Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-14
FIRST BIRTHDAY
IS CELEBRATED
Hopewell, Virginia's Wonder
City, Receives Shower of
Congratulations.
GOVERNOR STUART PRESENT
Industrial Miracle of It's Growth
Is Exemplihed in Won
drous Pageant


s"f: Differing In kind only the en-
'i'Gsiasm and the spirit which avail
AGAINST all obstacles were as intense
md outspokcu AS on the morning
after the fire As on that mornlnr all
III" people jc.reG hands and hear, ,a
rebuild their fallen structures. so to-
daT all the varied clements ot varied
/ birth and sympathy combined their
effort 10 make the occasion historic
and one to ID" remembered whor the
fever Of birth and growth is gone
GOVERNOR AND OTHER
+ DISTINGUISHED PERSONS THERE.
I Governor Henry G Stuart, foster
, father If the counjry's wonder town,
! his staff. State officials and officers OF
! tho governments OF Richmond and Pc
tcrshure, and visitors from other ard
further cities. whose first curiosity had
turned 20 interest, came 10 lend their
! presence and their sympathy and l"
wish NirEinia's latest offspring many
happy returns of the day II was with
+ curious and startling effect that the
visitor noticed the commingled out
hurst of applause which came from
: Slav. Greek, and Italian when the Gov
ernor. !m stirring phrase, referred 10
! the common nag. He was speaking to
F.. the people in tho Grandstand in the
/, baseball park. and the vast structure
! shook as those learned in the English
tongue hurriedly translated the refer
ence TO those whose schooling in the
new language was insufficient. II dis
I played IL community Of interest that
none outside Of Hopcwell knew had
developed; gave augur Of the great
4 possibilities which have been prophc-
sled for the new city by the James.
f, Due preparation for the bir'hda y
| celebration had hcen made. and early
/ i'm tho morning the native crowds gath
| cred on street corner and curb I" await
| the coming Of tho Governor and his
staff as signal for tho beginning of the
, pageant and parade. Tho Governor
and his party left Richmond on II spc-
! cial car at $40 o'clock. arriving At Ci'%
! Poir, Httlc moro than an hour later.
\ committee headed by !. y. England
| assisted by =. p. Trout. met the chief
/ Executive and his staff and members
/ from the Richmond City Council and
the Richmond Chamber Of Commerce
and citizens. and placed them In wait
| ing automobiles
! With Governor stuart were Lieuton
ant-Goveruor j. Taylor Ellyson, AttoF-
! !ncy-C;encral John Garland Pollard! and
/ the Governors staff. including Colonel
| Julien Hln chief OF staff. and Colo
Enels T. f.. C;oodwyn. of Emporia: w. III
/ Langhorne, of Warren: \. j. Terrell!
of buckingham; Ashton ". Gray, "t
! Petersburg. and Warren r. Taylor, Il
Nice. Burlington. John w Williams
| Granville <. Valentine. James j. Pol
| lard and Henry Lee Valentine. Other
! military officers present were: General
Charles J. Anderson, formerly adJutant-
general: Lieutenant Colonel Allen Potts
( Major T. NJ Workman, Captain w. w
| Larrade. Colonel 10 Lane stern. in
! specie general: Captain y. NJ. Shipr
! United states Army; Colonel Il. O
| James. secretary OF the Commonwealth
! The Chamber of Commerce was repre-
! sented ny +. c. Laird, tirst-vice press
! dent: w. r. pabney. business mana ger;
Horace +. Smith. l.. W. Travcrs. j. I
| Palmatary. John e. Easley, Charles r
| Norman. pr. +. y. Calisch. Milton l.
! Cone. Robert T.ccky. .Ir. and William
II. Adams. president OF the Board ni
: Aldermen. who also represented the
! City Council
! At Pctersburr. Governor Stuarts pri.
! va;e car was met by X. III. Mann. Dele
! gate ID. 4. Harrison, Jr., Judge Law
renee r. Perry. OF the Hopewcil
police court Judge Jesse +. West, j
q. Fason. Il member of HopcWclrs .Ad-
ministrative Board; former Senator
Charles T. Lassitcr. Senator r. II
Drewry, Father Hiier, of Pctcrsburu
and iopeweil; Emmett Lee Mann. dele
, gate from Chesterfield and Powhatau
! Counties: Senator J. r. Harrison and
! William NJ. Martin. secretary of the Pc
terSburg Chamber OF Commerce
TItE or CONFEDERACY
FLOATS OVER NEW CITY
Even before the special train drew
into Hopcwcll banners. hunting and
flags could he seen flying from every
housetop. and from the pointed peal
OF the ta1lest water tank the flag oi
the Confetieracy hoatcd over all In
other alien flags were always the Stars
and Stripes, token of tho sincerity OF
those Of foreign birth in taking ur
their new home and welcoming the
hour when the United States emblem
should cover and protect them all. II
was this interminRling Of the naSs
which, perhaps. gave to Governo,
Stuart the thought which later he sc
we'll expressed.
! The railroad tracns were lined with
people. cheering. all Of them. tho swif,
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