The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-10
ABOUT READY.
The Celebration is Now But a
Week Off.

There is but one more week before tho
Decennial Celebration occurs. Nearly
all the details have been arranged, yet
there is still much work to be done by
tho various committees. More people
Will DO here than was ever before as
sembled in Roanoke or was ever
gathered in one place in Southwest Vir.
ginia.
Three batteries. with twelve guns,
from Norfolk, Richmond and Lynch
burg, will he present. The camp
cquipago of the Second Virginia Regi.
ment will be here to-day, the colonel
and his staff on Monday and the whole
regiment Will arrive on June Is. The
commissary committee, consisting of
Messrs. Peck, Waugh and Kemp, is
busily at work arranging to provide
necessary provisions for the troops.
The military committee is experiencing
some trouble in securing sufficient
number OF horses for the mounted Off
GERS and to draw the artillery. The
committee desires all country people
who are willing to Fire their horses to
notify the general secretary, Capt. John
III. DunStan, at once.
The executive committee met last
night and made some appropriations to
different committees. The military
committee, to obviate any difficulty that
might arise from scarcity of ammuni-
ton, have ordered $4,000 blank cart.
ridges for the infantry, and 100 rounds
OF ammunition for the artillery TO use
in the sham battle. The adver-
Using committee has gotten out num-
Der OF neatly printed invitations which
any parties WHO desire to invite their
friends can obtain them on application
at the headquarters in the Commercial
Association rooms. a quantity OF large
posters have been issued by the adver-
Using committee which will be gen
erously distributed throughout South
west Virginia. In addition to this the
Norfolk and Western railroad will do
some extensive advertising, Col
Brooke, chairman oil the military COM
mittee, was informed at Norfolk that
$50 men would attend from there.
The city is already beginning to don
its holiday attire. For the last two or
three days the citizens have been very
busily at work and have made some at
tractive and artistic decorations on
number of business houses.
The most ella borately decorated house
that has yet been arranged is THE
TIMES building, which is very artistically
draped in bunting with the colors and
stars of the American flag, and has
flowing from every window and over the
doors circular folds of many colored
bunting, pinioned down with an eagle
and shield and decked with flags and
and richly colored banners. Three
long folds of red, white and blue are
stretched across the second and third
stories intersecting in the center of the
building. The result is novel and
pleasing and the building in its gala
dress presents to the eye the irridescent
colors OF the rainbow.
The decoration of THE TIMES building
was due to the joint contributions Of
the Times Publishing Company, Dennis
Truitt & Co., w. P. and j. c. Moomaw
and the New York Bankers Investment
Company. The work was performed BY
Marx Mitteldorfer & Son.
Oppenheim Exchange. at the corner
Of Commerce and Campbell streets, pres
ents very handsome appearance.
Over the door and windows are draper
les of red, white and blue bunting, neatly
arranged. The two windows in the sec.
ond story ire lastly decorated in keep
ing with those on the first floor, with a
shield and American flags in the center.
The whole is surmonted by large cir
cular fold of gaily colored bunting, flags
and banners. The decorations on this
building are not yet completed. A
large banner will be added, bearing the
legend, Roanoke, 1882, 400-lS02,
$4,000" The south side of the building
fronting Campbell street will also be
decorated.
Nicholas e Woodwards saloon on
Salem avenue is very artistically decor
ated. Over the entrance is large
semi-circular piece of red, white and
blue bunting fastened with large gilt
eagle; the windows on each side are ar
ranged and draped uniformly with this,
while the smaller windows within the
entrance are made to present gay ap-
pearance with blue, red. green. white
and orange bunting. Above the door
and windows are shields and American
flags.
Thompson 81 Company's book store is
artistically decorated with draperies OF
many colored bunting Hastily placed
over the doors and windows from tho
bottom to the top of the large building.
The decorations on the second story are
especially handsome and snowy.
The Brunswick hotel looks very CAV
and festive in its many colored attire.
From the third story, with its large
somi-circular draperies surmounted with
| flags and banners to the sidewalk, the
decorations are neat and attractive and
tho different colors Of the bunting gives
a striking contrast.
Goez' shoe store, Webb and Wager, S
shoe store, ID. 4. Solomons jowelry house
and Joseph COINS clothing house were
handsomely decorated yesterday and
show up verv gay in their Kaleidoscope
draperies. The decorations on these
buildings is also the work of Marx Nit
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