ID. 70 waik sht.
Gle. The naughty Sabbath beakers mud hireo
them all before we got there.
THE FAIR WILL MAKE MORE PAUPERs THAN
THE FIRE.
The people and the city of Chicago made
great preparations for the worlds FAIR.
MANY hotels and other houses were built 10
accom- modate visitors and to supply the con-
seQ uent demand for business houses.and tne
supply has been In excess OF the demand
Every body thought that board wouia not oe
aration and the sharp competitor mas reduced
the prices to the lowest figures. 4 practical
business man said 10 us that the Fair would
make more paupers than the hre IN loO;
While II Is true that many people Will be
ruined ln estate, yet 1t is a fact that many
A conspicuous Instance of fickle fortune is
where a large building. In half compiet,ed .,sN
state, has been abandoned. On this building
half q million dollars was expended. NO
more money could be had and the whole Is
lost Very near 70 THIS Immense strnStIrS rue. st6
OO0. The net profits over running expenses ls
said to be about So 200 day. The conductor
or superintendent who took the Press Asso.
hat a rNr
paw for Its entire cost. and leave bank &C.
count sufficiently large to move II 70 any
other city to which its owner might elect TO
take this great wheel.
THE VALUE OF CITY LOTS.
The post Office square, which our informant
stated was "a big acre." was sold for twenty
five million dollars. At the time OF the sale
u syndicate was making preparations 70 pny
It at twenty::eight million dollars: he aiso
could not be bought with all the SILVER dollars
that could set upon them edgewise.
coURTEs1Es TO THE PRESS.
The Worlds Fair Commissioners invited the
Press Association to their elegant apart
nents. Col. Hoyt spoke In behalf OF the AS
ISOLATION and various members OF the Com
mission made speeches. o..
tea one evening In the New York building:
This was a tony affair, and the ladies MADE u
exceedingly pleasant for the Press, ana each
one felt that II was special honor TO be there.
The ladies made 1t a delightful occasion for
those of us who had come from Dixie.
THE FRIENDS WHOM WE MET.
During all our rambling over the grounds
we found only five persons whom we Knew
nS Mr.. Z. o. Orchard formerly of Ninety-si1
who Is now resident Of the city, and In the
Mr.. T6os. b. Parker Of AbbevIlle was seen
we met Dr.. Millwee of Greenwood for a
second, but had scarcely time to exchange q
word with him when he was out oi Mgnt ..
Prof. D. B. Johnson Of Columbia was met
In the electric building, and AFTER a Word or
two we separated, and SO 1t was that we sa"
Mr.. John Cothran, conductor on the g., G.
two.
LOOKING AT THE PRINTING PRESSES.
The editor of the Press and Banner had In
view when he went to the city the buying o!
a fast Job press, and the presses were looked
amer. AS far as we were able TO judge the
Babcock Standard No. 8 came nearer answer
Ing our demands than any other. u was list'
| ed at 81 $40, bRt the manufacturers ION ac,
count or the hard times" were willing 70 SCI.
it for ssl2. and said II pressed, "they wouldn,i
let the Ell ira twelve dollars break up trade.
about one hundred and fifty per cent. and
Concluded ION account OF the hard times"
that I would pospone the buying or any
presses for the present. I have frst class
power Campbell press. and hall ne9ium
will do all the work that will likely get u
do, and will not buy any other presses 1or
while at least. The plan of listing presses 81
about double the selling price Is CONFUSING
and makes one afraid to buy.
DIVIDING INTo MISUNDERSTANDING THE
SUPERSTITION ABOUT THIRTEEN.
Our party Of pinety.two, divided up into
groupes of one or n,ore. Col. J. A. Hoyt, Jas.
| Howl, IT., Miss Hoyb Miss Mauldin and Mrs
Henry OF Greenville, Mr.; and Mrs. ]; F.
Boggs, and Mr.. Eugene Alexander or PICK
ems Miss Clarke Cothran a11,,,a and Mr.. Sa%S' M
Bali, Miss Ball, and Miss Watts OF Laurens
Mr.. Brown of Converse College, and the Press
and Banner made one groupe which was SUB
divided as occasion or lncllnation diTeetea
Sometimes all dlned together, and sometimes
q less number assembled around the board
While some were superstitioqs about thirteen
dining at the same table, yet they remeIn
bered that they were IN Chicago, where the
ordinary rules of life were not prevailing,
WE DIDN'T SEE ALL.
Let It be understood that we did not see all
| the Fair, and that there was much IN Chicago
With WHICH we are unacquainted; that we
make no pretepse al giving an accurate de-
scription OF anything:
AS IGNORANT AS AN ALLIANCE LECTURER
| The truth is, we know nothing at al
about the greatest show that was eyer seer
est city In the United States does not exceed
our Information about the Fair: We know. o
no possible way Of conveying to the reader
our utter lack or in formation about these
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