The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-06-15
INTERESTING CEREMONIES.
Program for Kentucky Day" al
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Events Prom EarIy Morn
Until Late at Night.

The plans for Kentucky Da,
Wednesday, June Is, at tn
Worlds Fair are rapidly maturing
Indications point to this day beinS
one of the greatest in the history
of the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton. There will be cheap rates il
effect from all places in the Stat,
to st. Louis. Two special trains
will run from Louisville, one on tn,
night of June ID, carrying the Ken
lucky Press Association, and on,
on the night of June IA, made uF
of the Louisville business men from
the Board of Trade, Commercial
Club and Merchants Association
This train will have a private Cal
attached with Governor j. G. w,
Beckham, his staff and State Offic.
ials Board, together with commit.
tee of three from the battleshir
"Kentucky." This business mems
excursion is under the immediate
supervision of joint committee,
consisting of Messrs. John H.
Brand, Baylor Hickman, Chas. F.
Huhlein, Theo. Ahrens, Alfred
Brsndois, Chas. d. Campbell, w.
G. t. Cross, Chas. B. Norton, Pey-
ton B. Bethel, V. H. Engelhard, E.
took, VIM. Thalheimer,
Douglas Barclay, j. E. Moses and
Ed. Rowland. Both the Editors
train and the business mems spec
ial will run over the Henderson
Route to st. Louis.
The editors, as has been before
stated, will spend day very pleas
antly before Kentucky Day sight
seeing. The business mems excur-
sion will run direct 20 the Worlds
Fair grounds over the Wabash and
will parade, headed by band, to
the Kentucky Building early on the
morning of Kentucky Day. Break
fast will be taken at the German
Restaurant adjoining the German.
Government Pavilion.
The exercises Of the day will be-
gin at IL 100 o'clock at the State
Building by the singing of ''The
Green Kentucky Pastures" a song
written by Mrs. Kate Slaughter
Mckinney, a former Kentuckian,
now living at Birmingham, Ala.
The music of this song was written
by Mr.. I. c. Galloway, of Mont
gomery, who is coming to the Ex-
position especially to play the &C
compartment to this song, which
will be sung by Mr.. Camden w.
Ballard, of Shelbyville, KY, one Of
the States best known tenors. I'm
mediately following this song there
will be a presentation of the "home-
coming colors' of the battleship
Kentucky" by committee from
this good old ship, to the Governor
of the State. There will be adj
dresses by Kentuckian now in the
navy and Kentuckian now in the
army.
The regular exercises for Ken
lucky Day will be held in Festival
Hall and will include a recital on
the big pipe organ-the largest ever
built President A. Y. Ford, of
the Kentucky Commission, will pre-
side and speeches will be made by
President Francis, of the EXPOSE
ton, former Kentuckian by Hon.
Harry B. Halves, of ST. Louis, a
former Kentuckian, who is the pres
ident of the Kentucky Society of
st. Louis; by Governor Beckham
and others. At night, from 500
to IL 100 o'clock, there will be a re-
ception at the Kentucky Building,
admission by card. AS previously
stated no invitations to Kentucky
Day will be sent into Kentucky.
Every Kentuckian is invited. All
events of the day will be made as
distinctively "Kentuckian" as pos