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VOL. LII. NO.
Leads all Morth Carolina Dailies in Me'wsand CnxS>.tion
FERVID DEFENCE OF
PHILIPPI POUCH
Roosevelt’s Memorial Ad
dress at Arlington
HE REFERS TO CRUELTIES
Missionary Work as Ntcessary Here
as in Philippines.
IT IS A WAR FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM
So He Declares and Finally Intimates that the
Day of Separation, tor Us and the
Filipinos May Never
Come.
(By 'ho Associated Press.)
Washington, I>. C., May 30.—Decoration
Day was observed here today perhaps
more generally than ever before. The an
nouncement that President Roosevelt
would deliver the oration at Arlington
brought to that historic city of the dead,
j a vast concourse of people, among whom
were numbered thousands .of veterans
who journeyed to the cemetery to honor
the memory of their comrades.
At Arlington a national salute was fired
at twelve o’clock by the Fourth Bat
tery, United States Field Artillery. Music
was rendere 1 by the Marine hand and
by the memorial choir. Upon arriving at
Arlington, the procession marched to the
tomb of the unknown. During the decora
tion of the torn!) by the special commit
tee chosen from the different G. A. R.
organizations and auxiliary societies, the
Marine band played an appropriate selec
tion. The nrooession then broke up and
the decoration of graves began. A touch
ing feature of the work of decoration was
the strewing of flowers over the graves
of the Confederate dead who lie buried
tit a section of the cemetery.
In the meantime a vast crowd had as
sembl'd at the amphitheatre where th*
servit os were '••ondueted. The familiar
strains of ’Nearer. My God to Thee,” by
the Marine band, marked, the beginning
of the services, which had been most
elaborately planned. President Roose
velt’s arrival was the signal for an out-
burst of applause, which continued for j
some time after ho had taken his seat on
the platform.
After the invocation and the rendition !
of several numbers by the band and
choir. E. B. Hay r< ad Lincoln’s Gettys-.f
burg address. President Roosevelt so!- |
lo ved, and as he arose was again greeted
with cheers and the plaudits of the im- !
mense audience, which stretched far out- |
side the limits of the amphitheatre. His
»’i marks w?“re given the closest attention
and h 1 - was frequently interrupted by
bursts of applause.
President Roosevelt’s Address.
Yfter referring to the achievement of j
the Federal army in saving the Union, j
(he President continued in part as fol
lows:
“Just at this mono nt the army of the I
United States, led by men who served i
among you in the great war. Is carrying
to completion :> small but neculinrly try
ing and difficult war in which is involved
not only the honor of the flag but the tri
umph of civilization over Trees which
stand for the black chaos of savagery and
barbarism.
“These younger comrades of yours have
fought under terrible difficulties and have
received terrible provocation from a very
• ruel and very treacherous 0001117. Under
the- strain of these provocations 1 deeply
deplore to say that soup* among ihent 1
have so far forgotten themselves as to I
counsel and commit, in retaliation, a. ’.s
of cruelty. The fact that for every guilty
act committed by one of our troops a Inn- ,
dred acts of far greater atrocity have
been committed by the host)! - natives
upon our troops, or upon ’he peaceable ,
and law-abiding natives who nr; friendly
to us, can not be held to excuse any
wrongdoer on our side. Determined and
unswerving effort must be made, and is
being made, to find out every instant, of
barbarity on the part of our troops, to
punish (nose guiity of it. and to take, if
possible, even stronger measures than i
have already been taken to minimize or
prevent the occurrence of all such in
stances in the future.
"From time- to time there occur in our
country, to the deep and las ing shame, of
our people, lynching* earn'd on under
eirt umstances of inhuman r:mlt/ and
barbarity—a cruelty infinitely worse than
any that has ever been committed by our
troops in ihe Philippines: worse to the
victims, and far more brutalizing to those
guilty of it. The men who ff.il to con
demn these lynehings. and yet clamor
about what has been done in the I’hilip-
I inor.. are indeed guilty of neglecting the
beam in their own eve whil >-taunting
their brother about th r mote in his.
These lynehings afford nr no excuse for
failure to stou cruelty ip the Philippines.
Every effort is being made, and will he
mode, in minimize the chances of < ru
eltv or orring.
