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4 SIR WALTER RALEIGH His Status to be Erected by Penny Contribution, Gen. J. S. Carr Writes on the Utility of its Erec tion in Nash Square in Raleigh the Capital City of th i State. Yesterday the Superintendent of Public Instruction sent the following- letter to the county superintendents and public school teachers of North Carolina, which reads: "I take pleasure in calling to the at tention of county superintendents and public school teachers of North Caro lina the enclosed communication from General J. S. Carr, chairman of the com mittee having in charge the erection of a statue to Sir Walter Raleigh in our capital city. It is my wish that every chila in North Carolina be given an opportunity to add his penny to Ytna patriotic undertaking. General Carr requests that his letter be read espe cially in all the schools which shall celebrate North Carolina Day and to that end a number of copies are forwarded you. 1 call special attention to the calendar the committee is preparing, and desire to have one hung on the walls of every school-house in the State. GENERAL CARR S LETTER. The letter referred to, sent out by General Carr, is addressed to the school children, school officers and teachers in North Carolina, and is. as follows: “Nash Square, as doubtless many of you know, is the open square or park just in front of Union depot, in the city of Raleigh. It is in the centre of this square, in this, our capital city, named so fitly in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, that it is proposed to erect a statue to commemorate his services to the Eng lish-speaking people. His efforts to colonize Roanoke Island connect the his tory of North Carolina with that of America at a most vital point. It was in North Carolina, and through Raleigh’s efforts that English colonization was be gun; he is therefore the father of it; and it was on our own coast that he be gan the operations whose results have changed the current of human affairs. Any one familiar with our coast and the history of that time can see at a glance the wisdom of his choice. In 1584, the time of the landing of his first colony, Spain was the mistress of the seas, as well as of the land. Her great ships, as well as her great armies, were the terror of all nations. She had des troyed every vestige of French coloniza tion begun or attempted on the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida. Only one good thing was obtained by French exploration, and that was in formation of the only part of that coast that was not susceptible to attacks by large ships, that is the coast of North Carolina, the best protected in the world; anti of this information, England, through Raleigh, and not France, was destined to got the benefit. So it was not without design and far-reaching pur pose that he sent his little caravels to the shores of North Carolina. It was be hind tlfe protection of her everlasting barriers of sand that Barlowe wrote his famous prospectus, and Lane made hi# surveys which electrified the English speaking people, and sowed the seed in the minds of the rising generation which made the colony of Jamestown, Va., twenty-three years later, and the colony of Plymouth, Mass., thirty-six years later, practicable. Raleigh's colonies were, in effect, the parents of all the English settlements in North America. His effort to effect permanent settle ment in North Carolina from 1584 to 1550 was therefore no failure, and should not be so regarded by any rightly in structed student of history. To empha size his zeal and devotion, his faith and his courage, this man, of whom the world was not worthy, was allowed a martyr’s last privilege of laying down his life and his fortune for his cause. Inspired by these things and by th# fact that there is nowhere on earth a monument to Sir Walter Raleigh, and there is nowhere a place so fitting to erect it as the soil of North Carolina and the city she has named to com memorate ltis virtues, a motion was male at the last meeting of the Stale Literary and Historical Association to erect thin statue in the most effective way possilde, that is, by penny contri butions from the school children of North Carolina; and in order to empha size the utility as well as the adaptation •of this method, at the same meeting ot the association, a bag of pennies, one for every white child in Durham county, was brought forward and presented as the first contribution to the statue. So the movement may be said to have been practically inaugurated by the pub lic school children of one of the most progressive and enlightened counties in the State. Since that time many schools and colleges have sent in their contribu tions. i i The educational value of a monument erected in the manner proposed will be far creator than if one or more patriotic citizens should of their own motion erect it and take all the credit and honor to themselves. The children of North Carolina might not feel that they had any special interest, in such a monu ment; therefore, it is desired that every child of school age in our State should be given an opportunity to contribute a penny. For the educational value of public monuments in general you are referred to the Scripture so often mentioned by Father Crcecy in his efforts to arouse among North Carolinians a proper State pride: Joshua, Chapter 4, verse 1 to 8— “And it came to pass when all the peo ple were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua saying: ‘Take you twelve men out of the peo ple, out of every tribe a man, “ ‘And command you them, saying, take you hence out of the midst of Jor dan. out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place where ye shall lodge this night.’ “Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: “Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the Ark of the Lord your God, into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Isreal; “That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? “Then ye shall answer them. That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the chil dren of Irael forever. “And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the chil dren of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. “And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bear the Ark of the Covenant ’stood; and they are there unto this day.” And your fathers and teachers can say to you children, and you can say to the children which shall come after you, that we mean by this monument to com memorate the services of the man who was the great hero-martyr of American colonization; and we Americans owe him a debt no less than we owe to Wash ington and to Jefferson; and to North Carolina is reserved the honor of begin ning the payment of that debt, as far as it may be done, by erecting a monument to be a perpetual reminder of his good deeds for us. In conclusion, it is not improper to add that the State Literary and His torical Association, the organization in which this monument was proposed, is the same that suggested to the Legis lature the Act of establishing Rural Libraries, and the Act requiring a setting apart of a day in each year for the study, in the public schools, of our State his tory. It should be further added that the committee having in charge the erection of this statue are preparing a calendar for the school children of North Caro lina, containing a synopsis of the princi pal events in the life of Sir Walter Raleigh. To the school children of North Caro lina and their teachers and officers is commended the study of North Caro lina history, beginning with the man who was its very source and greatest exemplar. The man who, with Columbus and the other great explorers and »avi gators of that time, gave to the world two continents with all their wealth and fullness, homes for the teeming millions which now enjoy them. As you consider him he will loom up and stand con spicuous in . that grandeur Which re quires the distance of centuries to truly appreciate. All funds for the proposed monument should be forwarded to Mr. Jos. G. Brown, treasurer, Raleigh, N. C. With distinguished consideration, I beg to subscribe myself, Your most obedient servant, JULIAN S. CARR. Durham, N, C., Nov. 22, 1802. SHORT TERMS IN PRISON. The McMahan Boys Sentenced by Judge Hoke for Seduction (Special to News and Observer.) Rutherfordtou, N. C., Nov. 22. —The jury, which has been out since yesterday morning in the case of Lester McMahan, tried for the seduction of Florence Mc- Arthur, returned a verdict of guilty at ten o’clock this morning. Two hours later Judge Hoke sentenced McMahan and his brother John, who was yesterday con victed of the same offense upon Daisy McArthur, sister of Florence, one year and three months in the State peniten tiary. The limit for this crime was five years in the penitentiary or five thousand dol lars' fine, but the evidence was such that Die limit lid not warrant the full pen alty. The McMahan brothers were of fered a compromise of seventy-five dol lars or marry the girls and wanted to accept it, but Rev. Alfred McMahan, father of the boys, refused, saving, “That tends to show that* the boys are most guilty, and I had rather seo the lawyers get the money than the girls, for I be lieve the girls as guilty as the boys. TRIAL MOVED TO HERTFORD. Wilcox’s Family Regret That the Case Has Been Moved (Special to News and Observer.) Elizabeth City. N. C., Nov. 22.-—After four days of careful investigation of Wilcox, sentiment as it exists in ad joining counties. Judge Fred Moore to day ordered that the trial be carried to Hertford, Perquimans county. Judge Moore said: “I find the people of Perquimans op posed to capital punishment.. This will be in favor of the defendant.” The opinion of the prisoner’s family is adverse; they regret having moved the trial, knowing that bitter anti-\Y ilcox feeling exists there. Rcmarkable Political A cumen. To the Editor: Since the results of the election have become known I have not seen any paper give credit to Mr. A. D. Watts, of Iredell, for the remarkable sagacity and judgment he displayed in framing the Congressional and Senatorial district bills, which were adopted in caucus and passed by the General As sembly at its last session. I happened to be in Raleigh and heard Mr. Watts’ very able speech in support of his bills. Mr. Watts confidently predicted that the adoption of the bills would give the Democrats ten Congressman and forty five Senators. The recent election gives the Demo crats exactly ten Congressmen and forty five Senators. I think Mr. Watts displayed very re markable political acumen in framing his bill and deserves great credit for his work. G. H. BROWN. November l!)th, 1902. For LaGrinpeand Influenza use CHENEY’S tXPECTO RANT. Who laughs last laughs best, and that I is the widow. rHE NEWS AND ODSEItVEIt, Sl'N DAT MOWNING. NOV. 23. 1902. One Cent a Word, NO ADVERTISEMENTS TAKEN FOR LESS THAN 2i CENTS AN INSERTION. CASH MUST ACCOMPANY ORDER. SPE CIAL DIBCOUNTE ON LONG CON TRACT*. HANCOCK’S LIQUID SULPHUR— Nothing like it on earth for skin dis eases, eczema, bites, burns or old sores. Wonderful cures! Sold by all drug gists. 11-23-lmo LADIES—NEW HOME WORK, MAK fng sofa pillows, slippers, etc.; $7 to sls weekly; material furnished. No canvassing; steady work. Send stamp ed envelope. New Textile Mfg Co., Erie St., Chicago. $50.00 WEEKLY AND EXPENSES. Sample free- Greatest money making invention of the age. 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