.'.vfT^'^:"^.:^' :^JI^T ' '!Pr • "•li'^f^m "^ •' OReULATION 1,460 TWELVE PAGES VOL. XXVIL NC. 9. MANASSAS. VIRGINIA. FRIDAY/JULV iri^;: OMISE BETTER 11.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VETCRA^^ SWKY OF PARK CREATES it FAIR THK YEAR WRONG IMPRESSION H|pE MANY TO MEET Jteewre Making Every WtoH to »Iajor Ewing Write* U^ ©f BULL RUN FIELD |HBld Banner EzJiiblUon Here I August 16 to 19. » Pubtieation. Veterans ami Visitors Will In. " -v. — ' * (Washington SUr) aogurate Park on Battle An* I (H. W. Sanden, SMreUry) niversary Next TlmrsfUy. I Plant for the Third Aantuit Bxhibi- The Editor of The BtJ, ^^' ^**' Ifonol the Prince WUlfann Fair A«»o- Washington, D. C I A railjqynd picnic on the Bull Bnq. fation are rapidly materializing, and Dear Sir: ** ' battiefleI*^on ThursdajpJuly 21, catti^ prospects are brjjht for a very suc- I have read with interest the article ••••ful fair in 1921. If reports may brating the annivmary of the battla m your paper df today, "famous Bull there, which was the firsl ictual ea- ht relied upon, the exhibits this year Bun aBttlefleld May be Tamed into a Will be larger than ever bufore, par- counter of the war between the stafeaa, Government Parte" We are sincerely wW mark the inauguraUon of tba tfcnlarly in the live stock departmanta. •ppreciative of the publicity yon are The attention of proepeetive exhib- Manaasas Battlefield Confederst* giving the "Manassas Battlefield Con- Park. Public ceremonies will be beU ttwi of draft horsea is called to the fedesate Parte." but the titU which you foUowinsr chanc* in Claas » of See. m the grove at the historic Hera* have used is so hurtfnily misleading House, beginning at 11 o'clock, after tfcm C: "Beet two-horse team, and th«t in Justice to the enterprise which mast weijrh not lesa tl)an 2,600 ponnda . ^^ „ ^„ nuerpnae which wWch a family picnic dinner will k. and be shown in hameM," which will a now under way through the efforts enjoyed on the gWd. ^ ** be amended to read, "Bert two-hora* ff "Virginia corporation, of which I Anwng the speakers exoected ««^ team to be shown in harness." The have the h<mor to be president, I beg Senato"—•r - JohT.Un_ SharpS!""*e" 1"^^WUliams , «th«» permission to make most emphatic the well-known Mississii^i staiesmaat *«ft horse is an important animal on fact Uiat the park about which your the farm and there is no intention on Judge Tyson, former chief justice of article evidently writes will not be a the Alabama supreme court; Dr UM pa^ of the Association to elimin­ 1861 Government parte, nor wiU the United ate the lighter draft horses from eom- 1921 Clarence J. Owens, of Washingt««L State* contribute any part of the <»ir«ctor of the Southern Commereial petiUon by having each a high weight needed funds. Congress and president of the park' limit as 2,600 pounds. HUNDREDS SOB AS Impatient of the indifference which finance board, and Representative St. Through the courtesy of Clover Hill the Government has all these years Walton Moore, of Virginia, promto- Fanfa, a special prise of |10 i« offered When Jhe aolemn speeches and the ' "jTcday" .«iH Pon^ i o ^, •xhihited toward a battlefield park oa entiy identified witii tite park's finaaw for the best exhibit of grade Jerseys, the fields of Manassas or Bull Run, committee. to consist of not leas than two anl^ — «rf which your article accurately Music will be furnished by the Mais. It is needless to aidd that Clovar Congressional Ddegation Takm •--•— -~i~. *»D rae last note •peaks, the corporation of which 1 Hiil entries will not compete for thie Marine band and a troop of cavahy Hill entries wiu not comnete i«r f^.i. Part in Memorial Services «peak and which your article clearly from Fort Myer has paromised to coB- priae, this year's exhibition herd being has in mind has obtained an option on tribnte to the enUrtainment f^tuns fomposed entirely of purebred aid- for 7,264 »ain Heroes. And th«m the relatives anri frt^A. ""nmon "ools. Under each flag there "• '"»larg«e wwtractt of the famous flelda,fields, has of the day. «als. llirough an ovardght cm tba Of many Te.f ?.thos* "^'re whos*e anbodied fnen<ts hado lies on«e whwno was nurtured at the altaraltar'' »"* "^ ««»«1record., «nand with this corporatiocore^llSn Many visitors are expected from f»rt of the secretary this specia) prise Leader^»^e«s o<>f« the nation mourned the Of Mm American home. And todat<vj«y» hU,'*>..-. M" *a"n ""Wntaarent., thae SouthS/mft. , th•»._e Soiithero..,..!..n- I not included in the catalog. country's war dead Sunday at memo- been brought back from the military Washington and the surroundiac pamotjpafriotic mother tr wife mourns heriP**"?'*heriP**?'