> Br
DOI/I AJiS,
’Thvrsda'j July. 10,1879.
THE CEFTENNIAI
\ ^vA . *vi tlie Ibllowing ad-
• flj-titfsi;
Indies and Gmtleine.i:
I am haj:py to ujcet yon al! hera to
night, aoti .0 ehare with you the open
ing of cur CeutcDtiial ceiebiation. It
is.ail event that has been antioipatid
with both pleasure and curiosify. It
bos been a austoin, my friends, from
'^* ijme imrnfcC32riai, for all civilized na
tions to have ther seasons of rijoicing
A GRAND AND GLORI
OUS SIXCESS
«
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE IN
ATTENDANCE,
The Procession Nearly One
Mile Long-.
sucu A Time NE VER re poke
; SEEN IN FRANKLIN. ‘
A-
to coiaiJiSuiorate some leading event
connected with their biHory as a peo
ple, and it i? to celebrate and coun
memora' ethe one hundredth auniyersa)
^ i ry of our town and county, that we
j have met here lo-uight, and we feel
• glad ‘ha! oar lots hare been oast on
earth during tiie aineteenih century,
a [ eriod whieb future generations will
refer to as tbe-csisty niorning in times"
calendar, when Rie sua of progress
rose in at! bis effulgence, and be ore
whevo rays the dim twilight of the
past receded from view.
There is iu ^te plrreiudogical struc
ture of man a’^^ysiup of comparison,
T» Mitche!!.
ifr^ .Mitchell came forward
the efiLire.nigbt of, the 3fd, Yjjj. /brigiit scions that wait not
niOitiing of the 4th, dawij;(f I {../a hundred vears to burst upon ns,
at leu.st 2.000 visitors. At sir '
the exercises we.re usliered n bv
the firing of cannon ami the ring
ing of bells, whiic living streftros of
of huinaiiitv poured in ' to the al
ready seemingly crowded town,
from all sections of the nouQtv. in
every conceivaide vebide, tnen,
women and children, white and
black, continued to pour in until
iheir number fell but little short of
I0,0p0, all seeming anxious to par
ticipate in the grand jubilee.
homes. I years old by J. F, Pierce—"snother, aged
Thus oriilod the first Centennial | 140. licwi-- Jores, Ei ormciis scord
of which, my friends, I have the. | of Franklin county, na occasion [ Imldiiighalf bo.st td 150 years old, Henr
-, 'iE-3urri of iutrcdiiein^ to, you as the j whicii every citi'/en nm'. justly loel i dersoii Feny. Seveiul baud trunks
IV j " ' * 1 * ®
' D-ic/d orator ot this ooc-asioii—Mr. proud o!', wliutcvrr advaaec 200 yr-urs o';.'., bs iger kept b; the
G- fiv It V *. 1 n » - _ 1. .1 \ • 1 . .. -
may Iw mude in tiia uext hundred
•and ill j years . Tiicigh m a n y o f
usual oratorical and grac Tui man- j the nowjwasie phicc-sitibL disligure
the face of ibis (air land of ours.
D‘ delivered a nio,sl pleasing and ir>.~
tPeSting historical ad4'’-=s of 'be
ivjT'he next,yp .ii'ser was I’ac lion. C.
?E?i Cooke. It is useless for us to uiv
UPrtake i.n give a synopsis of this dis’
hotel keeper r,; i :!- Hate Court House,
belonging to W, J. N'urv.'.,.M of W«r-
renton—rut gbis.s salt cellar ouco
owned by Alice Keli great grand lu.'tiier
thougii scientific agents and the of Mbs Rosa *V. Hr-,'ncL 200 years old.
hand (if skih shoul-.l bs nuule to j A pen'erdi-b (>Wi>ed by Kenj.
biossom likt the uildulutiiig velieys i w-ard a lUeiinterof the State Congress
of Italy; tloigii e’ccr-.'ity siiould i wiiich uiet at ilalifas. iu 1170, property
supercede steam ts a motive pow- ’ ofDr. N. il. Maiphy—A laiies work
■ii^piisbed geuilciijun’g spee,oh, as we ! er, and even the iclegrapli give | basket 200 years oid, Mrs E. C. Joae.-',
At 9 A. -il., the procession vyas ociilT not do him justice, ^Dle.^s we
formed in front of the court house
square in the foUwing order*
Raleigh Cornet Band.
Raleigh Light .Artillery.
