The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-12-07
GREENWOOD READY
FOR MARSHAL FOCH
Grcat Crowds Expected to
Welcome Him
MAYOR FRANKS
IS INVITED
Greenwood CLANS 10 Make Friday Il
Gala Day When the Marshal OF
France will be Officially Received as
the Guest OF South Carolina.

the Guest oG South Carolina.
Groat preparations are on foot for
the reception OF General Foch at
I Greenwood Friday, according to re-
! ports coming over from that city.
I, Governor Cooper and his staff, besides
many other state officials and mayors
OF citif9, will DC, Dreseut to give the
I French generalissimo an official well
como To the state.
Mayor Franks received a telegram
last week from the entertainment
committee inviting him to bc present
and extending an invitation to all the
people Of tile county TO be present
/ The generals train will arrive over
/ the S'2aboard Air Linc railway at 4
y. m., instead Of 4:25. as previously
stated, anu will remain in Greenwood
for half an hour.
| In regard to the preparations for
the day, the Greenwood Index-Journal
had this to- say Il few days ago:
December 8 will be one long carni-
val day crowned with the visit Of
Marshal Ferdinand Foch at 400 in
the afternoon, undcr plans worked out
at the American Legion meeting last
night. football game in the morn
ing between Newberry and Erskine
! Colleges, which is practically assured;
a dance in the evening following
Marshal Foch's visit, and many other
.lt rop foo
the interesting events which will make
Greenwood look like a miniature New
! Orleans celebrating the Mardi Gras,
those who are, making the arrange
mentS declare.
Dozens Of eoMmittess, appointed to
carry out specific details of the ar
rangements for the visit of Marshal
Foch, are working at fever heat to-
day. The invitation committee last
night sent over 100 kilograms to
mayors of the principal towns of
South Carolina, United States Sena-
| tors, congressman, State Supreme
| Court Judges and many other high Of
fcials Of the state to be honor guests
on December 8. In addition to the
| telegrams, one thousand letters will
be written at once inviting college
heads, the student bodies of various
colleges, and prominent citizens from
all over the state to be present
Engage Decorator
A professional decorator from CO.
| lumbia. has already been engaged to
| begin" work on the decorations foGy
Foch Day. The buildings in the bust
ness part Of the city will be draped
with the Stars and Stripes and the
French Tri-Color. Every man, woman
anvi child in the vast throng to greet
the great Marshal Of France will be,
expected to have two flags, an Ameri--
can and French flag The Americana
| legion has already placed an order
FOR twenty thousand Of these flags.
Legion to Control Concessions
All concessions will be in control
Of the American Legion They alone
will be permitted to sell flags, con-
fetti, and other paraphernalia of the
carnival crowd. Committees COM
posed Of Bryan Sprolcs, Louis Rey-
nolds, Sam Turner, G. d. Welch and
Harold Bolton will make arrange
ments for concessions.
May Send Man to Athens
man may be sent to Athens, Geor-
gia to meet the special train Of Mar
shal Foch and come from there with
the train. The special representative
OF GREENWOOD will telegraph ahead
how many will detrain from the Mar
shal's train so that adequate arrange-
ments can be made Cor them.
To Begin Work On Arch
Work on the arch Of triumph over
Maxwell Avenue from the National
Bank Building to the Farmers and
} Merchants Bank will begin as soon
as possible and plans are being made
for tho immense platform with room
: for 100 persons raised dais for Mar
shall h'och and a pit for newspaper
: men.
A gigantic American Legion en-
blem, 25 feet In diameter, will be con-
structed and hung in front Of the Am.
erioaI Legion Hall,