Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-07-23
MILITARY DAY TO BE
OBSERVED HERE MONDAY
Celebration of Opening Of Highway to
south to be EIaberateIy Obsery-
ed Next Monday.

With the Fifth United States cav
aI,v. students from the United States
Military instruction camp and the
1rited States First Artillery corps
hand from the governments military
ard training camp at AsheviIle, and ]
students from other camps in Wes-
tern Carolina, in Hendersonville on
next Monday, the city and community
will fittingly celebrate the opening of
the Asheville-Henderso Spartan
burg highway in grand military and
automobile style.
Extensive arrangements have been
made for the celebration of the COM
pletion of this important highway, the
gateway to the mountains from the
Southern states. The gala day has
been extensively advertised through
out western North Carolina and t3
some extent in other sections, and in
dications point to record breaking
crowd in the city in observance of the
event.
Col. Sandford H. Cohen, manager or
tie Greater Western Carolina asso-
ciation, has given considerable time
and attention to arranging the events
OF the day and in order that the de.
tails might be worked out satisfactory
" Ee was in Hendersonville Friday
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Gersonville club.
Arrangements have been made for
the students of the governments mil
itary and training camp at Asheville
t0 march through the country, leaving
Aeheville on Saturday, and reaching
the city on Monday Here the boys
will be met by students of the two
summer camps near Brevard and pos
s:bly by those from other sections.
The military parade viii form on
North Main street near the city limits
and will proceed down Main to Third
avenue. An interesting cavalry drill
will be given on Main street, after
which lunch will be served at Laurel
Park to those in the parade and drill
During the afternoon the festivities
V i'll be at Laurel Park, where athletics
ard other features will be enjoyed.
An interesting feature of the days
exercises will be an automobile parade
on Main street In view Of the impoTt-
r. 1,0 oh ictc
ii is hoped to have large number of
autos, both decorated and plain in the
parade. In order to encourage the
decoration of machines the Greater
Hendersonville club will give three
prizes for the most attractively decora-
ted automobiles.
News comes from Spartanburg to
the effect that the automobile club OF
that place will have fifty autos in
Hendersonville, many of which it is
thought will be decorated.
Handsome prizes will be given foI
decorated automobiles. The first prize
will be $50 cup, the second $35
cup and the third will be SIS chafng
dish
1t is understood that Asheville auto
mobilists have endorsed the move
ment and will cooperate in ee1ebrat-
ing the completion of the importan
highway leading to that city to the
fullest extent.
Automobile clubs in various soIth
ern cities have been invited to par
ticipate and indications point to tfo
gathering of the Target number Of
machines ever collected in Western
Carolina.
The club has accepted the Invitation
of the ST. John hotel to have the Mil
1tary ball there on Monday night
Music for the occasion will be furnish
ed by the United States First Artillery
corps band and orchestra The bal
room of the St. John will be elabo
Tately decorated with stars and stripes
and invitations are being issued to
prominent out of town society people.
The ball will be the grandest thing OF
the kind ever known in Henderson-
vile and the occasion will be an open
one, since invitations will not be issued
to the people of the city and commu-
rity, all of whom are invited to be
present
W. A. Smith has tenedered the use of
the Laurel Park Street railway for
the band and those participating in the
parade. Tents will be pitched at Lau-
re- Park, where the military men will
be camped for few days while out on
trip of week
The following committees have been
appointed by the Greater Henderson