The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06

Big Parade Will Take
Place on Wednesday
Night
HERE
Preparations Going Steadily on for
the Fire Festival and Jubilee.
Parade Will be an Imposing One.
Novel and Patriotic Idea in Street
PaSeantry Will be Intr0duced-Ad-
vertising Man Starts Out Tuesday.

Preparations for the street carnival
to be given in his city the week of
October 18th, under the auspices of
the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics. are now underway and be-
ing rapidly pushed to a successful
finish. The owner and manager of the
carnival company, Mr.. W. S. Layton,
arrived in the city yesterday to help
Promoter Fraley to map out the work
to be lone for the fire festival and
jubilee. Mr.. Layton will only be here
a short time and will go from here to
New Bern, where the company gives a
big carnival the week previous to its
date here. Yesterday he held a long
and important conference with the
committee and it was decided to do the
out of the city advertising at once
and on an extensive scale. so Mr.. John
". Blomme was employed as special
advertising agent n he will leave
the city Tuesday on this mission.
IMPOSING PARADE.
One Of the most notable events Of
SNO WIN Will NC liz oil q dIiC
which will be under the personal di-
rection of Mr.. A. Watkins, chairman
of the parade committee. 1t will take
place Wednesday night, the 21St in
Stant and will be a magnificent street
pageant, presenting a novel and pa
triotic sight. The main feature of the
parade will be a large United States
flag formed by human beings-some-
thing new and imposing. The members
of George WoShjpptoO and left Davis
Councils of Junior Mechanics will make
this flag. The idea will be for a GER
tain number of men to dress entirely
IN blue n wear star shaped hats to
make the blue field and the the other
members will dress in white and red to
complete he other beloved cOlOrS. The
whites INC reds" will be placed in
alternate straight lines. branching out
from the blue field, thus completing
Old Glory and in that form the Me-
chan1cs will march. The beautiful and
unique effect "a readily be imagined.
The Wilmington Light Infantry will
march just in front of the living, NOV
ing American flag and the Wilmington
Division of Naval Reserves will march
just in the rear. This will well repre-
sent the army and navy. Uncle Sam
will also be IN the front and beautiful
| Columbia will reign with queenly Splen-
| dor in the rear. The Boys Brigade will
act as a special escort and will protect.
as it We're. the flag, marching on each
| side.
In the very front of the entire parade
will march a platoon of Whining
tons finest. in all the grandeur of blue
coats and shining brass buttons.
The lovely Carnival Queen, on a
handsome float, will also be in the
parade.
Governor Chas. B. Aycock. Junior
Mechanic Councillor Hood, of Goldsboro,
and Mayor William E. Springer will
also be asked to participate IN the
parade.
a shis assistants Mr. Watkins has
named Messrs. John H. Griffith. H. o.
Thomas. w. p. McGloughon, J. II. Hor-
ton and E. p. Dudley.
The first two mentioned will also be
a special committee to arrange for the
| Carnival Queens appearance in the
| parade.