The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
BALTIMORE MAYOR i. COMING TOMORROW Will Be Accompanied by Del-
 egati0n From Maryland WILL MEET VETERANS Coming to Arouse Interest in Star Spangled Banner Centennial Cele- bration to Be Held There in September
WILL MEET VETERANS

James H. Preston, mayor of the city of Baltimore. and committee of represen- tative citizens of that city, will be Tn Bir- mingham tomorrow to meet with the Confederate veterans of Birmingham in reference to the coming Star Spangled Banner centennial celebration to be held in Baltimore in the early part of Septem- Der. At the regular meeting of Camp Hardee held yesterday, a communication from the committee in charge of the Bal timore celebration was read and com mittee composed of the leading members of the camp appointed to meet the visi- tors.
 There will be a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce building tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, at which the mayor of Bal timore will speak and outline the idea of the centennial celebration. Camp Wilcox, Camp Hardee and Camp Cleburne all will take part in the entertainment of the Vis- itors, as will the city officials. The Cham Der of Commerce and the Rotary club will be the chief figures in the entertainment features, and Chairman F. B. F'olwkes of the entertainment committee of that body is busy preparing an entertainment for the visitors. A visit to the steel mill al Ensley and an automobile tour of the city probably will be feature of the programme, although that has not beer definitely decided upon as yet.
 The party will be left to its own devices until after lunch. when the Chamber of Commerce plans to begin entertaining them. It is probable that dinner will be given in honor of the visitors at some one of the clubs Monday night
 The mayor of Baltimore hopes that every state in the union will have dele gates to the centennial in November, when the entire Unired States will do honor to the natal day of the Stars and Stripes. The present American flag found it's being on November 12, 1874, and the chief events of the celebration will take place on November 12 1914.
 The delegation appointed by the gov ernor of Alabama is as follows:
 Robert R. zell, Brmingham; A. R Lauderdale. Goodwater; J. H. Wallace, LaFayette Dr. Goodwin DulSose, Selma; Gen. John H. Peebles, Mooresville: w. J. Jordan, Elrod; J. II. Price May
 One of the features of the trip of thu Baltimore party is the singing of Sherin | Thomas McNuty of Baltimore, who is | known throughout the United States foi 1 his magnificent voice. He is an Elk ano has been entertained by lodges in every ! city the party has thus far visited He probably will be prevailed upon to sihf Monday afternoon at the Chamber O | Commerce. 4. | Other members of the party are A. s Godborough, secretary of the Baltimore site commission and editor of the Mu nicipal Journal; Col. John c. Legg of tn, | Baltimore Chamber of Commerce | Charles kreuder, Jr., chief to Mayor | Preston; E. Milton Atfield. member of tn, | Maryland legislature and representativ,
 of the Baltimore Ameriean Raleigh c Smith of the Baltimore News; A. H. Me l Donald of the Baltimore Sun. and J Hampton Baumgartner of the Baltimor' and Ohio railroad.
 | To Meet Visitors
 l The camp heartily indorsed the proposi tlon and members of the camp were ap pointed to meet the mayor and delegation from Baltimore. The committed, whicl ] is as follows. will meet at 10 o'clock to morrow at the auditorium of the Chambe | of Commerce buildng w. J. Milner chairman; T. o. Hamilton, J. K. Barton
 D. R. Bze. J. F. Mclaughlin, F. M Vance. N. A. Graham T. H. MilIsaI | George H. Henning, w. H. Sims, Danie | Zimmerman, J. T. Garrettson, k. Il Hagood. Alexander Carroll, M. F. Me Carty, H. F. Wilson, Dr. J. c. Aber
 nathy. J. II. Demiss, g. O. Hall, J. Law | Ter Darby and the commander. or tn camp, w. E. Yancey.
 | The meeting of the camp was well at l | feature was an address by the Rev J. A Bryan, pastor of the Third Presbyterian | church, who took for his subject. "Jesu | Christ the Son of God.' In his addres | MT Bryan paid an eloquent tribute to tn Christian character of the Confederate I soldiers.
 | A communication was received iron | Mrs. George T Fuller. chairman Of tn 1 Camp Beauregard monument fund of thu Kentucky division of the Daughters the Confederacy. asking for contribution | to a fund to erect Fl monument to tn memory of between 1200 and 150o Con federate soldiers who rest in unmarke | graves at Camp Beauregard, one mil northeast of Water Valley, Ky. Tn movement has the indorsement of the off cjal heads of the Confederate Veteran and of the Daughters of the Confederacy
 The matter was referred to Capt. J. Law
 Ter Darby, who will receive contribr
 tions to this cause.
 Among the other business was the cleo
 ton of several new members of the caml