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The Whole World San Francisco C ? ? ?Ooo By HAMILTON M. WRIGHT. I THE whole world is interested In the opening of the Panama canal and in the great international fete at which the United Btates will celebrate the completion of the canal, the Panama-Pacific International exposition, to be held in San Francisco in 1915. The proclamation of the president. Issued by authority of congress, has been delivered through the instrumentality of the department of state to every quarter of the globe. Inquiries as to the exposition are pouring in upon the exposition management from all parts of the world. The nations of the world in recognition of America's great u j >1 ? \ iiWMwWWBhB 5 I ills V i It ' ?' _ :: : |^M w&m ' M "t#:. ' ; : vv . . I ^ THE HEW SAN FRANCISCO, I | , FANAMA-E f i < achievement at Panama are preparing j Cor participation in the exposition upon 'ft more comprehensive scale than at rany of the greatest of former world's * expositions. { The foreign nations will be repre , tented by the finest assemblage of disj plays that the world has seen. The | strange tribes and peoples of Pacific ocean countries will participate in a j wonderful week's festival In which thv nations of the orient will take part . The most marvelous parades ever wit nessed will be seen on the streets of San Francisco. 1 The commonwealths of the United States, each of which as a member of "the Union has taken Its part in the building of the canal, will be represented by the most magnificent state displays ever assembled. California has dedicated more than $20,000,000 to the nation's fair, and the city of San Francisco, the west and the nation are cooperating to render the exposition one that will express In every way the pride and patriotism of the American peoolc. The Panama-Pacific International exposition will be the greatest exposition in the history of the world. A notable rcommission of architects of national reputation is engaged upon the plans. ' and within a few weeks first construction work will begin, when grading of the site and the building of a sea wall. which will serve m pari as me oasis of a magnificent esplanade along San Francisco harbor, commences. {> Among the noted architects who are designing the wonder city which will jlse from the shores of San Francisco f SCENE IN GOLDEN GATE PA PACIFIC INTERS agjnamiiMnMMT*ii*nrnnwnniuiiiiWM^*^',w''"^^ 000? ? UMI ? i i .?.? ? ? ?.? ?-O0C Is to Participate Panama=Pacific ooO? ?? Ooc bay are Messrs. McKim, Mead & White of New York, designers of Madison Square Garden, the Boston Public library, the Agricultural building at the World's Columbia exposition; Thomas Hastings, president of Carrere & Hastings, architects in chief for the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo; Henry Bacon, designer of the Lincoln memorial; Willis Polk, associated with D. H. Burnham of the World's Columbian exposition at unicago. These architects and their associates pronounce the site of the exposition as unsurpassed for a great maritime celebration. The exposition structures will be the largest and costliest ever erected for a world's exposition X . 'C'-'^y ';?J" '' ^ .... . C|i'x -:J AdPIC INTEENATIONAL EXPO! and will be visible in detail to passengers on ships entering the Golden Gate. The site of the exposition takes every advantage of the combination of harbor and hills that gives San Francisco its chief charm. The main features of the exposition trill be located at Harbor View, on San Francisco bay midway between the ferry building and the Golden Gate, and the permanent buildings to remain after tbe exposition is over will be erected in the west end of Golden Gate park, which fronts on the Pacific ocean. These sites and intermediate locations will be nnw>tp/l hv a mnrine boulevard that sweeps from Harbor View through the Presidio to'the Golden Gate and then turns south to Golden Gate park. A trackless trolley will take visitors otct this magnificent scenic boulevard from Harbor View through the military reservation at the Presidio, where the government is planning a wonderful military display, to Golden Gate park, and one admission will include entrance to both features. The site expresses the maritime character of the great celebration. In harmony with the exposi" tion San Francisco itself will be an exposition city in 1015. The parks and water front of the city will be improved at an expenditure of millions of dollars, and the ferry building, the main entrance to San Francisco, wil> be adorned with a grand court of honor. Market street and Van Ness avenue, the two main thoroughfares of San Francisco, each running from the bay and meeting iD a V in the heart of the city, will be decorated with BK, SITE OF THE PEKIJANEN' ,'ATIONAL EXPOSITION AT SAN , ooO? ? ?