Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-03-21
UNCLE Joe CANNON UNIQUE CEREMONY
West Virginia VIII Celebrate Her
F'ftieth Birthday IN an Original
Manner.

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West vlrsinia The Great LHuq
Mountain staier viii b. ATTY years
old Juno eo,h Of this year.
The state viii ntangly celebrat the
event. the celebration ceuterng a.
wheeling. whore there win be q
state exposition, golden juhilac
city celebration. and the usual par
don. more than usual entertainment,
pageants, parades. ,riumphal and
memorial arches, etc. with music ga
lore; one feature. however. tho state
ceremony prefer, VIII be so UNIQUE as
to merit brief description
West Virginia viii be nifty years
old June goth at exactly IL O'Clock
noon Around this moment has been
grouped commemorative service, at
which it is proposed to re-ennct the
string scenes Of Atty years ago, then
accompanied With bitterness. but now
as great family aud friends, show
ing that While West Virginia may be
the only spot on the map that re
MATHS Of tie Civil War no rancor
remains In the hearts Of her citizens
While this viii bring 70 mind the
old times. science has been called
up TO bring The ceremony itself IN
to the minute
For the first time In the history
of the world the people OF an area Of
800 by 400 miles will be enabled
without leaving their homes. 10 hear
every word and sound Of the oere,
mony enacted at one point
To make this pos sible, not only
have the latest developments in cleo
trio science been called into use. but
the state has made this hour an alb
soluie holiday. all business within
the state as far as possible win be
suspended Tho lines Of All the great
transportation, telegraphic and tele
phone corporations Will be turned
over TO the state.
These wires are to be connected
with a mammoth. especially erected
receiving board. into which The Pres.
ident of the United States, the Gov
ornor Of the state, the speakers Of
the day. the poet who composed the
ode. and the musician and the singer
who voiced the song, will speak. and
their voices win be carried over
these wires TO every city village, and
hamlet Of the state, where similar
appliances are installed, reproducing
every information and note OF the
voices Of those At the central station
A great band Of 900 pieces win ae
company a chorus Of 1909 voices
singing the new state song composed
for the occasion. The leading stan.
zas to be sung by the choir at wheel
ing and choirs at FIVE or six other
cities, by pre-coneerted arrangement,
will sing the succeeding verses; the
whole state listening to the perform
ance OF each verse allotted TO the
several stations, and then as u Wind
up the population OF the state wifi
sing in unison under the baton beat
of the chief director of music, pro
dncing. it is believed in unison. =
has never been equaled, or the pfin
eipla that where two or three arc
gathered together in one name. the
spirit will be In their midst, aud so
where three or four hundred thou
sand people are gathered together
in one name. and with one thought
the souls Of all Win b. brought into
tune.
The President. Governor and staff
all living ex-Governors, and all those
who participated In the preliminary
proceedings ami tho final ceremonies
creating the state are to come from
near and far as guests, and at the
expense OF the state, thus illustrating
that "ole yirginny" hospitality IS
still inbred in the sons OF the hills
Of West Virginia.