The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-12
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ceremony
WILL CELEBRATE
HER FIFTlETH BIRTHDAY IN AN
ORIGINAL MANNER.

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West Virginia, the Great Little
Mountain State" will be fifty years
old June goth of this year.
THE State viii httinsly celebrate the
event, the celebration centering at
| Wheeling, where there will besa State
exposition, a golden, jubilee. City cele'
Dratlon, and the usual-lardon-more
than usual entertainment; pageants.
parades, triulnphal and memorial
arches, etc. with music Galore; one
feature however, the State, ceremony
proper will be so unique as to merit
brief description.
West Virginia will be 0tsy years old
June goth at exactly II o'clock noon.
Around this moment has been grouped
commemorative service, At which 1t
is proposed to re.enact the stirring
scenes Of fifty years ago, then accom-
panied with bitterness. but now as a
great family and friends, showing that
while West Virginia may he the only
spot on the map that remains OF the
Civil War. no rancor remains. in the
hearts Of her citizens.
While this will bring to mind the
old times, science has been called up
Ito bring the ceremony itself up to the
minute.
For the first time in the history OF
the world. the people Of all area OF
800 by 400 miles will be enabled, with
out leaving their homes, TO hear every
word aud sound OF the ceremony en-
acted at one point.
To make this possible, not only have
the latest developments In electric
science been called into Use, but the
state has made this hour IN absolute
holiday; all business within the State
as far as possible will be suspended
The lines of all the great transporta
ton, Geographic and telephone cor
norations will be turned over to the
State. -
These wires are to De connected
with mammoth, especially erected
receiving board, into which the Presl'
dent Of the United States. the GOV
ernor Of the state, the speakers OF
the day, the poet who composed tire
ode, and the musician aud the singer
who voiced the song. will speak; and
their voices will be carried over these
wires to every city, village, and ham
lei of the State, where similar ap'
planes are installed, reproducing
every lntonation and note OF the voices
of those at the central station. a
great band OF 200 pieces will accom-
pany d chorus Of 1000 voices singing
the new State song composed for the
occasion, The leading StlnZas to be
sung BY the choir at Wheeling, and
thGchoirs at five Or six other cities. by
Dre.concertcd arrangement, Will sing
1.-THE succeeding verses; the whole State
listening to the performance of eacf
verse allotted 10 the several stations
and then as a wind-up the population
of the State will sing in unison under
the baton beat OF the chief director OF
music, producing, it Is believed II
unison, telepathic, emotional hear
throb that has never been equalled
on the principle that where two OF
three are gathered together in one
name, the spirit will be In heir midst
and so where three or four hundred
Thousand people are gathered together
: in one name and with one though
: the souls of ell will be brought into
tune.
The President, Governor and STAFF
all living ex-Governors, and all those
: who participated in the preliminary
proceedings and the final ceremonies
creating the State are 10 come from
near aud far as guests, and at the eX
7 pcnse of the State, thus illustrating
that "Ole Virginny" hospitality is sill
inbred IN the sons OF the Ellis of West
Virginia.