Ninety-four men ou horseback,
representing the counties of the
State by name. (This was rndly a
very pretty feature in the piocced-
ings.)
Bavisi, Oooke. t
^ ou aM Bilker, Orators. ‘ '
THBMUSEU3I OF MINERALS
AND RLXICS-i-THE ART *
GALLERY.
Tciatir: Grr4AiM>
, X^TVOinit'OAlN'VAS.,
and this
D.l,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Never in the iiistory ot Fcgnkiin
County has there been such a deni"
onstration made, and in all proba'
bility, will not be again for the
next hundred years to ccr-ie, as
♦hat of last Thursday and Friday
the «Ird and 4th of Juiv.
Not only the visitors, but even
the managers ihemseives were sur-
prised at its inaguitude. T’he e.xec-
ntiye commiuee for weeks had
been i]ntirir>g in their eiTorus to
jM&ke the occasion a grand success,
and for that succes.', the associa
tion is largely iadebt *d to dieir
Rpesident, Mr. Geo. S Baker, who
will he a eao
j)c ii^iefoplmeu*; for in oar
Museum may bl.found -a varied and
unique coilcctiouof article a iiundrcd
or Ui..ir} years oi>.. 'Ebesa v/ill prove a
tangible evidence of things as they
were, while pyer. the little boy? u'ad
girls of our di-y can readily eoiupare
them wifli thingias toey are.
Looking back to the point from
ffjiiolf our fore-bthers stariod, we see
that rapid, and Void have haeii the
stritRs ei'sEienee, ir.d during the past
hundred year.s, no only have we had
the benefits of Frouklinks rise and
prcgra.ss, but we lave been aided by
the dhaoverie.s o! ibc whole world.
SciontiC. iuvtsdg-dons have prpven
that in .the course of nature, material,
neitlier a.'iiuia'e or inaniuiaie, cap re
main a fi.xlure a, any degree of
coiup'etencss. Tiere must either be a
.steady advance towirds strength anu
life or rc‘riigrade 3tep.s to weabnoss
and decay. Now il is a self.cvidept
fact, that needs uo argument ci mine
to prove, that v*g ar a people, liay-a riot
deteriorated, bat with tnereusao pjoyer
and iiultiplied futilities fur itup/ove-
incnt, ara steadily .noving onward and
upward. And w.biie wc .hioi proud
that wc qre til-? proginy of the .sturdy
i uteiJ, wko f'died.^tiG tr'*-r.s t«n yonder
UrAc ta ''ueduh his entire address.
Then came that di-itinguished son of
way to some oilici'conirivaujo lar i A tible once the property ci’Rev. Juo.
King one of th? first Metliodist proacii-
its siipo’. ior, aiid itiuiiso lar inistei'
the science ol Uiirid ami througi: 1 ers sunt to’.Ids State by .ino. Wesley.
Franklin, who is always licld in the i that kai wiedgo an i its jiroper ap- I A laige nuiiiber of hi.s leosMedlat ■ de-
vory highest esteem by hU follow citii ' piiicalkm plac-c our s|iecics on a i s-cendunts still reside r.nior;. us. Five
yens, the Fop d. J. Davis. All were ■ rnucii iiigher intellcciuo! ami mor» ■ silver i
Then followed speakers.and offi
cers in enniages. Ccptoninai i ly y'l'vifl. y
(jfioif, ‘ r rj i fa.,..;
arTt^ous tc arowd as ne.ir as po;:>;b{e to
t! 0 stand, to gel in f earing of his pieas-
a! .it'Toico. Ho spoke a hiiif hour, and
h.4s speech w^s very good. He c)o.eJ
IcV jiotroduciog North Caioliiia’.‘> pot,
Cv Zeu B. Vance. When i'.at
l >'v
lacire in cus’temp representing ilie
thirteen original Stales; j, aald not get. near enough.
North t.-ktrolina, Miss Mauue j o.ild be seen elimbing trees, n
“1 plan than we tuiw iuivf* any con-
coptioii of, even then wiiii all i)ie I
mcrcaso i advaritag-ta cf a hundred j
years to cnao as our posteriiy as- '
scmbifcs tc celebrate i,(ie ne.vt j An ancient gm’, belonging to J’
teiiUia!, we can bulitone as Ml)3v f Cooke wbicii onct 1 11-. ’ i i‘j dove-,
-V laige iuj 1 iiiu.ies’.iQg c
ea spool..s brought from EngLac
12.5 yetus ago, beiongin ; .o .5lrs. A. S*'.
