The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-10-31
TUE DESIGN OF THE CHARLES
ION EXPOSITION.

Under the plans determined upon
by the Directors of the South Carolina
Interstate and West Indian EXPOSE
ton Company, the main buildings of
the Exposition TO be held at Charleston
next year will be Textile, Agriculture,
Machincry and Electricity, Minerals
and Forestry, Commerce and Liberal
Arts, Fine Arts, Transportation,
Woman's, Educational and Negro. 1t
is expected that there will be st,ll other
buildings erected upon the Exposition
grounds and that a number Of the
prising cities will erect suitable struc-
lures for the display of their character
istic products and The
purpose Of the Exposition is to bring
together on Southern soil representa-
tativc exhibits of the arts, industries,
manufactures and products Of the soil,
mine and sea, and to illustrate in this
way the magnitude of the
and possibilities, particularly, of the
Southern States of the Union, and of
the country at large and in this way,
at the opening Of the new century, to
cement moro closely the bonds which
now unite the parts of this great coun-
tly. In addition to these ttdomcsticn
exhibits, the industries and resources
of Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico and the
South American Republics and of the
Philippines will be illustrated IN such
name as 10 aid in the development
Of new and closer trade relations be-
tween the United States and the mar
kets which arc waiting for American
exploitation and occupancy.
That the Exposition project is re.
garded with great favor throughout
this country and in foreign parts ia
amply evidenced by the applications
which have been received from manu-
featuring and mercantile people in
all parts of the United States, almost
as soon as the very day that the an
nOunccmcnt was made that an EX-
position would be held for the purposes
heretofore cited, III Charleston next
year.
1t would require Ear too much space
to give ever Il list of the would he OK
hibitors, but a few notes will suggest
the variety and interest Of the exhibits
which will be made here next year. A
New York manufacturer asks for space
''for the purpose of exhibiting macbin-
cry for the manufacture of Eyeglasses
and spcctaclcsn; a California concern
asks for room in which to display ga
great variety of cilrous products" The
Hon. James Wilson, United States
Secretary of Agriculture, sympathizcs
heartily with the suggestions TO make
a Good Roads Exhibit at the EXposi.
ton. The promise has been received
of Il complete display of Philippine
products collected by the Government
at Washington for the National Mus.
cum and to he exhibited at the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo. An
cnterprising Floridian wishes TO make
a display of decorative palms.
The Automobile will solve the Qucs-
ton of transportation in this country
before many years, and at least seven
Automobile, Locomobilc, Motor Vehicle
and other manufacturers of these horse
less carriages have applied for room ut
the Exposition. There is Il stack of ap-
plications from the manufacturers OF
engines, farming implements, road
wagons, INNING machinery and every
other possible product of mans in
genuity.
a little later, after the grounds have
been laid of and the sites Of the sever
al buildings have been definitely de-
tcrmined upon, the work of appor-
tioning space will begin, with the GER
tainty that every nook and corner of
the ten or twelve or fifteen main EN-
position buildings will be filled with
objects of practical use and ornament
al design.
For beauty and convenience of loca-
ton, close touch with the three trunk
Railroad lines leading to this city, and
of the easiest possible approach from
the sea, the site of the Exposition is
unrivallcd.