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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER- THURSDAY MORNINGMAY 20.' 1915. The News and Observer (Wf day a ... HT .-. TU Nr wwl OWr PoWkhbf Co. JUULTHt aJITELi. IIS-114 W. Mania I . , . -. . nuraoxn 4 Rang .... ........ M I Rings lit 1 Ma in a j.llf Mm CdnarM Whim tCaOtaw Piimimiii FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS SUBSCRIPTION PBJCEl .$1. . I.M . Entered at the Psatofnc at Rsislgh, North Carolina, aa WinCim Mlt. M -r orning l onic Samuel Smile. ft M Mot wealth that give the true sest to Ufa, JL hut reflection. annrciation. taste, culture. Above alt. th feeling haart and the seeing eye art ladlpaabli with these tba humblest lot MT be ma 6a blessed Labor and toll may be asnoeiated with tha highest thought and tns pur! tastes. I -BOUGHT tome. rag of Tailor bkaggs, anil paid him when I got 'ml he wept with laa; "for Mow," aaid he. Til pay my MUa. dod . fot Vm." Bo na the ran he took M' , and "paid Oie rfwr btm. wlw trade waa ba4. aad who was sad, bora aw the wolf drew ilumt, ' Thai nade lilm senile, Bl'YINC AT HOMK. and for a while the Ml of teaa aad sage, thought rheerful thinks, forgot the kinks, and paid his Herb their wage. Aad Billism Bark, tha old head clerk, pat up noino thankful ; Ma wife waa III the druggist's bill rorrinl him like Mum. The druggist "Doggone your hide, I thaak yon for theae roabteaj I'm In the hole aad ared a roll to ease My weight of troubles." The druggist paid that wtaaoaaa maid, hla gnat assistant, Annie, and Jaat for lurk abe blew a back for roller skate for granny. Aad thus My arada brought help te lads aad girl beyond the rotating Mach trouble ceased, and Joy Inrreaaed. and apt OB aaoaaung. ssousung. sow are. My friend. If yoa ahoald apend your rata with local dealer, you're spreading glee and ecstary to beat the fans nine spielers. . Tha la teat attempt of tha esteemed Colonel to - n'l 1 M .,,,, A , .... . nemf .111 mj 1 1 iu yawr.vm timm muiim u . .. - faulty for tha Colonel. And there waa 1(11. Germany, It aew appear will not answer tha United Btataa seta for aome tea days. This giv tha guesaer ample tlma la which to prognos-tJcat. ; Wa are absolutely certain that thla la not the right time to take 'em off. Be patient, though, for tha "good old summer time" will get here after awhile. Without doubt England would Hke to hav the ten aubmarlnaa which ware built for It hare hut which are be lag held at tha fore River yard la Massachusetts by thli government boeauM of our neutrality. The' ten were built in four Months. - It being announced that Levi P. M ortnn cele brated hla nlnety-nrst. birthday annlveraary In k'ashlns-ton an Sundav. It will be recalled that he waa once Vice-President of the ratted Stales, Vice-Presidents, unlejhs they do something no table, do not linger long la the memory of mankind. The ft ret of tha trans-Atlantic llnrra to be ttverted to the Mew Ynrk-8an Diego-San Praa rlsco run has arrived at Kan Diego via the Panama Canal from New York. Thla la the learner Finland, oj the Panama-Pacific Una. from New York te Han Francisco by water la tpt to prove a popular trip In the present Ict jp of "trans-Athintlo travel. . ; "A bit! A palpable hit! Remarka the Colum Ma State, with the matters of prosperity and lamrty howling In mind: "We eatremely re- rret " note by the raised New Tork Tribune hat the Democratic administration has so thor oughly demoralised business that that paper la aow carryiag only !t,0 lines morw advertising thaa during tha eorraapaadiDC period of May. ,- K ! -i..u.u.....;.