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WASIHI PARADE NEARL ' ? MILE IN LENC EON AT T1 1 traction ul Interior equip- 01 V- .. 4, tnent or waattiagtons public : : \ building, said Assistant Seer?- ? tary ot the ^Treasury Newton. u today in Us * pooch presenting 01 the building to the slty. a- ** f \ mounts to 91t9,ttt.?4; deduct- ? log this from the appropriation ti J of $140,000 It will be seen that & you still have a balance of ff.lf bi > > Therefore Mr. Chairman and ? -s" dtlsens.of Washington, iyls zny th pleasureable doty, on behalf tr Va- v of the Federal government, to t hi say>to you, hereit Is; well built lo L free and unencumbered, an or- H ^ ^ Bttnent to youf dty. 10S A is yours for keeps. Congressman ' Tfm Small la really the man you in should thank for It. He pro- H 9 cured it for you. That Is to say, B he* made the speeches. He talk- o' ed about It-up at the sapltol. a - and ure did the buslnesa In the e< L. ? Treasury building. , We select- n? ed the site, made the plans, let ai the contract, supervised the U construction, handled the mon- !? y and hired the help. In short ^ uo did the hard work and the tt conRrcesbtnan did the bard a talking, C Dedication " W ^ " Washington's handsome pabllc | V ^ building in which te situated the . postoffice, United States court room etc., was {prnxally presented to the f city today by Asslsant Secretary of ' ' .? . the Treasury Byron R. Newton. - and accepted for the city by Ffpn. Hallett 8. Ward. Prior to the presentation of the building the Daughters of the Amer j lean ReVoIutlon presented the tab' let erected in the corridor of the butldlng commemorative of Wash, lngton as the oldest town and postI office so named 1776?1788, by Miss Llda T.. Rodman in. behalf of^the * MAjor Readng Blount Chapter and . ??r???- unrolled by^-Mlee?Majorie BlonntIHoVt and Master Charles M. .Brown. The- speaker of the day. Hon. Byron ft? Newton, was presented by Hon. John H. Small. Mayor F. C. Kugler acted aa master of ceremonies. After the exercises at the ppb llo building ythe Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of thcf^merlcan Revolution gave a luncheon to the visitors and Invited . guests at the Elks Home. Secretary Newton Arrives The Assistant Secretary left Wash lngton City Saturday night 'and came fcs far aa Elizabeth City where he boarded the Revenue Cutter Pamlico arriving here early this morning. A dispatch to tie Raleigh News and Observer from Washington City1, states that Washington heard the maiden speech of the assistant secretary today when he turned over the public building 'which will honse the first "Washington*' postoffice In the United States. The office was established In 1788 trader the first administration when the 1 Heat of government was la New York and when Samuel Osgood was acting as first postmaster general. ?? ,."1: r,-;Ottjr la Gala Attire > * Washington today was I* holiday garb and nearly every business house on Main and Market streets IIH( ?u dteontM tor an oeculos nnorable In dtrm hlatorr?the formal turning orer'to tie ?ttr of tliu puV Jio building ]>K completed br Uncle Bum. For weeke thl? muepfcloue t v , Ocnaoloa m been looked forward in and lu maliatLtloa eu oertalnlr In kneplng with the entlepntlen. Br , nn enrlr hour todar people were - eenr deeaeartag hulimngn ja^ tetr ting thtage In ehnpe tor the dar'e progrnm. Br the time - the parade paaeed down Main etreet the repreeentatl roe et the gorernment and other dletlngnlehad gueeta law Old to- Mlorr kieelng UeVme.ee- from houee I top, Sagppl* and window?bunting and deeoratloni at eggrr oonedto. ZJ^ B B mVI ' *, *'~'"^SSVJ>^,Sv 'Sr^f f "C BL d jto "City %y A Bifni I HISTORY 0 yhalf v?