The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-25
ALABAMA'S Fine MARBLE.
Sculptors Attracted by That EX-
hibited at the Pan-American.
Unique Features ut the Exposition
ThHt Are Causing Comment All
ever the Countrywide southern
States Have CrCdftHbIc Displays.


ever the Couutry-The southern
States Have CrcditabIc Displays.
BUFFALO y y. July "a famous
New York sculptor who recently visited
the FaL-Am,ricIu Exposition. was espe-
Cially attracted by the Whiteuess and fine
grain of "A block ~ marble in the Alabama
exhibit. lie examined il closely and Imme-
diateIy wrote 10 the quarry for informa-
ton. The result IS that Roscoe German
thu able commissioner from Alabama. has
had several visits from ether scuIptors
and demand Is already created Tor the
marble of Alabama
IL Is well known that the famous sculp-
tors paid great deal Of attention To the
quality OF the marble they used. 1t is ii
historical fact that the father and grand
father OF Phidias were scuIptors and
handed down to their nlustrious descend
ans the secret Ct the location Of a quar-
~ OF pure white marble on the island of
Paros, 10 the purity and quality Of which
they attributed much of their fame II
Alabama marble should stand the test
to which II is now being submitted in
New York by several scuIptors, Mr.. Cor
man says. she can furnish all the ScuIp-
tors in the United States with all they
VIII want for many generations. Experts
say the Alabama marble is equal to the
finest brought from C4rarra - Paros
. Commissioner Pcolr = very much graft
fed with this. as well as with the most
admirable way IN which the Alabama ex-
( hihit has been installed and looked after
/ on the Fan-American grounds.
Mr. German lost no opportunity to
make the most OF Alabama.s resources.
Mr. Poole says
/
/ able attention We are daily receiving
I letters from all over the North making
/ enquiries about our farm and timber
lands. and 7 believe that Alabama Will
reap a harvest 10y the small investment
of q 5000 exhibit at this exposition /
desire Ja call attention TO all AIabam-
ianS who desire To visit the exposition to
. be sure and call at the Alabama exhibit
where there are two of the most iutelli-
gent yoauG men Of Alabama ready and
willing 70 inform you in regard to rates
hotels locations. and boarding houses
. Alabama has a most beautiful exhibit
and the papers Of the North are com
z.:-ntiug On IT very faNurabiy."
Col !. p BrownIow, representative Of
/ the Postoffice Department at the Pan
American Exposition. recalls d significant
/ circumstance with reference 10 the South
in connection with the mail service. He
says: When the war Of 1861 began mon
ey was due citizens in al the seeded
States for carrying the mails Under reso-
. luton Of Congress payment was forbid
. den except where parties having claims
could prove continuous and unconditional
loyalty To the Union Several years ago
Congress Iescirdpd this resolution and
. provided that in all cases payment should
. be made without reference 20 the ques-
. ton Of loyalty or diSIoyaIty- Alexander
II. Stephens. Vice President of the Con
federacy. supported Douglas for PTesl-
dent in 1s51 After the election and before
Georgia seeded Mr.. Stephens wrote q
. letter TO Stephen \. Douglas. He never
received q reply He said himself he was
/ satisfied his letter was not permitted TO
go through the mails in Georgia else he
/ would have received q response. Before
/ Tennessee seeded letters Of W G.
/ Browulcw 10 George j. Prentice. OF the
I Louisville Courier-JouTnai. and other
men within the States which did not e.
cede were opened in east Tennessee post
( Offices ard sent 20 the Confederate au-
thOritEeS al Nashville or this facc Colo
mel BrowRlow has iudunitabie proof The
postal clerks on the line Of East IeilIeS-
see and Virginia and East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad threw large packages OF
+ the Knoxville Wing into -he rivers or
east Tennessee as the trains passed say
. ing No IInC0IuIte newspapers should be
( circulated
1t Is proper TO add that when my father
made complaint 10 Hon John Il Fsea-
gan OF Texas. the Postmaster General IN
Mr. Davis Cabinet. he strongly conaeTn-
ned the Outra &c Nv father never belleE-
ed Judge Reagan capable of cOuntenanc-
ing any violation OF The law regarding the
mails.
The course Of the Confederate post
masters in East Tennessee referred 20
was not without precedent While Jack
son was President the postmaster al
. Charleston. 5 G. refused 10 deliver 10
Z subscribers auti-sIaN-TE publications and
4 iu so doing was sustained by F0sJmaSJeT
General Amos Kendall, Connecticut
Yankee. q Northern man with Southern
. u-inciuies as his enemies called him
+ These "reminiscences of postal service iH
the South IL 1861 illustrate the truth Ci
the adage. inter aTma leEes silent