The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-12
cHARLEsToN's cHAsMs
"one of the Most Delightful Expo
 sitions Ever heid."
FreepUit Ul.) Journal.

treepOfl (lli.) Journdl.
 On eighIeeIi diIercnt days We visited the great worlds Fair and Columbian Exposition at Chicago. and did nor see one-sixteenth ot the exhibits; since then We have visited the expositions at Om- aha, Neb., Nashville, Tenn, Atlanta, the t'an-American Exposition at Buffalo. ~. l., and recently while travelling in the South We visited the South Carouna ln- ser-Slate ana west Indian Exposition at Charleston, 5. C. The usual Government appropriation was refused but the plucky citizens of Charleston contributed siU,UVU and went ahead and they will nave when all exhibits are in place one of the most delightful exposilions ever held. The grounds are adorned by ever greens. palmetto trees and flowers in pro fusion, and the buildings Aare beautlrul. About the middle of February 1t Will pc worth going far to see. Of course the Midway blossoms just as they all do. with the Moorish Palace. Bosticks s wild animals, Esquiinaux Village, and all the rest of 1t. The Southern Hallway has Q splendid exhibit of all the products of the farms. forests, mines and factories of the tight States through which that great railway runs. But We were more deeply interested in the sail upon the bay Of Charleston. one Of the finest in the world, and in our visit to Fort sum ter, that we aided in compelling the Con federates to evacuate by marching in the rear with Sherman's army, where we saw for the first time the enormous l2- inch disappearing rified cannon-for after each shot the gun disappears below the ramparts. and as soon as reloaded cninery by which the enormous weight Is quickly lowered and quickly raised again Is complicated and powerful
 The only entrance to the harpor IS through the Jetties, guarded by Forts Sumter and Moultrie. with conysrging fire upon any vessel entering the narpor. South Carolina Is called the Palmetto State. The palmetto IS a singular tree, out a limb and terminating at the top with tuft of large green leaves, out or which palmetto fans are made. The wood is fibrous, cannot be split or splint- cred. is not fit for fuel and is totally useless for any purpose now. We have seen thousands of large palmetto logs lying by the railway tracks in Florida, cut off from the right of way. and laid aside to rot because of no use for any purpose. But they were useful during the Revolutionary War. Fort Moultrie was built of palmetto logs, and the oftener the British fired shot into 1t the stronger it became, for the shot buried themselves into the logs as if they had been putty. In June. 1T6, a British heet, under command of Sir Peter Parker, at- tackled furiousy Fort Moultrie theu called Fort Sullivan) and the American flag staff was shot away; the British sailors set up a cheer, supposing that not so. Sergeant William Jasper. of the 1st' South Carolina Regiment, sprang over the parapet, picked up the flag. fastened it to a sponge-staf and firmly planted 1t again upon the parapet of the fort. a. feat of magnificent personal cour- age truly American, duplic icated In hero ism a thousand times in the late civil war by Federal and Confederate soldiers. Governor Rutledge of South Carolina, visited the fort and rewarded Jasper by presenting him with his own hand his magnificent small sword that hung by his side, and offered him a lieutenant s commission. which Jasper modestly de- clined. In the siege of Savannah Jasper afterwards gave his life to his country while planting the American flag upon the British ramparts.