"I’.ut keep in mind that these cruellies
ill the Philippines have been wholly ex
ceptional and have been shamelessly ex
aggerated, They afford far less justifica
tion for a general condemnation oi our
army thin 'hose 'ynehirgs afford for the
condemnation >f tin communities in
which they have taken place.
"in ovrrv community there are people
who commit acts of well-nigh iticonceiv-
.able horror and baseness. There is not
a city in this land which we could not
thus condemn if we fixed our eyes purely
upon its police record and refused to-look
at what it had accomplished for decenty
and justice and charity. Vet this is ex
actly the attitude which has been tak< n
by too many men with reference to our
army in the Philippines; and it is an at
titude both absurd and cruelly unjust.
"The rules of warfare which have been
promulgated by the War Department and
accepted as the basis of conduct by our
troops in the field are ihe rules laid down
by Abraham Lincoln when you, niy hear
ers, were fighting for the Union. These
rules provide, of course, for the just se
verity n -pessary in war. The most de
structive of all forms of cruelty would
be to show weakness where sternness is
demanded by iron need. But all cruelty
is forbidden, and all harshness beyond
v hat is called for by need, The fact
really is th.it our warfare in the Phil
ippines has been carried on with singu
lar hujpanity. f
"The warfare that has extended
the boundaries of civilization at
the expense if barbarism and savagery
j has be -n for centuries one of the most
potent factors ’n the progress of human
ity. Yet from its very nature it has al
ways and everywhere been liable'to dark
abuses.
“It behooves us to keep a vigilant
watch ;o prevent these, abuses and to
punish those who commit them: but if
j because of them we flinch from finishing
the task on which tie have entered, we
j show ourselves cravens and weaklings,
I i nworthy of the sires from whose loins
we sprang. There were abuses and to
' spare in the Civil War. Your false
I friends then called Grant a ‘butcher’ and
j spoke of you who are listening to me as
mercenaries, as ‘Lincoln's hirelings.'
Your open foes—as in the resolution
passed by the Confederate Congress in
I October, Vb'2 —accused you, at great
length, and with much particularity, of
•contemptuous disregard of the usages of
civilized war;’ of subjecting women and
children to ’banishment, imprisonment,
and depth;’ of 'murder,' of ’rapine,' of
‘outrages on women.’ of ’lawless cruel
ty,’ ot ’perpetrating atronties which
; would be disgraceful to savages;’ and
Abraham Lincoln was singled out for es
pecial attack because of bis ‘spirit of bar
barous ferocity.’
“Peace and freedom —are there two bet
ter objects for which a soldier can fight"
j Well, these are precisely the objects for
which our soldiers are fighting in the
Philippines. The military power is used
j to secure peace, in order that it nti v
j itself be supplanted by the civil govern
-1 rr.cnt. The progress of 'he American
arms nimns ‘he abolition if cruelty, tie
bringing of peace, and the rule of law
and order uYider the civil government.
We believe that we can rapidly teach
the people of '.he Philippine Islands not
only how to opjiy but how to make good
: use of their freedom: and with their
■ growing knowledge their growth in self
government dtull keen steady pare. When
I they have thus shown th«ir capacity for
| real freedom by their power of self-gov
. rnment, thm, and not till then, will
I it be possible to decide whether they are
i to exist independently of us or he knit
j to us by ties of common friendship and
interest.
I "Nor. while fully acknowledging our
dytlcs to others, need we forget our duty
to our own country. The Pacific sea
hoard ir as much to us as the Atlantic; as
we grow n nower and prosperity so our
interests will grow ip that farthest west.
No statesman has ;■ right to neglect the
interests of our people in the Pacific:
interests which are fmjiortant to ill our
' people, but which are of most impor
tance to those of our people who have
j built populous and thriving States on the
western slope of our continent.
I "This should no more he a party ques
jtion than tb> war for the X’nion should
have been a party question."
general Ell Torrence, command r-in
ehief ->f the 0. A. R.. followed the PreSi
dent with a few remarks .Mid then the
services were brought to a close with
the playing if "America" bv the bund,
the choir and assembly joining, and bene
diction by Henry S. Stevens, department
< hnplai-i.
Immediately after the memorial exer
cises at the amphitheatre, the monument
erected to the memory of Colonel Edgar
O'Connor, of the Secoiwi Wisconsin ’•egi
ment, was unveiled in the presence of a
number of his comrades.’ The address
o' the occasion was delivered by Rcprc
senatative John J. Jenkins, of Wiscon
sin.