**. i'vv^ ' ? -' ] jth; lunchhe elk& hom1 I . - ? I* una ml shape could be M Hoi Mm. At the public buttdlu*. *km a aln wiriliM of Che day wer? t Lka plaoe, worn oaaa the moat ela it? decoration*. Hero the entlr ont was a him of fla** oto.. typ il of Sooth em hospitality end pa totlfu. Those In oharge of th ly had roped off the front or th adding for the exercises and I resequence those fishing to secnr ielr mail had to enter the side ex naoe. Th|? rale did not cauae an ck for If there la a people who ar yal to their state and nation It 1 rashngtonlans. ' Line of Parade As scheduled tho,parad0 forjjiff i front of the residence of Hon. J Small, corner of Main and ridge strefts promptly at 10.3 clpck. The parade amid, cheer om the citizens and visitors went 1 its way down Mnjn street to Box ?r stroet, thence Co Second strei id thence to the plbllc bclldlng. A le head of tho procession rodo Di >hn C. Hodman chief ziar shall, Co rftey. C. Rodman in command c is military and Lieutenant Con i&nder Charles Morton of the Nort aroHna Naval Militia, acting s Ijmani.?The urn lirlhm asstli rashlngten Concert Band playln tl the while popclar air*. Fo ?wing the band marched the seamc om tho Revenue jCutter Pamllc nder the command of Scoond Llet mant E. A. Coffin, Washingto igh.t Infantry under oramand < lcutcnant' R. It. Handy and tt Lzth Division N. C. Naval Millt1 eaded by their commander Llei mant W. B. Rodman, Jr. Following the band and mllltl rere the pupils of the Washlngtc labile 8chools; nearly eight hui red. In number. They walked I airs, each grade being In charge i ts teacher. This was a sight lake any citizen proud. The si en ts made a line nearly two blocl a length. With faces bright ai yes sparkling they marched to ma lal -music and took their part In tl ay's exercises by singing Amerii ,ndj the Old North State n suchr uanmer as to bring forth hearty a ilause from the large crowd whl? acked the streets in and aroui he gtfbllc building. Immediately following the , st tents of the pubic schools were- a omoblles, the first containing He Jyron R. Newton. Assistant Seci ary of the Treasury and orator he day; Captain West In comma it the Revenue Cutter Pamll Ion. John H. Small, Hon. Halh 1. Ward; Lieutenant C. M. Gabbe >f the Revenue Cutter Pamlioe* Phe second autoihoblle contain ^auahters of the American Roto! Jon. The lint two automobl! rare followed by other* contalnl he oreal(int and ofloera of Pamlt Chapter DaotMen at the Confedi icy, cltltena and Bona of the Ann ma Revelation, Mayor and Bo* >f Aldermen and reception oh men La*. ? Order of lliimijltui Arrlrlae at the j}nblMhollclln* 1 paetilutss of the dap proper bs*i Hie Honor. Mayor Kugler beta* sharp. In open In* the prop the mayor aald that on October 1491. when Oolombna lpnded American soil ho tare thanks Ood eo we deem ft fltttn* to t thnnka to Htm on this nnaplcov* ossto*. The open in* pre jer r mode by R*v\ H. B. 3eaH*bt, paa of tb* First Presbyterian chuf Rodman waa?Introdcead w-bo* words of beaoty and ereetoaao ; seated the tablet commemorative Washington beln* the drat potior and *nt town In the Halted St* la presenting the tablet the scrip Hon of whloh appear. 4 wrerala today's fern. Ml* Rod* :V >ki/i" ' ' '' , ' 'I 'V : r, "> WA*HU?OT< ULDIM ssistant Secretary ' ?$$&$sfc'i F WASHWeti^ ? | i< \' II HI UH '* J^vufsSSlZ y m =m. Hon. Byron R. Newton i said: d Ladles and Gentlemen, Daughters r.- of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Confederacy, the Hon. 0 Secretary of the Treasury, and Mem-* a ber of Congress:?The immortal I- Shakespeare has told us that a rose 1 i- by any other , name would smell as ?t sweet, this may be true of the rose t hut hpllova H not - ----- C r. | that has been glorified by the>sweet^| 1- . ness of the Immortal ?oul that^lflV ?f It. There is magic In such i- M that of Washington. It i^Khing j1 k to conjure with, and to kindle the ^ fires of love and patriotism in hearts grown, auii and weary; 8 f No other name In the political hisl" tor* el "the world has so awakened n;in the conacientfb of uian the sense o of civio>JU8tlce as that of Washington, *' It has been said that (he veneration n paid his name wiil be the test of the )f progress which our race has made l0- in wisdom and virtue. To quickly la recognize and pay tribute to the a" highest tyge of merit and patriotism is proof that yon, yourself, share the la same qualities. And when Colonel ,n James Bonner, December 7. 