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Vol 29. No. 93.
Monroe, N. C, December 30, 1921.
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BICKETFS LOVE
FORmCTUNION"
Everywhere the Former Gover
nor Went He Praised Coun
ty of His Nativity
HIS BOYHOOD DAYS HERE
The Entire Community Mourns the
Passing of This Fine, Vigorous
Son of Union County
Ex-Governor Bickett's home town
was shocked Wednesday morning on
reading in the papers that he was at
death's door. His sister, and life
long companion and friend, Mrs. F.
B. Ashcraft, had received the news
during the night and left on an early
train. Old friends who have asso
ciated with the governor from old
swimming hole days till December
9th when he declared at the Foch
reception that "The greatest gen
eral in the world had come to the
greatest spot in the world," were
inexpressibly grieved at the news of
his death.
His parents and grandparents on
both sides lie buried here in the city
cemetery which was once a part of
his grandfather's farm. He never
forgot "sweet Union," which was his
favorite way of calling it. His fa
ther was a doctor and druggist and
died before the boy reached high
school. Just before his death he
completed what was then the most
modern brick building in the town
which he expected to use for a large
drug business.
While the boy grew up around the
drug store there was never any ques
tion about what his profession was
to be. He was for the law, and high
school, college, and teaching were
but necessary steps. He got nis li
cense and spent a few months in the
office of his uncle, V. A. Covington
who was the ablest lawyer this sec
tion of the state ever had, and be
gan practicing in Stokes county, in
partnership with A. M. Stack, now a
candidate for judge in this district.
He bought the practice oi Judge lim
berlake in Louisburg in 18i6, and
thus became an easterner, though he
remainded essentially a western man
The houses in which ex-Governor
Bickett and secretary of the Treas
urv Houston were born stand near
CRch other and are well-known here
for this distinction. The older mem
bers of the families were closely
associated.
Ex-Governor Bickett was witty,
sparkling and good humored when a
boy. To this day in Monroe one of his
performances at high school is re
membered. It was at "commence'
ment." Pie and his sister sang a
duet. "Jennie Johnson," and the dump
ty legged boy got off a clog dance
which brought down the house. This
sister, referred to above, was, next
to his wife, the ex-Governor's clos
est and most intimate friend.
Some days ago several prosperous
?'oung farmers met in Monroe and
he conversation turned on incidents
connected with a district school which
the ex-Governor taught when a youth.
Every one had a good story to tell.
They had be?n his students and
locked him out at the end of the
term till he had promised to treat.
At parting they agreed that they
Would tell some more stories at the
next meeting. They love him till
this day and no friends will be more
saddened at the ill news.
While making a speech at a big
agricultural fair at Wilmington Gov.
Bickett once waved his hand toward
bunch of fine cattle that one of
his old students had on exhibition
and said: "Those are my cattle, for
the boy who owns them went to
school to me."
When ex-Governor Bickett went to
the legislature from Franklin county
in 1907, one of his old friends here
said: "They don't seem to think down
east that Bickett is much of a speak
er, but they will see their mistake.
Watch him, for you will see that he
is to be one of the state's biggest
men." And when he began to come
into his own no hearts were made
gladder than those of his old friends
Here, as none are sauuer touuy.
The young man's first great ad
venture in life was the day he set
forth for Wake Forest College in
the fall of 188G. Going to college
was then an event and the boy felt
it to the utmost. He was nccom
panied by Walter Sikcs, Hugh Broom
and Ed Austin. Broom is dead, hav
ing died many years ago. Sikes is
president of Ccker College and when
re was inaugurated his old friend,
the Governor of North Carolina at
that time, was the chief speaker of
the occasion. The other night when
the crowd here was swirling and push
ing to get a sight of Marshal Foch,
ex-Governor Bickett thumped a man
on the back and said, "It will be a
cold day in August when I don't rec
ognize your back, Austin." The ex
Governor remembered his early
friends.
Once there was a man in prison
both of whose grandfathers had been
ministers. He had been a good pris
oner and his case was called to the
attention of the Governor, who said,
"I know him, his grandfather mar
ried my mother and father. I am go
ing to do something for him some
time." He never forgot to do it
Of the ex-Governor large mater
nal family only one aunt remains,
Mrs. Martha Lockhart His father's
people art all dead.
