The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12
Representatives of Every Town
in West Florida Expected to
Be Present at Old Fashioned
Southern Barbecue.
FIFTY GIRLS TO SELL
VICTORY TAGS SATURDAY
Army and Navy Bands Expect
ed to Help Put Pep in Barbe-
cue Celebration-Mass Meet
ing Called for Monday Night.


A mammoth parade OF the entire cit
izenry of West Florida, a grand dis
play OF fireworks, a barbecue at Pal
metto Beach and thousands of people
from the Alabama line 10 the Suwa-
F. nee river Growing into Pensacola. will
, make September 25, Centennial Day.
the greatest day in all the history OF
Pensacola.
In order that every man, woman and
child in the city may participate IN
the big event Mayor Sanders will le
asked to declare a public holiday.
of the entire county close and the
merchants of the city will be asked TO
observe the day as a holiday. Indus
trial plants and shops will be included
in the scope of the city-wide plan
of celebration and men and womer
from every walk in life are expected
to be on the job of boosting Pensacola
for the victory centennial. Command
ers of the naval air station and the
army post will be asked TO allow the
city the privilege of the navy and ar
tillery bands for the parade and tho
festivities which will follow.
The invitation to attend the barbe-
cue is intended TO include every citizen
OF West Florida and IL is believed that
the biggest delegation ever assembled
at any one time win make the trip
here.
Plans were set in motion yesterday
to make the mass meeting Monday
night at the city han and overwbelm-
ing success. To every fraternal lodge
and every labor organization. J. a.
1 Eayliss. secretary of tho COMMITTEES has
sent a written invitation to particle
pate. The heads of each organization
will be asked to serve as chairmen and
to appoint committees to attend the
meeting. Speeches will be made and
every citizen attending given an OPP
| portunity to express himself.
Mayor Sanders yesterday issued n
proclamation for the observance OF
Tag Day" From early morning un-
iii late at night women and young girls
will patrol the down town streets se..-
! ing victory centennial tags. Five
I thousand of these have been ordered
and contest will be on to see which
one of the fifty girls can sell n tag
| for the biggest price. The proceeds
viii go towards defraying the ex-
pences of the barbecue. Groups will
be stationed at every available place
ana the committee expects to gain
a tremendous impetus for the cam
paign for the centennial as well as n
considerable sum of money.
Asking for the interest and enthus-
iasm of a united people i'm making
Tag Day" an overwhelming success
Mayor Sanders issued this proclana-
| tion:
Whereas, The committee appointed
! to assist i'm securing for Pensacola the
centennial in celebration OF the on
hundredth anniversary of the cession
of Florida by Spain to the United
States are desirious of creating ia
terests and arousing enthusiasm among
all the people of the city. and Incl
dentally in raising funds for advertis-
ing PensacoIa's advantages and oppor-
+, tunities, and
Whereas. To accomplish this purpose
| the committee is desirous of having
a pr lamation issued for Centennial
Tag Day,
Therefore, I, Frank ID. Sanders. may
or of the city of Pensacola, hereby
i issue this my proclamation and pro-
claim Saturday, September 13. 1919, as
Centennial Tag Day.
Given under my hand and official
seal this 11th day of September A. ID.
| 1919.
+. ID. SANDERS.
Mayor.