Mr. . L. Koffitt's Speech at Un
veiling. I eateem it a privilege rnd an
honor to be called upon by the Ran
dolph Chapter of the United Daugh
ter of the Confederacy to present
this beautiful monument on their
behalf to the town of Asheboro, the
county ot iiandolpn, and to the old
Confederate BoiUiern. In the con
summation of tois nuble undertak.
iDg these Daughters deserve the ev
erlasting gratitude of every patri
otic citizen of the county, and of
the entire bomb, as well. It has
not been an e.isy task, but it has
beeu a labor of love, and most cheer,
fully and most zealously have they
given their united t forts to this
most commendable undertaking.
Every member of the Chapter has
given her most loyal snpport to the
movement from the beginning to the
end, but I feel that especial mention
is due to the president, Mas May
McAlister, and the members of the
non.iinent committee who have had
the principal burden in the actual
raising of the funds. The members
of this committee are Mrs. Wm. C.
Hammer, chairman, and Mesdames
W. D. Stedmen, Jno. T. Moflitt,
Wiley Rush, Ferree Koss and Joe
D. Koss, treasurer.
In behalf of the committee and of
the entire Chapter, I am asked to ex.
tend to the people of Randolph
eonnty aid to interested friends else
where, their most hearty thanks for
the liberal and ready response which
they have made to the call for
funds. And I am pleased to be able
to announce tht all the money is
now in band with which to pay for
the monumtnt, and to defray all the
expenses of the unveiling exercises.
And now, in obedience to my
comniisfiioD. 1 take very great pleas
ure in presenting this beautiful me.
monal, hrst to the town of Ashebo
ro, through its honorable mayor,
Mr. J. A. Spence. Your town, Sir,
is fortunate in being selected as the
site for this stately monument.
Thik is our "capital city," and as
phase of your achievements. These,
Sir, are a noble people for whom yen
speak today, and you may count on
them to fulfill every pledge you
may make in their behalf in meas
uring up to the trust which these
Daughters are now committing to
the charge of your county officials.
This court house Equure is,of course,
county property, and these Daugh
ters know that in erecting this mon
ument here they are at the same
time transferring the legal title to
you. It's an expression of confi
dence in the county that no man will
dare betray. Administrations may
come and 'administrations may go,
but the fidelity with which this sa
cred memorial will be and must be
guarded will remain unchanged for.
ever.
Men of Randolph, we ewe a debt
of gratitude to those noble hearted
women who have called us here to
day, and under the impact of whose
untiring zeal and boundless love this
stately form has been hewn and
shapen, and is unveiled before ns
now. They are the daughters of
fathers, and the spirit of those brave
heroes still lives, and will continue
to live in them and in our children
so long as the voice of loyalty and
patriotism continues to speak to the
heaats of men. As oft as we gaze
upon this, the work of their hands,
let us pay a silent tribute to the pa
triots of '61.'65, the living and the
dead, and at the same time let us
thank God that the spirit of our
mothers also still lives in these
daughters of theirs that spirit that
ever cheered the bold and fearless
Confederate soldier on his weary
march or on the battlefield that
spirit that ever held the fearful
to thejmarch of the brave.and nerved
the weak to the task of the strong.
And now, to Col. W. P. Wood,
representing the veterans, let us say
it is but fitting that, in discharging
the commission which has been giv.
en me, my final word should be to
the old soldiers, tor alter all, it is
you, our beloved and honored rem.
nant of a battle-scarred host cf the
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Mr. E. L. Moffitt, who delivered Presentation Speech
Mayor Spence's Speech
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We did not get a verbatim speech
of Mr. J. A. Spenc,
He referred however to the honor
the occasion was to Asheboro on ac
count of the presence of such a
large crowd of fellow citizens, the
distinguished Chief Josiice and the
ladies, lie congratulated the mem
bers of Randolph Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy for
the success of their patriotic under
taking and said the building of the
monument was another step in Ashe
boro's development.
lie closed his speech as fcllowe:
Our women have always been
patriotic and loyal to Southern ideals
and principalc. They encouraged
the men to race tne dangers tnai
awaited them on the bat th field;
during their absence they tilled the
soil and cared for the children at
home and suffered hardships well
nigh intolerable; and now, more
than 45 years after the war has
closed, the daughters, lest we forget,
place before ns a permanent
structure to keep the deeds of the
men ever in commemoration and as
an inspiration to us and to our pos
terity.