Birthplace of Governor Bickett
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An old photograph of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. M
trowell, the birthplace of ex-uovernor uickelt, before it was
remodeled. For some time there has been a question as to which
of several houses Union county's distinguished son was born in
but investigation discloses that it was in the Crowell house on
Jefferson street. The man standing in front of the house is
the late CoL A. H. Crowell, father of Mr. A. M. Crowell
Thomas Walter Bickett,
State's War Governor,
Passes Away Suddenly
HE IS LAID TO REST
Last Service for the War Gov
ernor at Louisburg With
the State Mourning
THRONGS SEE OLD SMILE
Pass Body, Lying In State at Capital,
. Heaped with Flowers, Paying .,
Tribute to State'a Idol
Dr. James Hawfleld of Washing
ton, D. C, passed the holidays in
this county with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Hawfield.
Thomas Walter Bickett's Louisburg
home, which sent him so exultantly
to Raleigh five years ago, received
him Thursday afternoon for his
long stay, writes Tom Bost in the
Greensboro News.
The little town which offered hitr
to the state with such a acclamation
took him ba-k today with a sricmii
pride. It buried its bowed head into
i's face and wept as Rachael for her
children. For Bickett was Louisbur.t's
most loved child and in the bosom of
the rlnce which had mothered him
and all his aspirations for service h
wo il 1 undou itedly have chosen to
Ice".
Tl.e lieartbrokcn Ingersoll weeping
iver r.is cead brother, drew a inner
ful pic :iro of beneficiaries of a lov
ing service bringing a blossom to the
?rave nnd b.irying the idolized man
"beneath a wilderress of flowers." It
took no imagination to see the same
thins today. The bier of the former
Tovernor. borne into the cnnitol lor
a stay of two hours, was covered and
surrounded with flowers, and the
crave in the family burying ground
could not be reached tonight without
rolling back the floral mass that walls
the tomb of the dead.
Smiling in Death
The funeral services over the for
mer governor who died yesterday
morning, following three rapidly re
curring strokes of paralysis, were
held from Christ Episcopal church
this morning at 11:30. Two hours
before that time the body was borne
into the rotunda and laid in state.
Soldiers of the 120th infantry, the
governor's legion, guarded the cas
ket and took turns at their service.
When the big door on the Hillsboro
entrance opened a stream of people
BODY LIES IN STATE
Remains of Union County's Dis
tmguished Son Interred in
Louisburg Cemetery
STRICKEN TUESDAY NIGHT
He as Alone With Mrs. Bickett
Who Was 111, When Fatally
Stricken with Paralysis
Raleigh. Dec. 20. Thomas Walter
Bickett, Governor of North Carolina
froi i 1S17 to 1921, died at big home
!n Hayes Barton yeesterday morning
at 0:15, a little more than twelve
hours after he had been stricken with
paralysis Tuesday evening. He died
wlihout regaining consciousness, with
11 members of his family at his bed
side except his sister, Mrs. F. B
Aihcraft, of Monroe, who reached
Raleigh two hours later.
The fining of the war governor was
peaceful. Throughout the night he
struggled for each breath, but toward
inornin.T mo nickering pulse grew
reaker. the labored breath fainter.
From the moment they reached him
phyKiclaiM hold out no hope and as
Jnv.n drew on, the family realized
that he would not live. At nine
o'clock the breathing was almost im
perceptible, the pulse was almost
gone. Presently he ceased to strug
gle. North Carolina's beloved citizen
and friend was dead.
Ihibllr May See Him
This morning the body will be re
moved rrom the residence to the Ro
tunda of the State Capitol, there to
lie in state for two hours so that the
thousands who would look for the
last time upon bis face may see him
At 11 o'clock the eortage will be re.
moved to Christ Church, Just across
the Capitol grounds, where the For
mrr Governor was a member, and
brief funeral sen-lees will bo held
at 11:30 o'clock. The body will then
be taken lo Louisburg, his former
home, for Internment.
