Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-23


krown Tom Dockery, b. II. Sparks
NJ. g. Davis, Tom +. Moore. Layton
Huckett. Dee Cook. n. u. Hays, 5. 49,
Thomus. j, II, QuArles. George W
Crlppeu and Miller Moore appeared.
The marshals began arranging the
different bodies in line as fast as they
arrived at the square. Marshnl-in-
chief Horne remained at the square
and his aids swarmed round the city
han.
At 1880 the scene around the city
hall square was indeed a grand and i'm
posing pHgeant.
Up Austin avenue, along the line OF
march, thousands OF flags and bunting
tluttered out the red, white and blue,
meath "A midsummer sky. ana thou
sands of faces OF all descriptions
preped out from faVorite windows, and
the crowd. to quote Jim Whltcomb
Riley, ''goshamightyr how It did flock
to the square
Aud the floats ana designs OF all
the prominent business houses, they
lust came u-rollng in by the dozen.
They We're all unique In their way and
an had some feature that stamped
an emblem upon them that II was
Cotton Palace day.
In the meantime the crowd OF spec
taturs along Austin street Increased TO
the thousands ana as each order, so
cirty or float came into line "a mighty
cheer was started at the city hail and
rolled up the street like mighty wave
OF the ocean when the north winds do
blow II was an Inspiring sight, and
as the bands struck up music alter
nutely pretty girls tapped their dainty
slippers with delight. small boys yelled
with glce and old men and women
clapped their hands aud laughed. Ev-
crythlug went for 1t is Cotton Palace
day,
The Parade.
The procession moved from the
square ut 2:3O O'Clock in the following
order:
Mounted police
South Bosque band.
knights Templar mounted.
Masonic fraternity.
orators OF the day In carriages.
Cotton palace officers and directors.
Lady managers OF the cotton palace
In carriages,
Band.
city officers I'm carriages.
Waco fire department.
Light Guards.
Juvenile Cavalry.
Citizens In decorated carriages.
Band.
Bicycles decorated with cotton.
Floats and carriages decorated with
cotton,
The procession marched up Austin
avenue to Eleventh street, out Eleventh
To Clay thence out Clay to Cotton Pal
ace park
The Masonic program and proceed
ings were carried out by the orgunlza-
tion OF the grand lodge by II, w. p.
@. NJ, George w. Tyler OF Bolton at
the Masonic temple as follows:
George w, Tyler, r. w Il. q. NJ
w w, Hunnicut. II. W. d. q. NJ
] l.. Miller, r. w q W
w. o, wilkes. r., w. j. G. W.
q, w, Jackson, II, w. g., chaplain.
a, Hoeffner, principal architect
w. $ Smith. grand treasurer.
Il. c. Smith. grand secretary.
II. j. Flack, grand pursuivaut.
A, Alexander. grand steward.
4. w, Thompson, grand steward.
j. IL. W. Fields. grand tiler.
G, G. Ross, b. X. Chandler, c. II.
Fisher, j. NJ Gambrell, w. j. Dufrel,
l.. w, Albertson.
shortly after . o'clock the grand
lodge took its position in the parade as
folows
Entered apprentices.
Fellow crafts
Muster Masons
Commanding escort.
Grand lodge.
At the park the members OF the fra
ternlty were largely represented.
Inc ceremony OF laying the stone oc-
cupied about twenty minutes, and was
conducted by the Masonic fraternity
George w. Tyler h, w. p. G. NJ. OF
Bolton officiating
At 4 o'clock president James
/. Moore of the Cotton Palace COM
pany stepped TO the front OF the plat
form IN the big tent, which the popu-
lists had used. He paid high COM
plimeut TO the board OF lady managers
and IN their behalf Introduced Miss
Florence Blair, who reoited 1.-THE Build
ers' OF Longfellow.
Hon. NJ. n. Herring. orator or the
day, then spoke lie reviewed the hiss
tory OF King Cotton from it's Introduce
uon into the Carolnas. more than
century ago, He declared the cotton
! palace had passed beyond the uncer-