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:ived before the President. They were
greeted by Senator Mcmillan, chairman
of the Senate Committee on the District
OF Columbia, the stanchest friend in Con-
gress of the Parking Commission and the
Parking Commissions plans.
1t is in Senator McMillan's committee
room at the Capitol that the Commission
las held it's sessions, and Senator Nc
Millan's ready brain has conceived some
of the master ideas worked out by the
Commission.
The Two Mimic Cities.
The most notable part OF the exhibit
is that on the two platforms in tie
hcricycle. One OF them is the Washing
ton o. today-the city which visitors call
the most beautiful in the United States.
The other is the Washington OF the fu
ture-the city which the Parking Commits
sion hopes TO make a reality. Down on
them both beats the glare from large
electric lamps above, throwing into bold
relief the Government buildings, all
faithfully reproduced in miniature, and
here and there business block, repro
deced with semblance to the original. in
order that IL may serve as landmark.
The President arrived about O'Clock.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt,
Commander and Mrs. Cowles. Colonel
Bingham. and Secretary Certelyou. They
all walked up on the elevated platform
and looked down at the two mimic cities.
Everybody seemed highly pleased with
the exhibit The President seemed espe-
cially to appreciate the points of the work
which we're explained by Senator Nc
MILAN, who stood at his elbow.
Senator Mcmillan Explains Plans.
With Senator Mcmillan, the President
skinned over the detail of the plans, ask
ing questions here and there. then max
lag a suggestion, and all the time show
ing that he thoroughly understood the
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PLANS FOR ROCK CREEK AND zoo.
Board Aims to Preserve Natural
Beauties of Roth Parks.

