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Rutherford Sesqui-Centennial Observed With Dan iels Speaker
Rutherfordton NC August 16 thousands celebrate Rutherford county sesqui centennial Josephus Daniels publisher of the News and Observer and former Navy Secretary delivered a history filled address praising pioneers teachers and ministers and recounting battles from De Soto to World War I highlighting Griffith Rutherford and local graves at Brittain Presbyterian church He noted county formation from Tryon Lincoln and Rutherford counties and recalled participation in the Mexican war and the Civil War era reconstruction and later Spanish American and World War I service with a call for world peace.
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Josephus Daniels
Rutherford Rutherfordton
N. C
Raleigh
News and Observer
Navy
Woodrow Wilson
Rutherford County
Daniels
Hernando de Soto
Rutherfood County
Griffith Rutherford
Hardy Pioneer
de Soto
Tryon
Mecklenburg County
Lincoln
Rutherford
Tryon County
Mr. Daniels
Ferguson
North Carolina
Brittain Presbyterian Church
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South Carolina
Savannah
Ashe
Tennessee
Confederacy
Sumter
Appomattox
Vance