At Soldiers' Home, at Battleground
cemetery, near the site of Old Fort Ste
v Is, at St. Elizabeths, and at other
cemeteries, appropriate services were
l.cid. Secretary Shaw delivered the ora
tion at Battleground cemetery.
FOR PUBLIC HKPBOVEMESTS
An Overwhelming Victory Won in the Ward
Primaries at Greenville
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greenville, N. C„ May 3"—The ward
primaries here last night resulted in
overwhelming victory f<»r the progressive
ticket- In each ward were two factions
—for and against Improvements, an
tis being opposed to an authorized issue
of bonds to establish public improve
ments and the (intis succeeding in nomi
nating only one out of eight aldermen.
Mr. E. M. J’ieken, an “advocate of Itn
provements, was the only member of the
old board who was renominated.
East year the citizens voted by a large
majority to issue bonds for improvements
and as the sale of bonds we s about to be
effected, some opponents got out an in
junction to step the sale. The matter
has been pending in the Supremo court
several months, and if that, tribunal will
now dissolve the injunction with an im
provement board of aldermen in charge,
Greenville will make the greatest
y< ar's progress in her history.
Mrs. Ragsdale. wife of 'oiiniy Super-I
iniendent of Schools. W. S- Ragsdale, is
critically ill from blood poison. ;
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 31. 1902.
RALEIGH ROOSTS
ONE STEP LOWER
v 1
And the Bulls Take a Highe'r
Seat
*
FIVE TO ONE THE SCORE
Greensboro Goes Down Again Gritting
Its Teeth.
CHARLOTTE WINS BUI BY ONE RUN ONLY
The Sea Gulls Sing the Old Song of Disaster.
Mace Assumes Management and Will
Take Steps to Strengthen
The Team,
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Durham 5. Raleigh 1.
Greensboro 4, Charlotte 6.
Wilmington 2, New Bern 4.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Won. Lost. P.C.
Charlotte 19 3 .884
Durham 14 9 .687
Raleigh 13 10 .565
New Bern 11 12 .478
Greensboro 10 13 .435
Wilmington 1 21 .045
TO-DAY’S SCHEDULE.
Raleigh at Durham.
Charlotte at Greensboro.
New Bern at Wilmington.
(Special to News and Observer )
Durham, N. C., May 30.—Again it was
a defeat for the Red Birds who have
waving in Raleigh a pennant, but not the
same Red Birds who won it.
The blow that killed father came in
the fourth inning when to Durham's
share came four runs, while Raleigh had
none. Before the game ended Ytaleigh
got one little run, while Durham .added
i another, and the score was five to one.
in this game the visitors made five
I hits, yet these only netted one run. while
! Durham's hits amounted to eight and
j netted five runs.
I The game was very nearly an errorless
j one, as but two errors marred it, one
| going to each club.
Leonard and Smith made up the battery
for Raleigh, w hile Brueke and Logan did
the tick so Duhatn.
This victory puts Durham in second
place, and drops Raleigh to third.
RALEIGH. AB. R. H. P.O. A. E.
Pastor, s. s 4 t 1 0 1* 1
Softie, 2b. . i 3 0 0 4 0 0
Roy, c. f 2 0 1 0 0 0
Smith, c 4 0 2 71 0
Davis, lb ; 4 0 1 U 0 0
Treagar, 1. f 4 0 0* 1 0 0
; Hook, 3b 3 0 0 0 3 0
Myers, c. f 2 0 0 0 0 0
Cooper, r. f 3 0 0 1 0 0
Leonard, p 2 0 0 0 5 0
Total 31 1 5 24 10 1
DURHAM. AB. R. 11. P.O. A. E.
McDade, 2b 4 11 1 3 l
Costello, c. f 1 2 2 1 0 0
Rockford, lb 3 11 7 0 0
Curran, r. f 4 1 2 2 0 0
Curtis. !. f 3 0 2 2 0 0
Smithson, s. s 3 0 0 2 1 0
Soffel, 3b 4 0 0 1 l 0
Logan, c 3 0 0 10 0 0
Brucker, p 3 0 1 0 0 0
Total 31 5 9 *26 5 1
*Roy out for running out of line.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Raleigh 00000100 o—l 5 1
Durham 00 040 0 1 0 * —s 9 1
Batteries: Raleigh, Leonard and
Smith; Durham, Brucker and Logan.
