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(iO LDSBORO. .' THURSDAY, JANUARY 26. 19G5
my 73
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.1 PEERLESS LEE.
JJ1IS NATAL DAY IS DULY
HONOR El IX GOLDS-
150RO. 4
'Daughters of The Confederacy,
True to Their Patriotic
Mission, Hold Inter
esting mid Impress
ive Exercises In!
Odd Fellows'
Hall.
Crosses of Honor Conferred.
(From Daily Argus, Friday.)
Under the auspices of Thos. Ruffin
Chapter Daughters of the Confed
eracy, the birthday of the peerless
and immortal Gen'l R. E. Lee, was
appropiately observed in this city
yesterday afternoon.
The services were held in Odd
Fellows Hall, which was crowded
with our citizens, of all ages, to pay
their tribute of honor to the memory
of the world's greatest soldier and
the South's most beloved hero.
The programme as published in
the Akgus was carried out, Mr.
Henry Lee, acting for the Daughters,
and as a Confederate Veteran, had
charge of the services, and, as al
ways, was graceful and eloquent in
what he did and said.
The opening prayer by Rev. W.
L. Cuuningiw, pastor of St. Paul
M. E. church, wa,s fervent and ap
propriate, and attuned all hearts to
the spirit of the occasion and to a
realization of the courage of duty for
the right that quality of soul that
made the Confederate soldier,wheth
er a general in the lead or a private
in the ranks, matchless and immor
tal. His prayer was as follows:
Our Heavenly Father, we thank
Thee for this day, and lor the occa
sion which brings us together in this
service. We thank Thee for the day
as a memorial of a great life. We
thank Thee that Thou didst give un
to us such a man as Robert E. Lee
We rejoice in tne strength of his
character; in the purity of his life: in
the high aspirations and the noble
aims wnich possessed him. We are
glad to do honor to his memory as a
brave and gallant soldier; as a true
citizen, and as a christain man. We
are glad that we have this oppor
tunity to-day of remembering him;
of calling afresh to our minds his life
and chaiacter, as an inspiration for
better thoughts and nobler living on
our part. We thank Thee for the men
who followed him, and followed
other meu like him in the great war;
for their brave deeds; for their heroic
spirit; for the patriotism that pos
sessed them and sent them forward
to do what they believed was for the
glory of God aud for the good of their
fellows. We thank Thee that they
wvre willing to venture thus their
jvesUieir all for God aod their
country. We are ulad that there are
some 'f those men with us here to
day. We are glad to see them in our
midst; to meet them on our streets;
to meet them in their homes; to
learn of them of the things for whii h
thev wrought; sufferings to which
t.hfiv were subjected; sorrows which
thev were called upon to endure.
And we rejoice in the brae spirit
whirh thev have manifested in the
davs since. We thank Thee to-day,
nh Lord, our God, that the wives
and dauehters of these men are try
in to keen afresh the memories Of
their work; to keep before us their
lives; their deeds; their spirit, as
future inspiration and instruction
unto us. And we pray Thee to bless
these who are here to-day and may
this occasion be unto us one of in
spuutionand help; and upnthse
men who have lount ior imr iauu
and are here with us to-day 'may
the very richest blessings of our God
and Father restT Be Thou with us :n
all these services. Be with him who
shall speak to us this afternoon. Be
in every hymn and every word that
shall be spoken, that it t-hall be unto
the gJory of God and for our good.
All this we a?k in Jesis' name.
.Amen. t ,
This beautiful prayer was . TjIIow-
ed by the singing of that stirring old
Confederate Camp song-, ."Tenting
on the Old Camp Ground," after
which Mr. Henry Lee spoke as fol
lows, in introducing the speaker of
the occasion: -
Judge Walter Clarke, in his dedi
cation of the History of North Caro
lina soldiers, says: "These volumes
arei inscribed to the heroic women of
North Carolina, who inspired our ;
soldiers by their faith m God; by ;
their magic influence and immeasur
able good works; and to their Daugh
ters, whose unbroken fidelity has
preserved the lame 01 our glorious
State inscribed to them, too." And
it is some of these same fair daugh
ters, always faithful, who have met
here this afternoon to commemorate
the natal day of that soldier and
commander, who in every walk of life
proved to be the grandest character
this country' has ever known.-. As
husband and lather, he was kind and
affectionate; as soioier and leader,
fearless and wise; at teacher, just and
merciful; as cit.zo , with Christian
faith so subline nit an tne enas ne
aimed at wt-ie his country's, God's
andTiuthV.
