The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-02
Wonders at the Fair.
Some Of the Most Important Build
ings---The Midway.
CORRESPONDENTS of The Daily Item

Correspondence of The Daily Item
ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. 26, 1895.
The thronps Of persons attending 'h+ Cot
ton States Exposition express in very decided
terms their appreciation of ,heFnlr commit
tees efforts to present p Thoroughly excellent
exhibit Of the resources CT the Southern States.
Thousands Of persons daily attend the en-
tar,ainmeuts offered at some triaiug price on
the exposition grounds.
Directly to the left of the entrance there
s,auds u handsome building known as the
Georgia Manufacturing Building. Although
ii is stil in course Of erection, there are many
wonderful exhibits therein It is undoubt
edly i. credit 10 the State of Georgia. Next
to this appears the California building Upon
entering i,s doors an odor of fruit greets the
nosttis Directly in the center Of the hall s
an immense structure reaching to the ceiling,
made enlirey of California oranges. Sur
rounding this are several more tastily deco
scene. in California 80 framed that they
dia,e from a hub like the spokes Of wheel,
acd visitor is n, liberty TO turn these spokes
to examine the scenes. Upon the walls
hang designs in frames, made .: The various
kinds Of nuts California produces. tower
OF bottles of olive oil stretches almost to the
ceiling The California bear is also exhibited
in stuffed condition.
The Machinery Hail holds many wonders
for one not familiar with machinery. Before
your eyes is made by wonderfully complica-
ted machinery, pair of suspenders, or silk
handkerchief, or some such article These
are sold "a souvenirs CT the fair. Among
the numerous exhibitors in the machinery
hall are Geo. Draper & Sons, the Singer Ma
chine Co and Henry Dissron s. Sons. Large
saws are manipulated, ahose The American
eagle slowly revolves, gazing down upon the
throngs Of interested visitors
very imposing structure is 'he Forestry
and Mining building. From distance,
built as it is of unfinished lumber, i, presents
a handsome appearance. Inside can be found
wonders in mining and beautiful collections
of rare woods.
The Mexican village is between this and
the auditorium Inside Of these gates are
portrayed io realistic light the typical Mex
ican settlement You are shown the bull
fights and various other peculiarities Of
Mexico.
There is scarcely building more hand
some than the Agricultural Hall, situated to
the left of the Auditorium !. is reached by
an immense figh, of steps, being upon high
elevation Within it's walls are very advan-
taeeously displayed the products of most
Southern states.
South Carolina is we'll represented by the
blank book exhibit Of Walker, Evans b Cogs-
we'll, Of Charleston. Although still in pre-
cess of erection, it can be plainly seen that it
viii be handsome and credltab'e display.
Arkansas has most beautiful exhibit occu-
pving large portion of the eastern balf of
the building. The Seaboard Air Line also
has very fne representation. Toward the
further end OF the Agriculture! Hall, Florida
holds sway, and shells and agricultural pro-
ductous OF our most southern state are beau.
tifully displayed.
The Midway contains many hidden mys.
teries. Ii is situated upon an elevation also,
and is reached by broad fight Of stairs.
To the left is the Dahomey village; to the
righ; the Mystic Maze. The latter consists
of dczecs Of Mirrors placed in various posi-
tons, SC that one who gets in among them
cannot tell where he ls Shooting the chutes
is amusement enough for the money. while
Chinatown seems to have taken possession of
two-thirds of the Midway The streets Of
Cairo give au exact representation of how the
Cairo streets appear, while the German vii
lage does the same for Germany. a ninia-
tore Ferris wheel is in running order, aud
although of very imposing height, cannot
coMDare with the original in general appear.