The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-06
NEGRO statuary Removed.

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Negro statuary Removed.
The group Of statuary typifying the
negro as he is best known in the
South has been removed from in front
Of the Negro Building on account OF
the complaints and the general dis
satisfaction Of the colored people The
group represented woman carrying
a basket of vegetables on her head. a
scene familiar to all who ever spent a
day in the South. She has stopped for
a moment at the noon hour. but her
burden does not permit her 10 even
look down. Erect. attentive. never
forgetting the basket poised deity
upon her head. she listens-as every
negro will listen-to music. A boy is
represented at her side, lingering a
banjo. He wears an apron and has ap-
parently for the moment relaxed from
his toll at an anvil, which stands in
front Of him. The group was designed
by Sculptor Charles A. Lopez of New
York and has been much admired By
lovers of art.
The figures of this group were
nodded from the best living models to
be found in New York. but the negroes
here became possessed of the idea
that the group represented their race
in a mental and l~w station of life.
The exposition authorities listened to
their complaints. and finally moved
the group to the grand plaza facing
the Court of Palaces.
The opening exposition exercises of
December / will be religious. The
opening PRAYER will be offered by the
Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers. Bishop of the
Episcopal Church of South Carolina.
Bishop NJ c. Duncan of the South
Carolina Methodist conference will de-
liver an address. and there will be
speeches by other prominent clergy
men. The benediction will be pro-
nouneed by Mgr d. J. Quigley in the
absence of the Ri. Rev. II. P. North
rop. Bishop of Charleston. a sacred
concert will follow.
Chorus of 200 Voices.
The chorus will be composed of 200
voices, aided by the First United
States Artillery Band. The Moller Or
gan TO be used was built especially for
the exposition. II is of full compass.
three manual. with 21S pipes, forty
five stops and nine pedal movements
The formal opening of the exposi-
tion takes place December 2. with the
opening address by Senator Chauncey
NJ. Depew of New York. Addresses
will also be made by Senators B. R.
Tillman and ]. L. McLaurin of South
Carolina, Governor Miles B. Nc
Sweeney. Mayor ]. Adger Smyth, Ex-'
position President F. W. WAGNER and
other officers of the exposition. There
will be a military parade and pyro-
technic display on the opening night
The railroad rates are the most lib
eral ever given a Southern event.
Il is gratifying to the managers of
the affair to learn that a number of
the South American States intend to
have more complete exhibits at
Charleston than they even had at But
falo. They are not only bringing
here the Buffalo exhibits. but enlarg
ing and experimenting them with
new exhibits brought direct from
South America.
Considering how young the South is
vet in manufacturing and industrial
growth. how much il has had to over
come. how much it has conquered. the
exposition promises TO be the note
worthy Southern event of the new
century. Money is not being spared
in making the exposition grounds and
beautiful and Charleston it
self has already thrown wide open its
doors to the whole world