These nolle daughters have also
selected a speak tr, and have
asked me to inn educe him, but
that, is lit t dlehh. for you all
know him
well But I 'want
to tell you h
n t:dy he has ever
try request, even
o say a word of
i lederate soldier,
. i in their behalf
j. cbinson, for it.
Lis detention,
m in his own
l (. autiful lan
it, tell of the
been to aiiM
without in...
praise for
living ana civ .
I thank yoi..
So, your ; F
you will no
delightful wa.
guage and eloi,.
deeds and ht i
cur South
land's idol
Lee, I present
t. .t.i Robert E.
t ;. .s. -E. Robin-
son. .
Col. Robinson spoke as follows:
Miss Collier, President, and
members of Thos.
ter Daughters of
Ruffin Chap
the Confed-
eracy: j
Confederate Veterans:
Ladies and gentlemen and
children, too, for it is here the
children shall best learn, throug h
these memorials, the meaning
and the purpose of the South s
reverence for its Confederate
memories:
No honor could come to me that I
feel I would appreciate so high
ly as the privilege of standing in
such a presence as this, at the in
vitation of Southern womanhood,
to give expression to ihy sentiments
upon the Lost Cause and the men who
made it immortal and not the men
alone all honor to you, Confederate
Veterans! you battle-scourged heroes
who so fearlessly followed a banner
that was conquered only in the ex
haustion of glory, in a cause that wa
lost only in immortality! for while
you and your dead but deathless com
rades in that terrible crucible of war
sized up to gigantic stature measured
by deeds that make men colossal.
yet not less gloriously will history
record the matchless heroism of the
immortal women of the Southern
Confederacy, who in the suspenseful
solitude of their homes, in the deso
lation of their ruined hearthstones,
in war's rude alarms, and even in
the red shock of battle,' played
the part of the Spartan mother, wife
or sweetheart. Co-partners with you
wrere thev in the stress and tragedv
of those four terrible years: the deep
est travad of their country's desper
ate ordeal was theirs; they eagerly
made sacrifices that canonized
saints would have shrunk from, and
in it aii, and since it an, they were
and have been fonnd faithful as
Ruth.
The memory of a heroic wife,
mother or sweetheart's parting bene
diction may have made Leomdas,
fearlessly facing the Persian hosts in
the pas of Thermopylae immortal
There will not go sounding dow
the ages the farewells of Southern
mothers, wives or sweethearts to
their loved ones"departing for bat
tle, but that they were to the Con
federate Soldier an abiding inspi
ration to neroic endurance and an
unfailing source 6f sublime cour
age, we are proud to believe. Al
honor, too, then, to the women . of
the Confederacy!
There is no paral'el m history for
the hero whose fame we have come
together today to commemorate. No
otner land or . age has furnished a
man whose genius in peace as well
: as intrepid valor in war was com-
'parable to Lee's; and especially was
he the embodiment ot the South's
ideal of true manhood and nobility.
He was the highest type of-the sol
dier, citizen, statesman and Christian.
His noble spirit was a bloom from the
cherished traditions of generations -
and the most cherished tradition for
: generationsyettcoaie in this South-
land of ours, so long as the noble
Daughters of the. Confederacy shall
endure and maintain their patriotic
mission, will be the story of us sub
lfhie life and peerless deeds. -
The historian of the future will
regard him as a symbol; and it is
well, and tit, and proper, that .we
should teach the children, through
the observance of thee recurring
memorials,tand by daily precept, the
nature of the priceless legacy which
he and the men who foil wed him
have left to Southland.
The men who followed Lie follow
ed the personification of thehougnt .
and sentiment of the South, The
temper, the mettle, - uiodsxufc, the
loyalty, the truth, the unselfishness,
the fctainless valor of its lueals found
human realization in him. He was
as ll the Moiule Avaiar of the fcouth
em tpuii lout Urioie them through
all the chmoring dtiys Horn Maias
sas to Appomattox: ana this is why
lew othei names if an aie ever
spokti. t vi.e men wi.o jollovfcd
him w.ih u.t t an, e tender inflection
which von ti- mvciJuniaiy to their
lips when they speak his iibme; or
when one of his baitie&taiitu mi low
ers speaks the name 01 1 EE, "le
nuembrai.ee swells at the I itabt" and
he lives o'er again the thrillkg
stents it- which that nsme relates.
