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" , ' . M - J -. A ' - ' -r - " ' ' f S ' ' Boyal makes the food pure, I I1E : V V EEKL Y. -dTAR. ' yoL. Kviii, j ; Wilmington: n. frtday -jttt.y i irq? , . - , 'ffSWh: mmlmington, n. c.r- $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88888888888888888 "S288S8883888S8888 88888888883888888 S88lT8888888888Sa TgggSSS8SS2888888 Ts"S88l8l8828888888 SS38SS8SS88888883 1 1 -HA 8 :8SS38S88S88883S3 a i 3 S -g s a" in u cu i i i j ittit; - . ' i '- , '.TTT the Pot Office t Omtgton. N.Cu l1Kre" Second Class Ma ier.1 "SUBSCRiPTION P lCE. j. 'ft lubscriptioa pric of the "We'-ly 8te b U fo""... i Doitue tid .1 . 00 "yy'-jientbi , JO a Xmomns ................ ou ' We pUQUSU itr-uajr luc unci, uui anoropriate and eloquent speech de- i livered by Maj. Chas. Stedman a the dedication! of the Schenck MnQz-nm. at the Guilford Battle j ground on the.Srd inst. His many friends in' nis secticja of the State, j where he is so well known, will read with Interest his latest tribute to his mother State and to Ithe heroes who in two wars made glorious history for her, for the South and for our country. ' .if .- . WE MUST LEAD THE WAY. When Horace Greeley was advo cating the resumption of specie pay meats he declared that "the way to rssuaie .is to resume.", with this cart phrase he met the opposition of those who differed from him and asked, how we could resume. In cnif nf all the doubts and miszlv logs as to bur ability to resume we did resume, and demonstrated that Mr. Greeley was bos, so far wrong when he pointed out the way. '" If all the difficulties and seeming : iinpossibHi'.ies in the way of great schemes were considered and these oaly, butfew great schemes would be undertaken. When j DeLesseps projected the Suez canal the great eajineers'to whom he submitted his - plans labored to convince him that it was impossible,: and he 'ended by demonstrating that it was not only .possible but silenced j them forever by presenting the worli with one of the greatest achievements of lodom- liable sslf-couhdeojce, pluck and per severance. : 'I' !j: ' : ;':! .;, -i If Horace Greeley were alive to day and he faTorea the re establish ment of bimetallism (as he probably would) he would .inVistj that the way to restore It is to restore it ": That is the way and the only: way. Some r , : mtioa must make, the start. When each nac'ua u 'wailing on it is necessirr f or one to the other move be- ' fore thT other will follow, and the one that does move- mast be one that has ai commanding Dosition arnorig'the nations". Hthe United State lowed the example o had not fol- Eajland in the demonetizition ol silver no other nation would have doijie lC A they followed thea ia the demonetization so they will follow in the retnonetiza- tion, provid;d the example be set by some nation having a Icammanding portion and influence.! - -. f .' . Bismarck expressed the'iiea ia his letter to the Governor oj Texas, when he said that the United States from fteir geographic dosition! and com- msrcial. prestige Were better able to "augurate bimetallism jthan any. -.wer nation. Taat was then and is low the fact, and the European na- -uons which, are anxious: to restore binetaHism, but aje waiting for. this country to lead the way, recognize it. inereare different reports as to we progress the silver commission viiiiiag Europe is making, some l?'ng ttiac it is meeting with such encouragement as to ensure1 success. wane others state1 that this j encour agemsnt is simply an j exhibition of Politeness by the representatives of l0y. confer. One thing i is that 'they naw, and 'that 'i is met jwkh no rebuff?, "aUe " is jdoubtfnl: if . they Jave met with what migh' t . be called i8-lite enwaragement.' The sum 7 "wtaqce, af ! ws see it, if what u Deen accom pi nn. t - 1 -c Deen tdtd that th Muatrit Jb whose represintatives they have 7Jl -woaidlike to see bimetal - restored nmwiH-H ertm. nlan nW 1 be devised, the practicability of. s --.u. may depend upon the position ureat Britain takes. If she cam ; .l ': l. . .. r . J ;u mSre wotiid: be no end to wwatioa and tile result of harmo taction might be looked upon -;"'regone conclusion. ft. ! y : speaking England is -nominating pbwer on the other SttewaterJandlthe other na-. " in l are holdingj back In deference nL 7 ea?h. hP ng that she may f0 - 'a.or j tllat isome way may be thi accomplishing the desired WlthOUt h.i i I th4ir iing t the laltiitive '-14 ior certaiif reasons ithev are reluct; Ubiu- . uu' tne7 ooic upon tne nitirf ii as he nation besUit- it l4Se the! initiative and carry. "trlW successf ally. They are all f at Payers to; Great:Britain, jnst J logons J c, ana tney are - all anxions 10 oreat the thraldom. ht them has the nerve to lead the Fwiaio tnelr financial inde pendence. Tney would gladly have i.uc mraiaom broken if some other UJUOa would lead' and help them break It. . . ;" ' . - - If th United States opened their mint v ..it . .