The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-25
Festivities Commence at 9:45
O'Clock This Morning With
Big Parade in Which AL
Workers Take Part.
BARBECUE FIRES
GOING ALL NIGHT
Chairman Hardy of Cooking
Committee Had 5000 Pounds
of Meat Over the Goals Before
8 O'Clock Last Night.

This is the day Pensacola for the
Victory Centennial will be the sIo-
gan of every man, woman and child
who attends the big barbecue at Pal
metto Beach today and the crowd will
gather from all parts of West Florida,
coming by boat, train and automobile.
The festivities will be started off with
a bang at 9:45 o'clock when the
parade forms at Wright and Tarragona
streets and will end only with the
breaking up of the dance at Palmetto
pavilion sometime after midnight.
Practically every business house in
the city will close it's doors for the big
barbecue and celebration, and many
thousands of people will be at Palmet-
to Beach to enjoy the feast at noon,
and will remain to hear the speaking
and see the ball game.
L. W. Hardy. chairman and cham
pion barbecueist was busy at the beach
all night getting the feast ready He
had a corps of assistants on the job and
was visited about o'clock by a COM
mittee of inspectors from the city.
At that time 1000 pounds of meat, in
cluding beef, pork, pigs and hams was
being cooked. Trenches had been dug
along the railroad track and the fires
were being fed by dozen men who
were working steadily under the di-
rection of the head cook.
Promptly at 9:45 o'clock this morn
ing the parade will get under way.
Parade will rest on Wright and Tar
ragona streets assembling at $3.50 a.
M and moving Immediately upon ar
rival of l.. &c N. train at 9:45. Then
west on Wright street to PalafoX street
and south on Palafox street to Main
street and disband.
The committee insists upon the for
nation of the line promptly and be-
fore arrival of train.
Parade-Felo McAllister, grand mar
shall.
Band.
Chief OF police and mounted Off
GERS and fire department.
Sheriff J. c. Van Pelt and deputies,
mounted.
Ladies Auxiliary of Centennial asso-
citation, Mrs. II. A. Brosnaham, chair
man, in automobiles.
City commissioners in automobiles.
County commissioners and other
county officials in automobiles.
John S. Beard, John b. Jones. F. G.
Renshaw and j. II. Bayliss, in car
riages.
Barbecue committee in automobiles.
Centennial commission of 100 in au-
tomobiles.
Kiwanis club.
Rotary club.
Labor organizations.
F'rateriial organizations.
Fife and drum corps of Zelico Grotto.
West Florida county organizations.
at 1890 o'clock the crowds will
start for the beach. Special cars will
be run over the Bayshore line and
automobile parties viii be detoured
around the Country club. A road has
been cut through the woods and is
marked SO that it can be followed
readily. 1t was used by the inspection
committee last night.
The barbecue will be served UP at
1880 o'clock this afternoon. At 80
o'clock the speaking will begin. The
Rockport will be launched at o'clock
and baseball between the Cushnocs
and the knights of Columbus will be
the event starting at 4:30.
After 8 o'clock there will be dane
ing. Cold drinks will be sold on the
grounds, the concession revenues being
devoted to the barbecue cost.
There will be no meeting of the
Kiwanis club today. other than when
they take part in the parade. They
will meet at J. H. Bayliss' office
at $3.50 this morning to get badges.
The schools will not close for the
celebration, it was announced yester-
day. School organization is delayed
already and the term is so short that
every day must be used.
Tag Day workers will be entertained
at the Country club at luncheon to-
day, through the courtesy Of J. II.
Cross and the Country club officials,
who will be hosts.
The following report was made by
the Santa Rosa grand jury yesterday:
Final presentment of the grand Jury
at the fall term of the circuit cotrt
of Santa Rosa county, Florida Sep
ternber "a. 1919
We most heartily endorse the City of
Pensacola, Florida for the Florida
Purchase Centennial Exposition. We
believe it to be the logical place for
1t and ask that our citizens support
the chairman and other members OF
our county committee in every way
towards securing this exposition for
Pensacola as we believe ft win he the
largest boost and best advertisement
this part OF our state will ever have