HiseiU-vs touch again the eibtivs
of dead comrades in the trt y dawn's
dresspajadefor the cbmii g tight. He
shuts his eyes; he sets the citt-h and
conflict, the smoke and can i: gt ; he
sees the tattered hags ussim hie
feathers caught in the crm sk,i edi it s
of batik: he catches aan. iK- glut
of Lee's gleaming sword; rd thtn
the line leaps and surges toi warn
across the serried held, in the wild
rush of the t resistiets charge: and
then and then there comes a t o,d
clutching at the heart as heconfrcnis
and realizes the end of it all the
panorama at Appomattpx, the furled
banner, the shebihtd sword, the
stacked arms, the ihin grey line of
shattered heroes as thty move
mournfully away in broken ranks
from the field of their dead hopes
but, thank God, without a stain up
on their deathless deeds of matchless
valor and enduring heroism!
Furl that Banner, for 'tis weary;
Round its start 'tis diooping dreary;
Fun it; loid it, it is best; 3
For there's not a man to wave it,' .
And there's not a sword to save it,
And tner's not one left to lave it
In the blood which heroes gave it:
And its foes now scorn and brave it;
Furl it, hide it let it rest !
Take that Banner down! 'tis tattered;
Broken is its staff and shattered;
Ana the valiant hosts are scattered
Over whom it floated high. ;
Oh! 'tis hard for us to fold it;
Hard to think there's none to hold it;
Hard that those who once unrolled it
Now must furl it with a sigh.
Furl that Banner! furl It sadly!
Once ten thousands hailed it gladly,
And ten thousands wildly, madly,
Swore it should forever wave;
Swore that foeman's sword should
never
Hearts like theirs entwined dissever,
Till that flag should float forever
O'er their freedom or their grave!
Furl it! for 'he uands that grasped
it,
And the hearts that fpndly clasped
it, ' -':r f;""';
Cold and dead arelying low;
And that Banner-it is trailing!
While around it pounds the wailing
Of its people in. their woe.
For, though conquered, they adore
it!
Love the co!d, dead hands that bore
it!
Ween for those who fell before it!
Pardon 1 hose who trailed and tore it!
But, oh! wildy they deplore it,
Now who furl and fold it so.
Furl that Banner! True, 'tis gory,
Yet 'tis wreathed around with glory,
And 'twill live in song and story,
Thoujjh its folds aie in the dust;
For its fame on brightest pages,
Penned by poets and by f-ages,
Khali go sounding down the ages-
Furl its folds though now we must
Furl that Banner, softly, slowly!
Treat it gently- it is holy
For it droops above the dead.
Touch it not unfold it never,
Let it droop there, furled forever,
. For its people's hopes are dead !
And now, in conclusionjet me say
that the qualities which marked Lee
as sTperior in war .maUe-him great
in pea e br they 'were the mani
fwtn'.ions' fa noble soul.. His sub
sequent civic career showed that be
had been matured and tempered by'
the experiences of war not-, harden
ed; and so he turned from Appomat
tox to face the future with faith and
without fear; with a heart still true
and tender, and which he did not
shut away, where the sunshine Of his
people's hopes could iiot smileuDon
it, nor the tears of his people's griefs
bedew it. Love is the price of love.
people of Southland, to
whose
service he gave himself, in
rwar and peace, will ever pay to
his
memory the tribute of their highest
honor and hold his name in tender
est love, and to them he will be for
ever the Peerless Lee. ,
At the conclusion of Col. Robin
son's address, an incident not on the
set programme occurred: Mr. Lee
introduced Col. A. C. Davis, who
appeared bearing a beautiful stand
of growing white hyacinths in full
and fragrant bloom, and, placing
them before Col. Robinson, spoke as
follows:
Ladits and gentlemen: I hope
that I am not given to making apoli
gies, but 1 feel that on this occasion,
after this beautiful address that you
have just heaid, and the eloquent
introduction, and the gracious words
that came to us from the man of
God, in this presence, I feel my ina
l ility to do justice to this occasion,
as I only received my orders about
three minutes agofrom the members
of Thomas Ruffin Chapter Daugh
ters of the Confederacy. But .1 am
reminded of a play that is now on
the boards in New York, which per
haps some of those present have
seen, or at least read the book, 'Mrs.
Wiggsofthe Cabbage Patch." As
the old lady comes out on the stage
the other good old sister asks Mrs.