-.u: Just the other day wo told of American Matchea being need In Paris for the Brat time. Yesterday there came the news that another klad of "maun" had appeared there, that tha drat marriage by proty had taken place. . This was la the Lad a auarter. the bridegroom, a Paiid attornsy wo la sow at rhe frotrt being ropraaeatad by a friend who stood up- for him at tha wedding, thla being la strict privacy. iM 1 THE TWESTlBMr af.IT. Today North Carollaa oslobrataa tha aanivor aary of .the signing of the Meckleaeurf Denav raUon of Isdepondaaea, One hundred and forty years ago, oa the Twentieth of May, 1TTI. that Declaration of Independenoe wad signed, aad it takes its place as oao of the great historical events of this Bute. ' On the Great 8eal of tba suae and oa the State flag there la tha data "May Z. lTTt.T and with It our frlate declaratlos la -Ease Quam Vlderl." Thla la Indeed a Htate In which tha rule In "To Bo i lather Thaa To Beam To Be, North Carollaa believes In the doing and not In th seeming. This Is s Btats with a glorious history and with a future bright with hope. With the great est native born population of aay of the States It Is going forward. Among ls people there Is that same great spirit of freedom which am mated the Mecklenburg farmers who signed the Declaration of Independence which gave to this State a- peat of honur and distinction. Mecklenburg county celebrates today, and from all parts of the State the sobs of North Carolina send their greeting to Charlotte, The aiory of the Mecklenburg Declaratloa of Independence is the common heritage of ail the people of the Htate. May there never come day when North Carolina will forget the men of those Revolutionary daya and when Ita sons will not be animated with the ami high purposes. ITALY. L'nlesa all aigns fall Italy Is close Upon the time when It will be In the reeking Held of the European war. Whether Its entry will prolong the struggle for mastery fa Europe, or whether thla other factor against Oermany and Auetro Hungsry will decisively turn the tide In favor of the Allies, can only be conjectures, .Tlt the voice of the great majority ' people is for war aad on the side of the Allies is the bur den "of the nwe which Insistently esmos -from that country. The reports yesterday were of auch a nature as to cause the world to expect a quick decision after, nine months of waiting, a waiting which la held by many to have been caused by tha bril liant diplomacy of Count Bernhard von Buelow, the Kaiser's representative In Rome. The re tention of Salandra as Premier of Italy ahowed conclusively that tha war party In that country la In control. That Austria yet has a faint glim mering hope of keeping Italy neutral la ahown by tha fact that again yesterday it waa dicker Ing as to territorial concessions to be made to pacify that country. That the will of the people of Italy Is for war la unmistakable. They have a dream of ex panalon for their country which Is the moving factor, and there Is territory which they feel It must have, whether Austria will yield It by con cession, or whether It will have. to be taken by force of arms. The fever of war Is rising higher and higher and It now seems that the govern ment will not be able to restrain the demand for the call to the colors. Indeed the demand appears "to have so grown that If It ti not granted tha government Itself may be pushed to one side. .' The gathering of mobs, the shouta in tha street of Rome sod of other cities of Italy, are such as to give threat to the throne Itself. If lotor Kmanuel does not heed the call, than may be thai' the reign of Victor Kmanuel will end. "Down with the monarchy; long live tha republic." has been heard In the streets of Rome. Is not that the people do not want Victor Emanust as thai sovereign. It la that they want war. And If Italy takes the plunge it wllf be because the people have so willed It. TIIK HTRAWBKRRY CROP. " Appoiatmeeta to positions keep coming the aa of William Baraea despite the fact of the Calowsl being "agta" him. The latest Is that aprons Court Justice Haabrouck. of New York, has aaaaed him as a member of the Ahoekaa nutvas -Commlaaloa t a. pass upon .damage :laima la connection with the acquisition by Smw York City of the Aaoskaa region for water up ply purpossa. Now. wo seUsvo Mr. Barnes would rather be oa a commission to aaseas dam ages against tha Colonel! Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. chairman of the Empire Btats campaign cam mitt ee for votes for women, did the right thing ysaterdayt Bhe cava oat a statement csademarag tha action of he w-omaa suffragists whs attempted te haad :a President Wlleea while he was la New York at the review af the fleet, a letter requesting Mm to give an asdlsaos to a deputation of women uff-agiau. - Well does Mrs. Catt declare: w.uf. rragtsts realise that no President sine Unrein has had such serious aad dslteata problems to f .Jve as Mr. TTIleoa. Ws are dlsrraaaed that aay iroa la the name of our oaues should have :4 te Intrude upon his peas af mind." Tha reports from New York of such large re ceipts of strawberries that tha price was driven down on Tueeday la not a matter of encourage ment to the strawberry raieera. though tha New Yorkers were pleasedVJot; ltBve Jhem- their tlret cheap berriea of the season. Tha reports were that on Monday the arrival of berries broke II records, there reaching that market JI.2I1 cratee or III carloads, the stock being received from North Carolina. Virginia, Maryland and tha Eastern Shore. Prices,, st s Lea tha New York Commercial, ruled low. Small berries lata on Monday sold at four coals a quart for Eastern Shore fruit, and from three tents to five cents on Virginia offerings. The stock from North Carolina went at pries ranging from three cents to six cenu a quart, while there waa a preference ahown for the largo Maryland berriea. In some cases eight cents to twenty cents a quart being paid. . At auch prices ths fruit moved oa freely, as was to bo expected, from the opening of the docks, the hucksters and ths wagoa boys tak ing large lots early. The reports are that the sales to tha consumers went on briskly aad that there waa a feast of strawberries among many In New York' who had not Indulged la ths lux uries hitherto In the season. While ths straw berry raisers will receive small checks for their shipments, yet "It Is an 111 wind that blows no body good." and ths New York purchasers of strawberries at email prteea had a delight which had not come to them before during thla year. : THE SCREAM OP THE COLO XTX. That there has been a sense of personal la Jury la the neighborhod of the whareabouta of ths gentleman who put Oyatsr Bay oa tha map because of the events outstds of tha aourt 'room la Syracuse may well be Imagined. Waa riot "I" entitled te tha flrat pagreT By what right dues aayoae butt la while T am having the time of my life oa the witness etaad telling all about ths wtekedneaa of "Bom' Barnes who wsuldat see things my wrap, sad who had ths audacity t attempt t call ato leva whoa 1 gave htm public toagu lashing? That such has been the attitude of the Calaaol lately la tha natural view at all who kaew of that gentle man's deetrs for ths fun limelight of publlotty. And-1 tha Interim, whlls this seontry Is waiting? t hoar from Berlin, aad whlls there Is a tossing up of eolae as ta hew Italy will Jump or when H will Jump the Colonel mads an areueement a hla fight for first pes- pesiUea la ths papers, . ft was a aaJIsnt shaege he mads at the aew pa per bays. Hew did hs do lt( With hla veto, of eemrse. That la his strong petst,' The aeoentata af the preceding In tha court oa. Tueeday say that sshen aaked If ho had said that "The Repablteaa party la sot big enough to held Baraea aad rysst" th Coloael almost shouted that It was falaw. Quit the ld tint RoaeevalC was not T He Ii ii adapt in hurling about the ugly llttl deaaaclaUoa. I now ho oooid only de liver; the charge ta th Jury la the Barnes vs. Beoeevelt case ha would be happy. That he has been pushed away from the coveted full glare of publicity for awhile la terribly sad. but ths Colonel may have something up his sleeve to startl as wHh yet Por his seas lot as bops I bat he has. -lis enjoys his scream as much as a child Is tickled with Its tin rattle. Carious how tmngs snap themselves up oc casionally. Her It la that the rfflted States government has been requested to ask ths British Embassy t secure for Dr. Dernburg a British safe conduct for. his voyage overseas to Oermany. A German subject seeking a safe conduct from the British is rather a novelty at thla lima - V There la deep regret la Raleigh at the death of Mr. Albert I Hopkins, of Newport News. Va,r who. was among lk toal im the destruction of