-v. fcU suver to-aay inside of twelve months France and other European nations .would follow, anrt England would hustle alonj? to pet into thei procession, for she could not Afford to stand out alone with the changed conditions of the world uww. ammerciai necessity -would compel her. -With ' her. - comment wrecked she would pay the Denaltv of the refusal. Tne English advo cates of bimetallism se it and urze mis as one of the strong arguments wny England should do without de lay or debate what eshe wilUpe. in-I evitably compelled to do later, when other nations have moved and se- 1 cared commercial vantage ground that England will not be able to re cover, r . ' There may or may not be any truth In the reported concessions that England is willing to make. We do not attach much importance to them, nor much importance to any of the reports that come to us from across the water as to the encouragement to the silver commission for we are folly convinced that' however much talking may be done, the speed iest, the most effective and the only way to secure bimetallism in the near future Is for this country to lead the way and after having politely invited the other nations to come in, act in dependently, and let them follow or not as. they choose. n f The way to .restore bimetallism, like the way to resume, is to restore it, and when we do. it will stand re- stored. MINOE MKNTION. KUe where we havd referred to have" Hon. Grover Cleveland's letter to the gold Democrats of Iowa. It is the programme marked out by him and others who are using the Repub lican annex, which has stolen the name ot the "National Democracy," to run tickets la every State where they can master following enough to hold a; convention, not with the ex pectation of electing anybody, tin less perhaps where they may have the co-operation of the Republi cans, as they, hope to have in Ken tucky and possibly in some other States. " The Savannah News is a gold standard paper but loyally stood by the party after it spoke at Chicago. What it thinks of this movement to aid the Republican party may be seen from the follow ing editorial, clipped from a late issue:'; "It in td be hoasd that those Damo- cr'ats who were f outraged b? the nom ination of Mr. Brfaa at Chicago that the? had to salve their injared feelinct bf voting far McKinlev. have by thu time seen the error of their way and re- oented of their sin. j It feemi itranse that, ha?toK the history of the Republi can party from 1885 before him, any Democrat could lor a moment expect anything for the good of the masses to emanate from that party. Front the days of 5m. Grant's whiskey ring and Secretary Belknap's profitable manipu lation! of post tradersblps, down to date, when we see a tariff bill compiled for the benefit of a few favorites; rain v of whom are already million aires, ana a proposition io annex Hawaii because, as senator rrye says, New Eoglanders have money in vested In that island, the record of Piesl dent McKinley's party is one succession of loiamties. We do not refer specially to the bad treatment of the South by the Republican party at mis time, as mat i a sectiooai maucr. . nuwcni, is yi out of place to say that no southern man need ezDsct anything to be done for the good of the country br that party which so cruelly oppressed tne soutn in me riava nt its sorrow. ' 'It should be necessary oniy to aucci. attention to the general legislative rnrA nf the Reoublicah partv to convince anvL man who is not hide bound in his prejudices that It is bet ter to submit to almost anyimng in l the war of opposition partv policy than to have the Republican par tv in nrtmnr. . 1 nere is. OV too way, muiuc satisfacrlon in Knowing mat ws wuw em "McKmley Dsmocrats" are not hka ia iA Mt u crumbs from the Repub f- . . , o .u hcan pie cosinter. This may keep a few weak-kneed, hungry Georgia politicians fMm anitm nver to tne enemy in ma ''"' . .. ..: ,1 J !! "Meantime, it woaia oc wcu iu Democrats, of whatever shade of, opin ion trt aft readv to fall into line in an ticipation of the victory which Is sure to come to tne party in uw n We commend this to the thought ful consideration of 'every man. who calls ! himself a Democrat anT may be disposed to listen to the counsel nA fnTlnw the lead OI irovcr Cleveland, Wm. D. Bynum & Co. ww . Hon. Grover Cleveland sent a let ter to be read, and Which was reaa, - .... t at the late convention of gold Demo crats in Iowa, In which he urged them to stand by "the principles of my party" and concluded by expressing the hope that "the national Demo crats of Iowa will not fall to exhibit their fellows in every State the bright light ot true uemocrajr. Notwithstanding the weather was quite warm when this letter was writ ten it-1 a verv cool orodttctton, cooi in the assumption of the name of "national Democracy' and cool in the advice to those "national Demo crats" to rua as an annex of the Re publican party and to be the service able tools of -Wall Street, of. which Hon. Grover Cleveland and they who are -. co-operatinsr with him ? are zealous advocates. "My party" in tue btate of Iowa, cast- in the elec tiOn last November 4.516 out ofa total of 521,547 Votes, of 4.516 com pared with the 223,741 cast for Wm J. Bryan, the Democratic standard hJarer, and yet this champion of Wall street has the assurance to speak of this little " my party" rem nant as the "national" and the true Democracy.He does well to remind them that they need not expect any "Immediate rewards," by which he meant offices, for if h had held,out any inducement on that 11 or, his let- ter WOUld have beea ridlr.ulons as well as cool. The trouble with Hon. Grover. Cleveland and his associates, is that he regards the Democratic party as "my party," and recognizes it as Democratic only when it con- dictum. . It wiih't so when he was a Candida fWr pcm rV hn i,. t.w..