Stiother. .1 siiiilT box i-mn iu Scot
laud by the giriii'i fat in r of Thos
Wnite, E>q.,of ]..oui.sbiJvg,
ntju;-,. W0iH.en
Furgurson.
South Carolina, Miss Mollio Wib
dor.
Now Hampshire, Miss Loui.se
Perry.
Massacluiseils, Miss Nellie Eger--
ton.
Delaware, Miss Alice llarriss.
Penn.sylvauin, Miss Drixe Macon,
Now A'ork, Miss Lizzie Siq^ne.
New Jersey Miss Helen Fingle-
lon.
A'irgiida, Miss Mary Davi.s,
Georgia, IMiss .Bettie .McNair.
Rhode Island. .Mis.s Fettie Haw
kins.
Oonnocticnt, Miss Lizzie Jones,
Maryland, Mif.s Elolso Wilhains.
Then came ten Lively lilUo girls
it: co.s'.utne, reoreseating the teti
to-wnshipi.-^ -if the couiity;—
Loais'up’g. .\!i«3 Jennie Vvilliams.
Cedar Ibork, Miss Sailio White,
(lypre.-s Creek, Miss Janie Slone
iluUi.i'. Miss Mary Grey Clifton,
Dnr.a's, Miss Annie Belie (.’liiton.
Gold Mine, Miss Annie Wdoep.
lid even the chiidren
'I'oey
11 tup
j c.stumps, boxes and every cjnceivable
that their filial arlvtctio;..
rape! the blush tlmt lui-ght
:lity I
will I of unci‘lit cciuM, by Thus. R. Wild,
lingc j A great niHuy uiher iotc. estlDa arti-.-h
.. if t; 8
the cheek of otlier.s while they |ay • which our ^paos wni not perndt us
their oblations on the altar of meiii-
vty that eonid be thoug'it of to hear i ..^ry consecrated to their au{;e.stor.s
hui, was re-iorteej to. For aoout uu l^^ememoeririg donulles.''.nst!;e',' will
hiar the crowd was iu the very be.st
o-Jer, and the interesi. nianife-ted in
tie gieat stiilosieau’s reu^arks, was iu-
’flise. [Our space will .uol a.iiidt, of
Ll.iie rfentieiiujifs speeche.«, but we in-
tend, at a i early day, to publisn them,
tecether with a fuii accou it of ibeCen-
teudal proceedings io parnphiet iorui.
—GpiTOR.J ,
Vb Ll’t; conclusion of Senator
Vjuoc's orati in, Mr. Biair Burweil
Cl ,ir:nun cfihc Execiu-t- Commii-
tee anriovneed tiiat dinner for ten
thcAsand people tva.s ready. Be-
tween two r.a.l lliree tho istiiai leef
ot tables iitui been erected iti i he
pas;-: .iiid ea.di tabic washnlcn with
an ubiKidance of good Uiiii,gs io
eat; barberned pi.ar3, lamb.s aip.l
chk.kons in ei'diev-i variety, lu’cad,
pickles, in fact rdinost everything j
to iiisfy the appetite of liic gi'cat
! en. .'iI luid been orovid’;.!. The iin
ni tho i,anguagc ot our iTesideut,
th.at !‘ir there is naught to mar fve
beauty of lids grand oid ce-iciuy i
plant it is to be born in m..i‘i it is !
the tiivt that hii-S bloomed lor us.” j
Jjcaviinr to them to fill Uu* varan- I
cies we hu'/c led, an l ti-e full com- i
pie!ion (.f :
^.■o!nmeliC^!l
the cure 0;
auvaj luges
work that \ye hu' -
re unit’ coiwigM it tc.
those who-.” superior
no doubt wiii throw
^ around it a halo of ea,rth1y giory
j tiiat the iin!l!.s of the present couid
I not Lirnish-
' ScK.Ny;.s. I.\:c;dext3, Etc.
Aunt Abny Hi.iwe, om; of ifie ni
nofd.le women of tlie State, in lu-r oe i
Dieiiiioii, 1/U-, wiuji. wiii be fiiliy x.
. crimed ill t'l C'JD'ertiiul record to b'C
filed who the records of tlie county,
Be.-ido.i it oi.mlaiiivd uuuerala f'rqir,
every eoiiay uu i nearly every section.
They wore ike cjutributLns luaiuly of
Mr. Blair Bu-well uni ilr. Jl, S.