the Lusltanla, his body having been recov ered Friday. Mr. Hopkins was president of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Com pany and visited Raleigh earns time ago with other members of the Fnlted States Chamber of Commerce. A North Carolina Poet. Wilmington Dispatch. Ws learn that that most lovable North Caro linian. Dr. William Laurie Hill, of Charlotte, is on to lesu a new book. Following publica tion of the "Master of the Red Buck end Bay Doe," which added lustre to North Carolina In the realm of literature, the Doctor, whoee always friendly nod and ever kindly word have done much In adding to life's sweetness,' Is to Issue a book of poems, entitled "Blue Bird Bongs of Hope and Joy." For a number of years this good, . deer old gentleman hss been the poet laureate of the Morth 'Carolina Press Association, a position hs hss tilled In faithful and masterly way. His poems breathe of life's charm, vigor and opportunity. Kipert Vs. Igaoramaa. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Admiral Dewey is quoted as saying that the L'ntted States Navy Is today "composed of the finest snd most efficient warships that we have ever had" and that "the fleet now in New York harbor la not excelled, except In also, by the fleet of any nation In the' world." "Our offi errs, he adds, "are as good as any, and our enlisted men are superior In training, education physical development and devotion to duty to those of any other nation. As president of the Ooneral Board for the last fifteen years, I can say with absolute confidence that the efficiency of the fleet has progressed steadily and never has been so high as today." But, of course, such testimony from such s source wil hsvs no effect on Hon. Uussie (Gard ner. How could the ranking officer of the American Navy, a man who has devoted hla whole life to the practical study of naval affairs, possibly know aa much about the con dition of our naval establishment as ths gen tleman from Massachusetts who probably nsver set foot on a warship and wouldn't know a tor pedo boat from a destroyer? THE WHIRLPOOL ' 1 . . -- ---a - ' . v '3Wt,VXV VW f m-rSwH ' Lt U t 1I,IUI nT1 Hill II U lllMMlUt THK BENCH AND THK PRKSlDfcXt'Y. F would be difficult to cite a situation In our political history like thst now on the car pet The Democratic party Is standing pat on Wood row Wilson and hla administration, and the Ct. 4i-V 4a golna: about with a lantern hunting candidate for lU. TTey hvn6g bunch from which to pick. There Is talk of Weeks; of Massachusetts. VHP hss a full barrel . of money, which triumphed over Bam McCall'a full barrel of brains In the last election for Cnlted States Benstor in Massachusetts. Then mention now and then Whispered of Henry Cabot Lodge, who would be mighty glsd to be assured of a re-election to the Senate. There was much talk of Whitman at one time; but a man who Is a failure as Governor at Albany would be impossible aa President at Washington. Ohio has three or four candidates for the Republican nomination, Indiana hss two, Pennsylvania at lesst one, Illinois two, Michigan one, Iowa ona. Missouri one, and there are others. For a while the Republicans were blissful In the nonsense that they could elect yaller dog In lilt; but that damphoolery la now discarded. e To ahow that they realise that they have the fight of their lives on their hands, the Republi cans all throusrh-the-montlLpfAprll urged Mr. Justice Hughes with ceaseless, persistence and practical,, unanimity. , When . a political party goes to ths Supreme Court for s candidate for President It Is tantamount to a algnal of distress When ths devlt Is sick, ths devil a tnonk would oe; When the devil Is well, devil a monk Is he." No party will ever go to the bench for a can didate as long aa It has a layman who can make a atroag race. There (a a-!teellng la this country that ths bench Is liks the church in this par ticular neither must dabble la politics. . That th reason tha Whigs would never nominate John McLean for President, and In 111 ths Republicans rejected that him Justice McLean and took up Job a C. Fremont, who, not