Summary—EtJrned runs, Durham 2:
bases stolen. Raleigh 5r double plays.
Smith to Soffle; struck out, by Brucker
10, by Leonard 5; bases on balls, off
Leonard 3. off Brucker 2; hit by pitched
ball, Leonard 2: left on base. Durham 9,
Raleigh 3. Time of game, 1:35. Umpire,
Proud.
STILL DOWN WENT McOINTY.
Mace Will Probably Go North to Sign New
Players for the Gnlls.
(Special-to News and Observer.)
Wilmington, N. C-, May 30.—Both
teams gave an excellent exhibition of
ball playing in the game this afternoon,
but Wilmington lost as usual. An er
ror by Dominel in the third inning giving
Fiilman life, a throe Pare hit by Devlin,
a two bagger by Randolph, and a single
by Foster netted the visitors three runs,
aiid (wo other saerifie, singles by Foster
and Crawley in the eighth fetched
another run after two men were down.
The locals scored one in th" fifth on a
double by Domniel and a single by Fish
er with none down and one more sailor
crossed the j an in the ninth, on singles
by the same players and Brown.
Score:. it H E
New Bern 0 0 300 0 0 I o—4 5 2
Wilmington ....0 00 01 o 9 0 I—21 —2 7 3
Batteries: Symon and Daum: McCann
and Fisher.
Summary: Stolen bases. Devlin >2).
Foster. Two base bits, Randolph and
Dommel. Three base hits, Devlin,
j Double plays, Devlin to Fiilman to
j Latighlin: Fiilman to .Devlin in Laugh
| tin- Base on balls Syn.oti 2, Met.'.mu 2.
Struck out by Symon 3: Mf'’ann 2. Left
on bases. New Bern 6; Wilmington 7.
Time 1:15.
The citizens committee, jtito whose
heads was left the matter of u re-or
ganization of Wilmington's team, met to
day at noon and accepted the terms of
Umpire Harry Mace to take charge and
captain the team under the direction of
a local baseball association.
Late tonight Mace accepted the man
agement and has written his resignation
as umpire to President Busbee. He
leaves tomorrow night for new players,
who will join his team in Raleigh and
Greensboro next week. All players were
paid in full at a meeting of the citizens’
committee tonight.
Greensboro Suffers Disaster.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C.. May 3D.—The game
was full of snap, the locals making a
desperate effort to break the Hornets’
record of victory. Two beautiful double
plays were features, one by each team,
also one home run by each Fox and
Weaver, both scoring two men. Ashen
ba.'k was injure.] In the leg while making
for the first base in the seventh inning,
and Person was substituted, and still
the pennant flies where it was.
Score: R. H. E.
Greensboro 0040 00 0 0 o—4 8 2
Charlotte 1000 00 1 4 o—6 12 0
Batteries: Wilson and McTeer;
Brandt and Lehman. Umpire, Sherman.
Attendance 700. Time of game 1:40.
The Raleigh Amateurs Lose.
i Special to News and Observer.)
Weldon, N. C., Mav 30.—Raleigh fell
down before Weldon today in a dose and
exciting game. The visitors came near
tying the score in the ninth, but a close
decision ended their chance to win.
Score: R. H. E.
Raleigh 1000 00 0 0 3—4 6 8
Weldon 00 0 1 2 1 0 0 2—6 12 2
Batteries: Rose and Brockwell; Hob
good and Hicks. Struck out. by Hobgood
13, by Rose 5. Umpire, Joyner.
National League Games.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Pittsburg—
Morning Game. R. H. E.
Pittsburg 00 0403 0 1 *—B 10 1
Chicago 1000 00 5 00—6 12 3
Afternoon Game. R. H. E.
Pittsburg 000000000 —0 7 2
1 Chicago 0000 04 0 0 o—4 10 2
At New York-
Morning Game. R. H. E.
Philadelphia.. ..1000000202 —5 12 2
New York.. .. ..3000000001 —4 8 0
Afternoon Game. R. H. E.
Philadelphia 0020 001 3 o—6 12 3
New York 00000000 o—o 4 2
At New York —
Morning Game. R. H. E.
Boston 0000 01 0 0 o—l 10 3
Brooklyn 0100 40 0 2 *—7 10 0
Afternoon Game. R. H. E.