-vt a i.li.ii. ot loyalty to the party to surrender individual opinions, and stand by the declarations and action of the duly constituted convention, The new tariff is already bez in ning to get in its jwork, although it has yet to pass the lower House of Congress in its amended form Com mercial reports for last .week note the fact that "woollen goods are higher, based pa the cost of wool." f That is the alleged cause, but it would have been nearer the truth to have said that "woollen - goods are higher, based on the tariff." As ' a matter of fact the cost of wool is not greater for the manufacturers and Importers in anticipation of the new tariff loaded up with foreign wool until they have now on hand a two years' supply. They bought this at about the same prices they had been paying. With this stock on hand the prices of domestic wool will be kept down for the manufacturers with a big stock on hand will not be in a hurry to buy and will not buy at all unless they can bay at their own figures. But in the meantime the people will have to pay more for their woollen goods, but because the increased tariff duties give the pre text to say so. The Government will not be benefitted in revenue, the wool growers will not be benefitted by increased j price, ; but the people will pay more 'for their, woollen goods and the increase in price will go as profit into the pockets of the protected manufacturers. More than lour thousand children were excluded from the public schools of New York during the three months ending June 30th, on account of being afflicted with con tagious diseases. Sixty-four thou sand were examined, and out ! ot these one in every sixteen vas found to be suffering from some form 1 of contagion disease. ' ' 'It used to be "king cotton," bat it is king grass now. The hay crop is worth $477,000,000, the corn crop $471,000,000, the cotton crop $2S3,- 000,000, the wheat crop $237,0p0,- 000, the oat crop $163,000,000, while all the others are below- $100,- 000,000. ' A bird man made count of the dif ferent varieties of feathers worn on the hats of ladies in New York and in two afternoons counted forty varieties, many of them of song birds and birds-protected by law. j ; ! All the inhabitants of Datch Gaiana have gone to wading in the creeks. They are said to be picking up nuggets of gold, some of them weighing from 13 to 36 pounds. We want to weisrh this, statement some before we take it. 'i ' r ' The 200 Iowa gold Democrats who met in convention tne otner aay were very enthusiastic, but then the merenrv was uo in the hundreds and beer flowed freely, a very good com bination for enthusiasm. ; - . , The Drotectionists in the Senate refused to put bibles on the free list. They didn't want to encourage the importation of bibles. They pat bibles and playing cards in the same pack and taxed .'em both. A bullet fired at the head of t Ha waiian, in San Francisco, the otner day was flattened like a dime, from which it mav be inferred that tne Hawaiians are a hard-headed race. Some of the protection papers say we can beat any other country in the nrnrM prowinfif soear beets. If this be sof and in all probability it Is, what 'need has bounty? ' that industry for a If Mr. Torn Hoshl, kthe Japanese Minister, hasn't already discovered It he will before he gets thrghthat Hnn Trthn Sherman is a very sleek old customer to tackle. Oat of 100 Nebraska farmer inter- rogated only four think that farming Davs as well as anything else, j it is not stated whether farmer j. owning . - . n. . ..II Morton- was one of the quartet ! If Turkey keeps strutting around in enrh stvle there will be feathers au r j flying-over there soon. ! - . z . 11 D?I?cT-ERe?CE 1 ' 'THE C,TY "-"ARI5r. i GOttFORDl BATTLE -GROUND. OC tbe M. B. Cbaroh Booth t CUB tan . Saodsy Sohool Uotters&oe Important . : . "i J.. . 4V ten DiseaMcd. ) . . 5 The Wilmington delegates to the M. E. District and Sunday School Confer ences at. Clinton returned f yesterday. Among those who returned! were Pre siding Elder -R C. Beaman, Rev. R. A, Willis.' Rev. W, L. Canninggim, iRev. T. J. Browning, Col. Roger Moore, Dr. W. C Gallqway. Mr W, Ej Spriilger, Mr, J. S. Furchess. Mr. A. C. Merritt, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Penny. v SV ;Hr'.f : : The Sanday School Conference was called to order at 9 a. m. Wednesday, Dr. W. C. Galloway, of this" city,: pre siding. After pontine. baslness an inter esting, discussion on "The Pastor and Sunday School" was heard, after which Rev. W. H.'Townse&d, of. Scott's Hill, preached the opening sermon. , In the afternoon Hon. Frank Thomp son, of'IacksonvilleC Di,. W. C Galloway and others" participated in a spirited d bate on "The Sunday School, Its Place and Purpose."