many years earlier, tried to make California a Slavs State. At least, hs oppoeed that clause of the Rtate Constitution prohibiting slavery. Th John McLean I am talking about la not the same McLean some of you msy bs thinking about. thouch both hailed from Ohio. David Davis, while en the Supreme Bench had ambitions ta bs President aad In MTl he beat Wendell Phillips for ths nomination la the National Convention of ths Labor party, thsn very active la polities; but the Liberal Republi cans at Cincinnati preferred Horace Oreeley to him. after which hla ease waa hopeless. Subse quently his resignation; from ths bench ts be come beaator oust Samuel J, Tllden tha Preei deaey. -."'' Preatdeat Unoola mads RaJmoB p. Chase Chief Justice of ths Supreme Court ts keep Mm out af polltloe. At the time there eras serious epposttlea ta the reaominatlon of Lincoln In the Republican party and It waa about to ssttlo on Chase That opposition held a national con vention which nominated John O, Fremont for rreasaeet and J aha Cochrane for Vice-President, bat when ike reernlae cnnrentlon spmlnated Liawoia aad Johnson tha opposition oellspaad. ft la cartons s ams that James a. Oarfleld was fee th Freenoat ticket. . ' t e e e ' . Chase waa a eaadldats befor the Democrat! KatieoeJ Convention la IIII and had hs been amed aad th greenback plana left out of the platform It Is very likely that L. a Grant srould ever hare - President, la the daya af their dark despair ths Damoereu used te look to Mr. Justte Field, af the Supremo Beach, with lm- plortng ore, aad he wes willing tea, bat It ease ta naught. . Procter Knott waa si the head of his publicity bureau la II ta, bat Is the Na tional Cenvewtlea f the Deeneeeaiie sut hie hlahest vote never reached 100. Blnce ItSO no Supreme Court Justice wss mentioned for Pre! dent until 1112. when Mr. Justice Hughes stopped ths clamor for hla nomination ty an emphatic refusal to countenance the movement. And now Mr. Juattce Hughes haa again de clined to re-enter the game of politics. Had he been nominated for President In 1108 he would have been elected. He was then a candidate for the distinction and he would have been chosen had not Theodore Roosevelt been as much master of the convention as Mark Hanna waa of that of eight years esrlter. Roosevelt. however, served notice -that If ths convention rejected Taft he would take the nomination him self, snd thst settled It. In ltlt the stand patters, to get him out of the way. caused Taft to nominate Hughes to a vacancy on the bench. He accepted and la much In love with the Job, If gossip is to be credited. Nobody knows what reception the people would give to a candidate for President taken from the Supreme Bench. He might run Ilk ths cholera, aad than hs might not. Gov ernor Hughes made a great reputation aa Oov sraor of New York; but. lees fortunate thaa Tll den and Cleveland, the booses of his party were too strong for htm, and many of the reforms hs advocated were rejected,, though some of them ho was able to accomplish. II la a tribute to the man that the worst ele ment In his party clothed him with the ermine In order to be rid of him' In the field of politics. Now they would be glad to draft him to pull tha chestnuts of ths Q. O. P. out of ths Ore. Bine the positive and authorised announce ment taking Justice Hughea out of the calcula tion the boom of Mr, Burton is becoming with greater vigor. Washington. May IT" Ipay . t. astwards.! AN OLD-TIME ADVOCATF. OF THK A MA CANAL FROJKCIV: PAN. THE LATE Frederick W. Beward, who died recently at hia home, Montrose, near Tarry town on the Hudson River, would have been years of age had he lived until July. He said to me the last time I saw mm. more man a year ago, that ha believed he was ths sole sur vivor of all of those who had official intimacy with Abraham Lincoln when Presidsnt. Mr. Seward, aa Assistant Secretary of Bute, often represented his fsther at Cabinet meet ings and In that capacity he was present at me leat Tablnct-mccting-Linooln held, which was on ths afternoon of ths day oa which ho wa assassinated. - ., In one of the many conversations