Williams news., 1908-07-11
THE FINEST CELEBRATION
 EVER HELD IN WILLIAMS


 132nd birthday anniversary has just passed into history and with it goes down in the history of Willia ms one of most successful celebrations the town has ever had the pleasure of experiencing.
 On both the third and fourth days the weather was delightful, and while there were not so many visitors here on the third as on the fourth, those that were here enjoy ed themselves greatly.
 Owing to an unavoida ble hitch in the plans of the committees, the progra m on the third was not as extensive as had been planned At 2:30 the celebrationists hied themselves away to the race track and ball grounds to witness the races and the base ball game.
 The ball game was one matched for the occasion, the Williams and Ash Fork teams being the contes- tants. While the game fell far short of perfect exhibition of the national ga me, it furnished whole. some amusement to the enthusias- tic crowd, which appreciated the game seemingly as much as if the score had not been 9 to 1 in favor of Williams. which it was when the dust finally settled over the diamond.
 On the morning of the Fourth the crowd had been swellsd to gratifying proportions by the ar rival of many visitors from neigh boring communities.
 At nine o'clock. a. m., the band took it's position in the new banc stand, and summoned the gathering crowd thither, where the loca Woman's Club had prepared te render an appropriate program After the band had rendered sever al selections, the audience sant America" At the conclusion O the singing Rev. Roberts conducted very ressiveinvocation services Next the children sang "Columbi' the Gem of the Ocean," This wa , followed by the reading of tn Declaration of Independence b, Prof. T. H. Cureton. MT. Curetor read the great declaration in { loud, clear voice, ana in a manne that made the nearer fully realiz
 the portance of the wonderfu document. The Declaration of In dependence has been read and re read at Fourth of July celebration ever since the American peopl have been celebrating their coun , try's birthday anniversary, bu the true patriot never tires of hear ing it read. No Fourth of Jul celebration is complete without reading of the Declaration of Inde
 pendence. and Mir. Cureton eer tainly read it we'll After the read
 ing of the D ,claration of Indepen . dsnce, Thos A Flynn, the brillia n attorney and clerk of the count n board of supervisors took tn floor and addressed the people il his characteristic way. Mir. Flynl was quite sick but did not allo, o his illness to prevent him from de
 livering his address. MT. Flynn an orator of exceptional abilit
 and: on this particular occasio
 produced c flow of oratory tha filled his hearers with a degree (
 enthusiasm that was remarkable o MT. Flynn's address was loudl
 applauded and very highly aEpre
 ciated. It dealt with modern fact o and problems as we'll as things ( O historical nature, and furnishe o some wholesome food for though V Miss Keating. of Bisbee, who visiting here, read a selection CT V titled "Lance of Kanana," whic ,o was greatly appreciated; afte " which Miss Dilettu Buggeln san ,o beautifully. Adore and Be Still
 James A. Vipson, the young alto . ney who recently came here frol
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