1776, a" gave the name of Washington, to !n his intended township, he left a permanent record of the patriotism of to himself and his neighbors. u" The founders and early coramissloners with Col. Bonner, were John Cowper, Robert-Belter, Henry BonT" ner, John Gray Blount, Nathan 16 Reals, Richard Blackledge' and Jo- i Ba seph Blount. The nearest nelgha bore, whoe? lands were incorporaed P" In the town, were Thomas Respe'ss, I John Gladden and Hadrianns Van)1 ld Norden. The action of these men and others confirmed what the hisu~ torlan. Wheeler, wrote, tha "the Inu" habitants of Beaufort county were 1,1 distinguished for their early devo. G" tlon to the principles of liberty." of In 177B, Col. James Bonner, an ttd ardent patriot^ received -from the 00 State Congress at Hlllshoro; his com st* mission to bmmandihe regiment of It, Ro?iifn>4 cniintv Tho anlrlt of Independence was at white heat ( in 1770, and what more natural than lu- that Cot. Bonner should name his township for George Washington. ng the recently elected comjn*nder-lnco chief of the American foreee?the 8r~ man upon whom the hopes of all the ** colonies ware centered. Wash In gton's f eame had eren then reachu" ed the oelonlee, for their rote was ton's name had eren then reahed the head of the army, while H was said "that more than one of the Vlr10 gin la delegatee was cool on the sub*n Ject.?' *** 'I Later each state In the union nam ed a town top this great man, but the on records In our oourt house pr^ve 10 that Washington, Beaufort county, lTe North Carolina, was the first to he te? hachgToand^f toe iJctorT^of tho 10r early jlliM^v It shown that the ch- peoffto of Beaufort so?ty wore paJl trials of tfie stamp of flonrga Wash-. K ') vrjRi&S Pre I hold In my hand one bf the/tret ?' maps of the town, dSrawn for John Bo? Oray Blount, by ilr. Pasteur; he >tei was an artist as well as draughted a* in- and ho has made the plat of the town tte- on a background of tho fold? of the tea | military cape of an oPteer of rank. ? aBBMrn; ij" [THIS?I LAIN' TOKKiHT AN D ? ' n>i N C . MONLAY AFTERNOON. =========== |^B 8 . INSCRIPTIOI AcjL- ' Exitua A i To commerorate t Washington in the Unite D. 1789. InTVashingtc Caraljna. The First Toui; the Unified States. Decern (Record of Beaufort C ' Tablet erected by t ghters of the'American I North Carolina. 1913. * luff and blue, the British solars, but Washington had but recently been in officer In the British, or colonial irmy, In the French and Indian wars ind as earlyi as * 1776, no great range in uniforms had taken plate, rhe Americans wore what was displayed by his drawing In onb corner, is official mark, a town in the clouds tainted In the center of a p*a lilting beneath Is the fool in" his cap tnd bells making meary This per retunms mi* to*'? itowed by ,'Hfce home ol oyal governors, and metropolis of he state, upon Its port little rival ipon the banks of Pamlico river Inst rearing its* head on the site of 3ol. Bonner's pea patch. Howevir, the town of Washington was no |oke, it had coraf to stay, and in ac. :ord with the motto of its great mmesake, "the resclt has proved Ihj wisdom of its founders." The settlements on Pamlico and Tar rivers were almost. If not quite ro-incldent with the first permanent settlements in the state. Lawson the historian and surveyor general for the Lords Proprietors, found set tiers and hospitality - on the Bhores jf Pamptlcocgh river in 1700. Tim< loos not permit the mention ol those who with comfortable homei and broad acres lived In abundance some i^ luxury* on the north ant Bouthi sided of Pamlico river in co tonlal and Revolutionary times. Bu Borne of the prorlties of this sectloi were old Bith town first town In *th? state, chartered in 1705, which con tained the first public library u the state, date 1701: and one t!m< the residence of 'Governor Olds Fort Reacting nearly opposite on th< south aide of the river was commis stoned and garrisoned by Gov. Hyd< in 1712, and successfully withstood an attack of 200 Indians with a-gar rison of only ten men. Forts Read Jpg and Hyde were the two first fort commisasioned in the state. Her> also occurred the most terrible In dtan massacre in the state's history a day of fasting commemorating i for thirty years. Also up Pamlic jriver brave little vesBOls brough supplies for Ae American army dui ing thh Revolution, until Lord Gei main made complaint to the Brit ish board ot trade that the "cor temptible port*of