(NUMBER NOTABLE !
j MEN EXPECTED
FOR CELEBRATION
| Maj. J. F. Jones, Dr. A. R.
Newsome, Hon. James
Webb Among Those
Who Will Be
Present
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j Rutherfordton, Aug. 7.—A num
, ber of outstanding men are expected
ito be here Friday, August 16, for
• the Sesqui-Centennial and Home
! Coming celebration.
i Invitations have been extended to
a number of Rutherford county's
sons, who have made good in other
sections of the state and nation.
I In addition to Hon. Josephus Dan
iels, who will Jbe the principal speak
| er, others who will be present are
' Major J. F. Jones, of Columbia, S.
C., collector of internal revenue for
| South Carolina, who was chief of
■ construction on the Southern Rail
way when the railroad was built
.through the county in the eighties;
Hon. James Webb, of Shelby; Dr.
Zeno Wall, .of Shelby; Rev. Wade
1 Bostic, former missionary to China.
1 Dr. Henry Norris, founder of the
! Rutherforji Hospital, has tentatively
! accepted, also Dr. A. R. Newsome,
secretary of the North Carolina His
torical Commissior, of Raleigh, and
1 others.
MRJVM. CARSON
j DIED FRIDAY
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i Funeral For Henrietta Man
I Held Saturday At Holly
; i Springs Church
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Henrietta, 7.—Mr. William
Carson, aged fifty-one, died at his
home here Friday afternoon of heart
trouble and complications. He had
been in ill health several months, and
during most of the time was confined
to his bed.
Funeral services were held at Hol
ly Springs Baptist church Saturday
afternoon, with Rev. F. H. Price, pas
. toj; of the Henrietta-Caroleen Meth
r odist churches in charge of the ser
. vice. Interment was in the Holly
I Springs cemetery.
{ Mr. Carson was never married. His
parents preceded him to the grave
, several years ago. He is survived by
[ two brothers and-two sisters.
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FUNERAL HELD FOR
j MRS. ABERNETHY
Forest City Woman Dies At
Home On Broadway After
Three Weeks
Illness
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Mrs. Floy Glen Abernethy, aged
I 41 years, died Friday evening at her
home on Broadway following a three
weeks illness. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at the First
; Baptist church, with her pastor, Dr.
W. A. Ayers in charge, assisted by
• Rev. M. F. Moores. Interment was
in the Cool Springs cemetery.
i Mrs. Abernethy is survived by her
husband and three children, as fol
lows: Woodrow, Wade and Nell. Two:
brothers, Ralph Wilkerson and Earl
, Wilkerson, of Forest City, and three
sisters, Mrs. Carmie Young, Forest !
City, R-2, Mrs. Dottie Whitlock, and '
Miss Myrtle Wilkerslon, of Forest j
City, survive. Her father, Mr. J.
H. Wilkerson, of Arlington Street,
also survives. Her mother preceded
her to the grave some years ago.
, Mrs. Abernethy was a consistent
member of the First Baptist church,
of Forest City.
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PICNIC
All persons interested in Berea j
College, Berea, Ky., are cordially in
vited to attend a Berea North Caro
i lina picnic at Spruce Pine on Satur
day, August 17.
i Make your little dollars do big
things Friday and Saturday at Court-*
ney's Ten Cent Store.
Sesqui-Centennial
Plans Completed
General Committee Holds Meeting Friday
Evening-Program For County-Wide
Celebration Perfected
HISTORICAL TABLEAU TO BE FEATURE OF EVENING
16 Pages
96 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
Rutherfordton, August s.—At a
meeting of the committee on ar
rangements for the county's sesqui
centennial and home coming cele
bration, held here Friday evening in
the court house, final plans were
made and the program completed for
the celebration on Friday, August
16.
Twenty-two members of the gen
eral committee and township com
mittee were present Friday evening
The parade, which will be a feature
of the day, will be the first item on
the program. A call has been issued
for those who will participate in the
parade to form just above the St.
Frances church at 8 o'clock. It is hop
ed to get the parade procession un
der way by ten o'clock. The line of
parade will be from St. Frances
church up Main street, thence turn
ing down First Avenue at the Sun
office and up Highway No. 20 by
the city hall to East sixth street to
Main street and to place of begin
ning. Hon. Josephus Daniels will
head the parade, accompanied by
other guests and members of the
general committee and town officials.
A reviewing stand will be placed on
the court house lawn where Mr. Dan
iels with others will review the pa-*
rade.
" At eleven o'clock the speeches and
address of the day will begin. Rev.
Wade Bostic, missionary to China,
and a native of the county, will speak
briefly, following the address of wel
come. Dr. Zeno Wall will speak
briefly and present Hon. Josephus
Daniels, former secretary of the
of the U. S. Navy, and editor of the
Raleigh News and Observer. Mr.
Daniels' address will deal principally
with the history of the county. Sev
eral other guests of note are expect
ed to be present and a limited tinje
will be given each for remarks.
The regular monthly luncheon of
The Rutherford County Club will be
served at one o'clock by the Womans 1
Club, in their headquarters in a
building opposite the court house.
Mr. Daniels and other distinguished
visitors will be guests of the Club.
The Womans' Club are collecting
every available relic that has any
connection with the Bechtlers and
will have an extensive collection of
Bechtler coins and other items. They
will also display a collection of other
antiques.
An unique athletic program will
be given in the afternoon in charge
of J. E. Berry, superintendent of the
Spindale House. The athletic pro
gram will begin at 2:30, and will be
held on Main street and court house
lawn
The Spindale Band will be present
and furnish music for the parade.
At 3:30 they will give a concert on
the court house lawn, under the di
rection of Mr. D. C. Cole, the direc
tor.
Mrs. T. B. Suiter will have charge
of a historical tableau in the evening.
; Her program will be given on the
l court house lawn, and approximately
fifty people will participate in ad
dition to the choirs of the different
churches.
The auxiliary township commit
tees are busy collecting antiques and
relics. These will be collected on
Thursday and stored at a central
point in Rutherfordton. A commit
tee of B. D. Wilson, C. R. Churchill,
Clarence Griffin, Miss Esther Yelton
and Mrs. M. M. Young will receive
the antiques, properly label same and
distribute them to the various stores
of the town where they will be plac
ed in the windows on display. Each
item will carry its name, a short his
tory, its age and name of exhibitor.
Every precaution will be taken to
insure the safe handling and safe re
turn of these relics. These items will
be classified and distributed to the
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