Boston 02000 000 1 — 3 9 2
Brooklyn 2210 20 0 3*—lo 11 1
At St. Louis —
Morning Game. R. H. E.
St. Louis 001 0 01000 —2 10 2
Cincinnati 0002 01 0 1 4—B 11 3
Afternoon Game. R. H. E.
St. Louis 10100 lo t) * —3 7 2
Cincinnati 0000 00 1 0 o—l 6 4
American League Games,
(By the Associated Press.)
At Philadelphia—
Morning Game. R. H. E.
Si. Louis 02033 120 o—ll 17 4
Philadelphia .. ..1 22010 00 1— 7 12 6
Afternoon Game. R. H. E.
St. Louis 000002 011— 4 9 3
Philadelphia .. ..0031 02 2 3 * —ll 12 1
At Washington-
Morning Game. R. H. E.
Washington 0 1 330002 *—9 13 2
Chicago 10000 10 1 o—3 11 4
Afternoon Game. R. H. E.
Washington 0020 0 0 0 00—2 71
Chicago 0300 00 00 o—3 10 1
At Boston-
Morning Game. • R. H. E.
Boston 01020200 0— 5 13 4
Detroit 2010 20 0 1 4—lo 13 3
Afternoon Game. R. H. E.
Boston 0014 31 0 3 *—l2 15 1
Det roi t 00000 000 0— 0 5 2
At Baltimore—
Morning Game. R. H. E.
Baltimore 000123 5 1 *—l2 15 5
Cleveland 20001 00 10— 4 8 2
Afternoon Game. R. H. E.
Baltimore.. .. ..4300 20 1 0 * —lo 14 4
Cleveland 10010 03 0 2 7 14 4
Eastern League.
Morning Gaines.
Jersey City 4; Newark 5.
Buffalo 11: Toronto l(t.
Rochester 8; Montreal 9.
Worcester 6: Providence 6. Game
called at end of Bth, ruin.
Afternoon Games.
Rochester 8; Montreal 4.
Providence 3; Worcester 1.
Buffalo 3: Toronto 11.
Newark 4; Jersey Tity 5. •
Southern League,
Atlanta 5; New Orleans 3.
Birmingham 3: Little Rock 0.
Chattanooga S; Shreveport 7.
Nashville-Memphis game postponed,
rain.
College Games.
Harvard 2: University of Illinois I.
University of Pennsylvania 7; Lehigh
{University 1. A
Brown 1; Cornell 0.
THE RALEIGH MALE
ACADEME CLOSES
Exercise* Were Attended by
Many Interested Visitors
NORTH CAROLINA HEROES
Theme of a Splendid Address Delivered
By Mr. J. W. Bailey.
HONORS, DSTINC IONS AND MEDALS
Masters Joseph E. Pogue, Jr., B. R Lacy, Jr.,
j and W. E. Thacks on are the Winners
of the Handsoiiß Gold M dais
For the Past Yeat's Work.
j The appreciation and intercut of the
I people of Raleigh in the Raieigli Male
! Academy could be seen in th° audience
which gathered yesterday morning at t
the closing exercises.
It is a famous institution whose his- i
lory wilt round out its centennial mark
this year, and it has nner been more*
worthily managed than by Prof. Hugh:
Morson and the able teachers who are >
his assistants, and the tribute paid Prof.
Morson at the close of the exercises by ,
Rev. T. D. Bratton was a deserved one- 1
The closing evereises were opened
with prayer by Rev. W. D. Hubbard,
of the Baptist Tabernacle, after which
! a full list of the pupils obtaining lis- '
Cm lions for the past year were read by
I’rof. Mcrson.
Following this came the address of the
day by Mr. J. YU. Bailey, editor of the
Biblical Recorder, as alumnus of the
school, who delivered a remarkably in- ,
teresting and eloquent address ‘ North !
Carolina's Heroes.'*
Follow ing this address Prof. Morson -
announced the names of the successful
contestants for the four handsome ued
t nis as follows:
THE MEDALS AWARDED.
The Nesbitt Kendrick Deportment
Medal, given as a membership of her
son. once a pupil of the school, oy Mrs. .
W ,B. Kendrick, to Mr. Henry LI. Thack- j
ston.