Davi.s li.'j !p=-;ived y ponulur priiicip.d
of the Male .i'.udnny wiio beeuit-fi
never t tire- -n giving the full In.sio y
w IS fur
consoin'.-
• ift their very active and energcuc
cuairman, 2>Ir. Blair Bar well, who
spared neither, h’S time,* his talent
or his money in perfortaing the ar
duous duties incident to the respon
sible position which he heiti. He
did his work well, and like one ol
the noble band of Gideon of old, if
^e became weary at ail, "ydt he
was found st”! pursain.g.” Mr. B.
C. Jones the Ireasurcr of tho a.sso'
cialion, iciidered invaluat'e seivs
icc, in advancing? the interest of
the celebration, by his good judge
ment anef untiring zeul. Others of
the committee did good work, but
wo feel it due to those we have
named, that their efforts shotdd re-
oeive special mention.
Neither time, labor or money,
was soareif to make it an. occasion
of enjoyment, and truly may wc
say that even the brightest antici
pations of the most sanguine were
more than realized.
SrERCiSES CN THE SRE.
At 5 o’clock, P. M., the Raleigh
Light Artillery under corniiiaad of
Oapt, j. WL Lee, fired a salute, of
.thirteen guns on the grouad-
Dr. J. B. Cliftofif Chief Marshall
assisty..-rmed the
piacossion from the court ^ square,
Ji-say 2,009, and i’.eaded * by the
.lUleigh and Louisburg Cornet
Bands, marched to the beautitnl
park, ■ of tv.'elve acres original
grciyvth, situated in the northern
part of the town nrul known as tlig
maleacadem.v g*'Ovo, which was
brilliantly illumiuatcd for the occa
sion. Thf*.
iittoniion at t!{« dcor'suf vaior and h i-
rjLm wh'cli they^^j permniied. iVe
hx.ri'jr thoai, wc tivasuie their memory |
io “ur iisart of htarts : but w§ are n..!t
of those who believe ia retracing with
measured tread the old beaten track
which they trod. Our tnod.’s of con
veyance both physical and mental, are
supericr to what they enjoyed, uud it
is natural that we should got along
faster, and those who pull back may
expect to he run over or left behind.
We give all lioiioi* due their uiomory;
they were fitted both by birth and
educ-atioc fur their Jay. So ar-* wc.
This is no period when ae old
fogy cau lod in tho-bhaJe of a Centeti"
niul laudinaik and without being laugh
ed at, cry,
}i.i.yesviiic. -Miss Leona Brown
PniD'iihitOfii M;s.s Aiiiijc Upp
’na:).
- FK-cmttPV, f^vaiPle&i'anhf,. ■
■ I ■ • ■*' * • " ■*'V G
Sandy f rock, Miss Juliet Ha.." i
kills.
Louisburg Coriiot Band.
.XT TUK OUO’oXns.
Song by the Ociiteunia! chbii'.
.AddresbyG. S. Baker, Fresi-
dent. M;. Baker said;
Ladies and Geuilemen :
to us all
j iXiC.rts congregation was tVii
iid
i 'aii.'] in porlecx order,-and yet, when
- aiiyv.d '".'li.sl'Cd. Uierc
1 ;
'•aii-.ir spliero; a. wouiaii
: }ea:i -.'t.'i ‘ chf> war eng,
I ly in iiuv .-xujts. and wbe.o oivil ai.iiuii j
viiM .« ii;(l by he revolution, ami her
I V(;Crttii‘!i Ip.iu-b.iuishe-1 for waist oi
j e •ioUh.i'g to di congeiila! to her lasie,
! .ib-j t'.iiuei iio'' attei-tiou ;o wur. am.l
j ma:iy a poor oLk foUi.T hr* yn.j cos-.
was li i.uge
■ ■‘'I:'4*
joi-r. r.ii. 1 li.- aiii
Of en*A=>, . V' -
... , ,-tiO';! '.^iieii iicir IjuKinr:
men' aiitBpirtrii5ti:;a evlnceu ii.iJtlJe ; , , , ,
peo.ilc; wus .grat’iB and a!! v/.eTA j
hoiii ^ it'oling that fileV liU'l vvii.:u,‘So- |
" ■ I '
ed o.-.Q o‘'i!i'C .greatest ev-woi.- s.; the j
history of our enonty and tow:; and j
rojoicing .it t'lC rironulit that :io ac- ,
cident had occurred io mar th
I cued Iroiii th.; J.oaded ho.'-.'iui!, i :o’' j
I I ' ' ' d. !