- Other important Sun day School topics were discussed, and very profitably to those present. Tf j During the afternoon Dr. W. C Gal loway spoke feelingly about k'he late W G. Burkhead, former President of the Conference. He referred to Mr. Bark head's great ability as a presiding officer his physique and the fine loyal spirit which always characterized! him. On motion, delegates Guthrie, of Southportj Thompioh, of Jacksonville, and New4 berry of Magnolia, were j appointed !a committee to draw up resolutions. i Wednesday eight Rev.W,tL. Cunning glm, of Wilmington, preached a sermon before the Conference.; ' i The election of officers resulted in the choice ot Hon. Frank Thompson, of Onslow, President; Mrs. R. H. Beery.; Treasurer; Mr. Newberry, Secretary; Mr. A. J. Johnson, Vice President The' Conference adianraed Thursday morn ing, when ' . f;. V' I' !''"'' if -i: ' ! ' 1 THS DISTRICT M E. CONFERENCE was called to order by the Presiding Elder. Rev. R. C Beaman. The opening sermon was preached bv Rev. R. Aj Willis, of Wilmington. j ; Thursday aiternooa was taken up in the transaction of routine business, and Thursday night Rev.! D A Futrell. of the-Burgaw circuit, preached a sermoc, Friday was observed as 'mission day Rev. W. L. Cunninggim, of Wilmiofjtoai and Rev. G., W. Fisher, of the Kenans ville circuit, making addresses, and Rev F. D. Swindell preaching a Missionary sermon. On Friday night, the last night of the Cbnfetence. Rev Dr J. C Kilgcr President of Trinity College, delivered a very able sermon on Christian Educa tion. . 1 '. . . C- .. .1,!.;. ! t SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Weldon News Mr. Arthur SprullI, . steward at the Northamp ton State farm, died quite suddenly last ! Friday morning. Mr. SprullI was a native of Columbia, this State. Fair Bluff Times j Mr. J. A. Brown, of Chadbourn, has con structed his apparatus for sinking an artesian well. The first section of 200 feet will be 4 inch pipe; the second section of 200 feet will be 3 inch pipe, and ad infinitum, -inch pipe. He hopes to obtain a copious overflow. I ': i - -Marfreesboro: Mr.Sid Jen kins, aged about thirty-two years, fell out of a window at the hotel in Aulander on Saturday) night, June 26th. receiving injuries which re salted in his death on Wednesday following, tie was toaaa next morn ing in an unconscious . state and lie never regained consciousness. Raleigh Press Visitor i Governor Russell has a letter from Charles Broadway Rouss, of New York, saying : he wants to give $250 to wards the monument over tne JNortn Carolina dead in Stonewall Cemetery at Winchester, Va. Revenue officers made a raid near Franklinton lastnizht. and captured two large distilleries, each of a hundred gallons capacity. They got one moonshiner, the others escaping. - I Henderson Gold Leah At their meeting Monday the County Com- missioners refused to eraat license to .n r.rcr,n tryj-etaifr liauor for the ensulne six. 'months, f J- The dis peusary law at our neignDoring town, Louisburg, went into enecc last wees - Mr. J. L.. Wilkinson, ot mis countyi has a cariosity in tne snape of a four-legged duck, ah tne legs are oerfectiv formed, but the front ones only are used in walking. This "love of a duck is tour weecs oia and is as well and lively as any fowl of the same age less i cumbered by pedal appendages. i Wadesboro Messenger Jntelligen ceri IJICk ox, tne jlu-yemr-iu suu of Frank Cox. colored, who lives on Mr. Henry Wall's place, in iiiesvuie township, was instantly killed .by lightning Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock. The boy, together with two younger children, had been to the spring for a bucket j of water and they were on their way back to the house when he was stricken. One nf the children was 10St in front i of him l and the other just behind. Neither of them were shocked m the least.' Horace f azzett, coiorea, aped 18 vears. was drowned in .fee Dee river, Ansodviiie townsmp, last Saturday afternoon. Faggett, to eether with a numoer ot compan- inns. was bathine In the river at the time of the accident.! Suddenly! he was seen by those near him to strag gle violently, but before assistance could be given him he disappeared uuaer tne water anu uiu slu rise to the surface. His body was recovered Sunday morning some dis tance down the? river, floating on top of the water. Mr. Will Hannah, who lives near town, ias the smart est chicken that; was ever hatched. It was only two days old last Mon day, but notwithstanding its extreme youth it was seen to crow ten times in half an hour's time on that day. The little fellow would flop its wings and crow just as lustily, size consid ered, as ever rooster crowed before. l i ' .. : : z Trait Very Plentiful aal cf Oood Qislily Vatettblae Bether ',. 8atoe Sua 10 to 12X Cant Pa 0rBo. , The city mat kits yesterday were well stocked, particularly with fruits. Water melons, ; canteioupes, peacnes ana ap ples, all native grown, could be had in abucdance. They were ot good Quality and at reasonable prices. Vegetables j continue to get more and more limited ia variety,! there being . not more than half as many , different kinds as there were a month agoJ Exgs sold at 10 and L18K cents per dozen, ix :f .;fjf, ,:Z::'- Vegetables Beets, . 5c. per bunch; onions, os p;r bunch: Irish potatoes. new, . aos per pecs; ; carrots, oc per bunch; cabbage, fix to 8c per head; squash, 10c per dozen; roasting ears, 10 to 15c per dozen; ; string beans. 20c per peck; butter beans. 5c per. qaart; cu cumbers, 5 to 10c per dozens okra, 5c per quart;, vegetable eggs. 10 to 15s; new cow peas, 5c per quart. rruit Tomatoes, 5c per quart; peaches, 10c per quart; apples, yV0 to 85c per peck; plums, 5c per "quart; huckleberries, 10c per quart; black- ocrries, oc per quart; pears,, oc per quart; canteioupes. 3 to 15c each; watermelons faativel. 10 to 25c each. Fish Sturgeon, oc per pound; pigfisb, 10; per bunch; mullets. 10c per bunch; trout, 12j4 to 15c per bunch; flounders. 