-p In the Great ! * Exposition la 1915 j : huge Grecian columns adorned with the flags of all the nations of the world and surmounted at convenient intervals by classic arcades. At the junc; tion of these two streets will be erected a civic center. The buildings in ' this architectural group will cost close ; to $9,000,000. The nucleus of the civic ( center will be a new city hall to take the place of the one destroyed in 1906. , The exposition authorities have voted . the sum of $1,000,000 for a great audi torium to accommodate visitors to conventions during the exposition. A great opera house will be erected by private capital at the civic center, and : the famous singers of the world will be heard In San Francisco in exposition / J THE KAEBOB, SCENE OF THE SITION IN 1915. days. Great saengerfests in which the choral societies of foreign countries participate will be held upon the exposition grounds. The Panama-Pacific International exposition will open with a pageant in San Francisco harbor of the battleships of the naries of the world. The foreign vessels will first assemble at . Hampton Roads, where, joined by ships of the American navy, the entire tleet will be reviewed by the president of the United States and foreign digni taries. This fleet, the largest ever assembled, will then proceed through the Panama canal to the harbor at San Francisco, where it will participate in the most spectacular naval demonstra ? -t c- in uon ever wiuiesscvi. ouu i muusw 3915 will see the flags of more nations than hare ever been brought together in one place at any one time From unofficial assurances now received it is anticipated that 300 foreign battleships in addition to those of the United States navy will be gathered is San Francisco harbor. A huge commemorative edifice, in purport like Bartholdi's statue of Liberty, will welcome vessels from afar. The structure, to be known as the St. Francis Memorial tower, will be S50 feet in height, with a base 220 feet square. The shaft will be eighty-five feet square, with corners rounded, and of steel construction and terra eoita veneering. The approximate cost of the tower will be $2,000,000. From its summit the sightseer will look almost i straight down upon the waters of the Golden Gate, 1,300 feet below. ? ??r?r .. ..i : : : ' r FEATURES OF THE PANAMAFRANCISCO, 1915. Women Martyrs. Many women are martyrs, and yet they do not know it. They shut the sunshine out of their houses and their hearts, they wear veils, they carry parasols, they do all possible to keep off the subtlest and yet most potent influence which is intended to give them strength, beauty and cheerfulness. For Sale. On* Neiv Home Sewing Machine and one New Acme Sewing Machine, both drop heads and light runners; guaranteed to work perfectly and wear for years. Apply to Rice B. Harman, George Noely shot and killed Ed Thomas?both negroes?at (Joronaca, Greenwood county, on Saturday, using both barrels of a double-barrel shotgun. Mrs. Rose A. Freeman, Clifford, Va, says they have long used Foley's Remedies and want to say a good word for them. 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A thousand tongues could not express the gratitude of Mrs. J. E. Cox, of Joliet, 111., for her wonderful deliverance from an awful fate. "Typhoid pneumonia nad left me with a dreadful cough,'' she writes. "Sometimes I had such awful coughing spells I thought I would die. I could get no help from doctor's treatment or other medicines till I used Dr. King's New Discovery. But I owe my life to this wonderful remedy for I scarcely cough at all now.'' Quick, safe anc} reliable for all throat and lung troubles. Every bottle guaranteed. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Kaufmann Drug Co. Policeman J. S. Haselden, of Florence, shot and killed a negro named Dock Lerk on Tues ay. He bad arrested the negro for drunkenness, and the negro attacked him with a knife. What Texans Admire is hearty, vigorous life, according to Hugh Tallman, of San Antonio. "We find," he writes, "that Dr. King's New Life Pills surely put new life and energy into a person. Wife and 1 believe they are the best made," Excellent for stomach, liver or kidney troubles. 25 cts? at Kaufmann Drug Co. The closing exercises of the Lutheran Theological seminary in Columbia were held on Wednesday. There were j four graduates: Messrs. W. H. Davidson, M. L. Kester, C. W. Hepner, W. Darr Haltiwanger. Dissolution of Partnership. To All "Who It May Concern: Notice is hereby giveu that the firm, of Summer & Fulmer, dealers in general mernhnndise. Chaoin, S. C., com posed of A. B. Summer and P. S. Fulmer, did mutually agree on January 29, 19:12, to dissolve partnership, and have dissolved partnership. All the liabilities owing by our firm have been assumed by A. B. Summer, and all debts due to onr firm are payable to and collectible by A. B. Summer, or the firm of Summer Bros., who are conducting the business. A. B. SUMMER. P. S. FELMER. Chapin, S. C.. 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