Two radically different plans have
been suggested as alternatives in the
treatment Of Rock Creek and its accom-
panyng parkway between Pennsylvania
Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue:
"First-To build a large covered mason
ry culyert or sewer for the creek. and to
fill around and over this structure SO as
to obliterate the valley and raise it to
the level of the adjacent lands, con-
structing a parkway or boulevard upon
a portion of the filled land and subdi
vidirg the remainder into streets and lots
for sale.
''Second-To improve the present open
channel OF the creek, regrade its banks.
and improve them for park purposes, and
to construct roads and paths within the
park thus formed. spanning the valley
by frequent street bridges TO provide
close connection with Georgetown
Development of the Zoo.
In the development of the Geological
Park the report says there are two dan
gers to be guarded agairst-the introduc-
ton, on the one hand, of buildings or
other constructions or plantations of 4
highly organized and formal character, out
Of harmony with the character already
adopted; and. on the other, the confusion
due to the scattering of numerous struc-
lures and features without any method
or nassing. There is always the danger,
too, in attempting picturesque and rugged
effects in a place resorted to by large
crowds that the accommodation for the
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worked out the President found much of
interest.
The white shaft OF the Monument. a
distinguishable feature always OF the
models, rises in the reproduction of the
Mall straight out from a large clump Of
trees. These trees are made in such pro-
portion that they are in harmony with
the Monument ana other structures
near by.
The President stood on the step be
side the model and pointed out various
points and asked questions of Senator
Mcmillan. and altogether seemed very
well satisfied with the miniature presen-
tation of the new Mall.
President Views the Art Gallery. Too
After that. with Mrs. Roosevelt. he
went back into the hemicycle and was
about TO depart from the building when
he remarked that he had not recently
been through the Art Gallery. He at
once resolved to view the gallery during
the few minutes left before the time Of
his regular afternoon horseback ride.
Before leaving the rooms where the eX-
hibit is displayed. Mr.. Roosevelt bade
good-by to Senator Mcmillan and ex-
pressed himself az highly pleased with
the exhibit. He was especially emphatic
in his assurances to that effect.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
;he others present tnen made rapid tour
through the picture rooms On the second
floor OF the gallery. The party was fol-
lowed by number of art students, clad
in ginghar painting gowns and jackets.
who had suspended their duties when they
heard OF the Presidents arrival.
All Pleased With Exhibit.
Among others besides the President and
the Cabinet and those already named who
viewed the exhibit yesterday afternoon
were Senator Gallinger. OF the Senate
Committee on the District of Columbia.
and John r. Proctor, President of the Civil
Service Commission, who is strong
friend of the Parking Commission. Mr..
Charles Moore, Secretary Of the Senate
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per lines would be fine. Merely to pro-
vide for a street at the top OF the slope
is not enough, for. although the land Is
for the most part, too steep to have much
commercial value, yet here ami there
ugly and offe ensiye buildings arc likely to
creep in, as they have done somewhat
In the past. unless the slope is all ac-
auired with view to consistent treat
ment. Years ago New York showed the
way in the Riverside Drive. ard it is
high time that the example should bs
followed here, at least 50 far as con-
Germs the acquisition of the land.
should Go beyond District.
"But such treatment of the river side
logically ought not to stop at the Dis
trict line. Indeed. the best Of the scenery
lies beyond, especially in the ueighscr-
hood of Cabin John Bridge and in the re-
gion just about and below the Great
Falls. The Great Falls of the Potomac.
considering their proximity to the Capital,
are quite as well worth preservation for
their grandeur and natural beauty as the
greater passages of scenery in the ma
tional parks of the West. Even at pres
ent. when the only means of approach is
by canal OF over the hiily detour by which
the road is carried around the most in
teresting scenery, the Washington public
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With Mrs. Roosevelt, all the members of
the Cabinet except Postmaster General
Payne. and number of other persons,
the President viewed the mimic reproduc-
tion OF Washington as it now is and eazed
upon the beautiful orderly model of the
National Capital as the Parking Commits
sion hopes it Will be when its work is a
realit..
The work of the Parking Commission has
ever had a friend in President Roosevelt.
His visit to the exhibit yesterday SO i'm
pressed him that there is little doubt he
will threw his influence TO assist the
adoption OF the report CT the Parking
Commission when it is brought up in Cen
gress.
The Presidents Active Interest.
It was an active, investigating interest
which the President displayed. He was
thor roughly conversant with the plans of
the Commission before he went 10 the
Gallery to see the exhibit in the heIni-
cycle, but even at that he gained some
valuable pointers.
Several members OF the Cabinet ar
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planned as sites for memorials 10 be
erected by the various States. Parks, in
the modern sense of large public recrea-
tion grounds. there were none; but small
areas designed to beautify the connections
between the various departments of Gov
ernment were numerous.
Development of Urban Section.
During the nineteenth century. how
ever, the development of urban life and
the expansion of cities has brought into
prominence other needs, not recognized
a hundred years ago. for large parks to
preserve artificially in our cities pas
sages of rural or sylvan scenery and for
spaces adapted TO various special forms
o: recreation. In the effort to provide
for these new needs, instead of acquir-
ing additional lands Congress diverted
from their original purpose these already
set apart, for the founders had been So
far sighted that there seemed to the
limited view of their successors no pros
pect that the Government buildings would
ever require so grand ard large SET
ting.
Demand for New Public RuiIdinrs.
Moreover during the century that has
'i"tHNu S!HNS 'i-' iouHH'SiSh VI 'iS 'l'y
the great space known as the Mail, which
was intended to form unified connec-
tion between the Capitol and The White
House, and TO furnish sites for certain
class of public buildings, has been di-
verted from its original purposes and
cut into fragments. each portion receiv-
ing a separate and individual informal
treatment, thus substituting diversity for
harmony. Moreover. many reservations
have passed from public into private
ownership. with the result that public
buildings have lost their appropriate sur
roundiugs. and new structures have been
built without that landscape setting
which the founders of the city relied on
to give them beauty and dignity.
NOW that the demand for new public
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the commercial water front as the Poto-
mac itself; but above Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. entirely different conditions prevail,
and a different treatment must be
adopted. Moreover. it is to be understood
that the accompanying section for the
quay is merely typical. and would be mod
flied at various points to meet local con-
ditions-at places by different arrange
ments of the levels; at places, perhaps, by
the omission of the street on the inner
side of the drive: at places by different
arrangements of the levels; at places, per-
haps, by the omission of the inner retain
ing wall and the substitution of a bank.
The precise line. moreover, of the quay
front and OF the taking line can be fixed
only after detailed survey, with sound
ing and foundation tests; but in the main
the project here set forth is uTquestion-
ably practicable. and would provide at
once the most convenient and most agree
able treatment for the connection between
the parks and for the commercial water
front.
"It would be impossible, if it should
ultimately be thought wise, to continue a
similar treatment along the whole 'front.'
age of Georgetown Harbor, and thus to
arrange continuous drive along the river
from Potomac Park past the Aqueduct
Bridge and by a rising grade to the up
per Potomac drive, but such construc-
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POTOMAC PALISADES.
Grandeur of Scenery Along River to
Open by u Cliff Driveway.

