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Address of Hon. Josephus Daniels Made at County Celebration
The Rutherfordton address recounts the county’s wartime mobilization in 1916 and memorializes local heroes. It chronicles early Rutherford pioneers, churches, schools, and industries from 1768 Presbyterian roots to Bechtler coinage, cotton mills, and banking. Notable figures include Dr. T. B. Twitty, Justice Edward J. Justice, J. F. Alexander, and others, praising civic dedication and evolution toward wider progress.
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Josephus Daniels
Rutherfordton
Medical Department
State National Guard
Henry Norris
Rutherford
Forest City
Griffith Rutherford
Rutherrd County
Rutherford County
Little Brittain Presbyterian ‘Church
Daniel Thatcher
Samuel Andrews
Samuel Reid
James Mitchell
Gettysburg
North Carolina
George the Third
Charlotte
Westminister Pre Paratory
Mountain Creek
Con
The
Mountain Banner
Rutherfordton Male Academy
John McEntyre
F. I.wilson
W. T. R. Bell
Rutherford Military Academy
Army of Northern Virginia
Captain Bell
J County
Rutherford Sun
Aycock
Melver
Clyde R. O .Erwin
North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser
Pari Passu
Bechtlers
Germany
Two Carolinas
Federal Mint
California
Raleigh Rutherford Haynes
Second Broad River
Haynes
Cliffside
Rutherford and Twitty
Justice
S. B. Tanner
Sterling
T. B. Twitty
Michael Hoke Justice
Senate
United States
Edward J. Justice
Jefferson
Jackson
Bryan
Wilson
Gallert
Maine