Wiggs ho ' she is getting along, she
repHed, "Well, sister, 1 just do the
best I can, where the good Lord has
put me at." So I feel my friends
that while I do not do the best I can
like this good old 'woman did in
everythm, yet I always do the best
I can whenever it comes to me to
speak a word in behalf of the brave
Confederate soldiers and fair women
of our Southland. And so, my friend,
Col. Robinson, in the name of the
Daughters of Thomas Ruffin Chap
ter, of the Daughters of the Con
federacy Thomas Ruffin there is
his picture, boys, right there on the
wall, Thomas Ruffin how his name
thrills us as we think of this great
i, who some forty years ago re
signed his seat in CoDgress and
marched away at the head of that
uvincible cavalry, the like of which
i s never been seen from JSapoleon
to this day. Butyou set me talking.
I just arose, my inends, to present
these beautiful flowers, but when I
get to talking on this subject, how
my heart wells up with emotion and
n gratitude for the heroic men oi
the South; for the lovely and heroic
women ot our tair Southland; and my
very soul goes up in gratitude for
that gift of God, that noble son of
Virginia, Robert E. Lee.
In the name of tne Daughters oi
the Confederacy I come to present to
you these beautiful flowers. Flow
ers; ob how I think that you men, in
the days gone by, when you followed
the Immortal Lee, after battles had
been won, as you sat there Degrimed
with the smoke of battle, how your
thoughts went back to that little
home that little cottage in the vil
lage, or that home by the mountain
side and you thought of the loved
ones there, and you thought of the
flowersjhat bloomed along the waiK
in your yard, and how you pictured
to yourselves the days when you
would return to wile and children
and see those flowers blooming again.
How you thought of those roses that
climbed around your own doorpost,
for at no place in all the world are
the roses so sweet and the flowers as
hsautiful as tt ose arrowing: around
vour own home.
So I come, Colonel Robinson, in
the name of our fair women, to
present to you these flowe rs, and I
want to say that all , of us appreciate
the work' that you have done for our
citv. The word has gone out that,
iiave srot the best town in the
State" and, that "We go forward,"
and I take this occaison, my friend,
knowing you as 1 have from boy
hood, to say that, in every hour
vnur face has ever been towards the
rising sun; youhaveever been ready,
willinsr and giad to maKe any sacri
fice for vour friends and our people,
and our good women, the Paughters
of the Confederacy, taking the name
of the immortal Rufftn as the clarion
note of their organization, present
you these beautiful flowers, that I
hone vo'u will accept, I know you
will accept gladly; and as the years
come arfd so, may you reach over
and bevond the threescore years and
ten allotted to man. and in the quiet
of vour life. I know that
vou will recall as one of the bright
pst Knot in vour memory that even
intr in Goldsboro, in Odd Fellow's
Hall: at the meeting of Thomas
Ruffin Chapter of the Daughters of
the Confederacy, when our good
women, setting their mark ot ap
proval upon you, presented these
heantiful. these soot less, these frag
rant flowers flowers fresh from the
hand of the Creator.
Col. Robinson accepted ths flowers
and r the
in appropriate words of thanks and
appreciation, compaiing them to the
womanhood of the South in their
beauty and purity.
Mr. Jno. H. Hill, commander of
Thos. Ruffin Camp Confederate Vet
erans, then presented Crosses of
Honor tothefollowing Veterans
who had been adjudged worthy to
wear this highest'possible badge of
honor:
Messrs. N. W. Musgrave, W. t.
Parker, E. B. Goelei, jspias ward.
Benediction was then pronounced
by Mr. Cunninggim, after which the
Daughters served a delightful colla
tion to all the Veterans, while the
crowd disperse'd.
A Wise Policy.
President S. T. Morgan of the Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemical company in
his circular to the cotton farmers and
cottony merchants, promulgated
through the company's division
sales managers a lew days ago, proves
himself to be far-sighted as well as
liberal and public-spirited.
The offer which Mr. Morgan
makes to the cotton growers and
merchants wnpse maturing paper
the Virgina-Carolina company holds
to extend the notes six months from
January 1 at the rate of 6 per cent
interest, in order to enable farmers
and others to keep their staple until
prices advance is certain to be ap
preciated, not only by cotton holders
themselves, but by the commerical
interests of the south at large, for
whatever helps the cotton grower
helps, indirectly, at least, the entire
business community.
Some farmers are so well condi
tioned financially, that they can
meet all their obligations promptly
and hold their cotton indefinitely,
but the majority are not able to do so.
To the latter Mr. Morgan's offer
comes as a Providential blessing.
After making his offer to extend
the notes of the company's debtors,
Mr. Morgan suggests that the cotton
growers reduce acreage. Such advice
has been proffered by all classes of
people, but when a suggestion on
that line comes unobtrusively from
a man of practical ideas, like Mr.