M'JvHiter ^ j
r.sug'K 1,0 iijc COiip j!-: of h .me !
ong hoilit.- j
iVbeu !
of every .-p.winiei; th.:U eli-iteU an •,u.
quiry . his fi-.iiidia! i; / wiiii the almost
enuLt.'. vaijely .r, -r.r.e-;-.:ii.t’ii.s on exhibi-
tioa and the ill I l.c-ir, aitli uhieti ne
CS’lainM I! li; ov.iicod t.-. uiai.y a miiid
on li ill day tiiut lie va- liio •'ligM inan
j in ih. s i igin phmi; vuz , a.i iiwrattur
I o? youili, and if lie fails to teacii the
i “yiiuog idea how to Siiojl' il had
about as Well t-o ”ive up Ho vun .
oVltr GaLLj-IK V ,
1 The Art Gaihery on i he second ft»or
of the Male Academ; was a veiy iutein
es'.ing feature.
I
' Aiii.'it'g tlie e.rf.' le.s ori rxhili. ion wc
I noiice.l the loiiowii g t!i;,t were ex-
I otuleti by li' j.roi le o! Louisburg »n.l
i wnjcu evi.'-'.-.i a d‘cg>'Co ct talent uuj
I ^
i di:\i Y],vy ^■ mV -'G bv 'V.ct
) ‘’ik'i'.'cs td-.--- -same Si.'., eiiin.r N 'r.li
,/f uin ireii ami friein
rttM.'iod .-\ont Abbj was forced u
ph^'n-ure of tit * da.y.
I urn .sur-e it is gratifying to us all j -prineip'i I ovent of the even-
to SCO till? vast asseiiihiy, auJ hi the . jng was tho gyand old time bail,
name of Fraukljn county I extend s
cordial aod‘%i iv;ere -.velcome to all who
have honored this Cmitennial oekhra-
ticn (vilh their nrcsonce to-day. it is
an occasion, my friends, that will .re
sent itsoif never again to one of us,
for who svill be hero a hundred y nivs
to CO UK-?
“W bo’ll ptess for gold yon crowJul,
street
A huiiorod years to come?
.ihiiiig,' her base again. Trie to her
! uj.isculin,' iii.s'inets, siic- iaiJ hold on
I the lira aud erily thing th.t ‘.v.vs iiice'.y
j 10 hC'-'p lie* beh.ve ll-e pribliv, nanie.v,
I j.u.iitics, .Stn ha? taken ; ra’!) fur ti.e
i last thirteen years in acting ihe sba-f ••i’
! of ub pr.i'ii'.iiciit B'eiiiocratic p'.'iitici.-iJm.
and hrs t’lii ig Jcnn iciati -ns and vtn-;
gcance on their adver-a'i .s, ()i li.is
her
“My rest let time be fearful to offend, j V\ ho d tie.ai.i tliis t^rov’e with willttg
And creep by me us by a slumbering i
A h and red
friend. '
Now there are .some lawsbotli mor
al and sta:ute; observfcd by cur an
cestors, tile obs-ervanco of whicii is just
as necosaiy for our peace and prosper!^
ty as tiio laws of nature are to the
perpetuation of the -qpiveisc. Sup-, j
pose tills itar-sprii.kleJ’arGii above lu.
should melt away, au'^I’h^ moon flasii
cut of sight like .yt m
.i’alo,
*:hs'wiiid? .hrlrMapr v.-r.hyr,
or the soft SI jngy v ..a-iH be petriUc.^. j
What would bee., ill-3 of m.an ? A-L ; |
what would hecoma of him if tip evil
within bi.m was under no restraint ?
So are obliged to see, that-a.i nature
cannot intermit hi.i laws without deK
riment, so should w; be law-loving and
law-abiding citizc’is. Yac we are to
some extent a free and indepenclo t.
veolr.? to coineV
treinhiing ago and fiery yoiitl,
.Yrid chiidliood, with iih; brow of trat,
The rich and poor, on lain! and -soa—
Wh.-.'i* will t!;e mighty tiiiiiions le
ji A hundred ye:i>*s to conifc?
hG^Yi e ai! within out graves shall chop
A hundred yc-trs to come;
iSo living soul f-'i* us shad w.^en,
.V bundruil ycarie lo conic,
“Bot o'.her men our land viil! i':ll.
And oiiiers iheii our streois shaii fill.