Ocracoke" shoul I be closed. Of those who bore arms In th Revolution, and won laurels wer Col. John Patten, of the 8econd Re iment N. C. Troops In the Contlnet tal line, l^e 'was commended fc bravery and was a member of th original society of the Cincinnati ment, rests in the old* Snoad baryta Reading Blount received a comml sion as Capt. In the Vifth reglmei N. C. Continental Troops, served a das General ltfitliinl.nl Greene, wi at the. battle of Guilford Cou House, and was promoted to Maj< for bravery on the field of battle i BuUw 8?rlnf?; he wee, ?UO. '< member at the Cincinnati. Ka w barled with taU mllirmty hoeort hU home. Balltaat. near thl, dt Blmon Aldernota, aotmln In th* nt I II il - 00 ' * ?. III llll ;< . ... r ' . ? V NOVEMBER 10. 1513 NOW n of The United BUILDING | ON TABLET eta Probat he first Post Office named d States. Established A. m, Beaufort County, North n named Washington in iter 1776, 'ounty Book 4 Page 253) he National Society, Daulevohition of Washington : I regiment, a dashing cavalryman, I begged to be sent to the front that he might fight under the command of General Washington; Nathan Keais, captain In > the second regi meat, lies buried- In old St. Peter's churphyard In this city; Caleb Foreman, lieutenant in the Eighth regiment, rests ln#the old Snod burying groupd near the Norfolk Southern ? depot; Richard Respess was a lieutenant in this regiment.' There are " many others upon whose names and j a*erriCG? tfrq dm>t of oblivion lias fal- j Idn. It Is tbe desire <5 f "Th?c"D. tV. R. to restore as far as possible these j names to their proper places In the I history of Beaufort- county, and any J information leading thereto will be j gratefully received. The old Mulberry Tavern, on Wa- . : ter street was the first house builtJ h- ln-th<* towh of Washington, letters j were carried there by the captains j I cf the vessels, or other travellers, , und left until called for, or given j t to passing neighbors, or friends. , But when the representatives of the I colonies met in the Provisional Con- i - gress they resolved to expend and I i improve the carrying tha mail from | ? Massachusetts to Georgia by post i t carriers If practicable. i William Blount, a member of the ? Cnngress of 1787, from the district I of Craven, was active in securing - the extension of the mail strvice t from Suffolk, Va., to Edenton thru ! i Washington and New Bern. and ; & thence to Wilmingtpn. He favored ' - this route in opposition to the one, i through Halifax, HillBboro. etc., ? which would have been disastrous | to this section. He wrote frequent-1 b ly to his brother, John Gray Blount | - urging him and other prominent ? men to Undertake this work and be1 come person uly responsible for the - drivers engaged In transporting the - mail over this route. Fron^ this cor8 respondence, i4 Is proved that the 8 postoffice at Washington. North " Carolina was established January 1, 'r 1788, under Ebenezer Haxard, t Postmaster General for the colonies 0 d;*lng the Revolution ai d that Mr. Ulackledge was the l'.i postmast er n this city, and that William and Jin Gray Blount^were tnttru - mental in establishing the same. I hold In my hand autograph letters a from Ebeneser Hazard, postmaster General during the Revolution, and of 8amuel Osgood, Postmaster General in President Washington's cab< inet, and o^Gideon Grainger, in the ?- same office under President Jefferson, each written to John Gray 'd Blount, who was prominent in the affairs oC thls dt7 and state during iff the Revolution, acting as Deputy B. paymaster, member of Governor's council, special agent to purchase 10 supplies for the government in the Ml .Wot 1111, Afiafawt COtD rt missary stationed at Washington in >r 1780? and in the same year qemmlsfct atoned by dor. Abner Nash to pur u* chase, or impress the equipment foi w the troops to be raised tr Beau fori at oonnty as its quota of the 4,000 mex r: ordered by the Assembly to he sen th from this state tp aid $00 tk Caro ^S^tiSsL'A-?, , ... ... / OUR S tates Treasury. lloa. I bold this commission In my hands?to me It Is a precious document for It* shows that Beaufort county gave her portion lm the last call for troops