I The General Scholarship Medal, given
tby Mr. Morson as a memorial of the
three pupils of the school wh> were
drowned, to Mr. Joseph E. Pogue, Jr. ;
The Mathematicieal Medal, given by ,
Messrs. Ludwig and Fred Mahler, to
Mr. Joseph K Pogue, Jr.
| The Latin Medal, given by Mrs- Fray
j and Miss Fray as a memorial of Prof.
Fray, Mr. Morson's former associate,
to Mr. Beaj. It. Lacy, Jr.
These medals were presented in a i
characteristically nappy speech i v Rev. '
T. D. prat ton. of St- Mary's, who placed
the Deportment Medal at the head of
, the list in importance, as it meant a I
I type of moral courage, and was the pos- I
! siblo attainment of boys who though full
I of life and vim, who thought they might
I tussle ard even fight could conquer self ,
anjl with a grim determiitaton he good
hoys in school, but not the namby-pamby .
goody-goody bov kind.
; 'then came an unexpected prize. It
was a five doliar cold piece, and Dr. j
Bratton, in presenting it said that an
unknown friend of the Academy had of
! sered it for the boy winning two medals,
and under these conditions he presented
it to Mr. Jos. E- Pogue. Jr.
Prof. Morson next spoke briefly of the
encouragement he felt in the,presence of
the friends of the school and from the
patronage accorded hint the past year, j
He also spoke of the able assistance
j ret dered him by Messrs. Hanff and Al
i ion. of the faculty.
| As he concluded Dr. Bratton arose,
and for himself and other patrons made
a most appreciative talk to Prof. Mor- ;
son. telling of bis appreciation of the in- ‘
struction given his sons, and es the care
j and pains exercised by Prof. Morson.
i Following this th" benediction was pro
nounced by Rev. Dr. Thos. E. Skinner.
j MR. J. TV. BATLEY’S ADDRESS.
| Being introduced Mr Bailey began his 1
address by referring to the various
teachers under whose instruction hi* had
been Usained, and said that of all the
most profound impression had been made
on him by Mrs- McDonald. Mr. YV. B.
Savage, Prof. Royail. of YVake Forest,
and Prof Hugh Morson. the last being
perhaps the greatest of all. At this the
audience warmly applauded.
Entering upon his subject, ‘North
Carolina and Her Heroes,” h*> said that
all heroes were an inspiration and that
a nation's greatness often came from its
heroes and the inspiration of their lives
and deeds, illustrated by the influence of
I the lives of Abraham- Isaac and Jacob
among the Hebrew boys, and toijay in
the admiration for King Edward in
England, who ontv stood in the shadow
of the hero worship of King Alfred. '
“The hero has a vast place in the niak- :
ing of a people,“ said he, “and the boy
or sir! having no' hero lo charm them, is
, of all people the most hopeless*"
Here he stated Ifkit lie would iike to
I ask the boys or the audlenct to no in 1 a
I North Carolina hero, or a list of heroes
who were the epitqpie of ill good in the
I State, one man. or set of men whose lives
were an inspiration and a glory, whoso,
names are held in griat"st reverence,
and whose deeds thrilled the heart. Such
PRICK FIVE CENTS
men as might be the standard of honor
in all the ages.
• If. ’ said he, “should you not b<T able
to give me one or ten, should I concluda
that th" State is heroic without having'
a hero'* Shall I conclude that North
Carolina with till the history of it t
struggles, her hopes and her boasts has
no man or set of men whose lives fur
nish ideals and high inspiration for her
sons; in all ages, or shall I consider that
we are too prosiae and are simply en
gaged In making our bread and sleeping
at night? If so, he continued- “l should
feel that we*were devoid of all incentive
to heroic deeds."
“But it. is not so. The story of North
Carolina is one long epic'story of the
heroic struggles of an heroic people, and
could Milton or Hproer revisit earth and
live in North Carolina then would they
sing again as in their day they gave
voice to heroic deeds.”
Then, in a sweeping review, Mr.
Bailey spoke of the heroes who crossed
uncharted seas to this land, of the heroes
who conquered the wiidernes and rfrove
back the Indians from North Carolina, of
th>> colonial heroes and of the—heroes of
the Revolution who builded for us tie
foundation of a great State, and oi a lar
ger liberty, and of the heroes who.built
fer us our public school system, men
like Murphy and Wiley and Mangum
and Davie and Buncombe, who lived and
moved when a here spirit was dominant.