There are other monuments more
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Address of Acceptance of Veterans
by State Auditor W- P. Wood
The world has never known a
higher type of womanhood, nor
will it ever know a higher type
than your mothers. They were
born and raised largely upon the
old farms of the South. They
were largely just maturing into
young womanhood when the
fearful war-drum of '61 was
sounded. You know what they
went through during those four
years of struggle that followed
They were true to the enc5!
They were just bs brave; just as
heroic; suffered just as much as
did their husbands and sons at
the front, and I hope to live to
see the day when there will be
a monument erected to their
memory 25 feet taller than any
one now standing in the great
state of North Carolina, and I
want to congratulate you, my
daughters, on your gocd fortu e
in having such mothers, and I
want to say to you here today
that we have the faith to be
lieveyea, we do know that
should a crisis arise demanding
it, you would be just as true, just
as faithful, just as self-sacrificing
and that you would ever main
tain the reputation and good
name of your dear mothers.
Now. daughters, the duty has
been delegated to me here today
to receive the monument- I
don't much love to receive a
monument in honor of myself,
nd I must tell you that I don't
know what to say, I can't frame
words. I don't think there are
words in th? English language
that could convev to you the
most vague idea of how we ap
preciate th;s hnor. I can only
say that from the great depth of
our hearts we appreciate it; we
love every one of you, you will
hold a warm spot in our hearts
so long as life lasts, However
much we merit it that is for you
to say. I am here today to tell
you that I have never seen a
Martha News
Vnrria lpft for Ralfioli Saturday
after a few clays' visit with relatives hare.
Walter Craiiford has left for Ltlier, where
be goes to enter school.
J ilius TitcVer and, children are v:sitiug rel
utives in lIotgcniery county.
Caison Crsnfoid an J wife spent Sunday
near Liluc.
Reid Reams, Vaughn and Grady Cran
ford entered school ht Farmer recently.
E. B. Johnson an J fami'y, of Pol visited
at tho hr.nin rf R ('- .TllllDSOU SutldaV.
A. W. Frazier, of Fatrmimnt, was in this
section recently on bunuebs.
costly, perhaps, aod more imposing,
erected to the memory of Confeder
ate dead in general; other monu
ments which commemorate the deeds
of the soldiers of certain states who
took part in fighting the battles of
the Civil War, and still others erect
ed in honor of men for their daunt
less courage on certain occasions
and on particular battlefields, but
we are especially proud to have
erected in our town, a monument
circumscribed in its signification; a
monument to our own people of
Randolph County, the men who
fought for the protection of our
homes, our women and our property,
and either died or suffered that
they might secure the rights which
they thought were guaranteed to
them by the constitution of our
fathers.
it is therefore with profoundest
gratitude that I am privileged, in
behalf of the entire citizenship, to
accept from your hands, this mag
nificent gift to our municipality.
We accept it as a piece of art. a
thing of beauty; we accept it as a
hittorio structure, the record of a
brave people; we accept it as a trib
ute of love to a lost cause, represent-
ing the noblest sentiments of cultur
ed people. We will prize it and
cherish it throughout the remaining
years of our life, and coming gener
ations will rise up and call you
blessed, wno nave erected it.
such it ia naturally the mecca of all
Randolph citizens. As such it
should be a centre of every good in
fluence, and a source of every right
impulse. As the citizens of onr
-county shall come and go, this tow
ering shaft should ever help to raise
their ideals, and to keep alive with
in their breasts that love for right
and justice and truth that nerved
our fathers to deeds of heroism un
exampled in all the history of the
world before or since, I am sure,
Sir, that this noble band of patri
otic women of your county will notj low patriots of other counties and
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look in vain to you and your asso
ciates, or to your successors, for a
hearty co-operation with the county
authorities in the preservation of
this monument, and in the beanti-
. fying of the grounds around it. Be
'true to the trust they tepose in yon.
