The Cairo Bulletin

Hang Out the Flag!

The Bulletin is asked by the committee in charge of the reception of the distinguished visitors, who will arrive in Cairo this afternoon on board the replica "New Orleans", to request every businessman and merchant as well to display an American flag.

The trip of the "New Orleans" will be historical. The staunch little craft is steaming over the same route taken by the original New Orleans one hundred years ago, and its journey will be long remembered.

The purpose in making the trip is to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the opening of river traffic between Pittsburgh, Pa., and New Orleans, La., and also to create widespread interest in the deep waterway movement.

Cairo is vitally concerned in this movement designed to arouse enthusiasm in the plan to deepen the rivers, because it doubtless will be one of the greatest beneficiaries in the end, as the city is situated on two of the greatest bodies of water in the land.

To put out the Stars and Stripes would not require hard work and you could not exhibit better evidence of your interest in Cairo's future. It is the intention of the reception committee to give the party on board the replica a reception that they will remember and every citizen should lend a helping hand to make the affair a decided success from every possible viewpoint.

The "New Orleans" is an exact replica of the original boat and it will be well worth a trip to the levee to see it. Do not forget your flag and do not let anything prevent you from participating in the reception.