The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-09-10

THE PARADE.
BY the brilliant success Of the La
Dor Day parade a model of perfection
in such professions has been estab-
fished in Canton. 1t was a turnout
that will be used in years to come. as
O criterion, in the making up of La
Dor Day professions, and one that
will go down in the history OF the
city, as one of the most glorious pag-
eants that ever trayersed its streets.
Without doubt 1t was the greatest day
in the history of the Canton work
ingman.
The parade began forming shortly
after o'clock. BY that time the out
of-town delegations had arrived and
by 1890 ell was in readiness for the
start. The formation was begun on
South Market street and intersecting
thoroughfares, and the line of march
led them to Tuscarawas street, where
they turned west.
The splendor of the pageant lay not
only in the turnout of the working
men, for the floats donated by the
business men of the city were perhaps
the finest ever seen in Canton. Each
merchant attempted to outdo the 9TH
er and neither cash nor labor was
spared in the effort to have the finest
exhibit. 1t would be hard to judge
which business firm possessed the
most presentable exhibit. There were
80 many unique and elaborate dis
plays to pick from that It is next to
impossible to distinguish the finest.
The float donated by the Stark
county officials, which led the floats,
was one of the finest in the parade
and came entirely up to the expecta-
tions. Hi Shaub made a hit with his
display, for it was one OF the queerest
In the parade. Two wiry mules. at
tached to a heavy wagon, were paint
cd in such a manner as to appear as
Kebras, and 80 strikingly did they
resemble those animals, that 1t would
have been hard to distinguish be-
tween them. The Dittenhafer Sign
company was represented by neat
exhibit, and the Gresser Sign COM
pany were equally as well represent
ed. Five small boys carried large
letters, arranged In such a form as
90 spell the word Signs" To go on
and describe all Of the good displays
would be almost an endless task for
they were all good, and there were
perhaps q hundred in the parade. The
Sanitary Milk company had number
Of vehicles in.line. One of them car
Yied the employees of the firm and
On another was a float composed of
Aundreds of filled milk bottles. The
Noaker Ice Cream concern made hit
with the crowd by the distribution of
small bricks Of the delicious concoc-
tion. Another concern handed out
ham sandwiches to the people along
che line of march. Nearly all of the
tnmber companies OF the city were in
line with floats. and in fact nearly
every concern in the city was repre-
scented In some manner.
And now which union made the
most presentable appearance in the
parade? A committee was appointed
90 answer this question and the prob
lem was anything bat an easy one.
The BARRIERS Union made an excellent
appearance, so did the plumbers and
the stationary engineers were not far
behind in looks. hut in the opinion Of
the committee the first prize should
go TO the Tin Plate Workers Union.
The members of this organization in
the parade were attired in white duck
suits, and carried tin umbrellas. en-
klems OF their occupation. The bar
bers presented an extremely tidy ap-
pearance In the procession and the
plumbers In their white euck suits
made a very pleasing sight. The
Amalgamated Association OF Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers turned out the
most men.
In the horse exhibit Or. C. b. Fred
erick, DIR. A. T. Bowman and A. g.
Roberts acted as judges, and last night
they made the announcement Of the
aNardlng cf the following prizes: