The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-05-09
Features Of Interest Of the jamestown Expo
s;tion

In the immediate vicinity of the
jamestown Exposition is the Norfolk
naVy-yard, which has cost the govern
men5 over twenty million dollars. Il
employs more than three thousand men
who build, repair. or equip ships of the
navy.
Fortress Monroe, Immediately across
Hampton Roads, is the largest Ameri
can fort, and one of the best equipped
strongest and most picturesque mill.
tary points in the world. 1t dates from
; 1914.
Midway between Fortress Monroe
and the Exposition is Fort Wool, ,or the
Rip Raps, an adjunct to the larger for.
tifcation; recently improved and strong.
lily equipped.
At Newport News is the great ship.
yard where so many battleships, cruis.
ers, torpedo boats, destroyers, and sub
marines have been built. ,Itshas the
largest dry-dock in the world.
The United States Naval Hospital
at Portsmouth is the largest Institution
OF it's kind in the country. The aged
and disabled sailors are there treated
at Government expense.
At Hampton is the National Soldiers
Home. Between four and five thous-
and United States pensioners are kept
there, in a beautiful park. The town
Also has the Hampton Normal School,
where Indians and negroes are trained.
jamestown Island, the site of the first
settlement, is about thirty miles up the
James River. Williamsburg is. about
the same distance. Yorktown, where
CORVALLIS surrendered.i within pleas
ant, sailing distance. Petersburg and
Richmond, both famous in history, are
not far away.
The Exposition will be largely his
toric, so far as it's land features are con-
cerned, and situated in the most his
toric portion portion of American ter
ritory. Those interested in pursuing
the Nations story may visit famous
scenes without inconvenience.
To an extent, it will be an Industrial
but it will contain only
su5h exhibits ss are likely to prove
most interesting and eXemplify the
highest developments of industrial art.
The international naval rendezvous,
in (which will participate all of the
worlds naval powers, will be the most
display OF sea power ever
The international military encamp-
ment will offer to Americans for the
first time an opportunity of viewing
the military representatives OF many
nations encamped together, and in size
and general scopewill be the most COM
plete international encampment in his
tory.
The Exposition will be the first one
ever constructed which will illustrate
a distinctive style OF. architecture. It'll
will be entirely colonial. All of the
buildings erected by the Exposition
Company will be replicas of seventeenth
century structures or Celebrations Of |
them.
The Concessions Division, called the
War Path, will contain varied collec-
5ion of the best amusement enterpris es
possible to secure. These will be con-
lucted by recognized experts in their
various lines.
The historical exhibits will be COLI
ected and displayed under the super
vision OF the Historical Societies, and
most of the manufacturing exhibits
will represent, live work-that is, the
of raw material into finish
ID product before the eyes of the visi-
,ors. The section devoted to the Arts
nd Crafts will display handiworkers
urning out finished articles from fax,,s
'otton, wool, iron, copper, silver, wood
md straw.
Public amusements of>-yarious sorts
will be seen. Innumerab!e bands will |
,lay at numbers OF points about the
Military parades and drills
will be of daily occurrence. Naval evo-
utions of many kinds, above and below
7ater will be witnessed. Dirigible bal
oons and acroplanes will traverse the
.ir and convey passengers from the
hore to the ships. Large outdoor ath-
etic meets will be held on the Waters
nd on the land. Expert open-air per-
ormers will divert the visitors. Salt \
vater batning will be a feature. The
nost spectacular fireworks will be dis
,layed, and reproductions of the battle I
the Merrimac and the Moni-
or will be given at stated intervals.
There are innumerable other enter
aiming, interesting and amusing fea-
ures which might be set forth, but for
ack of space.