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VOL. XXXVI ASHEBORO. N. C, SEPT. 7, 1911 No. 36
ADDRESS OF CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK
Ladies, Daughters of the Confeder
acy, Veterans and Fellow Citi
zens :
It has been fifty years, jast half
a century, since Nth Carolina, re
suming her sovereignty, took her
stand with her sister Southern
States beneath a new flag. More
than four decades and a half hare
passed since wreathed around with
laurel and with cypress that banner
passed into the eternal silence, where
live forever the deathless dead.
North Carolina sent forth more
than 125,000 stalwart sods to mike
her declaration good. More than
one-third, 43,000, came not back
again. Dead by the fire of battle,
dead by wounds, dead by disease,
from exposure and hardship, 4l',000
of our bravest and best are sleeping
their last sleep at Gettysburg, at
, VicKSQurg, at Chicamauga, at
Charleston, in the swamps of Chick
ahominy, around Petersburg, in the
valley of Virginia, and wherever in
that ring of lire that encircled the
Confederacy, we faced the fearfnl
odds that slowly but steadily drove
us inward. In the four dicadtsand
a half which have passed since, the
leaden hail cf the years have driven
great gaps in the ranks of the sur
vivors. Another third, aye, perhaps
half of the remaining third, have
joined their comrades in the gnat
bivouac of the beyond of the daunt
less host of North Carolinians, 125,
500 strong who well may be said to
have carried on their bayonet points
the fortune of the Confederacy, as
well as the fame and honor of North
Carolina, less than 20,000 are still
with us.
In 1872 France and Germany
went to war. Their population was
about equal 38,000,000 each. Each
had an army of 400,000 men already
we lost a man there was no other to
take his place. They put "3,000,.
000 of soldiers in the field. We
managed first and last to put into
line 600,000.
It took the Germans six months
to overcome the French, a brave and
martial race and their equal in num
bers. It took the North four
years to travel the 117 miles between
Washington and Richmond against
a people and an army one fourth
their own in numbers. And again
and again they were on the point of
failure. Had Albert Sidney John,
ston's life been spared nee hour long
er at Shiloh, Grant and Sherman
with the army under their command
would have been prisoners. Had
Stonewall Jackson not been struck
by a bullet from one of our on n men
at Chancellorsville, Hooker's army
would have been cut til from United
States Ford and prisoners of
war'. Either event would have end
ed the war like a clap of thunder.
The valor of our soldiers and the
genius uf our general were equal to
success. Tney did net comui.md it
only because an intiuitelj greater j
power than that which the eLemy
controlled willed it ot.erwise. As
Napier said of Napolon, "Fortune,
that name for the unknown couibi-,
nations of an infiuite power was
wanting to us and without her aid
the de&igna of men are as bubbles
on a troubled ocean." You can
measure the magnitude of our strug
gle in another way. In the great
ar of the Revolution i l which we
won our independence from Gieat
Britain the patriots during the en
tire seven years left only 1735 men
dead on the field of battle and we
would have been beaten but for the
help of France.
In the war of 1812, cur second
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Chief Justice Walter Clark
qiippjJ for war. The army of
France was inspired by the remem
brance of the glories of Napoleon.
That of Germany by the victories
of Frederick the Great. In six
months the German army had cap
tured Paris and 1,000,000 French
troops, and France had surrendered
to the enemy two great Provinces
and had agreed to pay a war indem.
nity of 1,000 millions of dollars.
In 1861 when our war began the
South had no government. It had
to create one. It had not a soldier
and not a dollar. It had to raise
an army, organize equip and feed
it. It had to make a treasury and
fill it. It had no arsenals, no pow
der and few guns. These things
had to be made. The enemy had
24,000,000 people to our 6,000,000,
many of them colored. They had
an army and navy ready to hand.
