The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-01
The PAN-AMERICAN
A Weekly Resume Of What is
G0in9On There.
IMPRESSIONS OF EDITORS
Other Items of Interest About the
Exhibition at Buffalo.

Buffalo, July 27.-The representa-
| t1VeS from the Empire State of the
South, about 15O strong, completely
captured the Pab-American Exhibition
/ The speeches in the Temple of Music
were unusuallys fine! Mr.. H. H. Ca
baniss, of the Atlanta Journal, made
| an ideal presiding officer. His dis
tinguished presence and dignifed man
ner Immediately produced a fine i'm
preston. Mr.. Coleman, president of
the Weekly Geosgia Press Association.
justified the reputation Dixie enioys as.
being the home of OratOry. Hon. r.
F. Wright, representing the Governor
OF State, made a notable speech that
bristled with statistics showing the
marvellous resources of Georgia. The.
scholarly Col, HemphiII, of the Con-
st1tution, made a very fine speech.
while Rev. Sam. Small electrified the.
audience of over 5000 people that
thrOnged the Temple of Music. It was
Georgia Day. in every sense of the.
l word: Dixie" and other Southern
melodies could be heard from one end
Of the Esplanade to the other. These
were always received with applause
The melody of these airs of the South
land mingled as naturally with splash
Of the fountains, fed by the waters of
the great lakes Of the North as if no.
armies had ever worn the "blue and
the gray" Mr.. Coleman in his speech
made a beautiful reference to the part
the South had borne in the late war.
mentioned Capts. Harris and HObson's
services in Cuba and the Philippines,
and dwelt on the fraternal feeling that
now prevailed in every part of our
section. 1t will be remembered that
Capt. Harris, U. S. A, of Georgia, is in
charge OF the War Department exhibit
here, and that Capt. HObSOn, u. S. A,
OF Alabama, is on special duty here for
the Navy Department in connection
with the Pan-American Exposition.
A few weeks ago famous New York
sculptor visited the Pan-American Ex-
position, and was especially attracted
by the whiteness and fine grain of q
block of marble in the Alabama ex--
: hibit. He examined it closely, and i'm
mediately wrote to the quarry for in,
formation. The result is Mr.. Roscoe
| German, the able commissioner from
Alabama, has had several visits from
other sculptOrs, and a demand is al
| ready created for the marble of Ala
bama. It is well known that the fa--
nous SculptOrs paid a great deal of at
tentiOn to the quality of the marble
they used. 1t is a historical fact that
the father and grandfather of Phidias;
were SculptOrs, and handed down tor
their 1llustriOus descendants the secret
Of the location of a quarry of pure.
white marble on the island of Pharos.
to the purity AMI quality of which thew
| attributed much OF their fame. If Ala
bama marble should stand the test
10 which 1t is now being submitted in
: New York by several sculptOrs, Mr..
GOrman says she can furnish all the,
J sculptOrs in the United States with all
tney Will want or many generations.
J Experts say the Alabama marble is
equal to the finest brought from Ca
rara or Paros. Commissioner POOLE is.
J very much gratified with this as we'll
as with the most admirable way in
which the Alabama exhibit has been
installed and looked after on the Pan
American grounds.
Mr.. German has made a friend of
everybody, and has lost no opportunity
to make the most of AIabama's re-
Z
"Our lumber is also attracting con-
siderable attention. We are daily re-
celVing letters from all over the North
making inquiries about our farm and
timber lands, and I believe that Ala
bama will reap harvest by the small
investment of $4,000 exhibit at this
exposition. l desire to call attention
to all Alabamians who desire to visit
the exposition to be sure and call at the
Alabama exhibit, where there are two
OF the most intelligent young men of
Alabama ready and willing to inform
you in regard to rates, hotels, locations
and boarding houses. Alabama has,
a most beautiful exhibit, and the pa
pers Of the North are commenting on
it very favorably."
Col. j. B. Brownlow, representative
of the Postofice Department at the.
Pan-American Exposition, recalls a.
significant Circumstance with refer
ence to the South in connection with
the mail service. He says: "cWhen the
war of 1851 began, money was due cit
izens of all the seeded States for car
rying the mails. Under resolution Of
Congress payment was forbidden, ex-
cept where parties having claims could
prove continuous and unconditional
! loyalty to the Union. Several years
ago Congress rescinded this resolution
and provided that in all cases payment
should be made without reference to-
the question of loyalty or disloyaIty.
Alexander H. Stephens, President
of the Confederacy, supported Douglas
for President in 1860. After the cleo
ton, and before Georgia seeded, Mr..
Stephens wrote letter to Hon. Se2hen
A. Douglas. He never received a reply.
He said himself he was satisfied his
letter was not permitted to go through
the mails in Georgia, else he would.
have received response. Before TEL
nesSee seeded letters of w. G. ,Rrovu-