Honarary pall bearers will be
Members of the Council of State who
are In the city, State Auditor Bax
ter Durham, State Superintendent of
Education K. C. Brooks, Attorney
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Walter Clark, Associate Justices
the New Bern exit. The dead former
governor, lying as though asleep,
wore the smile that a hundred thou
sand have seen light his face as pre-
mimical j puiiis vnaiiniiiK oiwi j, a iic i, -i.. t
thrntiir. lnnkin nn hi. Win.Tln fnt,,rM UnKe County Bar
could not repress their remarks on
the perfect likeness to that borne
in life. Today for the first time it
was learned that not once, but thrice
did paralysis strike the Tar Heel idol.
The first stroke at nine o'clock Tues
day night sent him shrieking and al
most blinded to the foot of his af
flicted wife's bed. Another fifteen
minutes later must have destroyed the
effects of a momentary rally. A third
at 10:30 prostrated all the functions
of life.
Yet, with the Inst natural move
Hoke, Adams, Walker and Stacy, and
Former Secretary of the Navy Jose
plius Danlols, and members of the
Active pallbearers
ror the service here will he W. B.
Drake. Jr.. K. I'. Hill. William Bai
ley, Ren Dixon .McNeill, John Davis,
Murray Allon, Dr. W. S. Rankin,
and B. H. Griffin.
The State l Stunned
The State Is stunned by the ter
rible sudilenne.sb with which death
has struck down the former Gover
nor. Yesteiday he was to have start
ed on a little journey over into South
Carolina, to Florence, where, with
his close and lifelong friend. Dr. E.
W. Sikes, he was to addiesg the North
ment a torture and a scream, the! Carolina Society of the Talmetto
death of the genlle-sairited Bickett State. Hut yesterday he was dend.
found his features fighting back for
their natural pose and they wert writ
ten there forever. The natural re
pulsion at looking on the dead van
ished. The lovers of Bickett saw him
as he was.
The service at Christ church was
and instead of Journeying to Forence
with him, Dr. Sikes was hastening
alone to Raleigh to stand beside the
bier of his friend.
A stranger within the gates of the
Capitol city needed not be told yes
terday that sorrow had laid heavy
conducted by Bishop Joseph Blount j hands upon Its people. It was writ'
Cheshire of the North Carolina dio- j ten In every face. Men and women
cese,
. I , : v"t i movea along me streets more slowly.
oi ma panan in wnicn iormer uov- They stopped to greet one the other
ernor Bickett held his membership,
Continued on Page Four
in hushed, sorrowful voices. But yes-
Continued on Tago Fonr
BOYHOOD FRIENDS
TALK OF BICKETT
Former Governor Rode Behind
lejrro on Mule to Scene
of First Law Suit
HIS SPEECHES RECALLED
Messrs. Roland Beat. ley and Walter E.
Silea Give Their Estimate of
Their Deceased Friend
of
Raleigh. Dec. 29. Roland
Beaslt-y. former Commissioner
Public Welfare, and close Triend of
Governor Bickett yesterday said this
or rum:
"t happened to be a memb?r of the
legislative rommittte in 1917 which
went to Louisburg to escort Cover
nor-cl xt Bickett to Raleigh to be in
augurated. I shall never forget the
perfect happiness of the Governor-
elect and his dear companion on that
occasion of great anticipation
"Today I followed the body from
which the sweet spirit of Governor
Bickett had departed to its last
resting place at Louisburg and
shall never forget the inexpressibl
jadnesi of the occasion.
"I knew Governor Bickett for Just
forty years the greater part of his
and my own life. All along his at
tituds towards life was the same as
that which guided him In the execu
live office. This he described In his
last address to the legislature when
ne saia 'in peace and in war we
have diligently endeavored to use
our position as a lever to lift the
State to higher levels and as a light
to lead the people to more excellent
ways."
"That was his principle of action,
His magnificent faith in the final
triumph of the gentle and the good
was expressed in one of his great
war speeches when looking way be.
yond bloody war and its necessities
he said, 'The time shall come when
a woman's little finger shall lift more
than the mightiest fulcrum In the
world and the cry of a little child
shall be heard farther than the loud
est cannon's roar.'
"His spirit was so gentle, his
mind so sparkling, his life so well
ordered, that the people have been
led in the 'more excellent ways'
and the great ambition of his life
has been achieved.''
