Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-17
Patriotic Services Mark Opening Of
Exercises to COmmerale AnnlVer-
. safy Of CORVALLIS Surrender.
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS COMING
Members Of Peninsula AUTONOMOUS
Clus viii Take Prominent Visnors
10 Historic Old Town TUESDAY
When Bio Parade and Speaking
Take Place.

HalT.Otlt Us 49, N-N
Episcopal church. AT Yorktown 'ooa'
conducted by Rev George Washihs'
ton Dame. of Washington. ID. C., CHAP
lain Of the Descendants Of the sign
crs, and a direct descendant OF Ihohi-
as Nelson, Jr will mark the COM
mencement Of the celebration OF the
12Sth anniversary OF the surrender Oh
Lord CORVALLIS at Yorktown. Inc
celebration. which viii continue
through Tuesday. is to be under the
Joint auspices of the Descendants oil
the Signers of the Declaration OF In
dependence. the Yorktown Historian
Society of the United States and the
citizens of York county. and. with the
exception of that on the l00th ami
versary II promises to be the great
est event of it's kind ever held at
Yorktown.
Thomas Nelson Day"
Thomas Nelson Day" will be cele-
brated az Yorktown tomorrow with
reunion of the direct descendants OF
Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr. Several
descendants Of the famous wartime
governor live in this city. among
them being Ceptain c. c. Berkeley
and Messrs. r. NJ Nelson and Robert
Brydon. Jr Many people from This
city. Hampton and the surrounding
counties will journey to Yorktown to-
morrow and there will be many peo-
pie present from other cities of this
and other states. Interesting exer-
cises will be held in the Nelson house.
The big celebration will be held
Tuesday. which is the anniversary OF
the surrender of Lord CORVALLIS.
Many prominent people from the
North are TO take part in the celebra-
ton, among them being Congressman
j. Hampton Moore. of Philadelphia,
president of the Atlantic Deep Water
ways Association; Col. Oswald Thigh
man. CT Maryland: Hon. Arthur f. II.
Middleton. of Washington; Mayor
Rlddick. of Norfolk; Rev. Donald e.
Mcleod of Washington. and Secre-
tary Hall, of the Washington Board CT
Trade; and DIR. Henry Morris. pr 81
dent of the Descendants Of the Sign
erS
Auto Ride to Yorktown.
Under the present arrangement. the
d distinguished party will arrive here
from Washington on Tuesday morn
ing and will come TO this city from
Old Point on a special car. After
breakfast at the WsNwick Hotel, the
visitors will he taken t. Yorktown n
automobile of the Peninsula Automo-
bile Club. arriv' ng a, the historic
tcwn about 10 o'clock Tuesday mcrn-
ing.
Many LEGAL people are planning 10 a;
tend the cell bration and automobiles
and vehicles of all kinds probably will
be very much in demand Excursions
by water also VII be run from this
city and Old Pciat Hundreds of reU-
pie from West Point, Richmond. VIII
liamsbnrg and the counties near
Yorktown also will attend snd 4; Is
expected that. with good weather con
d'tions. several thousand excursion
lists will crowd the little village on
York river.
Parade Tuseday Morning
A big parade will mark the com
mencement Of the exercises Tuesday
morning. The school children Of York
and the surrounding counties are 70
participate and the dsy viii be dc
clsred holiday in the schools Of the
counties. Several companies Of Cossl
Artillery from Fort Monroe and pos
sibiy some OF the saiIcrs from the tor
pcdo hotiIis. which has been ordered
&c Yorktown for the celebration. ais,
viii march in the Ii:r-
The parade will form on the beach
a. The wharf al ii-30 O'Clock Tues
dsy morning and will march TO tbs
courthouse. thence down Main stree
20 the old custom housc. thence {,
the rich; around the rear o. the Mel
con horse 10 the monument Their
flowers viii Re strcwu en- the grave
n the soldiers AMI on the grave q
Thomas Nelson. Jr Leaving the mon
uD--nt the parade viii move 20 ,h'
Grand stand ~ the Ncis1n house
where the exercises Of the day viii b.
held.
The marsbsls and nsids Il homo
for the parade viii b. a. follows
Captain W. J. shorts. chief Of stat
Dr. Fayette Sinclair with Mrs. Sin
clair - maid Of honor: r. A. sinclsi
snd Mics Ida smith a. maid Of honor
Mayor Thornton p. Jones q Hamp
ten. with Mrs Booker as maid 81 hon
or. Thomas A Sinclair eith Mrs. Sin
clair IS raid q honor. Edwin Curtis
City Sergeant y. ". Nilsiead. of thi
city; T. J Carrow ana Miss Grafton
IS maid Of honor. y. G Madison an
Miss Miller A. maid Of honor
Captain Stores has announced thu
ire msrshals viii wear ssshes Of 70,
white aud blue and hat the maids Q