They had an overflowing treasury
and ready access to the outside
world, from which they drew re
cruits to their ranks and supplies of
every kind. When they lost a sol
dier, killed or wounded, they could
fill his place with three more. When
war with Great Britain, we had only
1,23a killed outright, though that
war saved to us the country beyond
the Mississippi and in the war with
Mexico which united us to Texae,
California and the great territory
lying between them, one third of
the Union, we lost only 1047 men
killed. In our war North Carolina
alone had 5,016 men killed in bat
tle and including the deaths from
wounds 14,000. Add to those the
deaths from disease, this State lost
more than 42,000 men.
In the long centuries that are to
come, legend and song in this fair
Southland will keep bright the story
cf the Confederate soldier. His mem
ory will sparkle in the fountain; the
mountain peaks will recall remem
brance of his marches.
"The meanest rill, the mightiest
river, i
Bolls mingling with his fame for
ever."
Posterity will recall too the sim
ple faith and courage with which
when the end came, you turned your
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Confederate Monutnaat, Asheboro, N. C.
PROGRAM r,I "E
Unveiling Exercises Confederate Monument,
Saturday, September Second Procession
From Court House to Graded School.
Music Winston Band.
Song America,
Invocation.
Double Quartet Tenting Tonight.
Presentation of Speaker Col. Jame3 T. Morehead,
Greensboro, N. C
Address Hon. Walter Clark, Chief Justice Supreme
Court oj: North Carolina.
Song The Old North State.
Music
Procession to Confederate Monument.
Music by Band.
Ur.veiling Monument Miss May McAlister, Presi
dent Randolph Chapter, U. D. C
Decorating Monument with Laural Wreaths Child,
ren of Confederacy.
Music Dixie.
Presentation of Confederate Monument Mr- E. L.
Mofitt.
Acceptance for Veterans Col. W. P. Wood, Auditor
of State.
Acceptance for County Mr. H. M. Robins
Acceptance, Town of Asheboro Mayor J. A. Spence.
Music Maryland, My Maryland.
Eulogies to Old Soldiers Hon- Robt N. Page and
others.
Music Band.
Dinner.
Col. A. C. McAlister, Master of Ceremonies.
faces homeward, and there picking
up the web of life, where the sword
had cut it, you began again where
you had left off four years before.
Your powerful aid dissipated the
evil influences that had come over
your native land. .You raised up
the broken and discarded statues of
Law and Order and replaced them
with Honor upon their pedestals.
You cleared your fields of the
brambles that had grown up and
yonr government of the badmen who
bad climbed to power. At your
bidding prosperity again started the
hum of its wheels, and honor and
integrity became again the attend
ants of your public service.
You did all this and more that
will stand to your everlasting honor.
In the strenuous struggle of 1861-65
you were faithful to the highest
ideals of the soldier and in the years
following you were equal to the
highest duties of a citizen.
Patriotism is no with you an ac
quirement to be laid aside at will.
It is a part of your very existence.
The stress of years and the storm
of battle have reduced your mem
bers and enfeebled your steps. The
heads of the survivors have whitened
with the snows that never melt, but
your patriotism has not diminished
with your numbers or your strength,
and the State has no sons more jeal
ous of her honor or more obedient
to her laws than you.
Truly of the Confederate soldiers
no le-is can be said than Pericles, the
great Athenian, more than two
thousand years ago said of his own
countrymen, who had fallen in a
great war : "Whenever, in all time,
there shall be speech of great
deeds, there shall be thought and
memory of them."
On this occasion it will be appro
priate for us to recall, even if briefly,
the story of the companies which
Randolph county sent to tbe front
and to whose memory this monu
ment has been erected. It will be
well to recall somewhat of their ser
vices, where t'ley went and what
they did, that it may he seen with
what jaat pride this monument will
bear to future ages the inscription,
RANDOLPH COUNTY'S UNVEILING DAY
For weeks the people of Randolph
county have luoked forward with
anticipatian of pleasure to Satur
day, September 2nd, as Unveiling
Day. I he weather was ideal, the
clear skies, cool breeze and bright
sunshine, making a perfect Septem
ber day. Early in the morning,
throngs of people began pouring into
tow n, and by ten o'clock, probably
thr ee thousand were on the streets.
All the principal business houses
an d several residences along the line
of march were gay ly decorated with
the Confederate colors, red and
w hite. In fact the whole town was
i n holiday array.
The Procession
At 10:30 o'clock the proceesion
formed in front of the court bouse
Mr. J. D. Ross led the march,
old boy ridiigup and down the
Confederate lines when all the other
soldiers were ' hugging the ground",
and how some much older man had
snatched him to the ground, saying,
"You fool, they will Bhoot your head
cff." Col. Morehead then intro
duced the hero of the incident, "the
busiest man in North Carolina,"
Chief Justice, Walter Clark.
Judge Clark's Speech
Judge Clark made an able, iitjr
estii g and instructive address of
siderable length. He told in ex
cise form just what Randolph sol
diers did in the Civil War, a far as
could be ascertained from reordi.
Every son and daughter of Rnli'ph
should read this speech .published
elsewhere in The Courier.
followed by the Winston band ! sung, the procession formed in thi
and speakers of the day. order it had come and inarched
Then came the Confederate veterans, back to court ho ise square.
about 100 in number; next the Ran
dolph Chapter U. D. O., followed
by the children of the Confederacy,
the young sons and daughters of the
chapter. These children ranging
in age from three to seventeen, all
bore laurel wreaths and added much
to the beauiy of the procession.
Following the children; came the
wives and widows of the veterans,
then the waitresses who had been
chosen from the town and county,
and last the general public.
O ne feature not to be overlooked
was tbe presence of the delegation
from High Point Camp of Veterans.
These "bojs" headed by Mr, J. Mat
llnveilliifC
There Miss May D. McAlister,
President of the Randolph Chapter
U. D. C., pulled the cords and the
beautiful monument stood in plain
view of the audience. Then to the
inspiring strains of Dixie and while
cheer upon cheer rent the air, the
children marched around and decor
ated the monument With the laurel
wreaths which they had carried in.
toe procession.
Mr. E. L. Moffitt, former Presi
dent of lon College, in a short but
appropriate speech, presented the
monument. Col. W. P. Wood,
Continued on page four
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HON. ROBT. N. PAGE
Who Eulogized the Old Soldiers on Unveiling Day.'
Sechreet, Commander of the Camp,
came in nniforn and marched under
a handsome banner.
When the procession arrived at
the graded school building, the
spacious Auditorium was soon filled
to overflowing, and more were left
on the outside than could possibly
get in. When the vast audience
had been called to order by Col. A.
C. McAlister, Master of Ceremonies
for the day, (.11 joined in singing
America, titer which the invocation
was pronounced by Rev. J. A. Mc
Millan, pastor of the Asheboro Bap.
tist Church. The minister asked
for special blessings on the grey-
haired heroes of the sixties. -After
the invocation the Daughters sang
"lenting xonight." Col. McAliBter
then, in a few words, presented Col.
James T. Morehead, of Greensboro, a
gallant Confederate soldier, who, he
said, needed no introduction to a
Randolph audience.
Col. Morehead then spoke in his
usual bright, breezy and interesting
manner for a short while. He told
a war-time joke of a fourteen -year.
State Auditor, made tbe speech of
acceptance for the veteranf ; Mr. H.
M. RobiLS, County Attorney, in a
few well-chosen words, accepted the
monument for RandoiDh county:
and Mayor, J. A. Spence, for the
town of Asheboro. The band then
played Maryland My Maryland, and
the vast audience repaired to the
commodious auditorium of the new
court house to hear Hon. Robt. N.
Page on a eulogy to thebravery and
lofty principles of the Confedirate
soldiers.
Dinner
The last thing on the program
was dinner which was served on the
Presbyterian Churoh grounds. Just
in front of the church a table had
been arranged and tastefully decor
ated with flowers and red and white
bunting, at which a bountiful din
ner was served by the Chapter to the
veterans, speakers, marshals and
memter8 of the Winston band.
Around the outside of the grounds,'
Continued on page five.