Dr. Sikes Talks of His Friend
Of bis friend. Dr. E. W. Sikes
presldint of Coker College. Harts-
ville, 8. C, had the following to say
Bickett to me meant a friend
from uiy youth up, an appreclatice
friend who demanded nothing of me
who never embarrassed me, and
In whose presence I felt free to ex
preps myself without the slightest
hesitation. Ills generous warm iieart-
edness wus the biggest thing about
hli:i. His sympathy with the needy
ami the deserving and the distressed
was the most remarkable thing about
him."
Dr. Sikes and Governor Bickett
were the same age. As Ulckett ex-
pies-scd it when Dr. Sikes was Inau.
guiated president of Coker College
.secral years ao, "we have fished
together, chopped cotton together
gone to school together, to college
together " in that address Gover
nor Bickett was paying tribute to
his boyhood friend who was about
to become a college president.
'If he has ever done a thing that
hf. ought not to have done; if he has
said a thing that he ought not to
have said; if he has ever thought a
thing that he ought not to have
thought 1 am not going to tell It
on him now!" the Governor conclud
ed with that delightful twinkle that
came so easily to his eyes. Dr. Sikes
laughed over it last night as he re
counted many incidents from the life
of his friend. Among them was the
story of the future governor first
law suit.
He was but recently In possesion
of his law license and working in the
cfflce of his uncle In Monroe. A negro
in a remote township had been Indic
ted for some trifling offence, and em
ployed Bickett to defend him before
the township magistrate. The young
barrister went down on the train to
a little station. His black client met
him at the station riding a saddle-
less mule. With his two law books
under bis arm, Bickett got aboard
the mule, and the negro led the beast
off to the magisterial tribunal, where
the joung lawyer proceeded to ac-
tt It his client.
'npt. Springs nnd C. I). Jones I'llif.
Ill feeling between Col. Leroy
Springs and C. D. Jones, prominent
business men of Lancaster and who
are well known in parts of this roun-
y, reached the fluhtins stae yester-
ay when the laiter and Capt. Elliott
W. Springs, a son of the Colonel, ex
changed blows. Mr. Jones' face was
everely bruised, it is reported, while
Capt. Springs came out of the en.
counter w-lih scratch?s on his face
nd a sprained and bruised thumb.
either of the men, however, suffered
serious injury. The fight started, it
is reported, when Mr. Jones attempt
ed to enter the vaults of the Lancas-
er Mercantile Company, in which
both he and Col. Sprlnei are large
ockholdets. to secure stork certifi
cates. Capt. Springs, on officer of the
company, blocked the way, and when
e refused to let him pass, It Is said
that Mr. Jones attempted to 'bruit
him aside. It was then that t ? ex
change of blows took t'.cce.
Looking into the future would be
bully good thing if we could only
select the things we would like to see.
THE INGERSOL WATCH
COMPANY IS BANKRIT
Liabilities of This Famous Old Con
cern Three Million Dollars and
Assets of Two Million
New York. Dw. 1 in
tarv eetitmn in hankrunti-v u.o l.l
in Federal court today against Robert
H. Iru'prsnll iiul I! r i? h r mil nitf n
turers of the Ingersoll watches, of
mis city. Liabilities were set forth
as $3,000,000 and assets. ix lnsiv f
good will, as i,lKW,tHiO.
ine concern admitted its inability
10 pay us debts and expressed will
inimess ta hp nititiil.wf LnL-punt
The nrnrpMiinfv u-apa Kr..ni!t k
the Xntiiin-il I'itv Runk ,.f V V.L
Chase National Bunk of New York!
and ItathauMV. Smith KiM anil .-m-
panv with combined rlnima nf ilMI
Edward H. Childs was appointed
receiver under hnml nf - rum Tk.
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Pet.tion fur receiver uc,.rtH that
committee of creditors appointed last
Jiay nau been supervising the busi
ness.
The m-titinn a1a BssortAji that
ciaims totalling u,4lii) had been
deposited With this vimmitt..n
that a plan for reorganization of the
company would De submitted to the
creuiiors.
Robert H. Intreranll Ilia .rirt-
nator of the dollar wath R
reports showed that since the manu
facture of the fummii rheon lima.
piece known as the Waterbury watch
uown 10 me present time, almost
iuu.uw.uuu nad been sold. Since its
manufacture wm atarteH hnwavn.
uie dollar watch increased materially.
