Show I S 1VOHY I CITYDEDrCATED 7 West India Exposition Will Open Its Gates Today Charleston S C Dee Impressive religious exercises intended as a prelude pre-lude to tomorrows opening of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian I exposition were held at the Exposition grounds this afternoon srounls aferoon Tho naming of December 1st as the opening day of the exposition was without consulting the calendar and the fact that December De-cember 1st was Sunday was discovered only a short time ago It was then decided that a proper way to fulflll the promise made In the reso lution as to the opening was to hold exercises appropriate to the day Ellison Elli-son Capers Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina made the Invocation A dedication I dedi-cation ode by George Herbert Sass of Charleston set to music by Theodore Saul was sung by a large choir accompanied accom-panied by the First Artillery band Ad dresses were made by several ministers and the ben lcton wus pronounced by Monsigncur Quigley The exposition will be formally formaly opened tomorrow afternoon The ceremonies cere-monies at the Ivory city will be ciy wi preceded pre-ceded by a parade |