The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-17

City-Ptedmont Park, tho Exposition
Site-The Negro Exhibit an Unique Fea-
ture-GenerOus Interest Of the Southern
Railway in Promoting Its Success. South
ern Railway Building and Exhibit.
Thirty-one years ago Atlanta, Ca,
was left but little more than a heap
of smOuldering ashes by Sherman's
army when it took up it's famous
'March to the Sea-" To-day it is the
most flourishing and enterprising city
of the South, and its variOusly and
aptly termed the Gate City. the Chi
cago, the Metropolis of the South.
The enterprise and public spirit of
her citizens are well illustrated by the
fact that in the midst of an universal
financial and commercial depression
she has undertaken, almost single
handed, to hold an exposition so NAM
moth in proportions, and so wide in
it's scope as to richly merit the title of
"COttOn States and international"
which was formally opened by the
President of the United States on the
18th day of September and continue
until the last day of this year.
Piedmont Park contains about two
hundred acres, diversified by hills and
valleys closed with foliage and trees
and presenting an ideal picture of
Southern effulgence.
The natural beauty of this ideal site
for such purpose has been largely
augmented by the expenditure of over
two millions of dollars by the mana
gers of the exposition in buildings,
roads, artificial lakes, ETC., and when
complete, visitors will doubtless be
greatly surprised, not only by the su-
perb beauty of the park but by the
grandeur and completeness of this
great Southern exposition.
An unique feature will be the Negro
building, really beautiful structure
100 by 300 feet, occupying a prominent
site among many other handsome and
imposing structures, which is finished
and the exhibit is being rapidly and
Systematically arranged. It will be
the first opportunity ever afforded the
African race to exhibit the progress it
has made, under the sunlight of thirty
years of enlightenment and freedom,
in the arts of civilization.
Another large building of pleasing
architectural features is that Of the
Southern Railway, which will contain
an elaborate and complete exhibit of
the mineral, forest and other products
of the South, more especially along it's
lines, which permeate every part of
that section of the country.
| The Southern Railway is in fact a
combination of all the principal roads
of the South under a single manage
ment, with headquarters at Washing
ton, D. c., and has manifested a more
generous interest in the success of the
Exposition and is more intimately and
closely connected with its management
than all other roads to and from At
lanta combined, and with it's lines
reaching every part of the South, with
perfect through connections with the
Pennsylvania and other first-class
roads to the East and West, and enioy-
ing the exclusive privilege of landing
passengers directly in the Exposition
grounds and of running trains between
Atlanta and Piedmont Park, is fully
competent to handle all the increased
travel and traffic incident to the Expo-
sltion and second to no other road in
the country in equipment, speed and
safety appliances, Including Halls
Electric Track Signals, it may be re-
garded as an indispensable factor in
the success of the Atlanta Exposition,
which now seems fully assured, and
doubtless the great bulk of visitors
travel over the lines of this great rail-
road corporation.