The Commission then takes UP the sub
ject of the Potomac Palisades and grows
eloquent in contemplation of the gran
deur which the fulfillment of this idea
will bring TO the Capital of the Nation.
Says the report:
AT tie receiving reservoir grounds is
reached the gorge of the Potomac and the
popular Conduit Road. which provides
the only way, except by trolley cars, to
see the gorge from above. AS its con-
sEuction was II mere incident to the in
stallation of the water supply, the loca-
tion of the Conduit Road was not fixed
with regard to aesthetic effect. but from
the fact that al many parts of its course
II follows near the edge of the declivity,
presenting very fine views. and because
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DISTRICT TOPOGRAPHY,
Plays Important Part In Plans for
Bcnutifying the CAPITAL City.

Plays Important Part In Plans for
BcnutifyinE the Capital City.
Continuing, the report tells of the as
sistance rendered the commission by va
rious officials, and then goes on to state
the typographical conditions of the Dis
trict The report says:
THE three outer sections of the Dis
trict, healthful and charming as country,
are very ill-adapted for ordinary urban
occupation, and their use for such pur-
poses involves many difficult problems
which have not all been successfully
solved as yet.
The most important feature of he
Washington climate, so far as it affecta
the park problem, is the oppressive sum-
mer heat which the Government officials
and employees and other residents must
for the most part undergo-a factor which
seems to call strongly for four palliativcs,
the maintenance of shade, the preserva-
tion Of many hilltops where breezes may
be caught, the preservation of many of
the deep, shady valleys in which the cooler
air appears to settle summer after
moons, and the liberal use of freah run
ming water all about the city and its
parks, whether in the form of springs
and brooks or of fountains aad basins.
City Growing Rapidly.
ut should be remembered, first, that
Washington is growing rapidly with the
growth of the nation in numbers and
prosperity, and, second, that its parks,
like its public buildings. are not to be
considered merely in reference to it; resi-
dent population, but in rcla ton to the
millions OF citizens from far and near
who come to Washington expectin, and
having right to expect. that here, at
the seat OF government, Siey shall find
not merely what is considered good
enough in their workaday home cities,
where most of the citizens energy must
perforce be spent on commercial strug-
giles. but the very best that is to be had
IN considering what might wisely be
added to the park system we have not
fixed upon any arbitrary proportion to
area or to estimated population, but have
selected only those places which from
their natural conditions whether because
Of sieepness. inaccessibility, or difficulties
of drainage, or from their peculiar and
exceptional natural beauty, seemed likely
to bring a smaller return to the COM
munity If used fer the ordinary purposes
of private occupancy than if used for
parks. In order to have a sound basis
for our conclusions, We have made care
full personal examinations Of nearly all
parts of the District"
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MANY MORE PARKS NEEDED.
Purchase of Sites Urged While Land
May lie Had ChenpIy.