Morgan, whose interests are closely
associated with cotton agriculture, it
will receive thoughtful attention.
"We do not pretend to offer ad
vice to our customers . to noid cot
ton," says Mr. Morgan, "but we do
intend to offer them every facility
and accommodation in our power to
hold their cotton, if in their good
judgment it is best. Whatever
inures to the beneht oi the agri
cultural classes in the south is to our
benefit; our interest is identical with
theirs. We are more closely and in
timately connected with the cotton
grower of the south than any dozen
other concerns combined."
If all great corporations were con
ducted on the high and liberal plane
of the Virgina-Carolina Chemical
company, manufacturers and con
sumers would be closely bound to
gether. President Morgan sets an
example that cannot fail to have an
effect both wholesome and far-reaching.
Telegraphic Brevities.
New York, Jan. . 24. Mrs. Brqdie
L. Duke was arrested this morning.
Washington, Jan. 24. President
Harriman, of the Southern Pacific,
was here last night and had a con
ference with President Roosevel,t in
which it is supposed the rate ques
tion was discussed.
J. P. Morgan is in Washington to
day and will call an the President.
Washington, Jan 24th. The next
report by the government on cotton
ginned to Jan, 16th, will be made
Dublic on or after Jan. 28th, but
exact date has not been sent.
Thirty-five cents gets the $1 bot
ties of Globe Tonic for a short time
only. After getting it thoroughly
advertised the price
bottle.
will be $1 per
THE RUSSIAN RIOTS.
SITUATION ONE OF TERROR
AND SUSPENSE.
The Czar and Family Prostrated
With Fear, While the
Whole Atmosphere
Twinkles With
Tatlier .
Special to the Argus.
Moscow, Jan. 24. The gas and
electric light works are idle and
guarded by troop?. The printers4
have all struck and there will be no
newspapers. The men are march
ing about the streets and gathering
recruits from faitorits as they are
marching on to St. Petersburg. The
Czar and his family are prostrated
with fear. He is dejected aud inde
cissive. London, Jan. 24. The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the West Min
ister Gazette reports that revolution
in Russia is apparently spreading
over all the nation. Armed Finns,
he says, are rising whole in Moscow,
and there is a condition similar to
that in St. Petersburg. The cor
respondent adds that 50,000 strikers
are at Kolpinoff, 16 miles from St.
Petersburg. The utmost apprehen
sion prevails in the city in conse
quence of this gathering, as it is fear
ed they will m?rch on to the capital.
Many pf the shops i the capital are
still lock and buarued uo.
Moscow, Jan. 23 It i-i estimated
that one thousand strikers were
killed in yesterrutj's riois. The
slaughter ass iiiethi;g j'eai fill. The
Government has issued a bulletin
blaming the workin.-:nen alone for
the terrible blood shed.
The situation is more quiet today
and the feeling is growing that the
wor t is over unless workers on Ba
sil Island, who broke into the Vod
ka shops yesterday shortly before
noon, are able to get together in
force and carry either the Nicholas
or the palace bridges. There are afe
present no signs of such a move
ment. The.troops continue to patrol
the principal through fares and about
the winter palace. Private citizens,
however,are using the streets. Many
shops are open, especially in centre
of city.
The soldiers are instructed to act
on defensive and not to attack unless
rioting is renewed. Strikers are
showing no such stubborness as they
did yesterday. There aro even some
signs at present hour, that the strike
is beginning to break. Small num
bers of strikers are resuming work.
Reports of a few small conflicts are
coming in from suburbs, but no casu
alties are reported.
A Penny Saved is a Penny Made
We propose to save you 65 cents
and for the other 35 cents give you a
medicine of merit and value. We
take this method of introducing
Globe Tonic in this vicinity. This
wonderful remedy is a sure ana
speedy cure for Indigestion, consti
pation, Nervousness, Rheumatism
and Liver and Sidney c-ompiaints.
Don't delay, but try it now. Samples
free or $1 bottles 35 cents. Your
money back if misrepresented at 14a
W. Centre St. North.
SHOO Ir. E. 'Detchon'g Anti
Diuretic may be worth to. you more
than S100 if you have a child who
soils bedding from incontinence of
water during sleep. Cures old and
young alike. It arrest the trouble
at once. $1. Sold by M E. Rabwa-
35c. gets the $1 bottles of Globe
I Tonic lor a short time only. Samples?
I free at 145 W. Centre St. N.