The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-23
THE EXPOSITION.

the honor or OelnS a MEMBER:
the principal object of the meet
ing was to ascertain what pro
gress had been made on the
Estates building" the probable
ity of having a fine exhibit ofthe
States resources, and what else
should be done to make a good
showing to the people for
the $4,000 appropriate d.
The Commission made a for
NAL inspect ion of all Of the
buildings. talked to the officers
and contractors; they also had
talks with the foremen in charge
of gangs of workmen, and it was
the unanimous conclusion that
unless some unforeseen cOndl-
ton arises such as fire, storm,
pestilence or some other Provi-
Dental cause, the South Carolina
Inter State and West Indian Ex-
position will throw open its gates
for the reception of visitors on
the 1st, day of December, not
withstanding the fact that there
is a class of men going through
the country spreading a report
that the "exposition has been
postponed for two months" this
report is calculated to chill the
efforts of those who are urging
the counties and municipalities
that have done nothing so far,
to get into the procession and
take advantage of this opportu-
nifty to advertise their resources.
We feel positively sure that the
Charleston exposition will be
nearer completion on its ''open-
ing day" than was Atlanta or
Nashville. Of course all of the
buildings will not have been fin
ished by the first day of Decem-
Der, but all of the principal ones,
will be sufficiently advanced to
receive and install exhibits.
Every exposition that has so far
been held, has had to open before
all of the buildings were fully
completed.
The States building, which is
not as far advanced as most of
the other principal buildings,
will have it's wood work finished
by the 18th, day of November,
is an assurance we have from
Mr.. Sol Krasnof one of Man
ning's expert builders who is in
charge of a large force on that
building. The Commission was
very much gratifed with what
they saw, the magnitude of the
work, what has, and is being
daily accomplished is simply
marvellous. If the representa-
tives of the counties and towns
that have done nothing so far,
would run down to Charleston
and 60 over the grounds. then
go into the administration build
ing, and look over the records Of
the ''concessions department, !"
they will be convinced that the
exposition is a huge affair, and
one that should have in the build
ing erected by the State an ex-
hibit from every county and
town; there should not be an in
dustry in the State left out of the
picture, nor should there be left
out anything that can possibly
become money producer. The
representative men in those
counties that have not applied
for space, will not be doing them
selves or their people justice, if
they continue their Indifference
in the matter. We do not say
this to boom up an exhibit sim
ply to fill space, that would be
unnecessary, because there is
now on file applications for space
from foreign exhibitors that
will utilize every inch, and these
people pay good money too, but
the people of this State have
erected building for the exhi-
bition of their resources, and
any county or town or individ-
ual can have a place without a
cent of cost, provided the space
allotted is used for the showing
of articles manufactured, grown.
or compounded in this State;
the object of which is to adver-
tise to the world what is posi-
bic here, and thus invite to come
and live amongst US, a class Of
people who will help US to devel-
ope our possibilities.
The exposition will not only
open up on scheduled time, but
the exhibition will be a grand
one, even grander than its pro-
iectors at first calculated. The
buildings will be superb, and the
fve-eights of a mile of colonnades
containing the government ex-
hibit will be the grandest dis
play that has ever been shown
in the South. To give our read
ers an idea that something lis
doing" in Charleston, the expo
sition company have sold the
race track concession alone for
S35, 900, and all of the other con-
cessions bring a proportionate
price, with more applications than
can be supplied.
If there was not a single exhi-
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