The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-30
The South on Exhibition.
The Resources, Agricultural.
Mineral and Timber Rich
es Displayed in Order
ly Array.
TIE GREATEST AND MOST
MAGNIFICENT EXPOSITION
EVER HELD IN THE
SOUTH.

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SOUTH.
"A Show That Everyone Should See
The questions most frequently asked con-
cerninc the Cotton States and International
Exposition, DOW in full completeness IN the
City of Atlanta, are. sis it werth going to
see ?'' and s.how does it compare with the
Worlds Fair?'' ;,
To the frst answer "Yes; decidedly yes. :"
If one can afford the expense Of the trip, 1t
will be neglecting the opportunity OF the Il,
deca de to fail to visit Atlanta and carefully
inspect the exhibits 10 detail The plaps OF
the Exposition were conceived on grand
scale, and the plaos have been executed 10
the last detail in magnificent manner. ihe
buildings are not merely vast halls for the
accommodation of heterogeneous collection
of tbs natural and manufactured products or
the South, but striking examples OF
architectural beauty and artistic colorlng,
so disposed on grounds that are strikingiy
beautiful, for nature and the art OF the
landscape gardener have united IN MAKING
them so, to make one harmonious whole.
From the central area and Clara Meer
the grounds rise in successive terraces,
green with closely mown grass, on either
hand and each terrace accommodates its
quota of buildings The view from the
summit of the higher terraces, across the
Exposition grounds, takes IN ut single
glance of the delighted eye, the varions
buildings, sparkling Clara Meer, the green
area, the gaudily colored and queerly shaped
structures on Midway Heights, and the bills
beyond, shaded by the blue baze in the far
away perspective. 1t is not, however, picture
Of still life, attractive simply on account OF the
innate beauty of the scene, but setting OF
beauty, filled with hurrying crowds in which
all types of men and women to be found
on the American continent, from Canada 10
the Argentine Repnblic, and quite frequently
the unspeakable Turk. with aowing robes
aud ;urbaned head, and the stolid-faced
Chinese are to be seen touching elbows with
the white man and the negro. The hum and
chatter OF machinery and the buzz of dyna-
mss float on The breeze from Machirery Hall
and the Electric Building.
s.Is the Exposition worth seeing?" Yes,
even if the great and Interesting city of At
lapta were not at its back
Read what President Collier says of the
influence of the Exposition on the future OF
the South and then ask yourself whether it
Is worth seeing
SIT is impossible to say what will be the
ultimate influence of the exposition on the
commerce of the Southeast. That it will be
widespread and lasting DO one can doubt.
But if We have an object lesson for the
world we have DO less lesson to learn our
selves. If we have invited those who are
our superiors now in a:anufactures TO display
their products at the Exposition it has been
TO the end that we may learn from them
wherein they excel and profit by their ex-
perience.
The people of the South are confident in
their strenhth to do and accomplish, aod
though they have been handicapped in some
ways they have 20 fear of the ultimate out
come of their struggle for commercial su-
premacy in certain lines. The future alone
will show al! that can be done in land ia
vored by nature by people who have shown
in the past that they know how to endure
and triumph over desolation, and who will
prove by their future that they can pass
safely though the still more trying dangers
of success. Whatever that future may un-
fold in the line of commercial prosperity, its
complete birth mus, Gate from the Cotton
States and International Exposition, which
stands witness to the world of the fact Of
orr Commercial! independence.
s.How does the Cotton States and
Exposition compare with
the Worlds Fair?'' Il is diff
cult matter to compare the two at
all, and impossible to make a comparison on
a basis fair to the Atlanta Exposition The
Worlds Fair was backed by the almost
bouudless influence of the National Govern
ment aud millions of i.s wealth, besides the
great wealth of Chicago. There was nothing
Iocal nor sectional, nor even National in the
conception and scope of the World's Fair.
It was continental, for it vas commemorative
of the discovery Of new world, and was in
tended TO show what this new world had act
complished after four hundred years Of devel-
opment. MoneJ was more than abundan.
and was spent without stint, and the whole
world was drawn on for exhibits All the
world was there and we of this generation
will never see its like again
The Cotton States and International Ex-
position was sectional in conception and was
intended to show 10 the remainder of this
country dpO kuc WOIIC sot SC tHe iCoo0'SSS3
present development and the possibilities Of
the South an6 Spanish American countries.
The National Government lent its coun,en-
ance, but not its influence, nor did it con-
tribute freely Of its wealth The city of At
lanta conceived and created the Exposition
and succeeded in interesting, not only this
country and South America, in the under
taking, bu, large portion of the world.
Atlanta's handiwork is good and she aud the
visiting thrones can behold it and declare it
good. The Worlds Fair was magnificent
for the world the Atlanta Exposition is
more than that for the South.
To particnlarize briefly and tell Of what
the Exposition consists can best be done By
the buildings.
The principal structures are the Admins
,ra,;on Bnilding. 4a0 feet long, so feet wide
and three stories in height Electrical Build
Jog, 260 fee, long, IS feet wide and l0s feet
20 the ceotre of dome; Machinery Building,
lls feet wide, 500 fee. long and 80 feet high:
Fine Arts Building, 245 feet long, 100 feet
wide and so feet high; Woman's Building
$50 feet long, l26 feet deep and 80 feet 10 top
of statue on ceotral dome; Transportation