Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-29
Governors Of Exposition Ask Form,
or S. A. |. President to Serve
In Advisory Capacity.
UNDERSTOOD THAT he WILL ACCEPT
Wide Experience of Railway Man is
, Business Executive Expected to Be
of Great Value to Company at This
Time-Program for Virginia Day
at Fair.
(From a staff Correspondent.)

(From Staff Correspondents
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, May
2S.-James M. Barr, formerly presi-
dent of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way, was by formal resolution of the
board of governors, tonight, asked to
serve the jamestown Exposition in an
advisory capacity. 1t is officially an.
nounced that Mr.. Barr Is not to be
made director general, as reported,
but that he will simply be an advisor
IN chief, the governors believing that
his wide experience as a business ex-
ecutive will be of untold value to tue
company at this time.
Mr.. Barr left tonight for New York
SO no statement could be secured from
him. 1t is understood, however, that
he had signified his Willingness to
serve the Exposition before the mat
ter was brought before the governors
Program for Virginia Day.
The program for Virginia Day, Juno
72ssat the Exposition has been COM
pleted. 1t will include an opening
prayer by Rev. j. Sydney Peters, of
Petersburg: the, reading of an original
& poem by DR.. Thomas Nelson Page;
an address by Governor Swanson, and
: an imposing military parade. 49,
Patrick Henry Day.
Thursday of this week will be an
other busy day at the Exposition. 1T
will be Patrick Henry Day with Hon.
William Jennings Bryan the orator
OF the day. William Jennings Bryan,
by reason of his personal magnetism
and eloquence, is conceded to be the
most popular public speaker of to-
day. This position was once held by
Patrick Henry, and. on this, the ami
versary of the passage Of Patrick
Henry's famous resolution against
the Stamp Act, in the Virginia House
of 3urgesses, May 80, 1865, it is ap-
propriate and in line with the plan
II the jamestown Tercentennial to
celebrate by special days various his
torical anniversaries.
The ceremonies for Patrick Henry
Day are elaborate and tho occasion
Will be replete with special events,
such as orations, band concerts and
choruses. rendering patriotic music.
ihc program begins at IL o'clock on
the morning of May 30, in the Con-
vent1on Hall, where an immense
chorus of five hundred trained voices
OF children will usher in the celebra-
ton. Patrick Henry's great grand
son, Colonel Catlett, OF New York.
viii read the celebrated resolutions
from the original manuscript In Hen
rvs own writing.
colonel Bryan's address Will be on
the subject, Taxation by Representa-
tlves of the People is the>keynote OF
Anglo Saxon Liberty"
Colonel Bryan and Mrs. Bryan are
now en- route to the Exposition from
their home in Lincoln, Nebraska. and
while at the TercentenniaI they VIII
be the guests of Hon. C. Brooks Jobn.
son, chairman of the Board of GOV
%ernors of the Exposition. A large
number OF special invitations have
peen issued to reception which will
pc rendered the distinguished guest
m the history wing of the Auditorium.
In the evening of Patrick Henry nay'
From 1870 to $3.50 there will be n
public reception and dinner given to
Colonel Bryan in the Big Tent of the
military catering company. This will
ye smother one of those famous
dollar dinners" at which Mr. BRYAN
has made so many ofhis famous i'm.
promptu talks. There will be an ad.
mission OF one dollar charged, which
lntit'es the holder to good
dinner and reception. and an oppor.
Unity to listen to Mr.. Bryan at his
.,s.' 90 etit aIlei ruinHeTt speaker.
There will be band concerts, after.
lotr and evening, s,nd the must. sc.
ectetl will be the national airs of the
Period of the Revolution, the War of
1872. the Mexican war and the civil
Gar.
Lumber Manufacturers.
The first session of the fifth an.
nual convention of the National Lum.
Ier Manufacturers Association was
held In the Auditorium today.
The llinbermen were welcomed to
The Exposition by President II. st.
George Tucker and President Will
liam irwin, of the Association, re-
sponded. There are over 100 dele
gates and visitors present. and more
are. expected tomorrow when the Sec
md and lasS business session OF the
Association win be held. 4
On Thursday the lumbermen Will
ne the guests of the North Carolina
Pine Association, which has charter.
ed a special steamer and will take
the visitors to jamestown Island and
for an all day outing.
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