“These men." said he. “were typical of
hundreds who built the bulwark- of a
great State.”
‘'Then what of the heroes of tile Civil
War," he exclaimed. “It is not neces
sary to ask you of tie-m for you know.
Y'ot surpassing even the valor of the
men who led at Gettysburg and on t tany
a bold enerimsoni d with their own Dlood.
was the valor of the nun who came back,
and looking over their desolated fields,
made an inventory of their poverty and
turning their faces to the future have
hand"d down to you and me a State so
great and so free as North Carolina. "
“Y’ou can find in yonder monument. ’
he said, pointing towards the eapitoi
wbere stands the silent and majectie
statue of Y'ancc, “and in yonder eenv
tery the stories of heroes typical of these
times, but there is a new South for us
to rejoice in, a. growing prosperity, a
new political ’iberty and a Stat" over
: which peace broods."
i “1 glory jr. the new South." he cried,
I "hut 1 glory too in remembering that the
nun who defended -the ‘Old South' are
the men -.ho have nkfV' th" New'
South.’’’ At this there was g:%. np
j pis use.
‘ If they who fell on the battlefield?*
* were heroes, no less then are our fathers
heroes who fought and returned to their
homes to make this “New South" and this
new age a happy' and glorious one.
j "I have not named any of our heroes,
' but I would be unfaithful if I did not.
There is no one great name, like a bril
liant star, standing out in boi l relief, for
we are democratic, in heroes and have
I myi iads of them, we have had in every
, generation since this country was settled
men of heroic mould, our homes are
filled with them.
“To mention one hero in North Caro
lina is not an injustice to the others, for
they are typical of the people There is
a difference between an ideal and a
i typical hero, for the latter represents the
' great mass, while the ideal stands alone,
and North Carolina rejoices in many
I typical heroes.”
| Then ihe speaker with appropriate
! comments upon the great work of eaeli
enumerated many of those whose lives
he considered as being typically heroic,
among them Lawson, who lost his life
among the Indians, making a map of the
. State: Col. Mitchell, the hero of Fort
j Barnwell; Roger Bacon and YY’in. Drum
mend in the contest with the Indians;
Paul Palmer, who suffered imprisonment
at New Bern for preaching the gospel:
| Maynard, who slow the pirate Black
Heard on his own ship; Waddell and
Ashe, who without disguise resisted the
l British tax on tea and lead the fight at
Moore's Creek Bridge, a place of which
Senator Hoaor. great scholar as he is.
recently expressed his ignorance. It is
j time." the speaker said, “for us to teach
New England that North Carolinians
were battlim; for freedom before New
Dryland began.
Continuing his list he spoke of Cas
well. Alexander. Brevard, Davie, Nash
and Buncombe, of the Revolutionary
! Hardy Murphy at Stoney Point: Otway
Burns the bold privateer in the war of
1812: Macon. Yancey. Calvin YY'iley and
Murphy, Pettigrew. Pender* Grimes,
Prof. Mitchell who lost his life on our
lofty peak, and in the reconstruction
days, Zeb Y’ancc, Josiah Turner. Ran
dolph Shot well. To these two latter he
pail splendid tributes, saying of Josiah
Turner that he lived too long, for after
he had defended his Slate with his pen
and i Rimes with his good right hand, it
was only to die an almost forgotten man,
thoou-h he v, as aminated*by the spirit of
one who loved his State w itH his whole
heart and never turned in f- :>r from the
face of man Os Randolph Shot well he
said it was a most pathetic sight to see
him, who stood firm for his fellow men
who had been united with him in a
strange but. needed band, led shackled
through the streets because h would
not reveal their names.
1 "There is one other 11,1111- closely con
nected with this school, whose life comes
within the list of those who were typical
heroes I am not of those who say he
! simply gave his lfe in battle as did
for Worth liagley was a hero,
(great applause). He gave Ills life as a
hero and his life and death stand as a
| n ark in the nation's history. He lived
well and h" died brav- ly in lbs count ry*h
defence. His was the fi-st blood shed in
the war with Spain, he lay dov 11 his life
fora reunited countrv, and ho Mood Ins
been a halm to cure an au-'ient wound
"e must honor Worth f agley as. a hero
and as one worthy a place in A meric m
Continu 'd on Fifth Pago.)