made tn North * olina for Revolutionary service. The county and the town havo lived up to their grand old names, and It behooves us of today to live up to this beautiful building which has been secured to the towq of Washington through the untiring efforts of our distinguished citizen, and member of Congress, Hon. Jno. H. Small. In this endeavor, we, the members of Major Reading Blount Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution present this tablet to ftr. Small, to the city, and to the I government as a fitting memorial to connect the present with the past. At the conclusion of the preeenta- I tlnn ft# fh? t.Hlft# 4* --- v- I sweet little Mies Majorte Blount Hoyt and Master Charles M. Brown. A fitting climax to the nnvelllng of this tablet waa the singing of'.Amer lea" by the school children. Hon. John H. Small then presented the speaker of the day. Hon. Byron R. Newton. Mr. Small said that It was his distinct pleasure as 6 cnlt In the citizenship of the community to take an humble part In this endeavor. Spoke of his work in aiding towards Its possibility and that if the people here had not given him his joL the present building would not have been poss.ble so far as he was concerned. "Now that j this building has been completed j and is beautiful in exterior and in- j terlor'' said Mr. Small, "let us to- | day make good that assertion, our. ever loyalty to the old flag and bring us closer together not simply as citizens of North Carolina but as citizens nnd loyal subjects of the greatest republic on this earth." , In presenting the speaker Mr. Small stated that all of us should and that be knew all felt proud in having bltn a? our guest. lkildlng l*rc .eutod Secretary Newton in prencntlng the building to tiv* city of SVashington in the name of the government Mr Ch..i*<j$h. Ladies and 'CenflGmcn:?As he r ;? tentative of the federal govarnmet It is a genuine pleasure lor me to be hen toil ay I and perform my humble part in the I ceremonies which convey to you this j beautiful new structure. I belong to the working branch dffthe govern moot, and whatever 1 shall have to say to you must be said In the simple terms of a working man. for I know no other form of expression. I represent the Treasury Department The oratorical and ornamental branch of the government is situated at the other end of Pennslyvanla avenue, up at the Capitol, and- the funotions of that department must be performed on this occasion by Congressman Small. It is now a little more than seven years since the initial step was tak. en toward procuring this building, j On June 30. 1906. an Act of Cong. ress was passed authroizing a site and building for a postofllce and court house, at a cost of $75,000. Before active operations began. ! on this basis of cost it became apparent that the growth and progress of your little city would demand a much larger structure than was at first contemplated, ant- tw<^ years later, Mr. Small came back to congress with a request tha-. the limit of cost for site and building be increased to $110.00. That act was bassed in May 1908. But again the development of your town outran the' activity of, the Federal machinery, at Washington, and two years later your repre-1 sentative again asaeu Long^ets mm , $30,000 more be added to the (110,000 and on June 25, 1910, the I bill was passed fixing the cost for site and building at $140,000. Mepjwvhllo on January 29, 1909, tb^Treaaury Department accepted the present site, offered Mrs. J. K. Hoyt, at a cost of $15,000. Three months later in April 1909. the title of the land was vested in the United States government. Two yeara afte that, on July 21, 1911, the con_ tract for construction was awarded to Mr. Jo.">!i fr. Unkefer for $lty4,1 ^86. And exactly two ye?*a from 1 the awarding jf the contract the building was completyl and ready i for occupancy. , ' ? The total cost for aite, conatrue tlon and Interior equipment amounts to $119,99$.$4. Deducting thla - from the appropriation of $140,000 i it will be seen that you atlll have t a balanoe of $4.14. Therefore, Mr. Chairman and dtI'j11 . I vs < ' No. Ill . 