The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-26
BREAKS THE RECORD.
The Charleston Exposition the Best
for the Money Ever Known.
GREAT ECONOMY IN BUILDING

Nuch to Duplicate ira North
ern City. The Fish Hawk
Arrives.
This exposition would have cost
Buffalo or any other nothern city five
million dollars" remarked a director
of the exposition recently to the Char
lesion correspondent of The State.
1T does in fact represent an expendi-
ture Of sS00,0o0, but every dollar is
represented by full value. In Buffalo
the men who put on the staff work
we're paid from SIS to s14 day. Here
we secured laborers from is cents tC
! S6 per day. The saving in the price
of labor represented large amount.
Furthermore, where they paid as
high as $40 for lumber, we obtained
the same quantity Of that material
for sll. We economized in every
possible way and we're able to erect
buildings which cost US SS00,o00, but
are as handsome and as well finished
as could have been done for $1,000, ,00C
in any northern city"
The seven men who are directors OF
this exposition may well feel proud Of
the artistic success which they have
wrought. These gentlemen are Capt.
F. W. Wagner, president; Samue
Lapham, Jno. F. Ficken, j. L. David
C. S. Gadsden, W. H. Welch, and },
C. Hemphill Capt. Wagener has con
tributed literally Of the private for
tune, and he could afford it. Other
directors have taken equally as much
interest in the exposition, and all have
the assurance that from an artistic
standpoint the great fair is success,
The buildings are beautiful, the
| Spanish style Of architec'
ture prevailing. The sunken garden
Is Of artificial construction and cost
s1S,0O0 It seems almost sacrilege
to tear down these splendid buildings
and yet they cannot long survive the
attacks Of the elements, as the e1'
terror is of staff work." a compost
tion Of sand and line with other ingre'
dents. A director Of the exposition
said today that Col. Dodge Of the Un'
tied States geodetic survey has discoV'
cred formula by the use OF which
buildings made Of this staff work car
be kept in a fine state Of preservation
The buildings would also need per
manent roofs. The exposition com
pany may not feel justified in making
these expenditures, but certain it i;
that if these buildings should be pre-
served and these grounds cared for
Charleston would in tV7o or three
years have the most beautiful gar
denS in the south. When it is said
that the expenditures for grounds and
buildings Appropriated sS00,0oO, thi:
does not take into consideration the
cost of the State buildings, which
would run the grand total up to ovel
100000. These are owned by the
States or cities which built them.
Whatever may be the intrinsic value
of these grounds and buildings in the
future, they are certainly worth see
ing now. This may be the last expo
sition held in the south for number
Of years, and South Carolinians nov
have a rare opportunity to visit a
great show. There is no charge tt
see any OF the exhibits. The price Of
admission to the grounds lets the Visi'
tor into every building-even the race
track-eIcept on the Midway, where
each attraction has it's own charges.
The United States steamer Fish
Hawk arrived here today and is lying
off the wharf at the exposition
grounds. The Fish Hawk and the
Albatross are the two government
boats engaged in making scientific
researches. The former plies from
Eastport, Maine, to Galveston and has
just recently been engaged off Key
West where the weather was so bad
that the fishermen could do nothing.
The Fish Hawk has put in here for
two weeks and the sailors are today
getting the ship ready for visitor;
who will be given a hearty welcome
| by Capt. J. 4. Smith, who is in CON.
mand. The steamer is supplied with
all kinds of paraphemalia for propa'
eating fish, and the captain states
that the department is engaged now
in an endeavor to cultivate spongeS
The efforts give promise Of success.
The officers Of the boat will OK
plain to visitors the method Of drecg-
ing the bottom Of the sea. These
dredges bring up all kinds Of creatures
over which the scientists become
much excited at times. The Fish
Hawk brought in a number of fish fol
the aQuariaums in the fisheries build
ing, which is an interesting place fol
visitors. One Of the most interesting
articles in that building is a rod which
cost $4,000. The butt is topaz, bali
an inch in diameter, and the joints
are of gold. To "land-lubbers" a
visit to the Fish Hawk and to the
fheries building will be quite pleas
ure.
Lower Rates Coming.
The Charleston correspondent OF