To the county, through its attor
ney, Mr. H. M. Robins, I am also
asked to commit a charge. These
'Daughters are not only patriotio
and loyal to the memory of their
fathers, bat they are proud of their
. good county, and so they have
brought yoa an offering that is
. it ot tby of y onr greatest appreciation,
and is in keeping with the spirit of
progress that is manifest in every
heroes of a lost but righteous cause,
who have been the real inspiration
to these daughters, some of them
your daughters, in this work of love.
It is because of what yon and jour
comrades, who bave already answer,
ed to the last call of the roll, have
done for your beloved Southland,
that this vast multitude of people
have assembled here today.
Half a eentury has passed since
the call came to the men of old Ran.
dolph to fall in line and to march
shoulder to shoulder with their f el-
states of the Confederacy in the de.
fense, not of human slavery, but of
a principle of government that was
right, and that is so recognized to
day by every fair minded man of the
North as well as tho Sonth.
Few of ns here today have any
personal, knowledge of the trials and
dangers and heartaches of those
years. Yet there are same here.and
and to these this day has afar deeper
and holier meaning than we of this
generation can ever realize. To ns
it is as a tale that is told. To you,
gray-haired veterans, it must be as
vivid and as real as the events of
yesterday. How yonr hearts must
burn within yoa- -not in resentment,
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not in sectional feeling, rot in re
pining over a "lost cause," but in a
satisfying consciousness of a duty
well performed, in a feeling of com
mendable pride that in a time that
tr.ed men's souls you proved true to
your own convictions, and were not
recreant to your country s call.
This monument does not today,
and will never fan any fares of see
tionalism in our hearts there are
no such fires here to fan. Bat so
long as time shall last may this
Bhaf t of native granite and this ng
ure of a Confederate soldier in
bronze stand here as a sileLt yet
beautiful tribute to the loyalty and
heroism and sacrifice of our fathers,
men who believed they were right,
who knew they were right, and who
emphasized this belief and proclaim
ed this right in the effer of their
lives.
May the day never come when even
the least of us shall cease to honor
such a -spirit, and may this monu
ment forever stand, a silent testi
mony to the blessed tiuth that all
the glory is not al ays to the victor.
nor all the shame to those who lose.
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Confederate soldier yet that
wanted to make any apology for
any part he took in that terrible
struggle. I am here today to
tell you that we did what we
knew was our duty and what we
knew was right, and 1 am glad
to see the time has come when
there is not a well informed man
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but what we rnd a constitutional
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1 have lived to see the day that
the Confederate soldier is noj
longer looked upon as a rebel, ;
but in all lands wherever the!
name of Confederate eoier is
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hero. I don't know of but one
man in the United Stages but:
what looks upon him in that light
and he has long since been almost
dismissed from his own camp- I
allude to Senator Heyburn of the
state of Idaho- He is at great
discount among his best friends.
I am prouder of Randolph
county today, I think, than at
any time in the history of my
life. I am proud of the fact that
we have had patriotic citizens
enough in the county of Ran
dolph to make it possible for these
daughters to erect this beautiful
monument in our memrry. I am
proud of the fact that it is 'he
people s monument- i am proud
of the fact that it represents
three thousand youni? boys that
left Randolph county in '61, of
all political parties, of all church
creeds, and that there is no poli
tics inlit. It is not a Democratic
monument, it is not a Republican
monument, but it is a patriotic
Randolph monument, and I do
hope in future that there is no
man in Randolph county who is
so little or so narrow but what
he will look upon this with pride.
If I weie called on today to
write my epitaph it would be
very short, and in fact if I die in
my right mind, which I hope I
will, and think about it, I don't
know but what this is what it
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daughters, we love you; we love
every one of you; we love you
for what you are; we love you
for your mothers; we love you for
your country lama great be
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County pride; I believe in State
pride; I bel eve in National pride;
and I want to say to jou here to
day that there is no people under
the shining sun that has more
respect for the stars and stripes
than the Confederate soldier,
and we have proven it, and.there
is no man that would more wil
lingly sacrifice his life if neces
sary in its defence.
Now, I thank you one and all,
and especially for this beautiful.
elegant everlasting monument
V Yve presented us.
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