The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-03

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the day. and up to noon the police
had made but one arrest That was
one poor son of Ham who permitted
his jag to drag him down before he
had completed his celebration. The
crowd is not one of the largest that
has ever celebrated Emancipation
day in Paducah. All the colored,
people appeared happy and enjoyed
THE day.
Eight Trains Arrive.
Eight special excursion trains In
addition to the regular trains contrib
uted to the supply of visitors In the
city today. All of the trains and
boats arriving in the city were pack
ed with the dusky celebrators. The
special excursion trains were jammed
and packed, and despite the long.
slow rides, the celebrators we're jubi-
lant and happy, as any of the men,
bers of the colored race ever were.
The excursionists began to arrive
! last night and the stream did not
cease until noon today when the last
of the special excursion trains pulled
into Paducah.
The first special train. consisting
of IA coaches. arrived last night at
nearly o'clock from Louisville.
The visitors spent the night here
and got an early start on the ceIe-
bration today Early this morning
the trains from Evansville and Hop
kinsvilie arrived and discharged their
passengers about the time that the
sun started peeping over the horizon.
The Memphis and Dyersburg, Tenn.
Excursions over the Illinois Central.
aid not arrive until noon. The two
special trains over the Nashville.
Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad
from Nashville and Jackson, Tenn.
did not arrive until about noon.
Celebrations were held at Eureka
park in Rowlandtown and the fair
grounds, and the rival spielers on
Broadway caused much amusement
with their advice to the colored
brethren where to celebrate. AT
Eleventh street and Broadway, where
the trains unloaded, was congested
nearly all day. The special excursion
trains will begin to leave tonight at
10 o'clock.
The police we're on their guard all
day and watched carefully through
the crowds for signs of trouble. At
the fair grounds Henry Brame. Con
stable A. c. Shelton, VIII Rogers, e.
e Holt and Detective T. J. Moore
are on duty. Sheriff George Houser
and his deputies are on duty all day
Hundreds of lunch stands and soft
drink stands are set up for the day
all over the city, and the visitors have
little fear of going hungry or thirsty
so long as they had money, and prac-
tically all of them seemed well sup
piled with the coin.
Few Arrests Made.
Few complaints have been regis
tered at police headquarters and the
day has passed so far without any
disturbances Chief of Police Sing
cry warns the public against count
erfeit money being passed bogus"
men generally do their work on the
Eighth"
Jim Miller, colored. from Ten
nessee spent last night here at SIT
loJnes street. When he woke up this
morning his room mate and $40 Of
his money was missing. He COM
planned to the police.
Charles Holland, colored, accused
Iof robbing George Frazier, colored
of Sturgis. KY, here today OF sl.so
and railroad ticket was arrested
Inv Sanitary Officers Gather and
Whitis and locked up. Frazier
swore out the warrant and Holland
offered to return the property after
he had been imprisond. Both are
said to be from the same town and
Holland said he was protecting