New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-13
ORANGES BIG FRIDAY.
al Ready for Grooming Day of
Centennial Celebration.

Orange June u (SpeciaD.-Final reports We're
received tonight by the Centennial Association
for the events of the big day of the celebration
on Friday. All the committees reported that
their plans completed.
The day will be ushered in with a salute Of
forty-five guns fired by Battery A. field artii-
lery, Of East Orange under the direction of
Lieutenant F. a. Reimer At $50 O'Clock there
will be a service in tho old First Presbyterian
Church. An hour glass will mark the time and
the music will be led by Augustus w. Abbott as
precentor. with Absalom p. Bachman playing
the trombone and Hanford S Williams the bass
viol There will be an historical address by
Charles A. Lindsey. short sermon by the pas
tor. the Rev. DR., Charles Townsend. and part
in the service will also be taken ny David L.
Pierson. president of the Centennial Association.
and Comrades Edward II. Williams and Rufus
Mead. Of Uzal Doss Post.
Before the service is ended the members of the
Legislature. national and state societies of the
Sons of the American Revolution. Governor
Stokes and other distinguished guests will have
gathered in the rooms of the New England So
ciety. The Governor will reach Newark at 1907
o'clock aud will be brought to Orange by Harry
K. Terhune in his automobile.
Under the direction of Ira ~ Kip. jr., break
fast Will be served at the Essex County Country
Club. The guests VIII leave the club in time for
Governor Stokes 10 make a stop at the ElkS
Home, where flag Is to be raised and the ex
eTClSeS IN the Olu BufNlng Ground VIII start
shortly before / o'clock with dedicatOry prayer
by DR.. Townsend.
The statue of The Dispatch Rider OF the
American Revolution will be unveiled promptly
at / O'Clock by Mrs. Charles b. Yardey, a de-
sCenGant Of Revolutionary ancestors. and one of
those who were active In retaining and reStOr-
Ing the old cemetery. As the statue is unveiled
every factory whistle will blow. the church bells
will be sounded and The Star Spangled BAN
Eer' will be played the chimes of St Johns
Catholic Church and the Orange Valley Congre-
Sational Church. the two churches being at OPP
pOsite sides of the city. The exercises following
VIII include the placing of wreath on the
statue by Mrs. John t.. Dix, representing the
Daughters of the Revolution, and also identified
with the restoration Of the old cemetery; an adj
dress by Mr.. PieTson, another by Mrs. Donald
Mclean, president-gene of the National So
city. Daughters OF the American Revolution;
another address by Frank Edwin Elwell. the
sculptor of the statue, and the Grafton by John
Temple Graves the poet and editor of The At
ldnta Georgian of Atlanta
Before the exercises at the cemetery have been
concluded the parade will have started from the
Parkway. East Orange two miles distant
Colonel George 2. OICott. the grand marshal
will nave a mounted staff of loo men, all of
whom will wear black felt campaign hats made
in Orange. Their gloves. saddle cloths and
badges will all he alike. In the parade will he
the LIST Regiment 9TH Regiment, Naval Reserves,
Battery \, besides various civil organizations
floats and divisions. II is expected that about
eight thousand men will he in the line