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Show Plan Old Time Fourth I Towns To Celebrate I arararararararasr No Fireworks or Noise I (By Floyd Ttnuncrman ) 1 Although no firecrackers will awake 1 the tired worker at dawn tomorrow I as In days of yor. and the sky will 1 not be- lighted with pyrotechnic displays dis-plays tomorrow ave, Independ nrr Day. will, however, be observed in a befitting manner. Alas, the days of 1 I noise and smoke Afn gone The law-says law-says "ye shall not celebrate with pow-I pow-I der." But. the law has Its virtues, evan if we must sit on the front porch and : throw our surplus energy and enthusiasm enthusi-asm In watering the lawn or some other oth-er cxi Iting task. For we shall not grieve over the absence of the clang I of the fire department as It Streaks through the streets hourlv to quelch a blaze due to careless celebrating, or miss the agonised cry of a child who has been badly burned and probablv scarred for life. BUS! v ESS LOSES In addition to all stores, city and county departments, and all business) houses closing in celebration of th day. exercises will be held throughout I the county Hardly a community, no matter how small, but will have ltd program and RS patriotic speeches Its races, baseball games, dancing ami i I music The gullding of the patriotic enthusiasm, enthus-iasm, which . must arise in every .American's breast with the coming of , the Fourth, Into channels nvay from 'powder, smoke nnd noise has brought' ba.i k memories of the Old flays, when silvery tongued orators read the Constitution Con-stitution from heKinnlnc to end. Th" j old days are again returning and with ithe packing away of the unesplodsd j firecrackers, the Important paper is again brought forth, dusted off and prepared for consumption by the purine, puri-ne, through the medium of the town orator. We are told that the old method of celebration is of extreme value as evidenced evi-denced by the great morale Of the American hoys while under fire in France The spirit which Whilperi to them at "II times and which tells them that American and Americans are invincible in-vincible was born while they wero but boys dressed In starched hot. Itchy, I Sunday clothes, hut listening Intently I tb the eloquent words of the commu- nlty orator They have heard it until they wore men. and when they entered the fields or battle and death. It was I part of their being, a summons which could not be disobeyed. TAKE A i VI ION But. to get down to the present. Tomorrow, practically everyone wIM take a vacation And there will be plenty of amusement on the program for those seeking something unusual. All pleasure resorts will be open In full swing and are looklrg for record-breaking record-breaking crowds. Celebrations which include sport j. races, baseball games, music, addressee LM and many other features will be held throughout the county. Hooper residents are preparing program which appears exceedingly Lm promising. Hooper will be Joined bv 1 mm and Clinton in the celebration, and j the arrangement committee promises 1 u real time for anyone who attends. f At vunrl then w ill be a flag salute, followed by a town serenade, played by a ball game between the Hooper Lwu -i.oi.l team ' .1 -.bo Taylor n-hn.il Lwt team Exercises will be held at the C park al LI o'clock and. In the jm ernoon the unusement program will MiH be continued. wkH PL N BIG t I NT. Plain Clt has announced a program j filled with excitement and from sun- rise to sunset the residents will par- tlclpatc In events from music to races. Pl Farr West will st go something out I of the ordinary' In a sham battle In ! whioh IO0 men will participate. Two i baseball game-, horse races ami many other features have been arranged. A ' character ball and carnival Will be on the program during tho evening and j the election of a carnival queen will bo made. 1 I l IBOR VI I PROGD M HuntSVllle has arranged an elabor- U Lw ate program which has excitement as the keynote. Chariot races, horse races. Pl b;is ball, track events, music and danc- Wmf lng to a Jazz" band will be features of the day and night. Mm Si ores of other towns In the county 'EWM have arranged programs which will mWM open at dawn and hold sway until midnight |
