The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-01
THE WHITE otuY or THE soUrH.

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 Charleston Enterprise Has Made tin,
 Best Exposition Ever Held in tn,
 Southern States.
 An evidence of southern energy, de. termination and pluck now prominent ly stands at the entrance to the histor- ical old city of Charleston, South Caro-
 lima. The White City, as it Is called
 or, more directly, the exposition build
 ings and grounds, is conspicuous to the | traveller as the many trains roll in from
 the North. What this old city has done | for the world is well told in 8 circular
 issued by an agency of the Hartford
 Steam Boiler and Insurance company for the States of North and South Car | olina, Georgia and Florida.
 WHAT CHARLESTON HAS DONE
 AND IS DOING.
 'She discovered that rice could be sue cessfully grown in South Carolina. | She discovered that long staple cot | ton and tobacco could be successfully grown in South Carolina. | She built what was, at the time of it's completion, the longest railroad in America.
 She gallantly and successfully de- fenred herself against persistent and incessant naval attacks during three different wars.
 She built the first ironclad vessel.
 She discovered the use to which phos- phate rock could be applied, and through the fertilizers into which it is manufactured revolutonized the agri- lao ing cotton and other products to grow where previously they could not ma ture. By this act she made it possible and practicable to establish cotton mills in the Piedmont section, and to that industry she most literally sub scribed.
 She inaugurated and still sustains one of the largest and best public school systems in the United States.
 She is now holding the greatest Ex- position that the South has ever known.
 She is the site of what will presently be a great naval station.
 She is becoming the great South At lantic station for the army and navy of the United States.
 She has now, through persistent ef fort with the government for many years, one of the finest deep water har- bors in the world, and for the benefit of the people of South Carolina and of the adjacent States, as well as for her own benefit, she wishes to be in the future what she has been in the past the great port of entry of the South At lantic coast"
 Truly she may well be proud of her successful efforts in arranging for the great Exposition which is now under full headway. It would be no small thing for a much larger city to under take the matter of carrying through an enterprise requiring so much skill and labor, to say nothing of the financial end of the plan But, nothing daunted, million dollars was raised, the neces sary skill and labor provided, and the result is an Exposition that is not only highly meritorious, but altogether the grandest and best tpat has ever been held in the South. Beautiful and artis- tic buildings, handsome gardens, bridges, the jolly Midway and all that goes to make an exhibition of this kind a success are here and give delight to all who are fortunate enough to be able to attend. To the ladies of Charleston is due no little praise for their untir- ing efforts in making the Exposition a noted one The woifen's building Is re- plete with works of art from their hands and collected by their efforts. One interested in Colonial relics, an- tiques and valuable bric-abrac can | here spend many hours with great | pleasure and satisfaction The cordial fly and heartlness with which all are | by the psople of Charleston i make 1t pleasure to visit her Expo | sition, and one may go there with full | confidence that he Is not going to be | robbed or swinded by extortionate pur- veyors. A comfortable ride over the | Southern railway, one of the greatest | and best systems in the country will | land you in Charleston within twenty four hours, and no one will ever regret | visiting this historical old town, it's fine { and making the acquaint- ance of it's warm hearted and generous people