within the old city limits no addi-
tional small reservations are needed but
in the remaining four-flfths of tire Dis
trict there are practically none, as
against 270 in the city. Distributed with
the same wise foresight as was shown by
the founders of theh city, and with equal
liberality, there should be some ten or
twelve hundred in the outlying district.
Without adopting any such arbitrary rule
we can say that considerable numbers of
these minor spaces ougat now TO be Sc
cured while much of the land is selling
at acre prices. In many cases there is no
strong ground of choice among several
good areas in one neighborhood, and the
final determination must depend very
largely upon the prices at which the sew
eral parcels are offered by their owners.
aside from few particularly agree
able groves. the points that are singled
out by natural conditions as especially
worthy of preservation are mainly hill
tops from which extensive views may
be obtained"
Squares and Circles.
Within the city there are. the report
says, twenty-five squares and circles be-
tween one acre and twenty-five acres
in extent, and 275 ranging from one acre
down to 4O5 square feet Continuing, the
report speaks of the value of these parks,
but suggests improvements which will in
clude more elaborate Fairgrounds, regu-
lar outdoor gymnasia and games, as
well as shady groves for the accommoda-
tion Of large crowds at band concerts,
night illuminations with electric foun-
tains. pyrotechnic displays. and ii series
oil basins for aquatic flowers, and others
devoted especially to evergreen winter
effects, and very many arranged in all
their details with view to giving the
maximum retreshmont in the hot summer
weather by means of shade well distrib
uted and by means of gushing. ripping.
living water-not in a series of repeated
commonplace forms. but infinite in its
variations, ard when wisely used al
ways full OF new charm and refresh
ment. a.r
The Potomac Quay.
On the subject Of th4 Potomac quay the
report says:
Beginning at the site Of the Lincoln
memorial at the westerly extremity OF
the Mall as extended to the Potomac &
parkway should skirt The bank OF the Po-
tomac to the mouth OF Rock Creek.
"A broad, paved quay or landing place
should extend the short line out to the
deep main channel, and present to the
river . smooth, continuous wall. instead
of jutting piers which retard the current
and tend to cause shoalins. This quay
should be on a level with the adjacent
land. which is likely to be occupied in the
future. as at present. by various indus
tries using bulky water-borne freight
such as coal yards. gas works, paving
concerns. and the like--to which the ma
terial can be transferred from the quay
by wagons tram cars, OF belt conveyors.
much as it is now handled by the more
abutters. The park drive
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DELIGHTED
WITH PLANS FOR NEW PARK SYSTEM DIEL.

Committee on the District of Columbia.
explained many of the points of the plans
and models to the distinguished visitors.
None Of the members OF the Commission
was present. They are all out OF the
city.
From 4 o'clock until in the evening
the exhibit was ovcn 20 members of Con-
Gress and the press. and during those
hours a large number took advantage of
the opportunity to view the beauties of
the rev Washington. Almost without ex-
cepticn the throng of visitors expressed
pleasure and admiration for the work OF
the Commission and the promise it con-
tains for the beautiful Capital City.
Public Admitted Today.
The general public will be admitted to
the exhibit this morning. 1t was at first
proposed to have the plans shown free of
charge, but later. to avoid conflicting
with the rules of the gallery, il was de-
cided to have the exhibition open under
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSION.
Interesting Details of Plans for Pro-
posed Washington Park System.

The District Committee of the Senate
yesterday received the formal report CT
the commission appointed to prepare
plans for the development and improve
,rent of the park system Of the District.
In introducing the subject OF the inves
tisation. the report OF the committee
says:
THE city OF Washington differs from
in its original plan parks were laid out
as settings for public buildings. Even
its broad avenues were arranged so as
to enhance the effect OF the great edifces
of the nation; and the squares at the in
tersection OF the wide thoroughfares were
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COrCOran Art Gallery Exhibit Viewed by
Members Of Congress and Cabinet
Open to Public TOday--Re=
port Of Commission.

plans of the Commission ana was in ac-
cord with most of them.
Secretary Root Was fully as observant
as the President. He is another strong
friend of the Parking Commission. and
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President Roosevelt walked over to Cor
corn Art Gallery from the White House
yesterday afternoon and inspected the
plans and models and drawings OF the
Parking Commission On exhibition there.
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the same conditions of payment that gov
ern the admission to the gallery ITSELF
On the days VIXEN admission is charged
visitors to the gallery it will also be
charged for admission to the hemicycle,
where the plans are displayed.
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tion would be so costly that it has not
been seriously contemplated, the more so
as the difficulties in the way of such an
undertaking are not likely to increase
with the passage of time.
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Continued on Fifth Page.)
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-07-11
For County Supervisor

HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF
IL as CAL dA" for Supervisor for
the County of Newberry, and pledge
myself to abide the result Of the Dem
ocratic primary election.
JOHN B BEDENBAUGH.
MR.. Y. FLOYD IS HEREBY AN
AVA nounced as candidate Tor County
Supervisor and is pledged to abide tn
result of the Democratic primary elec-
tion.
IT D. ElIAGE is hereby au-
- nourc Il as candidate for
County SUP r>iS'r, and is pledged to
abide the result of the Democratic
prlmarv.
T HERERY aro.u ce myself as a
Il can. : :" fnr ouutI SupErVl40r
of Newberry County, urd pledge my
self to abide the result of the Demo-
cratic p!iInar: e'tcti"n.
T @. STEW ART. Jr.
TO4N NJ. SCHUMPERr Is HERE.
eJ by nominated as candidate for
County Supervisor and is pledged to
abid- the result OF 2he primary
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-07-11

, Mr.. H. H. Evans in his encounter
with the editor of the Greenville News
took the only course that was open to
him. Some editors seem to construe
the liberty of the press into license
to say any sort of defamatory things
about individuals, and these need to be
taught lesson that the columns Of a
newspaper is not the place to pour
out their wrath and personal billings
gate.
The statement that Mr.. Evans struck
from behind we cannot credit, for it is
not reasonable that two men would be
standing up talking and one have his
back turned to the other, and then a
man would hardly 60 that far to strike
man in the back or from behind and
unawares. The occasion which gave
rise to this occurrence is very unfortu-
nate, and such publications cause peo-
pie to lose confidence in the 1press and
the influence of the press is weakened.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-07-11
For Sub Supervisor.

II AEREBY ANNOUNCE MY
Il self d candidate for Sun ; pc
sor and pledge mjs # t0ah;ie ne r.
suit of he Democratic primary election.
Resnee fully,
G. SAM MOORE.
T HEREBY ANNOUNCE Myself
l. candidate for Suo Super visor for
New berry County, and pledge myself
to aide the result Of tie d lnrrr:4tir
primary. J Vi. NICHOLS
r CALHOUN SINGLEY IS HERE
e. by announced a candidate for
Sui Supervisor and is piedg'd t" abide
the esult of tn. Den ocra' ic primary.
DEM AMIN ACRE ID
Ie hereby announced u candidate
for Sub-Supervloor, aud is pledged tU
abi:!a he result of he D 10 cratic prj
may.
VNTAL Err P. COUNTS is ERE.
w BY announced as candidate for
Sut,- supervisor for the c"unrr an9 is
plefged to abide the result of the
primary.
ITO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
Il of Newberry County: We lake
plec sure in announcing the name "f
J. \. G.. Kibler as candidate for the
Office of Sub Supervisor, and pledge his
abi"ipg faith in the r"sn'tof the Demo-
crs ic primary. VOTERS.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-07-11
Jas Neral6 anc Fl C11 :


The meeting on Tuesday passed Oft
very pleasantly. Good order prevailed
but that was no more than we expected.
Chairman Goggans made good presid-
ing officer, fair and courteous to all Of
the candidates and the meeting moved
right along and was gotten through
with in less time than any yet held.
The crowd was undemonstrative which
was evidence that no candidate was a
special favorite Of any large proportion
of the audience. 1t was day on which
votes could be made if any of them
happened to make a hit by his speech
or by his movements among the people.
Our people are now in frame Of mind
to select the men for the various offices
who in their judgment are the best
equipped in ability and character to dis
charge the duties of the offiC~s to which
they aspire. The crowd was represen-
tative from all sections of the county.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-07-11

One of the physicians of the town
suggested to US the other day that the
city council should have the road ma
chine run over the streets where the
excavations have been made and filled
and then have the streets sprinkled with
oil. We pass the suggestion on to
council with our approval and endorse
ment. This will put the streets in good
order and keep down the dust and will
act as a preventive to disease. 1t may
be the means of preventing a great deal
of sickness and some deaths. 1t will cost
a little money to be sure, but this is not
to be put up against the health and life
of the people. We hope the mayor and
aldermen will take up the suggestion
and act upon it at once.