'W OWN Tablet: Unveiled lzenB of Waahinrton, it is my plot*- ^ *9 ura\)lg duty, on behalf of tha Fed. oral government, to say to yoa, her* ' It is; well built, free and unencumbered, an ornament to your city, and It is yours for keeps. Cong Is really the man you should thank for it. He procured It for you. That is to e*9V > he made the speeches. He tslkaf . (y_ 3 j about it up at the capltol and wo'j did the business in the TrMIMT building. We selected the stto,- 8j made the plans, let the contract, W+ | pervlsed the construction, handledthe money and hire^ the help, to* abort, we did the hard work and"the Congressman did the hard talk' ing. But I am not ttere to destroy Congressman Small on his own hearthstone. All congressmen tklk. They are all very much alike in that respect, except that some keep them selves In Congress by talking and' others keep themselves at home by the same process. It is all in know* lng how to talk. This beautiful* edifice is a testimonial t? Congress man Small's ability as a talker, so. if you want to continue getting good things from the National Capitol, my counsel to you In to keep l#r. Small in Congress. We like blm, we've grown used to him, and he pan have anything in Uncle Sanre ?*v warehouse not otherwise appropM~ * nted. ? " But there Is another reason why we Uko Congressman Small In the National Capitol. Ho tits Into the K-IJ new order of things: and. my fl/aBa friends, there Is new order things l^il today in Washington. That new <toder of things means that men to control are working with nu honeftt purpose and they are working hard. They are doign their best, and wtto not? They are working in an atmos phere and In an environment when* every n;on may feel ti"<at he caai ier>e his God, his government, his party and his highest Ideals all m th<- ^;ir:. - tin:i' They arc n >t cfriW' ing for tho unattainable. They ar? not steking the enrichment or the ? elevation of one m%n or group df oea, at *ho ?th^i iuebThey are dding their best, and' wfiy ( false Gods or worshipping at unholy shrines. They art not pursuing wild theories. Nor are they trying to perform modern miracles. They are, simply substituting commas (, cood for oonimou greed and strlviito to do those things which any sag of men should do who aro charge* with tie solemn responsibility Of the welfare of ninety millions of lis* dustrious, struggling human being*. They are trying to be just us conAl<Verate and prudent an<f honest ta dealing with the afTairs of the nations homes, as they would be 1b dealing with the affairs of thetr ova flresidea. There Isn't nything idealistic <tr experimental about that. It is Jopt plain, human, twentieth century prudence and honesty, and I don't know of any reason why men should not be just as honest and prudent 1* the District of Columbia as anywhere else. Of course. It is one of the inherent frailties of human nature to approach with suspicion any sudden turn in the road that leads toward a higher level of human welfare. That tendency is as old as our race, but thank God. it is slowly disappearing and all the time it Is growng easier to be 'decent in this world. Dishonesty and hypocracy are going out of style and each day It is becoming easier and pleasauter for a man to play the game of llf? on the square and still hold his job and "make a living for his family. This, however, is not the time or place to talk politics or religion. Your congressman warned me against It. He said if I talked politics it might hurt him and if I talked religion It might hart mo. There is hiowever, one little mat' ter I want to speak about, tb&t 10 the beautiful tablet which the Daughters of the American Resolution have placed here in the walls of this new structure. It la the typical of the magnificent work they are doing all over this great cornstry: ml In Baring thin I am not talk- ? lng politics, for while. I admire the Daughters, it by no means follows that I am advocating oqual suffrage might be inclined to oppose womsit suffrage Is (Be danger that modem polities might creep into the affair*' of the Daughters and interrupt and profane the beautiful wort they are > 1 doing. I believe that most of as who pw v. (Ooattaeed ea Rag* hfc " '#
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