The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-11

with the prince of the town-the clerk
The best idea is to have mail sent care
OF the general delivery and cali ut the
postotlice daily or after you get tc
| Nashville direct the pOstoilice to send
it to some place wferc you arc no,
| liable to have dozen people wanting
something at the same time.
BEST ROUTE TO NASHVILLE.
AS to routs that is largely matter
| OF location and preference. The Press
Association went over the Scahoard,
! the Western and Atlanta and the Nash
vile Chattanooga and ST. Louis and q
better route could not be chosen. Then
you can GO to Atlanta or Chattanooga
over the Southern or to Atlanta over
the Georgia. You either have to 90
to Atlanta or Chattanooga and from
Chattanooga to Nashville over tho
Nashville, Chattanooga and ST. Louis
ltoad. The fare over any OF the routes
Is the same from competitive points
and the traveller may select his line,
without additional expense, If through
connections are made. The roads from
Atlanta on run three or more trains
westward daili during the Exposition.
STYLE OF TIE EXPOSITION.
The Exposition itself is far too large
an enterprise to describe in this letter.
IT. Is better TO soc it than to have some
one tell you Of it. 70 begin with, one
exposition is very much like another
Atlanta was like Chicago and SO is
Nashville. The general impression is
very much the same. The buildings
present much the Same appearance,
being on the same general lines and
made OF frame, covered with "stuM."
The Nashville grounds arc, if. any
thing, prctticr than those Of Atlanta
Perhaps tho prctticst view OF the
grounds and tho best ensemble of the
buildings is to be had from the Rialto.
When it is stated that there are
forty-iivc buildings and thirteen main
buildings on the grounds the largcncss
of the subject may be appreciated. The
immense buildings are grouped about
the natural lake. The architecture is
;aricd, the auditorium is "colonial in
design and Ionic in treatment" the
mineral and forestry building is Of the
'ltoman-DOric order Of architecture. ~
The womans building is modelled
somewhat after the Hermitage" and
To this design some features Of Grcciun
architecture have been added with
pleasing effect" and so the many build
ings practically ill covered with white
stun, varying in size and architectural
lines, all go to make up the vast Cen
tcnnial city.
The main buildings arc: The Audito-
rum, the Administration building. the
Iarthcuon, History, Commerce, Min
erals and Forestry. Woman's building,
Childrcn's, Agriculture, Machinery,
Negro, Railway Exhibits, United
States Government, Transportation
Hygiene and Education, Knoxville,
Illinois, Cincinnati, Louisville, and
then comes the score of smaller build
ings and those on the Midway, or, us
they call it in Nashville, "Vanity
Fair"
TIE PARTHENON.
The Parthenon is considered the
piece de resistance, architccturully
speaking, and the reports give this dc
scriptiOn Of that structure:
In the centre of the park, and on an
elevated terrace, is the Parthenon or
Fine Arts Building. AS the Parthe-
non, designed under the direction Of
Phidias and Ictinus, in the time Of
Pcriclcs, at Athens, was the chief
glory of all architecture, SO the Par
thcnOn of the Tennessee Centennial
Exposition is the pride and chief glory
of the Centennial group. AS it is to
contain invaluable works of art, it will
be lire-proof, with stone foundation,
concrete floor, brick walls, and glass
roof in steel frame; the exterior being
ornnmcnted in nodded staff in imitation
of the original. It's iifty-eight futcd
columns, and every detail possible, arc
true to the original in design and col
oring. There is II large door at either
end, opening upon the double c0lumned
pOrticOs, but no windOws-light being
obtained through the glass roof and
from myriads of incandcsccnt lamps.
The sculpture to be placed on the
pcdimcnts mctopcs and friczc arc in
imitation Qf the original, and arc in
nodded stan, furnishing an object les
son in classic architecture not hereto
fore seen in this country. In front of
the Parthcnon will be erected Il statue
of l'allas Athcnc, which, with the ! G.
dcstal, W i'll be forty feet high. Around
the ParthcnOn all of the other beauti-
ful cdiiiccs are clustered. So it was
when the original was created by the
immortal lctinus and decorated by the
unrivallcd Phidins. As their creation
was the crowning glory Of the Acropo-
lis, SO Will this, ITS counterpart, erected
twcnty-fOur centuries later, excel any
in this constellation Of beautiful build
Nashville, known as the "Athcns Of the
South" should be the iirstto reproduce
the ancient Greek temple in all its ar
tistic beauty.
SIZE OF BUILDINGS.
Some idea of the size Of the buildings
may be had by giving the dimensions
OF q few of tho structures, which are;
Minerals and FORESTRY building, 40C
by l25 feet, and an annex, altogether
ailording about II 900 square feet; Ma.
chincry Hall, 375 by 1873 feet. with
about $1,000 square feet; Agricultural
building, 525 by Us feet, with 100000
square feet; transportation building
400 by 120 fcct-50, 600 square feet
Commerce building, 50l by 256 feet. and
extensions, about 100000 square feet
Administration building; Woman's
building, 100 by 85 feet; Auditorium
with seating capacity for 5000.
THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
If yon were to ask which is the most
interesting building on the grounds il
would be proper to consider varying
tastes in making reply. But all i'm ali
the United States Government building
is by far the most interesting, general