No reasons were ascribed for the
comnanv a hnanrinl riiffipn Itio. W.
ard C Smith, rhairmnn nf tha
tors committee, issued the following
lurmai statement:
"The rreditnra' rnmmittoe hno n
Dlied for this bankruntrv fnr the nm.
lection oi creditors and with a view
to reorganization."
TOO POOR TO MARRY IS
REASON FOR TRAGEDY
Young Man and Sweetheart Ends
Their Lives During Happy Sea
son by Taking Poison
Bassaic, N. J., Dec. 29. Too poor
to marry. That was the reason that
impelled Thomas Brands, eighteen,
and his sweetheart. Matilda Rut. sev
enteen, to take their lives by poison
here early today, the bo told the Do-
lice at the General Hcspital, where
ne died. 1 nomas was e;nn loved as a
clerk by a local mill and the girl was
a stenographer. -
I he hoy and girl met about a year
ago, and soon became fast friends.
The friendship devoloped and they
were together on every possible oc
casion. Because of their youth, and
tne fact that 1 nomas was just start
ing on nis career and was not mak
ing enough money, they had not plan
ned an early marringe. Last Satirr
day, however, the girl confided to her
sweetheart that she felt they should
marry soon. They talked it over and
Jeculed that this was out of the nues.
tion for financial reasons. Then came
the resolve to die.
They planned to make it Christ
mas Day, but loth to bring grief to
their families on such a holiday, they
waited until this morning. A visit
to a corner drug store, purchase of
poison with which to "kill a dog"
and they went to the girl's home,
where Brands had always been a wel
come visitor.
They were alone in the sitting room
most of the evening and it was short
ly after midnight Vat the irirl stae-
gered into her mother's room, sufTer-
11 from convulsions. V hue an am
bulance surgeon was working on her,
young Brands entered ina similar con
dition. They were taken in the same
ambulance to the hospital, where they
uieu wnnin two nours.
LADIES MUST LIVE, OF COURSE
George Loane Tucker Shows How in
Production, "Ladies Must Live"
It is conceded even bv woman-
haters that ladies must live, be they
rich or poor, or ambitious or other
wise. How some of them manatee to
do so is adequately shown by the
lute George Loane Tucker in his
screen masterpiece, "Ladies Must
lve." which will be shown at the
Strand Theatre next Monday and
Tuesday. In this delightful and ap
pealing story, Betty Compson, now a
"aramount star and the featured
player in the picture named, lias the
role of a young girl who has been
reared by her rich brother-in-law and
hoss penniless father plans to mar
ry her off to some rich man in order
that his income, derived from his
son-in-law, may be increased. But
there is another woman who has
miliar plans to obtain an easy livine
and the two clash with interesting
results. Then there is a waif whose
ove proves a tragedy, and other
haractcrs oil of whom are compon
ent parts of a most consistent story
of modern life. The women in the
cast include besides Miss Compson,
eatruc Joy, Lucille Mutton. Lule
Warrenton and Mania Manon. all
playeia of ability and reputation.
"Ladies Must Live" is a picturiza
tion of a story by Alice Duer Miller
hich was published in the Saturday
vening Tost. It is a dramatic and
appealing picture.
Forgiven This Time
Mother Now, Violet, can you give
me any reason why I should not
punish you for being naughty?
V iolet ies, ma. Doctor said you
weren't to take any vi'lent exercise.
Toronto Telegram.
SAM H. LEE IS NEW
MS
POST COMMANDER
Henry Crow is Vice-Commander;
Mc.Manus, Adjutant; and Wil
liams. Finance Officer
PASS MANY RESOLUTIONS
S, A. L. Railway, R. W. and W. O.
Lemmond, Mayor Walker and Col.
Kirkpatrick Get Legion's Thanks
Sam !! I.p pVtef? Com
n . uder of the Melvtn l)i e po of
tie Apiericau Lt-xion ai the final
r.;et of the jear uel.i lust ir.cLt 4a
!he organisation's club ronms. Mr
Hiiry Crow was rhomtn vice-corn-'nnnd-r.
Mr. Oliu .VcManu artist.
ant; Mr. Horace W. Wiliiams, finance
officer; and Dr. S. A. Alexander, ser
vice man. The executive eommlttea
is coii!p3r.od of Robert S. Howie.