*' *^*»« South«Southern state*states, are boiH- ccountrysideo . The Southern raUway he first day of the Fair will be ™^ 'ervicea on the Army pien at cemeteries irf France, began to look gallant soldier. In this hour no humim I"« » Confederate nark. .» fk.* *v- A >. 4.^ ^ 7' " — -— w«. ne „ . f^'^t? .*° *** Army pian ai loforr tnthe coBiacofltos that bore the bodies rf hesrt could remain unm7v:;;i has announced that roUnd-trip tickets devoted entirely to the judging of live 5''^„^°' N- J. where lay the bodie. their lov^ -* one and one-half way rates will be ^ («cepting hor««), farm prod- *** '.-f** ^^ who made the supteme numbered and J ~—^ ..««« jTBu use tne •w' ' " acts,, and househol.—^„^,^u,u,d exhibits. For this •«»*—^* «« the Mid of Prance. } ^•ork the* AssodatioA«.«»«-Mn„ ha1.—s bee.^ n for. - *^"Congres« s s«it a joint committee, "~~—~''"^— ' ^' i''"''?L^™"^ Ther park will Lb e .a»Av^tt^ .. •« *».-!i^ Fmn"t n»...** i"^^^ !_-i_-;_ Warrento- « n" a« ^*l * Hinaitanatee min seeonnseeoring capable men who,. "^•«e<^^*^^» byy SenatoSenatt r Hpnry Cabot K» "^ *** ^"^^^ to thei^ront Royal, inclusive, for regutar it is believed, wiU give satisfaction in ^K'-T'ho spoke at tiie services. xuTh»e orave^soldiers of both armies who morning trains of July 21. irood r*. •very respect. Mr. Keene, extension f ""^ ^*« WDresented by Amistant wnwmmtly il wUl be a memorial by at Manaasas July 21. ^^ ^Mlist from Blacksburg, will judge *««t»fy o' War Wainwright and the Southern people to the Confeder-I Veterami of boUi armies who partl- bee^ cati;le, sheep and ^wlne; tb. ?«neral Pershing, who declared the ate soldiers of that war w«l to the cipated in the great struggle of^^ Buchanan, dafarjr extension .speirfaBft, aeedom of mankind was the battie Blacksburg, dairy cattle; Mr. Quinn, '"^ "' *•" '"^en warriors, Z-!!f .!I^J" o^*^'*"'**''*** '^^^^ ^*"" •«« •» *xp«rted to be among wom^of tiie South during that time, «» visitorsi Dr. S. S. Simpson ^ of tile U. S. Department of Agricnl- ^ ^<«*» <>' «oW star moOier* and would not have been th.. spiemSd hero be on the grounds to r«Bd« medical gre, Washington, poultry, and Mr. '»™<1'«J» of war veterans attended iT' • • . tatteatiMi, if needed, and iiwo Bad Wysor, extension agronomist, -of ^"^^ '«''* that saw active service in in the mitial of the movement it is Cross nurses wiU be there to asaiafc Blacksburg, farm crops. France was-r^resented among the important, therefore, that a correct Wm. ^ ""'^ The breatf^contest has aisumed audi ^*^- directly in front «f the speak- understanding of u,e status, purpo^ Plenty of eats and drinks will be large pcoportioaos 1^ a spedal'.^,"'*" the caskets of tijefiiat three and source of this park should be had Provided for those who do not ctory Judge, Miss R. Bell Burke, district '^°**'^ ®*»t«' soldiers to die m battle oy the_ public. This i^iportance is basket dinners. Mr. B. Elmer MetiL home demonstration agent for north- "8:«"»t Germany—Corp. Herbert Jas.' emphasized by the fact that though ©^ Manassas, wiH be In charge of ^ ^ Virginia, has been secured by Miss °' <5««ham, of Kvanaville, Ind.; Priv- your p^ containing this interesting: re'reshment stand, the proceeds «dt Cilbert to devote her entire time to **"""«"»" F-Enright, of Pittsburgh, article has be«i off Uie press only a ^hieh will go to the battlefield park judging the entries of bread. The ^*' *"** Private. Merle D. Hay, of few hours, three persons have 'phoned ^'"^^ \ names of the judges in tiie horse de- ^"<*«'«°> Iowa—all members <rf 'tiie to me, and this is the substance of Arrangemeats are being made t» Partment and in the home ecowjmici-^^*^ Infantry, ist Division, and an un jT^»T ""«Hua, ana au what each said,- "If tile Govenuaent »«* a fixed rate for automobile tran*- department will be a«n/.n^~j -* - killed in Noveml»r iai7 {«+I._T^ 18 to build that park why ask me for Portation from the tovni to tiie battle- announced at a """^^'" November, 1917, in the Lune- acontribution?" ^ field. o «*» «>e uawie- later date. ville section cf Lorraifte. After careful CMisideration «rf the "The"«yy fough« t for eternal right and t-3^* '^?' **'*"?*'*' '^ Jt be under- i The finance board of tiie park asso- arrangement of the program for the^'"*''='' as jju™j m^e foffliderlowwers of thiis Where the Openlig GM Was Fired. 6 a. m.. July 28. 1861; stood, which tHe corporation which e'**'*'" »» planning a campaign to raise lour days, the following announcement ^*** republic." Jaiddeneiasaid 6enei*ll PershingPershing. ^'^"***'" '"*°**^'' *"" **"»''^' 'iU ^^'^>^' balf of which is for the pur- J» made for «»• schedule of events- " "Ti"The» freedn freedn o'f mankind was their and friends to Uie sectiim irf the n«.r I .i- K*f-^ ^ZT^T""" • ~"~ ib e builtJ b Vy privat»"^»te« donationdonationss anandd mon-mon-' 'cbas cbasee ooff thtilee lanlandd anandd ththee othe btiierr ~ha| halff Tuesday, Ai^iBt 1»-Judgmg in aQ **"*ittleery.* "^ " .