15 to 25s per bunco, i . ' ;fri Clams, Crabs and bhrimps Clams, 15c per quart; soft crabs, 40c per dozen; stone crabs, 8c tech; channel crabs, 10c per dozen; shrimps, 15c per quart. Meat Loin steak, 12c per pound; round, 10c; chuck beet, 7c; stew, 5 to 9c; mutton, 10 to 12 c; veal. 10 to l?tfc; tongues. 23c each; sausage, 12J-c prr pound. Poultry Grown chicken i, 50 to 89c per pair; spring cojekens, 20 to 50c per pair; dressed chickens,' 50 to 60c per pair. Bound Over to Bronawiok Coutt. Junius Davis, Esq., Jno. D. -Bellamy, Esq., and D. B. Suttpn.Esq , returned last night from Pcce nx, where they went to appear in the case against Frank Merrick, the colored man: charged with assaulting a railroad porter, j Henty, Cobb, withaf cck. Last March Capt W. L. Harlow, of this city, while in charge of one of the out-going Atlantic Coast Line trains, was compelled to put off the train at Navassa a drunken negro; not, nowever, oeiore the negro had assaulted him (as told in the Star). Oae of the negro's confed erates, Frank Merrick, hit the tram porter. Henry Cobb, with a reck and the porter shot at hit assailant several times, but did not hit himi Capt. Harlow's assailant has . never been captured, but Merrick! was arrested and yesterday given a hearing at Phoenix before Justice Moore, of ; Brunswick county. D. B. Sutton; Esq.. appeared for the defendant and Messrs. Di via and Bel lamy represented the prosecution. Mer rick waivea an examination and was pound over to the next term of the' Supe rior uoart oi munswicx county. iodd was placed on trial for assaulting Mer rick with a pistol, and through his coua- sel also- waived an examination and was likewise bound over to the Superior Court. Both Cbba and Merrick gave bond. t ' -' ROBESON AGAINST THE TAX. It I BId Tnat Eer Towaihip Will Vote Acaiatc It. A.! Lumberton correspondent of. the News and Observer writes that paper as follows : .' .- j '.. The Board of Education, composed of one Populist, one Democrat and one Re publican, organized on Monday. G. B. Patterson declining to serve. Prof. I. A. McAllister was elected to fill his place. The board elected W. R. Surles, present examiner, supervisor; f olitics seemed to control the action in selecting the su pervisor. There was considerable dis cussion about the politics of the town ship committeemen. The tcnool law and the special school tax are agitating: the people a great deal. 1 don t think a sin gle township will vote the special tax in Robeson. The opposition is intense ana getting warmer every day.1 Ptati Uackett. one ot the leading teachers in the county, is opposed to the I special tax and expects to take the stump i agamst . - c TOicmiuc VavVie a'rcaay pay cuouu taxes to run the school lour monihi. if . properly used.' Committed forlTii J. ' " Fred P. Howland, charged with steal ing a hoiss and buggy (as told in the Star yesterday), was given a hearing before lust ice K. ti. Isunting yesterday morning at 10 o clock. C. P. Lockey, Esq., appeared as the prosecuting attor ney for the State; the defendant was not represented by counsel. . - Several witnesses, testifying to the taking of the horse and buggy by How land and his subsequent capture with the property in bis possession, were in troduced in behalf of the State, but the defendant off ared no testimony except his own, which was to the effect that a man, whose name be could not remem ber, bad -loaned! him the horse and buggy, and that he had no Intention of committing a theft. After hearing the evidence and argument by counsel. Jus tice Bunting decided ! that there was probable Cause to justify Howland being heldjfor trial at a higher court. The de fendant was committed to jail in default of 200 justified bond, to await the next session of the Criminal Court. OLIVE CANNING FACTORY Hu Opssed TJp for the Season Farmers Xtt aaeeiedjtaj Brlna In Their ' ) Tometoee. v Messrs. Williamson & Jones, prop tie tors of the Olive Canning Factory, give notice that their factory lias begun oper ations. The .acreage of tomatoes this year is unusually large, but the drought threatens to cutoff the crop to a greater or less degree. The rain of yesterday and last night will' doubtless help toma toes as well as other crops. Farmers are requested to bring their tomatoes to the Olive Canning Factory with the promise that satisfaction wjll be given. The brand is becoming known to the trade, and there will be orders for all and more than will be pat a p. , ; Register of Deeds Norwood the oast week Issued marriage licenses to one white and two colored couples. . . 1 . Address of Bob. Cbarlee RX. 8tedma.it -v : . .... -..-; - at Dedication of the museum, - Jly 3d. 189T. Ladies and Gentlemen : f When patriotic impulse to inaugu rate ; the Gililford Battle Ground Company inspired a North Carolin ian whose early vears were snent under the shadows of King's Moua- tain, and whose natural instinct of love for-the heroic was later in life Intensified by a residence amongst people who had inherited by tradi tion the great deeds of their fathers upon the battlefield ; where ; we are now assembled, he was perhaps not fully aware of the work he was do ing for posterity; the record of which snail ever illumine his name upon the pages of North Carolina history in tne years to come, when all who are Here to-day .shall have passed over the river and generations yet to oe oorn snau. nave taken their places in tne enaiess, ana suent procession which never Teturns. 