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Show I u $J A SERIOU8 MI8HAP I -. 50 No doubt oro this timo overy 1 ' cltlzon has heard of tho accident r that befell (ho school piano as it was bolng transported to Wines Park for our colobratlon Tuosday. s Tho Instrument pitched headlong '1 from tho convoyanco to tho street 5 and suffered a sovore shaking up as '2 ono can Imnglno. A thorough oxaml- 6 nation of tho damage has not as yot j beon mado but from a -superficial go- ting over it would appear that tho piano is practically rulnod. !Whothor tho InBtrumont Is ropalr- I od or replaced it mattors little. In I either ovont tho bill will bo a largo ono. ' Hero truly Is a serious matter which l calls for tho earnest consideration of SI overy citizon. Follow townsmon, si what shall wo do? As no individual 2 is in tho loast responsible for tho S accident (and I deslro right horo to 2 . absolvo tho two gontlomen in the 5 convoyanco from tho least shadow of j i blamo) it Is clearly a mattor of gon- Sjj oral public concern. I know from g j past oxperlenco with tho pooplo of to ' Lohl that thoy will donato liberally J toward tho replacement of tho piano. )0 All wo uood Is to instituto an organ- J ' izod movoment in that dlroction and 8J tho thing is accomplished. 1 Now as this artlclo must go to $ pross Immodiatbly, not allowing any tlmo for consultation, as chairman of $ tho Fourth of July Committee, I am 1 going to tako tho Ilborty of appoint- S lug tho organization of business mon "5 In our community to Bponsor tho rals- f lng of means either to repair tho old Instrument or to roplaco It with another. an-other. Assuming that tho organization mentioned abovo Is willing to tako this lesponslblllly, I desire to appoal to you, follow citizens, to bo liberal whon you aro called upon. Homombor that ovory foaturo of our colebratlon program prepared by tho commlttoo enmo to you cntiroly sfroo. Had wo charged for our morning sports nlono, as many ndvlsed us to do, wo would havo had sutllcicnt funds to havo mot this omorgoncy. Hut It was tho do-slro do-slro of tho commlttoo that everything every-thing should bo frco to you and now wo call upon you to bo gonorous in roturn and whon you aio giving romombor what n piano costs. In behalf of tho gonernl commlttoo, I deslro to thank each inombor of (ho various sub-commlttoos for tho most oxcollont sorvlco rendered and nlso to thank you, follow townsmon, for tho splendid responso mado to Mio requosts of tho commlttoo. Thoro was scarcely a houso in town nor a vuhiclo nor an Individual that did not woar tho national colors. And tho way you repeated tho Oath of Allogl-anco Allogl-anco to tho Amorlcan Flag at tho park was 'an inspiration. I fcol that our day was truly "n "Colobratlon by Participation." May such a day como to us again. JUNIUS DANKS, Chairman of Qonerai Committee. |