,\nd n't '”’ .singers, bright and gay
The ball wa.s auinrunccJ t.u take
place at 9i P. M. This was fu Jecd
a ..i.iiliant t'tfuir. Tlitt.parj': was
haniisoraely iliuiKinaA-fi, Clliuose
miitoras -.vih-o piuccii on ilic diiler- occasi .p sre mad
ent stand.?, and the beautirul ireos
whii.h liad iivutected the iiiiii'i.jiisc l.etwjen two soldier.*
crowd froni the rays of the son. ;
(luring the day., wtre {iilcd with i
lights. In tiiO centi ol liio park a i
huge canvas h.a 1 been erected, cov- |
Cling a pi.;tibrin w'dch had been i
ccusLra.cted for the dancer.-s, suffi- j
civr.t to ccconnsvadate cat tliousuiid j
Fiv.v.n^ a vury ta.'-ii!y
i.t lout, el ilo’-'ers, .\i re
i'el’.ipic iTiSuU M 'Ii'.,;.-i0eiy iolll v;
oil pr.LU!'.J. a'l.' ijoo ri. Baker iinee
crayon irai.,- lamJ.-'t.a^.c> in oil
atid ;ii';imi;.ii piec*, eu.iiiiiomuraiivo
ol ll.e '1 •:yi Gau^e'' (;uii‘ tine e-'O-
r.’.r.;I!!.vni t* >
in alOji'jnd.d
Luain..u.s piece Le
copliop. 31.!..- 31
ciayoii piece.?,
OO
Ihnand
draw,,'ig, ami a
eiie
a litde gii
uiifiuis.,e‘-;
ISpeetre RoUjC. V.h Ji. I-nrgiiis..i;
il piautio,': lidi ka.gui p.irtiail of
!'.\n eiayot; j or'|•rtit^ umi an
iaWiii,i i;t Whike l‘Ti'.-.-t
f.pjieil He e ill j yioji .Marti-^i i'el.sol). 1 w :i
our tawa s.tting -in the artillery lar- j g.;,;,,,,,,, hu.d-cM.e draa-
anrl wliih,
S-i'iu'oi Vance w.-iS vpeahiug ...hy stood
erect in the coug’egati'On, and fra-
uluted a hearty .amen !o td!
I
tug?, tud c'. crai ulllri bca-iIi■ ul-.I Hjon
piece,?.
As we d‘.
tin-.
I pH*aple. Lon;
jr bcfioi'o
:c iiour oi
9;d0 the canvas filled h.v love-
.liani young men,
iy W'onien and g;
many of llieai drei-.aed in the age of
one
o ■
among
hundred year.s ago,
vvhcli we observed llic following
persons: .Mrs. .Ed. .b'.-nos. white
brcaule silk: iMi.s.-i; Nannie Speed,
pc-'crepe and suGn: Mi.;; Noipr.
; queiuiy fj .
I 1 e .Sid 1. PTnph.asizii'g iior w-uds Ly a !
I tut of ti'O fvo and t.’.ss of du3 head, !
j peculiar alone to Aunt Abbj. |
I ..4moD2 tbs meuihers of die Pie?s ‘
! on the eland were John E VVoodai-J, i
MTison .4dva'ice; J. W. D.ijwd, Far-
n.er ani Mechanic; W. 3(. llday,
R-aleigh Kvenmg V'^'sitor; J, R. Gou- j
^letnu, Biblical Recorder; J.hi. iiaw-
kins, ?x. C. Far.iier; J. A. Thomas,
Louisburg Times. !
The muric on tho occasion was fur j
fes? to b? un uit
critic -ood lor tear tbaL w-s luigbi. do
.-loru.- itijustice aii‘1 i.H.-ur the e.iosurc of'
Olliers we deem it but nglit to simply
present this !'■ atme oi t.ic Car.itiiuial
wituoul coiiune'it. ijii.-.di.‘.-> ’’.ic ai.-ov-s
j uaiuyd I icces thuc v,’-,:rc iiuiiiy fine
! chrumus acii .siieciiiieus ol Fiiotograpiiy
I
(.li exn bi :ou. .Luioua 'be iatici wi
saw,soiiic ot i,‘.in.'.ioerai>if iiicrit ‘executed,
i by oariii-V'rr v;iia_e i''.;ol(igraplKi 3i'\
j Y. B. Ghiioa.