1 . " ills first and chief thought was doubtless to unfold to the world the truth, that misrepresentation shoti'd be corrected and that in the great drama enacted on this spot over 115 years ago, all the actors should be awarded that 'place 1 to which they were rightfully entitled and that a conflict, the results of which affected the destiny of millions of people, snouia be truthfully narrated am from the name of North Carolina should be forever obliterated the tarnish and stain so unjustly, so un- trutntuuy ana so unfairly placed upon It. i In the limited time to which I mast necessarily restrict mvself it will be utterly impossible to give ex pression to ideas which so readily suggest themselves in connection with the direct consequences of the battle of Guilford Court House. A careful and thoughtful reading of history will reveal a flood of light, splendid, dazzling and brilliant. The first cannon shot from Single ton's battery across Horsepen creek in its consequences . resounded throughout the civilized world. -Here amidst these smiling fields where all is now peace and quiet the blow was given which staggered the power of the British Empire, made tne fall of Cornwallis at Yorktown an inevi table necessity, Insured the inde pendence of the Colonies and laid the foundation of a republic whose beneficent example and teachings should be felt to the ; uttermost ends of the earth. i The wisdom of the Creator of all things animate and inanimate is shown in the natural order of sequence ia which moral, mental and physical creation advances from one step of progress ; to another. One idea advanced to sustain morality is followed, rapidly by another. The one begets the other. One sugges tion of the mind brings about an other in quick succession, and ap parently without any effort by -the brain which evolves it. It seems to be almost Involuntary and self-born, and travels through the world, bringing revolution of thought and all the consequences which logically and naturally attend it. ' - In the physical world one improvement necessitates another, until a mighty empire shall feel the result Of the handiwork of a peasant. This Mnseum named the "Schenck Museum" in honor of Hon. David Schenck, its founder, by a unani mous vote of the stockholders of the Guilford Battle Ground Company, and which I am asked to dedicate to-day to that company with its high purposes and patriotic intent is tne -natural and logical offspring of its inauguration and, organiza tion. - . : When the eminent scholar and president of the company had done bis work so well for the honor and glory of the people of North Caro lina' and bad kindled In their hearts a greater love for the glorious rec ord of their ancestors in peace and in war, causing them by his efforts to search for the truth and to find it, he well might have been satisfied and rested content,! assured of grate ful remembrance by those who shall follow him. i . Had he lived in I the days of the Roman Consuls, a triumphal proces sion would have graced and honored his unselfish efforts. Bat with an enthusiasm born of high and patri otic resolve and which is a part of his very nature, his heart told him that his Work was not yet complete. The company needed a receptacle for its treasures, for its relics gath ered from the battlefield or con tributed by the descendants of those who had borne well their part in the strife it witnessed, for the portraits of heroes made famous by. their deeds upon this as well as other fields of revolutionary fame, for their statues of bronze and marble reared by an appreciative and liberty-loving peopie. . for this purpose he buiided, or caused to be built, this Museum, and this day with his heart's best; wishes consecrates and dedicates it to l he Guilford Battle Ground Company, which by common consent owes its life and existence to him conspicu ously above all others. Did the distinguished gentleman' think that the only purpose the Mu seum would serve would be to pro tect its treasures from the ravages of fire and water ? I imagine not. It must be otherwise, v A constant and faithful student of the past; he knows, as has been aptly said by Bolingbroke, that "History is philosophy teaching by examples." He realizes fully and more acutely than most of us that the times in which we live are por tentous of evil. I ! The vast accumulation of wealth by a tew at the expense bf the many, the brutal tyranny of money, the in satiate greed of corporate power, the inordinate desire of gain to be used for personal .luxury, all tending to debauchery andcrime are seen of all men and foreshadow, unless checked, the commencement of Jhe decline of the Republic whilst yet ia its in fancy and before its destiny . shall have been fulfilled and its work' ac complished. No race of great men can"be bred In the atmosphere of commercial fraud and corporate theft when once the body politic is fully tainted and polluted by the noxious miasma in which they flour-tah.?:U:v?:-rj;.i-,: -V , The nation cries for help for its young men and women. .The minis ter of the Gospel, the Christian father, ; the uncorrupted 'mother, shrink in horror from the hideous monster whose breath is fetid with corruption, whose nourishment is the labor of the toiler, whose existence is a crime against humanity and a me nace to free institutions.. They point to the paths trod by our revolution-' ary fathers and ask their children to emulate their example. ;" : -f f ' ;! ' To what better school can a young man be sent