The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-10-04
dElfrENN1AL NOTES

CEaTENN1AL NOTES
The Tennessee Centennial EXPOSE
fien will opefa at Nashville Sept. I, 1895,
and close Nov: / 1895
The occasion of the Exposition is tbs
one hundredth anniversary OF the birth
OF the State as sovereign member OF
the Union of States.
The management of the Tennessee
Eentefffiial fI6ss has IN bank &200, a00f OF
which $50. 600 was subscribed BY the
citizens of Nashville, and $4,000 by the
county of Davidson. This fund viii be
used for the erection of buildings only.
The dedication of the Centennial Ex-
position Will take place on the AFTER
noon Of Oct. g. with elaborate ceremo-
MES. The citizens of Nashville and the
State militia will participate. There
will be patriotic addresses by well-
known men, brass bands and artillery
and infantry salutes.
The municipality of Nashville will,
Gh Get. 10, increase the Centennial fund
by sfGh;e00l ThetA is n6 opposition
to the proposition and the vote win be
almost unanimous. This will give the
handsome sum of $500. 600 TO go toward
the construction Of the mammoth Ex-
position buildings.
Director General Lewis has set apart
q beautifully shaded and improved site
on the Centennial Exposition grounds
for the Knights OF Pythias of Nashville,
who viii erect d magnificent building
in which they VIII entertain Visiting
knights and tfeif families from all over
the world during the Exposition:
Two striking exhibits at the Centen-
NAL will come from East Tennessee.
One will be sn arch of native marble
spanning the principal approach to the
grounds, and the other q laISe building
on the grounds constructed entirely 0E
native coal, ornamented with native
onyx and covered with native slate.
The Centennial grounds are located
two miles west of the centre of Nash
vile, fiji full view Of. the capitol, and
Comprises 200 .acres Of blue grass land,
improved with lakes, running streams'
shade trees, shrubbery and macadam-
lied walks and drives. The property is
optioned to the city for a public park
at 1895, 900.
At the dedication of the Centennial
Exposition on Oct. g. the corner stone
of the Fine Arts Building will be laid
This edifice will be an exact reproduce
ens; which for $500 years has stood as
the chief glory of all architecture. The
reproduction will be decidedly the most
attractive building ever erected at an
exposition.
The management of the Exposition is
giving every possible encouragement
toward having the counties of the State
exhibit their own resources at the Cen
tenniaL If possible, this will be made
the chief feature, and to that end each
county is asked to create q sum of
Bif ~ r1rixv fo SIIh inf
or through the COUNTY Court. to be used
solely in making tie exhibit. The
grounds and the opportunity for dis.
play before a vast audience is provided
by the management.
The design and working model for a
unique device for the Tennessee Cen
tennia1 has been proposed by j. G.
Wharton, of Nashville, and accepted
by the Director General 1t is to be
great crown, sixteen feet in diameter,
constructed of metal, thickly studded
with electric light globes SO as to spell
the words Tennessee Centennial, 1885,"
any way 1t is turned. The crown will
revolve upon the highest tower of the
Exposition, and at night the blazing
words can be read for miles.
The children Of Tennessee, independ-
emily of their work for the Children's
Building at the Centennial Exposition
of set of Ginning bells to be placed
in the tower of that building and play
ed upon at intervals every day during
the Exposition, and to become a per-
manent institution thereafter. Dimes
for this fund will be accounted for if
sent to Miss Mary Laura Champe, Sec
rotary Children'S Chimes Centennial
Committee. Nashville.
The directors of the Masonic Home
eaf a hp 1oa Of
establishing children's auxiliary socie-
ties for the raising of a fund with
which to erect a Children's Building on
the Exposition grounds. State Super
intendent of Public Instruction Gill
breath estimates that the children Of
Tennessee will raise more than sec, 900
for this fund, by each giving 25 cents,
by the proceeds of entertainments and
by soliciting among parents and teach
ers. If so, there will not be a building
that will surpass it, and it will be the
grandest monument ever erected to the
thrift of children.
The main structures at the Centen-
NAL Exposition will be known as the
Fine Arts. Useful Arts, Agriculture,
Electricity, Transportation, Minerals,
Forestry, Machinery and Horticul-
ture buildings, the Woman's building
the Childrens building and the Audi
forum. Besides, there will be fifty
counties. States and foreign countries
for their exhibits, numerous restau-
rants and theatres and quaint villages
of curious people, making in all a dis
play never surpassed, with the single
exception Of the Worlds Fair at Chi
cage.
The terrace, or Acropolis, on which
the Parthenon is to stand at the Gen.
tennial Exposition, is nearing COM
pletion and over 100 men and twenty
teams are working on it daily. The
two lakes on the grounds are at the
same time being enlarged and the
earth removed is placed upon the ter
race, which stands between the larger
lake and military plaza of ten acres.
The other main buildings will form a
great circle around the Parthenon, the
lake and the plaza. In front of the
Parthenon will stand a statue of
Athene, and in its rear there will be
two rows of majestic f1uted columns,
marking a broad avenue leading to
the Liberal Arts Building.
The Centennial Exposition has
passed beyond the stage Of doubt. The
Exposition will be held and it will be
without question the grandest fair in
the way of a strictly State Exposition
ever inaugurated. The city of Nash
VILE alone has assured that. It now
rests with other cities and the coun-
ties of Tennessee to say how great the
Centennial shall be. Besides the patri-
otto celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary of the State, an opportUn-
ity will be offered for placing the re-
sources and products of Tennessee be-
fore the world that may never come
again until other less favored States
have outstripped her in the race Of
progress and she is left with the lag