George S. Lee. Jr., Tom Lee. John
ueasley. Dr. George I'ruitt. Oilliam
Craig and James Morrow.
Uefore the election of officers ser.
eral resolutions were passed thank
ing the Seaboard for haulinir Mar
shal Foch'a train over its lines, Mr.
R. W. Lemmond for the riff of the
chair in which the Marshal sat dur.
ing nis May here. Mayor Walker and
i. L. Ki'kpatrick of Charlotte for
their aid In staging the celebration
o the distinguished visitor and
Judge W. O. Lemmond for the tid
dler's convention which he staged for
me Legion's benefit.
A resolution endorsing the nrnnoa.
ed tax on light wines and beer to
pay the ex-service men adjusted com
pensation was tabled after a spirited
uenate in which nearly all of the
members participated.
The resolutions read:
Texts of lU-solutions
"Whereas, the Seaboard Air Llns
Railway, in appreciation of the heroic
work of the ex-service men in the
section which its lines traverse, and
as a recognition of our organization,
tne American Legion, conveyed our
guest, the great Marshal Ferdinand
Foch of France over their linea on
schedule time and at a great expense
to said Railway for a very nominal
sum, be it resolved,
That we extend our heartv thanks
and appreciation to Mr. Charles C.
Capps, the General Superintendent of
the seaboard, for the above stated
courtesies."
"Whereas. Mr. R. W. Lemmond.
tht very capable Clerk of Court of
Union County, has magnanimously
presented our pobt wiih the chair in
which Marshal Foch, the allied lead
er, sat on the occasion of his visit
to Monroe on Friday. Dec. 9. 1911.
we do hereby extend to him our sin.
cere thanks for his gift and assure
him that the chair will be forever
preserved as a great and priceless
historical relic."
Whereas, J. O. Walker. Mavor of
Charlotte, and T. L. Kirkuatrlck.
President of the Charlotte Chamber
of Commerce, did so kindly and un-
selfishly lend every aid in making
the reception to Marshal Foch here
on Friday, Dec. 9, 1921, a success,
even Roing to the extent of furnish
nc a hand of 4 5 pieces and a squad
of police to assist In handling the
road on that memorable occasion.
he members of the Melvin Deese
'ost of the American Legion, In con.
ention assembled, do express their
incere thanks to them for their co
operation, nnd assure them of our
readiness at all time to reciprocate
within our power tiieir good offices."
The report of Major Hugh Hind.
he retiring commander, reads as fol
lows:
IteMii-t of the Commander
"On taking over the command of
he Post we had as our objective ths
obtaining of suitable club room as
he first thing that we should con.
ider. We had been meeting in the
Chamber of Commerce, and there
was no place where the Post could
nvlte its guests or hold anything
that we might want In the way of
eceptions. A good many schemes
ere considered, and eventually the
Idea of getting subscriptions of ten
ollar shares was discussed and
adopted, aud the result was the com
fortably furnished rooms that we are
ow meeting In.
'The billiard table was purchased
nd has ince been re-covered by a
rivate subscription among the mem
bers of the club, at a cost of soma
50. Owing to the excessive rent
e had to abandon the first rooms
hat bad been taken, but It is fairly
rvidrrt that the present location Is
better th-in the other, better than
ny tlint could be obtained at any-
hing like the rent which we now
pay.
Soldier Funer-ils
One of the fr.-d duties that cam
before the Tost was the burial of th
returned dead with suitable honors.
ot a sintls burial in the county has
been negbv-trd where the relatives
have requested that we take the scr
ies in charge. Our services have sl
ays been offered and cheerfully
iven to see that our comrades who
paid the supreme sacrifice have been
laid to rest with due honor. In one
case, that of Luther Garland, ths
body lay In state In the Court Hour?
nder unifromed guard for sever-1
ays and was buried some twcl
iles from here at his home grav--
ard in the presence of some 0' 0
people. McWhorter, Griffin, and Aus.
tin were all burled at their hore
places with due honor, and this po t
had also the honor to go to Meckle
burg County and bury our comrad- j
Orr and Hooks, the first and the lat
Continued on Psgs Eight