The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-12-18

and exits of the exposition grounds
nc decoration OF this building, and
III fact OF most of the others are done
III staff and are particularly fine.
The color scheme Of the Exposition
Is most appropriate for the vivid setting
OF Southern skies and green trees in
which it is placed. The Ivory City is
the name given to it by the architect,
and the only variation from the chang
ing tones of rich oldivory will be found
III the richer tints of red tiled roofs
ana towers. a part of the grounds has
been devoted to the "sunkcn gardenn
cxcavated ten feet below the general
level OF the plaza. This is brilliant
with flowers, and surrounding it is the
Court OF Palaces, covering an area OF
100000 feet. The three main build
lnRs OF this cOurt-the Cotton Palace
ana the Palaces of Commerce and of
AgrIculture-arc of the Spanish re-
nuisance type, with domcs, minarets.
projecting gargoyles and richly deco
rated gables. The Palace Of Axricnl-
tire is also the South Carolina State
building, for which the State and the
city ot Charleston contributed $50 Onn
each, the total amount being augment
cd by contributions from the yari0us
Counties. Immediately opposite the
Cotton Palace, across the sunlien gar
den and the great plaza, is the Audito-
riui, a building strikingly original in
design, which will seat over4 900 peo-
pie. West OF tho Auditorium is the
West Indian building, which is to be
filled with wonders from Cuba, Porto
RlcO. Jamaica, etc. Still farther to tho
west is the gateway of the Midway,
where all the shows are both instruc-
tive and entertaining. The three larg-
est palaces are connected by curved
colonnades of artistic outline and ex-
quiste richness of decoration, broken
about midway by graceful exedr:r,
containing the superb government ex-
hibit.
The Cotton Palace is the most mag
nificent building Oh the grounds, COW
ering $4,000 square feet of floor space
and with it's vast dome and wide porti-
CO overlooking the entire scene. 1t con-
talns the most perfect, detailed history
of tho growth of cotton from the seed
to the finished product of the various
inventions which from time to time
have revolutionized commercial meth
obs, and will shcw in motion the most
advanced machinery yet produced.
The statuary and mural decorations
are remarkable for good taste and ar
tistic excellence, the Aztec group, an
original production, beng exceedingly
fine. The other important original
groups besides the Aztec are tho HUI.
gucnot,. the negro, the Indian and the
colonial.
An automobile track. encircles the
grounds; and the mcans'of transporta-
ton within and without the grounds
are all that can be desired A conyen-
lent freight and an artistic passenger
station have been erected, onL three !
great railway systems enter the
grounds, while visitors may come out
from Charleston to the exposition
grounds, which, are cnl5 two and half |
miles from the center of the city, either |
by trolley. private conveyance orby
boat along the Ashley.
The Exposition is much larger and |
more beautiful than was expected by |
any of our party who had not before |
visited it, and it will be an. agreeable |
surprise to every South Carolinian who |
goes there during the next six months. |
Everything is not yet complete, but |
will be i'll n short time, MS the work is |
being. rushed day and night. 1t will |
excel In every. respect any Exposition |
ever held in the South, and merits a |
large attendance and generous success, |
for 1t Is nm admirable presentation of !
whole country and especially. of the |
South. 1t is simply marvellous what |
the Company has accomplished with |
the limited means at it's command. |
Take our advice and go and see it.