CKSi'ENViAl. GltOL'NOa,
shed
ton I--! I
cxci’CiiiOS were than j people, fo'* it is of cur own free vfiH
ooeeed with prayer by Rev. Thos. and plo; sure, tha* we hav. met here
ML Smith of the M. E. Caurch, this to.nioht to ceRbraic the one himdreih
was followed by an anthem, sung | annivev-ary (jf ocr town -and county,
polling r-ar centennial celebra-
.'diiiing
towns-
was followed by an aiituem, j annivfai‘-aiy v.. ........
by ihQ Contennial choir, cotAl>.o?ed. | in opening r.«r centenrjal celebi
pf F e following ladies aud gentle- 1 tion 1 have the pic,--m-o of intr'.'dnri
Aviri- \Trs Marv Fliiler—Leader, 1 Mr. Kltsha Garr.'R Bro-vn, onr towi
men: Mrs. Ma)*y
.Malone, ^Irs. E- G.
liar row, Misses
Mrs. J. K.
Jeacs, Mrs. J
Loa Browu, Maggie Furgm2.on,
Alma Smith, Giydc fi^mith, Mjiggio
I'lea-sants, Anuie Green, Beiue
Green, Florence Dans, Matilda
r^UMessersJ.E. Malone,'A.n.
Furman Jr., IL M. Bairow, R. B.
Furman, W- F- .
Mr. Geo. S. Batber- the President
bflhe Associalion came forward
man
■T.id te!iovv.r‘-z3n, who will read
Djiuail charni tlie gi./riouLii-JiTrs A'dsy | Lg .,jGr./JvvIi brocodvi silk; Miss j
A. hundred years to ooim;.”
Yv'e liavo enJoavored, niy friond.s, to
make this celobrati'ir. tne of ialc!-«-;t
'und pleasure, while jrasikliiis fuU'
daughters and their gu,.‘.st3 have. maJo
it oocuf beauty- Good oH 1‘Vaaklin
slo'Y but sure in her progiC.iS, reoiiuds
me of the grand old Ceatury pbaiit
which has been liaiid?.] down from
one .generation to auothtr, g.atlicting
all its force- aud conoonlratiug thorn
at on® point, t'.i burst ido bloo.m a-
the isxpiratioa ot a Lungrol years.
If yoVi think this one lads matuiity,
or there is aught to mar us beauty,
retnenibcr it is the iitci. tbs, b.--’'
• iiti tjiioi.-Oiirg I ■( -'
•Jen .
I McNair, greitii si'.ii'ed silk;
i Mi:,. .Rj^uiie ihtl'.-or, Gi-imsoit velvet,
"'■‘ ,0 .silk and pnii'l Iihio; Miss
white pati;i.
j - iilOS, i’(M)”(-‘.SCn tC(;
,, Ho wore .-hp’pc-r;, silk
knee punrs, ■v.iilh.iw tail
coat, jj iai'iro Vii’ass bucUMi.s, io. g
vest. Mf. S. W. Jo’ieS,
pants, .'lipjiefs, swallow t.uil
.Mc;-sei*.s ID L HiM, J. 'iV.
aud C. P. Brown, wore -i/is-
tumt
•. sn\j
^ 1 ft i* 1 ‘ \ V •'A»i! itJt* l?ZLittF*GO C'*';
Corihei Ho0^5. ilsOvit ba/.^d itu iHLlt ■ “
. . -la-' I Frf. f\hlj CDUlitV HLid j. U"
full tlutv. and played wen. ,
T'tE Museeji. ! cdebr-ited. is situated lu U.-j most eic
The Ma?cJm on Re fr-t floo- of , vatA portion of ibc'oa-u of Louisburg
the Mu'e Academy, cootmniog many !. N- C. biom tae ii.cgcovor iar
rivi'i'. tb'j grovci i! y-'ached by a.s.;euur.;'
i four liiili or uatarii! ."t-.-ps wl.r-'li cou-
‘ siiCit,; tlie i.ifuiiipi-i oari oi ta-j ..laiii
! l!eHj.V!.. .Viidi. V-rei’l d.vi.ffs
mailer i.'L’.-;*
' th-3 same as Mr. JfUKVs.
. . . , I , a , 1- bloomed for U“. ami be a-1 diseouraged,
.1.. acc..,„.!.'. ic» ... .(.p,- I ,,
0.1 by thi U = pi....a.l.m'.--.s 0. u 5t lamrbnt
ted States of .\iaeriea n: Cengross as
•sembled, July 4’h 177G.' y-
.Mr. E. G. Brown then eani^ for
ward and rear the Declaration oi
IiuiitpeRdenee ?v'.:ich chtsed the ex
orcises of Uie J■'
FRlD-tT T'.iS JtII.
