The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-06-16

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CT twc rips might vel; ne made over the
electric street car line which more access
Bile, SC as 10 see the beautiful residences chi
a par; G.. the city proper.
Don't have your mail sent to any Of the
hotels, at least 10 not do so until you get
there and arrange matters with the prince
of the town-the clerk The best idea is 10
have mail sent care of the general delivery
ge, to Nashville direct the postottice 10 seod
it TO some place where you are not liable TO
have dozen people wanting something at
the same time.
BEST ROUTE To NASHVILLE.
As torouteS that is largely matter OF
location and preference. The Press AsSo-
cation went over the Seaboard. the Western
and Atlanta and the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St Louis snd a better route could not
be chosen. Then you can go 10 Atlanta or
Cha tanooga over the Southern or 10 Atlanta
over the Georgia You either have TO 20 TO
Atlanta or Chattanooga and from Chattanooga
TO Nashville over the Nashville, Chattanooga
and ST Louis Road. The fare over any OF
the routes is the same from competitive
points aud the traveller may select his line,
withou, additional expense, ifthrough con-
nec;ions are made. The roads from Atlanta
run there or more trains westward daily,
during the Exposition.
STYLE or THE EXPOSITION.
The Exposition itself IS far too large an
enterprise to scribe in this letter. tits
better to see it than 10 have some one tell
YOU Of it, To 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 appear
Bnce, being on the same general lines and
made oftrame, covered with ''stutf. The
Nashville grounds are, if anything, prettier
| than those Of Atlanta. Perhaps the pretti-
est view Of the grounds and the best ensem-
bic of the buildings is to be had from the Rial
TO.
When it is stated that there are forty
FIVE buildings and thirteen main buildings
on the grounds the largeness Of the subject
| may be appreciated. The immense build
ings are grouped about the natural lake.
The architecture is varied, the auditorium is
| colonial in design and Ionic in treatment,
the mineral and forestry building IS OF the
| "Romau-Doric order Of architecture. The
woHan'S building is modelled somewhat
afte1 the Hermitage and to this design some
features of Grecian architecture have been
added with pleasing effect, and so the
D--cy rildings practically all covered with
! white stuff va, ling in size and architectural
| lines, all X to make up the vast Centennial
city.
The maia buildings are: The Auditorium,
the Administrator building, the Parthenon,
History Commerce Minerals and Forestry,
Woman building, Chrildren's. Agriculture,
AIachir cry, Negro, Railway Exhibits, Uni
| ted States Governm ent, Transportation, Hy-
giene and Education. Knoxville, Illinois,
Cincinnati, Louisville, and then comes the
score of smaller buildings and those on the
Midway, or, as they call 1t IN Nashville,
Vanity Fair.
THE rARTHESoS.
The Parthenon is considered the piece de
resistance, architecturally speaking, and the
reports give this description Of that struct-
ure:
In the centre of the park, and on an ele-
waited terrace, is the Parthenoon or Fine
Arts Building. As the Parthenon, de-
signed under the direction of Phidias and
ictiLus, in the time OF Pericles, at Athens,
was lie chief glory Of all architecture, 50
the Parthenon of the Tennessee Centen-
NAL Exposition is the pride and chief glory
of the Centennial group. As it is to contain
invaluable works Of art, it will be fire
proof, with stone foundation, concrete
floor, brick walls, and glass roof in steel
frame: the exterior being ornamented il
nodded stuff in imitation of the original.
It's fifty-eight huted columns, and every de-
tail possible. are true to the original in de-
sign and coloring There is large door at
either end. opening upon the double column
ed porticos. but no windows-ight being OBJ
tanned through the glass roof and from myr;
lads Of ;ncandescent lamps
The sculpture to be placed on the pedi-
ments metopes and frieze are iu imitation Of
the original, and are in nodded staff, fur
nishing an object lesson in classic archltec.
ture not heretofore seen in this country. In
front of the Parthenon will be erected stat
ue of Pallas Athene, which, with the pedest-
al, will be forty feet high. Around the Par
thenon all of the other beautiful edihces are
clustered. So it was when the original was
created by the immortal Ictinus and decorat-
ed the unrivaled Phidias. AS their creation
was the crowning glory of the Acropolis, so
will this, It's counterpart, erected twenty-tour
centuries later, excel any in this constella-
ton of beautiful buildings. 1t is q notable
coincidence that Nashville, known as the
"Athens Of the South" should be the first TO
reproduce the ancient Greek temple in all
its artistic beauty.
SIZE OF BUILDINGS.
Some idea of the size of the buildings may
be had by giving the dimensions Of few of
the structures, which are: Minerals and
Forestry building, 400 by l25 feet, and an
annex, altogether atfording about 1000
square feet Machinery Hall, 575 by l3S
feet, with about $4,000 square feet; Agricul-
ture building 525 by l75 feet, with 100000
square feet; Transportation building, 4OOby
l2O feet-50,000 square feet; Commerce
building, 59l by 256 feet, and an extension
of about 100000 square feet; Administra-
ton building: Woman's building, l60 by S.
feet; Auditorium, with seating capacity for
5000.
THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
If YOU were 10 ask which is the most inter-
esting building on the grounds II would De
proper to consider varying tastes in making
reply. But all in all the United States Gov
ernmeut building is by far the most interest
ing, general and elaborate Of all in It's dis
plays. It's an exhibition in itself, embrac-
ing department Of war and marine exhibits,
department Of zoology and piscatory, de-
partment of art and science, o department OF
ancient and mode-1 history, department OF
invention, a department Of philatella and
department. OF finance.
Every department is complete, the Govern
ment havit G spent years in securing and ar
ranging the exhibits. For instance, the war
department displays specimen uniforms Of
the soldiery from the days Of the Puritan up
to the present, in another department IS
shown the evolutions of the firearms, guns,
and cannon. The navy department shows
models of the war vessels, of the light house
lights and houses, and other things connected
with the service The treasury department