New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-30
THE SLATER CENTENARY.
PAWTUCKET BRILLIANT WITH DECCRA'
TIONs AND CROWDED WITH STRANGERS.
CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN
SUNDAY sCHOoII-THE COTTON E4'
INHIBITION OTENED.
rnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuSE.I

ProvIdcncr X. T. sept. "D-Tho booming N cannon
late this afternoon reminded the people Oh fr''"o"
that the slater cotton Centennial Mt PawhfMt III"
besnn. Tho salute Vas fired ~ compliment !" WV
srnor p,IkeIry, ri Connecticut. who arrVed Dy
special train with hIs stan and An escort OF tho C"'
ncrtrut Foot Guard. accompanied by Cots hHhh W
Hartford Governor Bulkclcy and his stah "cro o.
rortrd 10 the Sarrngnnsctt Hotel by tho Uhl''d Ir
OF Artillery Of this fiiy TlHy Viii participate W 's
great parade NJ rawiurtrt 10 MORROW
The forrnoun to-day vt Pawt"krt "as given up |"
parade ~ the I'rir, sunday srhool'. the 'a'h"'c
.,,d 40 .chuJ, having wiiidinwn by direction OF
bi.hop Ilurkln. The paradc wns largo. novel ana
Interesting. Twenty avo or more nch"o''' """'e W
them comprising w many %, 800 S'h"lhf'' h'"r"' p"
ths music II numerous bands. under tHhmpha ~F'"''
and along gayy decorated strrcts. IN the p'"eS'"s
rhs Bshop Thonas ". clark. President T.. D. h"'
draws Of Brown University. and Mayor Hhsh - ar
roll OF pawrlckct. At DnnnrIl Park interesting pun
lie exercises were held. Mayor Carroll President All
drcwx the Rev Dr. ALERT T.. Dnnning 81 b"''"n' 81"
Others making addresses. The speeches erher'"y III
dicat.d that while samuel Slater did great "orh !"
establishing the cotton manufacturing business on
lrm basis In America hc did greater ONO ~ pi''s
the first sunday school In America.
Al . O'Clock thi, afternoon the Industrial exhbit N
Centenary Hall wa, formally opened, ana the mS
chinery started. Chairman Henry +. Irphc h'a"o ~
address, giving history of the i"ocP.''A go
growth Of TINS celebration, and also air
us,ll
Davis followed. lie dwet upon the TACT 'lat q
hundred wears ago young immigrant settled mere sHo
With only hi, brains and knowledge laid the fouhdsuou
Of fortune 50 vast that his grandson 1oN" W.
slater has given sl.joOOOo to scatter the blessings
~ cducat,n among tie poor freedmen Of the eouth.
Tho industrial exhibition CONSIST, largely o! machinery
u.cd in the manufacture Of cotton III us various
farms, so that the spectator sec the cotton pass
,hr:uch the various processes from the gn 10 US
looms, Then there are the slater relics, wnlch df7
numerous the most important being the oriSuAA
.pinning form and card made BY slater, ana lent ~
the National Museum III Washington: also nooe' %
Ell Whitncy's original cotton gin. These can oe con-
tra.ted with the latest machines for the same P"'
poses Another interesting feature Is irlniatul'
cotton. field, with the cotton ready for pGNDg Inc
yari,u, manufacturers and tradesmen have cxhioisS
Of All attractive nature. The city Is gayH decorated
and there Is q great number Of strangers.
Representatives from England were present 70 a-
tend the sunday S, hool o'ebatnn. they came from
I.lpcr the place where samuel slater was born.
H. morrow will De- Military Day. WHEN pr0oaoy
the finest military parade ever made IN tio1c i,H'nu
will be witnessed. General olney Arnold, Oh ra"
DAVIS AZ commandments chief Of the militia, VIII eGt
the line. Beside, the brigade Of I'm ale l>inhr hHut
there will parade provisional oG'sae; -, IiSSt
Infantry Veteran .A,sociat on; several mtaS com.
pan!es from abroad. including the lst Company OF
Inc Governor, Foot Guards, Of Hartford. Conn; a.
Department Of Rhode Island q: A. IL and tle hhniS
Island Division OF the SOILS of Veterans. Dinner VIII
he served 10 tie militia. d. A. r. ana sons OF veteran,
dr.s, parade by the Rhode Island brigade. when tic
troops will lie reviewed by the Governors ~ Rh.ie
Island and connecticut. In the evening grand camp
rre will be held In the Dexter tent. AZ which 500
rnmr,ncs az the d. A. X. including senior Vice Com
mander.in- Chcf Richard F. Tobn. will be present.