Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-09-30
GREEksBORO'S centennial
Will Be Held During Week Of October fifth
l7th. Many Attractions.

eennial and homecoming week"
I'D commemoration of the one
hundreth anniversary of the found
ing of the village which has grown
into the prosperous and progres
gressive city of Greensboro. Com
mittees of leading citizens have
been at work for months planning
Ito make the event the greatest af.
| fair of the kind ever witnessed in
any Southern State. Nothing has
been left undone to add to the
comfort, pleasure, instruction and
-difcation of the many tn ,usands
of visitors expected in the city
during the week. The municipal /,
county, state and national govern
ments are contributing to the sue
cess of the occasion. An epitome
of the weeks program follows:
Sunday, October 11th, the open.
ing day, will be given over to ex-
ercises of q religious character.
The pulpits of the city churches
will be filled at II 90 o'clock in
the morning by distinguished WIS.,
iting clergymen. At 800 O'Clock
in the afternoon a grand sacred
concert will be given in Green's
boro's new auditorium, the largest
building of the kind south of New
York, and with seating capacity
of $4,000 or 10000. At 800
o'clock in the evening a centennial
address will be delivered by a
prominent layman in each of the
city churches.
The centennial exercises proper
will open Monday, October 18th,
with a parade of 10000 Guilford
County school children, headed by
a United States military band,
and reviewed by Governor Glenn,
Senators Simmons and Overman,
and distinguished educators. The
parade will end at the auditorium,
where the centennial oration will
be delivered by DR.. George T.
Winston, probably the foremost
living North Carolinian. At 200
o'clock in the afternoon will be
the opening session of the Uuited
States Peace Congress, which will
be one of the greatest features Of
the centennial. Sessions of the
congress will be held daily during
the session, and among the dis
tinguished nonresident visitors
expected are Hon. James Brice,
ambassador from Great Britain
Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson,
a member of Congress from Ala
bama, and United States Senator
McCreary, of Kentucky, president
of the congress.
Tuesday will be known as mill
tary day. In the morning there
will be parade of military COM
panies and bands of music, to be
followed by reproduction Of the
Battle of Guilford Court House.
The sham battle will take place
on the original battlefield, near
the city, and the old lines of bat
tie will be followed. United States
infantry and artillery forces of
Lord CORVALLIS and Gen. Tarle-
ton, North Carolina companies
of the National Guard represent
ing the Continental militia. The
first session of the North Carolina
Good Roads Conference will be
held during the afternoon and will
be presided over by Gov ernor
Glenn. Other sessions of the con-
gress will be held daily during the
centennial and will be addressed
by representatives of the Unietd
States Department of Agriculture
and other good roads experts.
Wednesday will be given over to
the fraternal organizations. A
leading feature of the days exer-
cises will be big parade of the
Knights Of Pythias, with numer-
Gus bands, floats, etc.
Thursday will be a day of many
striking features. Including the
most interesting sessions of the
Peace Conference and the Good
Roads Conference, with addresses
by distinguished men from differ
ent sections Of the country. This
will also be the "big day. Of the
Central Carolina Fair, with dis
tinctive centennial features and
attractions appropriate and in
teresting to all visitors.
Friday will be known as Green's
boro and Confederate Veterans