I had with Mr. Seward n ot th hs spoke to mt of his satisfaction that hs had been permit- tad to live long enough to know that the canal across the Isthmus of Panama had been com pleted and was being navigated by veeeeis. My rather, sixty years ago. was pereuaaao thst sooner or later a canal would be built across that Isthmus,' hs said. "At that Urns the Isthmus was called Darten. I rused orq to hear my. father speak of the vital need for the United States of a ship canal across ths Darlsn Isthmus, Hs believed that th government should provide surveys and plana, and, of course, that the Btats Department ahauld enter Into diplomatic rotations with Colombia with a view to securing a treaty. If the government did secure a treaty which would give ths Cat ted States exclusive control, and if tha army and navy co-operatsd In perfecting a survey. thea It would remain rnr private capital to build the canal. I think it was ths second year of Preatdeat Fine Crop' Wheat. Reidavills Review. Oak Grove: Wheat and oats are coming right along. From the looka of the wheat now. It will yield a lino crop. -'.'. Rains In Iredell Help. Statesvllls Landmark. Mooresvtlle: The recent rains hsvs greatly Improved the crops In this sec tlon of the county. Wheat, oats, and other grain crops are looking unusu ally fine in thla section. First Grower Bragging. Newton Enterprise. New Irish potatoes have arrived, and ths first grower bragging about eating any is Mr. L Alex. Yoynt. New ton, Route t, who hsd 'em for dinner Fridsy. . Strnwhrrrsrs "Big aa Ptmchca.' Newton Enterprise. The famous Catawba strawberry. commonly described as "big as peaches, is on the market In abund ance. The prices yesterday ranged around I cents ths quart- No liner berry, either In flavor or else, is grows anywhere than the Catawba berry. FoodstatTs In Rockingham. Ke, J.viiTT ii.Vlew; A conservative estimate showsil per cent more corn Is berng planted In Rockingham county this year thaa any season for ths past twenty-five years. There is a much larger acre ags In clover and other valuable stuff. Msny farmers are getting ready to put In field of mixed oow peas, mil let and sorghum and there la to be more or lees acreage ltTcow peas, sor ghum and soy beans Either of thaa combinatlona will make a An forage crop and assure farmers of winter supply if reasonable care Is taken In the cutting and eurtng of this high and nutritious feed. 0 J tfa$ a-Sa' MIGHTY BLOW ' Stay late I al ways pay aa I go. Miss Weary lyawnlaglYour creditors h'av my sympathy. Johnsoa's admlnlstratloa that my father was abls to secure exactly tha kind of treaty he wanted, Hs had also obtained a- aurvey anu plans on an estimate or cost. ' "When I asked him where ho was 'going to And the private capital hs said that he was sure the men who had built tha Atlantis cable would be only too willing to rats ths capital necessary for th construction of th canal. Th estimate is that It would com about llOO.ttt.f Ot. "Father waa correct Ik that view. He visited New York and Interested Peter Cooper, Mar shall Roberts, aad two ar three other men s. capital In ths proposttloa. These were th men who laid the Atlantio cable, Peter Cooper was enthusiastic ever ths plaas and hs assured my father thst there would be no difficulty In rais ing ll0t.004.Mt. Me got together a committee, which undertook ts. market- I10t.ttt.tt0 of stock. There seemed to be ne doubt about th doom af ths attsmpt to raise thla sapltaL Suddenly tha plan had te bo postponed, and. it proved, abandoned for tha simpls reason that In spits of aU ths argument brought to bear by my father and other upon th Senators ths treaty was rejected. Bom year after that Franc took the proposition up ' (Copyright, 111, by E, J. Edwards. AU rights ' . , reserved.! , TAMED. Swift need te i a great out door maa and all- around sport. Is hs reconciled te married life? f I think so, I called oa him re cently and found 'hint sorting ashes with- an -old-tna-als racket. CNFEEUNO. I'm tired of reeding absot tha smart girl grad uate. You're hot half as tired as tha fol lows will bs who bav te llstsa t