The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-19
CITY IS ASSUMING
 HOLIDAY ATTIRE Jelks Names Speakers for Capi-
 tol Park DECORATIONS ARE MANY The Executive Committee Will Meet Again This Afternoon to Put Final Touches to the Jubilee and
 Reunion Programme
DECORATIONS ARE MANY

Birmingham is fast putting on her holi- Jubilee. Great flags are rising on their standards and Tapping their colors in the breeze. Here and there appears a build ing already beautifully decorated, while the contractors are hurrying forward the work with all speed.
 Through all the display there is always a touch of tribute to the Confederates during the jubilee, and hustling Birmng- ham is not losing the opportunity to put in her word, Trade in Birmingham"
 The city and county buildings will be Graped as never before Second Third and First avenues will be covered with bright colors. The streets are to be hung from corner to corner, and the grand Twentieth street will furnish the climax to the whole.
 Jelks Announces Speakers
 Chairman William D. Jelks yesterday announced the speakers for the jubilee exercises at Capitol park beginning at noon Wednesday. The speakers will be confined in each case to not more than 16 minutes the whole programme not to embrace a longer period than one hour and half. The general committee, with so many things on the programme for the days entertainment, has not been able to set aside a longer time than one and half hours, which makes 1t necessary for the speakers to confine themselves to the 10 minutes. Those invited to speak incude
 Gov. B. B. Conner; Gov.-elect Emmet O'Neal Maj. w. W. Screws Gen. George P. Harrison Senator J. H. Bankhead. Mayor Culpepper Exum, Col. E. L. Rus sell. Congressman 0. w. Underwood, James R. Gray of Atlanta. MT. Gray is president of the southeast division of the Associated Press and will be present in Birmingham during the jubilee and in attendance on meeting of his associa- ton.
 Birmingham is expecting 100000 people from outside the city on those two days.
 The people all over the state know what has been prepared, and could they see the city in it's gala attire, that alone would be sufficient to bring them troop ing.
 Announce Final Programme
 The executive committee will meet again this afternoon at o'clock to check over all arrangements. So far as is known every committee has things running smoothly and will carry its part out on the dot.
 The final programme will be announced tonight, with every feature, so that the people may determine just what they want to see.
 While floral parades, military pageants, civic parades and torch-light processions enliven the scenes around the town, the Curtiss aeroplanes will dash around the track at the Fair grounds. and the pub lie, which was appalled, by the death of Johnstone Thursday, will rush mad1y to see two more of the sky-daredevis. =.s#5.
 Here is an announcement of the decor ating committee:
 Plans for Decorations
 '"rhe decorating committee desires to call upon all progressive business houses, property owners and citizens to assist us in making Birmingham the very best decorated city in the south on the occa- sion of the Birmingham Census Jubilee and Confederate veterans reunion Tues day and Wednesday, November 22 and 23.
 There seems to be some misapprehen- sion as to the extent of the operation of the decorating committee. This commit tee will decorate elaboratey and in a SplouQlO manner the 1HI6TS6CllHR street corners in the business portion of the city, and on Twentieth street to Sixth avenue where a triumphal arch or unique and imposing desng is being erected. The committee will also decor ate the grandstand in Capitol park, the Chamber of Commerce auditorium, where the reception will be held, and the Or pheum theatre. where the veterans will meet. Beyond this the decorating com mittee will not act.
 '"The sub-committees of this central committee have been busy signing up lists and getting the occupants of of fees and stores, and the owners of prop erty to agree to decorate their places of business, but the committees themselves as such do not undertake to contract for or attend to any part of the individual decorating. It Is up to the individual business men and merchants to procure their own decorating material and do thefr own decorating or to get some Of the contracting decorators to do this decor atlng for them. This matter should not be longer delayed, but should have i'm mediate attention. The decorations should be ID Saturday. if possible. cer- tainly not later than Monday.
 Most of this committees decorative materials have already been prepared, and everything Is in readiness for erec- tion Monday.
 Don't forget, too, that we want the occupants of every office and store build ing in Birmingham to illuminate on Mon- day night the 21st Tuesday night the 22d. and Wednesday night the 2Sd. There can be nothing prettier than brilliantly illuminated city at night, and if the occupants of all of our places of business as well as our tall office build ings will all assist us In this matter, the effect is going to be grand
 ''R. w. EWING,
 Chairman, Central Decorating Com mittee Census Jubilee and Veterans Re- union."