The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-16
ARE WORKINGI
DILIGENTLY.
Committees Have Made Much
Progress For Celebration.
NOTABLE PEOPLE INVITED.
Numerous Military and Civic Orders VIII
BE in Attendance--wiIl Be the
Big Celebration For
Eastern Ohio.

The Fourth of July celebration in
Canton is to be a record breaker.
There have been doings in this town
but not such doings as will be presented
by the committees that have the mat
ter Of a Fourth of July celebration in
charge. The occasion will be the dedi-
cation of at least one captured Spanish
cannon and in all probability two, rep
resenting both the Philippine and Gu
ban campaigns. This alone will give
military flavor to the exercises, but the
military men are not to have the whole
program to themselves. There will be
participation by many civic societies
and it is now an assured fact that a
number of notables will be in attend
ance. 1t is expected that congress will
send representatives in the shape of q
regular congressional committee and
that the Fourth of July celebration in
Canton will be made an event of ma
tional prominence.
The committees consist of men of
ability as organizers and of regulations
as hustlers and they are working hard.
They hold their meetings behind closed
doors and are not giving out all of their
plans. AS they are perfected they will
be given out but it is the desire of the
committees to be ready to deliver the
goods before advertising them. Excur-
sions will be run on all railroads and
people within radius of 100 miles will
be brought here on excursion rates.
Others will come from greater dis
tance. Organized bodies will come
from many cities in Ohio, Pennsylva-
states, if the committees plans work.
and the plans are already working.
The executive committee held a meet
ing Monday night in the city hall and
completed several committees to take
charge of specified features of the cell
ebration. The finance committee is
conceded to be an important one and
the committee chose the following as
members of that committee: From the
board of trade. Charles r. Frazer, H.
S. Kaufman, Phil j. Bernower. From
Business Mems association, j. A. Bour,
]. A. Mahaffey, ]. H. Kenny. From
Grocers' association, w. w. Pumphrey,
Elmer Beard, Frank Marberger.
Committee on invitation, Hon. George
E. Baldwin, chairman, Henry w. Har-
ter, Hon. John F. Blake.
Committee on transportation, DR.. e.
d. Brant, chairman, F. j. Stout, H. w.
Lawson, George w. Irwin, w. H. Oh
iver, S. S. c. McGrew.
C. c. Bow was appointed chairman
of the committee on military with
power to choose his own committee.
The secretary was instructed to ar
range for a committee to be appointed
from the Canton Mail Carriers associa-
ton, and invite all the uniform mail
carriers from Cleveland, Warren,
Youngstown, Salem, East Liverpool,
Alliance, Akron, Massillon, Wooster,
Mansfield, New Philadelphia, Coshocton,
GAINESVILLE, to participate in the after
noon parade.
The secretary was instructed to COR
respond with all the local societies in
Canton for the appointment Of the COM
mittee to invite all societies, within q
radius of hundred miles of the city of
Canton.
A committee is to be appointed to in
vite all the Trades Unions.