her Waa !, Kdwarda will toil wf "A Maa assay. . : ArtKUEPV , jTpP ; Da ywa ks ' Batter thaa I ""Jf 7 ' ased te, Thare'i I 'V, a lot sf his muete I -f Attomey-Oeneral Blckett is prim ing up for a big speech at Waks For on the occasion of the alumni meet ing. Last year hs was elected orator, and Attorney-General Blckett, If signs do not go wrong, is going to give the alumni, their friends, and ths student body in general. omthiaT t' think about. But for all that, ho hat ao speech prepared. Recently, ha received from a correspondent for ons of ths Bute papers In Waks Forest, a request for his speech. General Blckett re plied that ho had ths frame work of his oratorical mansion ready bul wouldn't put on the finishing touches with ths roof and porches until hs looked at hie audience. "And I always And." added Attorney-General Blckett la su bounce, "that a back stairway la tba most convenient thing a speaker can have, Just to get out quickly and gracefully. Pleass supply ons for mo." -v.w, But Attorney-General Blckett. In spits of ths terrible achedule of speeches before and behind him, tax ing hla capacity and straining his nerves, is anticipating something for A Wake PnrMf AnA fh-i Isn't to be downed by a bit of iaiiguell'''--'-'''' 11 ;i'.vii..u.i.ii.CT There is hardly a public man ia ths Btats who has spoken In aa many places and .on as many occasions dur ing the last year, certainly, as At- 1 torney-General Blckett; He hlmsall refuses to admit all of his speech making program. , . j I have been sawing a bit of wood." he says, but that is as far as ht will go 'What do you do whea you have spoken until you are hoar when . something on the Inside and every thing on the rutsids wants a rest?" somebody asked the Attorney-Oeneral.' ' "Well," he replied aad his syss - closed lo a full-face laugh, "I Just make aaothar .speech." . , , e . j . Richmond la makliig extensive preparations to entertain - ths largo numbers of visitor ezDected . during the Confederate Re-union," said Mr. Harvey M. Holleenan. of Richmond Ja -Raleigh yesterday enroot to visit his parents at Apex. ConUnaing hs said: "Hundreds of decorators are busy, and the Federal Reeerva ity 1 al ready pressating a gay appearance with flags, bunting, and -stream. t Signs are everywhere directing straag ers to their various headquarter. , "Yesterday Governor Stuart award ed contract for-the decoration and Illumination of the Capltotr Stat Li brary and Executive . Mansion. Ths big buildings will be swathed la bunting and . banners tastefully ar re risen. , Powerful searchlights erect, ed at advantageous points in ths cap. ltd grounde will light np ths faoadei of th State building after dark eacr night, bathing the decorations in 0 brilliant light. In addition to th reg ular electric lights. "Owners of automobllea are dec, rating their car for a hug floral ps rad. Ths Richmond Auto club of- . fere three prise for beet decorated" cars 1100 for first, 10 for asooad and f0 for the third, Tha parade will b oa th after of Jan I starting from ths city hall at I p. m, Auto owners In North Carolina are Invited to make the raa ta Richmond ina parttcipat in ths .parade. reaoy i.sos cars has beea 'Bands from Staunton. Birmingham and Loulsvtlls' ranged to come aad aid ia music during tha re-unleiw iddttlnn to all th Richmond and eur roundlng town bands win furnish live ly music for th veterans. "Already th hanks and larger mer cantile establish meat have started their decoration, and many are com. pleta. In a few daya ths main bual nese streets will present a varied and beautiful spectacle, mar - gorgeonr than ever befor attempted for a Confederate re-union and will be going hundreds of miles . t - "Members of the R. B. Lee Cami Ne. 1, Son of Confederate Vstsraa are lending their energies planning new stunt to ntertala tha old oi dlers. They hav tha entire budaeM Interests backing their , efforts, and Richmond hopes, and ' It.deed had planned that this shall be the greatest re-uoioa ever hold la tha South. I'm. thia plcdg avoryaaa Is lavitod tea. ' AI- aromiaad. . l Atlanta i 1 hav ar- i f furnishing f Those n ' f