People coii'.iuacd to arrive during
v; but. renew your cu('rg!Hi5, ^,v.
daiight;^r«^ unJ ukiaO u sc
that trhen it pa?S‘’.5 from ourh-aocs td
our posterity .'as n,6Xt grani ..peniog
will bo a greater soccg.-s.
Wc are r-iupiug th-a benefi's truay N
f.ji (T'atlicrs befljcved or.
the ca.e our
ihic plant, fur we roe around us ev.-
deuees cf llieir Cute scicultur* iu lus.
'-'^Tierc were pernaps several
who wore ooslume.?, but
D* ail i-DaV v'O v\( lO able to
get.
~ .j'C v.‘I'VO maDy ‘Other.; wao on-
the mi'rry ti uice, and net
t’t t.'.vo hUiidre'-l e’d jo'.l.n.
who d’da't dance, ‘Jiurrieci
.vA.gie, vvere- lo.ker.J on. Tr.o
■' as kept up unitl 4 o’c!'i Civ
ly uiOiTiing, whoa t:u,i.e ea-
c/n ... .
® in U}e ieativu.e?, r^nv at an
cad. • respective
i Voiu'able r.-aes or ihi; olden times, was |
! 'jue of ' li'3 at!rac:iv(* feature.'; of luc
j Gc‘nC«-'f;;iia!.
I Must intcreitinu ' f vt’lech avo tlip f' l
j l(,''.sl:!g; 11 old coat Wi'l'll L ■’ ..hime.-.
! C.il! dio Graiid Fafiii?t oi Wm. T.
I Oo!.'if, our pre.-^eut Cou! ty Ti'oa,- .rer,
1 i 80 years ojd. Four old chimi flats?
1 the nreptirty ;.f 3L'> Geo. B. Boh';.
I wiiidi Vv-'i'v Li-wied :.i t'.o wans o' WDi.
I IS',2 and 18d-i- Out of .tie o' wh.i-'.
' Hon. Z. B. V .iies cut i.L fkntcuidd
f.lihnir. Allot her Old'V’tna jJ:.''• cent
I ff .ii. 'Li|..(;gl' by 'V. H. J mo.s toi Cap!.
' J. J. Dav.sto cat l.is C-.inU'iitii li D.iiii'ii-
I li -iu.
r: iiiiLcr of .artiGe.- (>t i H.i. '.V'.re.
L-.,n' !.t from Eugh.ml by liie auce-'O'is
yVi [^0 Cronsli.!'( .riir.dy, ariti'i'';' u u'.h
: «-asah.roe out gLss mug of pimuhsr
shape, u-e-1 h\ Hoi), Z if 3 a use at die
Diiucf tablir. A poAd-w iiorn 2.j2
HI f 0 il ot
:ri‘kD iiito C‘Vo
o
llic one al-
Ii..
I-a-, ■ coiiiainio^ 12 aji us
m s; ' .■ 0 ■iinierpait of t •■= '.'imr.
ia- Rjmsbu-i Lomaio E'aiUg-*
h. siiu it T I ii iliowest I'l'Jc (d ihi-.-ti( et,
'.villi I' G'ilc';.'! Lull'll.i;.
t.uildi.'/g i? 'l’°
,,i; ; iij.r Liiii On . in d'C ‘joori-y.
■'rive != siiuaH.'i! or il.c
111
oeoH-r
liil'gs.-; •! mi III! f.l
■r fio-
i.it acadi.-.)!j(
S i-.'Ilf tiio .-'.-.‘et. in t! ■ C'-Otro
oi til..- grove looking Lorn the ftr-eet,
c‘, a goritk- riso
:iSs‘s tLi'acgli
I
' i: .s
ui.d a' the terii.iiJU
I-J ; {he StroV P
i;. "lic Male .\i'uu!.-iii.i a. Lt
Ol tWe .y’lli:-.? 'vl.'.-fc- t 'U
It
:ii It Lo
if
J go
boy > !.II *> *vIll's
lii'i .-U-..! a i-c-
('■ iNTl-M ■ O )
! . S gtOl.'d
•al ■].' wiih
' 1 school
. firit!* of
-i.Uc ‘.‘aiit
L. .hi
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