The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-30
CELEBRATION WEEK
Carnival Of Historic Scenes
Re-Enacted on the Hudson.
HUDSON AND FULTON HONORED
Characters and Scenes
Week of Pageants-Wo
est Assemblage of Wal

New York, Special.-E , 3-
son, who melted from vie 30 s..ls
ago into those Arctic .... ...G
which two American disc, . ..,<
but lately returned, walk ...
ter deck again Saturday, d. .F-
boots and plumed hat ...
changes aloft and ashore ..
his second visit to these S. .-
ly less memorable than his urst. ms
remcarnation--or TO be strictly ac-
curte. his impcrsonation, Saturday.
the reproduction of his ship, the Half
Moon, and their goth century tour Of
seeing New York arc expressions Of
those recurrent themes OF historical
contrast and instruction by pageant in
which the central idea of the Hudson.
Fulton celebration germinated. With
New York harbor and Manhattan Is
land for a stage, the play opened Sat-
urday for week s run, and will for
another week show TO lesser cities
and towns along the route that Hud-
son travelled.
Hudson and Fulton.
Fulton S name follows that of Hud-
son on the programme, as the repro
duction of the C1ermont followed the
reproduction Of the Half Moon ON
the waters of the harbor. The two
little shops, once so mighty with
achievement, made their rounds Sat-
urday of the warships assembled to
do them honor, with 1000 merchant
ships and pleasure craft trailing be-
hind them in parade 15 miles long;
saluted the national and the internat-
ional flags of peace; were officially re-
ceivcd by the city and the Hudson
Fulton commission in the afternoon
with the other visiting notables, and
then at night repeated the course over
river white as day with the glare Of
the '.undreds of search light from on
shore and atioat, before they anchor
ed.
On Sunday with more than
three score of the picked fight
ing ships of eight nations, swinging
at anchor i'll the Hudson river, sight
seers at the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
tion looked upon the most impressiv.
assembly of foreign warships that has
probably ever been seen III American
waters. Riding in the river between
Forty-fourth street and Spuytei
Duyvil, besides the so vessels of the
United States Atlantic fleet under
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, tbs
foreign navies are represented by six.
teen fighting craft in all. Great Brit
ian has four, Germany has four also.
France has two, Italy has two. Mexi.
Cuba has one.
Their massive hulls tuo"ed lazily
at their anchorages represent thd
highest development in construction
from the great shipyards OH the Clyde
and the best efforts of the German
naval constructors.
Swift cruisers with triple expansion
engines and long rakish lines like
greyhounds of the ocean; massive
battleships mounted from turrets 10
the fighting tops with batteries of tho
highest type, swift torpedo boats and
topedo boat destroyers. wonderful
submarines-every type of fighting
ship known to the United States and
eight other navies, four of them world
powers, are in this impressive assem-
bly,.
The program for Monday included
aeroplanc flights by Wilbur Wright
and Glenn II. Curtiss from Governors
Island and the opening of various
commemoratory exhibits throughout