for reflection than td a great temple built by a nation's love, the garner house of its riches, where bang upon its walls are the portraits and imbedded in its niches are the statues of those who by their virtues ia private. life, pr their . valor- ia Vac have brought renowri .and glory to their native land?; " " When' you look upon the statue of one of the world's famous men, do you simply contemplate the features of the living image and say the work is well done, and that the figure upon the pedestal was worthy of being so perpetuated and then pass 1 on? If so, your time has been well nigh wasted and you have not -availed yourself of the opportunity given you. You have been an idler in a field where you might have gathered fruits both choice and rare. When you look upon a statue of the great commander of modern times, Robt. E. Lee, are you satis fied to think that his countrymen have done their doty by perpetuate ing his image in marble ? Are you satisfied alone with the exquisite and manly beauty in his face? Not at all. "'.-J ' !,:',. . " His whole character comes in re view before you and fastens itself upon your mind indelibly. You see him with the storm of war upon his face as at the bead of a brigade: he hurls back the Federal battalions amidst the dense - thickets of 'the Wilderness. Again his face comes before yon, as calm and unmoved at Spottsylvanla Court House, he directs the shattered regiments of the South to the front, and you hear once more their yell of battle pro claiming above the cannon's roar and the steady rattle of musketry their faith In Robert E. Lee. And still again Chancelloisville and Fred ericksburg greet your vision, with the same great master of war, un changed by triumph. And you will not forget Gettysburg, where the air was sulphurous with carnage and death. And there you find him, bis demeanor grave bat with the fiie of battle ia his eye, quiet, self-possessed and gentle, as he speaks kindly to some Southern boy who, torn and mangled, lifts his hat and cheers as he passes by'J The panorama of the civil war passes before you as yon look at his statue and then you ask what man ner of man was this great captain in his private life, la the early days of his manhood and when he was in the walks of civil life. And you will recollect that during all his days in peace and in war that a sense of duty was the cardinal feature of his character, that he loved truth and scorned the desire for money, that be was a man of simple habits, a sincere and devout Christian, an ex emplar for all the world. You will carry with you these thoughts and you will be 'a better citizea if you are worthy to stand ' in hall3 where heroes sleep. 'The traveller from distant lands as he uncovers his head in St. Peter's church in the city of Rome, is daz zled by the splendor of the tombs of the Popes, and is lost in . wonder . as he views the magnificent jewels with which they are bedecked. . But it Vis not the unparalled wealth ; expended upon those , silent monuments which should and will attract his interest. It is the history of the lives of the consecrated dead who have jllus trated by their virtues and ability the glories of the Catholic Church which makes ;St. Peter's so interesting and instructive. The soiourner in London will find his way to Trafalgar Square. His eyes will be fixed upon the monument to the greatest naval hero the world has known. . He will hear the boom- lnz of Nelson's cannon as their echo reverberates" from Trafalgar to the British Channel, telling the world that the contest with Napoleon is not. unequal so long as English blood maintains the fight. Bat with that echo comes the sound of the Ad miral's trumpet more distinct, more distinct; forever to linger In the memory of Nelson's countrymen, "England expects every man to do his duty." And you leave Trafalgar Square feeling and knowing that a supreme sense of duty leads to last ing renown, which remains unwith ered when I the garlands of military and naval glory have faded forever. And you ; wander to Blenheim Castle. ; Its walls are covered with the portraits of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, and paintings of the memorable fields upon which be won his glory and overthrew the armies of Louts XIV. led by his greatest commanders. And then you will think of the avarice and the mean ness of the man whose statues sur round you and whose face looks down upon you and all the memories of Blenheim and - Ramillies cannot take the stain or the tarnish from the marble aad bronze. And your heart tells you that the love of money is incompatible with true greatness and unselfish patriotism. Perhaps from England you jnay cross the Channel and. go to the gay, I will not say the happy, capital of her ancient and inveterate foe. You will seek the mausoleum of Napoleon. You will stand by the splendid sepul chre which contains bis ashes, brought from the island of St Hel ena to be deposited upon the banks of the .Seine amongst the people who witnessed hib glory and bis crimes. WWf . m witn nis image in your mina you traverse tne itanan plains, the val leys of the Danube and the. Rhine. stand by the banks of the Vistula i i 'k- IS ,'1 P0170ER Absolutely Pure. . , . ! '. - ' .V t..y ' ' ' !V'N' ; :i .. - - f fv -i:i2ft:i'f r " ii--... j, ' IMIVM. SAMM MWDE CO., NtWYOMC and linger upon the shores of the" Neimen. Lodf, Areola, Marengo, Austerlitz . and