The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-02
THE PAN-AM ERlCAN.
The Southern Railroad Exhibit-A
Rice Dinner and other Matters.

Buffalo, July 27.-ln the exhibit of
the Southern Railway, in the Agricul-
ture Building, at the Pan-American
Exposition a large painting of the tea
farm. Summerville, South Carolina,
has recently been hung. This canvas
is about five yards long and ten yards
wide. The border is an artistic arrange
ment of tea leaves and the effect OF
the whole is one of the most attractive
pictures in the building. Below this
are grouped colored photographs of
1.-The Pines" Flat Rock North Caro-
lima; Asheville, North Carolina, with
its semi-circle of magnificent peakes
in the distance, the romantic valley
of the French Broad river and Round
Knob with its fountain in the center of
the picture. There are other colored
photographs which tell both of the
beauty and progress of Dixie, notable
among which is that of the Olympia
Cotton Mills, Columbia, South Carolina
. There are rows of glass Jars contain
ing the various products produced in
the lands adjacent TO the Southern
Railway Conspicuous among these
are fruits and vegetables from Ten
nessee. sea island cotton from.the Char
Carolina, cotton seed oil, oats,
wheat hay, corn. fruits and vegetables
of every description from Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, Illinois and Indiana, with in
Vulnerable photographs of important
cities and towns, mining and timber
districts, manufacturing and CONNER
cial centers and of the most productive
agricultural districts. There is also an
exhibit of tea raised near Fayetteville
and Pinehurst, North Carolina. In
short IL is a condensed exhibit of the
marvellous resources of the entire
Southland. This exhibit as / write is
thronged with people from every part
of the country, who are profuse in their
expressions of admiration of the man
ner in which the exhibit is installed,
and of the splendid resources of the
section through which this railroad
runs. l have heard some people, es-
pecially during political campaigns call
the Southern Railroad IAN octopus. !"
However true or false this may be
am not in position to say. but here
on the Pan-American grounds IL rep
resents the resources of the Southland
better than any other single exhibit
at the exposition. Its practical value
must be seen to be appreciated. The
woodwork in front OF the exhibit is
tastefully done in the curled pine for
which the South is famous. The back
ground of the exhibit is wine colored
felt. Tendrils of gray moss, clusters
OF rich mahogany colored tobacco
leaves, sheaves of rice, rye, oats and
wheat are SO arranged against this
bright background as to make a most
effective ensemble. At the base Of
the exhibit there are several
framed placards containing sentences
of which the following are samples
1.-The South has $4,000 square miles of
coal landslide iron interests OF the
South are wonderful in extent-its
mills command the markets OF the
world-the orchards of the South pro-
duce fruits of exceptional quality
fast freight service OF Southern Rail-
way to principal markets" The ex-
hibit occupies the space Immediately
In front Of the New York state pavil-
ion which is in the center of the Agri-
culture Building. On one side of It
is one of the most popular entrances
TO the building on the other is the
exhibit of the state OF Minnesota. It's po-
sition is well adapted to catch the eye
OF people who visit the building II
this road is an octopus II is a great
pity that the South does not swarm
with octopi of this species.
Yesterday at the Louisiana and Tex