Wagram, Eylaa and Friedland crown him with more . than an imperial splendor. You j see his son go .down in blood and gloom upon the field of Waterloo but the horizon of his life is still jespletdent with the lustre bf 'his unrivalled; military Achievements. ' '. The graceful figure - of his lovitig and faithful wife, Josephine, ob- 1 trades itself upon your vision and wilt not down, at your bidding. A pale and haggard face filled with , grief tells the story of his brutal am bitionhis insane thirst for power. The ghost of an innocent young man of royal blood and royal j attributes murdered under the form bf military law by his order ana decree casts a dark and baleful shadow, across the scene, and a fair and beautiful land drenched in blood and ..white with the bones of youthful conscripts lies before you. Your spirit cries aloud: It is vanity of vanities, bis whole life ' wasyanity. . j ,. You joyfully turn to the mono- ments which everywhere! mark the landscape abd fill the capitols of your own southland. The monu ments of Washington, Jefferson and 1 JNatbanlel Greene of Robt. E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, t What a. story of self-denial of troth of duty of valot -f-of gentle ness of all the virtues which adorn and beautify humanity their lives declare to you as j you stand before them, whether their images and ! features be' portrayed by the painter's canvas or the! sculptor's art I : . : ! Shall this museum with its relics, which alike with portraits and statues teach a lesson to the young, fufill its mission, contribute its quota oQielp in saving the youog men and women of our country from the gilded snares wnicn -tne vast ana corrupt aceama-, lation of money has prepared for. the . innocent as well as for the guilty? Shall it send out a steady, healthy stream of high, pure, lofty and patri otic thought to bless the entire land and aid in restoring our republic to the wise and humane purposes for which it was founded ? r Such is doubtless the fond and happy dream of the distinguished man who has butlded it. 1 Modest now in its dimensions, but commensurate. withjthe present-needs of the company, It shall be expanded and enlarged, befriended hot only by " the State of North Carolina,- but by all who revere the spirit of liberty. It is most meet and proper that it sboald be so. i . - - The battle of Guilford Court House belongs not to North Carolina alone. . It, is the common property of the whole American people. If our' pub- ' lie men read history aright they will point their countrymen to this spot as Worthy of their highest venera tion. ;i ; ; . I .. ; .; -l :, Under the, fostering care of both our State and! National Governments, let its portals be made! broad and wide and large let marble columns adorn a vast -structure beautiful within and 1 without worthy to be the Pantheon of all the great and good men who have' deserved well , of the Republic and have contrib- ' uted to its glory. Let its walls be hung with por traits of those who have best illus trated the genius and virtues of our institutions. Let their statues and monuments fill the places designed ' tor them within its niches. Let it be made a living fountain of truth - for all those who seek to learn by example. , :.-..:.: . Here let the youth of our land gaze with awe and delight upon the great est and best citizens of the Republic and learn frdm their lives the lesson of virtue in its broadest sense and all that it implies. . " 1 , Let tbem resolve as i they stand within its walls, that morality, Intel lect and virtue by God's help shall - prevail in our land over the vulgar, coarse and brutal power of money. May all who visit this place with its hallowed associations realize that it is moral grandeur of character alone which can permanently en chain the attention of mankind. Upon each anniversary of the Guilford Battle Ground Company, may lovers of Innocent pleasure as well as lovers of truth! and art as semble here together-fair women . and brjwe men scholars and phi losophers mechanics and lawyers farmers and statesmen. v May the recurring seasons be pro pitious for their gatherings, and may their hours spent together be full if joy to themselves and redound to the benefit of our common country. , , And with one acclaim they shall point to the bronzed image of the founder of this museum and rise up and call him blessed. V F'SBeV'Be'sswe""""" The most glorious exploits do not always furnish at with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men. Sometimes a matter of less moment, - an expression Or a jest. Informs better of their characters and inclination, than the most famous sieges, the greitest arma ments, or the bloodiest battles whatso ever. , , ' A '; conn TO tub Editor i I have an absolute Cure for - CONSUMPTION end all Bronchial, Throat and, - Long- Troubles, and all conditions of Wasting ' Away. By its timely use thousands of apparent- ' ly hopeless cases have been permanently cured. So proof-positive am I of Its power to cure, I will send FREE to anyone afflicted, THREE : BOTTLES of my Newly Discovered Remedies, upon receipt of Express and Postoffice address. Always sincerely yourst T.'A. SLOCUM, M.C., i83 Pearl St, New York; . Whaa writing Ut DocVxr. ploM mtnUon thi papsn. - ' an 29 W1t
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 16, 1897, edition 1
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