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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 6 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1916,
$1 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
GOVERNORS ARRIVE
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WITH THE DIGNITARIES.
- Whoa the special car which bore the
Governors of North Carolina and Vir
ginia with memberi of their staffs was
' aide-tracked by train No. 11 Saturday
, members of the local reception com
mittee entered the car to receive the
guests of honor. It was a pretty sight
, when Governor Locke Craig of North
Carolina with seven ot his right-hand
. men donned In uniform, accompanied
by Governor Henry Carter Stuart of
Virginia and nine of his staff members.
all wearing uniforms except the gov
ernor, stepped from the car and pro
, ceeded to the hotel.
The membres of the North Carolina
. staff present were Adjutant-General
B. 8. Royster, of Oxford, chief of staff;
Col. -F. 8. Lambeth, Thomasvllle! Col.
J. E. Erwln. Morganton; Col. W. H.
Cowell, Shawboro; Col. T. B. Whit
'. ted. Charlotte; Col. T. L. Craig, Gas
i . tonla; Capt W. R. Cox. Charlotte.
The Virginia delegation consisted
of: Acting-Chief Col. Warren Taylor,
; Richmond; Col. McBullington, Rich-
mond; Col. Kenneth W. Gilpin, Boyce,
. Va.; Col. Thomas P. Goode, Boydton,
.' Va.; Col. W. H. Langhorne, Warren,
; Va.; Col. John R. Paschall, Richmond,
' Va.; Col. Jno. B. Pinner, Suffolk, Va.
... Mr. Magruder Adent, a Southern Rail
way official, accompanied the Virginia
delegation.
Not finer looking nor a more gen
teel set of gentlemen aver placed foot
on local soli. They all enjoyed the
day from their arrival until their de-
' parture. Before leaving their neart-
felt appreciation ot the cordiality ex
tended them, throughout the day was
being freely expressed. "I have learn
ed a great deal about the Revolutton-
ary War today that was well worth
the trip," eaid one of the uniformed
gentlemen. "I certainly appreciate
the royal entertainment extended- us
'by the people of Kings Mountain to
' day," said another, Dozens of such
expressions came voluntarily from
members of the noble parties. Before
' leaving Governor Stuart said to the
, Herald man, "My trip to North Cam
i.llna has been delightful In every re
. epect. ' The general thrift and '.proa
' perlty ot this state la an object les
., son to Virginia as well as other South
ern Btates. I have often wanted to
TMtt the Kings Mountain Battlefield
' where two of my ancestors fought and
tha opportunity afforded me by the
,. celebration to deliver the address waa
' . most pleasing. Virginia appreciates
her friendly relations with North Caro
lina and will do everything possible to
maintain and strengthen! them." .
. Of his trip to Kings Mountain and
the monument,' Governor Locke, Craig
of North Carolina, aald: "The trip
to the battlegrounds was Intensely In-:
terestlng. We went up the mountain
Just where the Americans did 136 years
ago was on the grounds where Fergu
son's army camped went over the
places where the men heroically (ought
saw where Ferguson tell and stood
- by bis grave marked with a granite
slab. This mountain Is an Inspiration
' a milestone in the forward inarch
. of the race. There has never been any
clearing on this mountain. It Is Just
as It waa when In fierce battle men
-. charged and fought and died. Got.
Stuart made a magnificent address
able and learned. He Is an orator who j
speaks with an eloquence that stirs
, men with high thought, one who 1m-
presses them with deep emotion. His
speech Is significant for Its historical
value and fine literary excellence.' .
: ' The governors with several mem
bers ot their staffs were taken to the
battleground after the speaking. They
were delighted with the privilege of i
going over the old historic grounds.
Cost of ' Hit Salt.
, . A Hoosler, who has moved to south
. ern California, writes to friends North,
' complaining ot the "skinning of the
'natives' and tourists." "I always had
believed," he wrote, "that the Pacific
ocean was salty, yet we pay ten oents
a pound for the same salt out here
, that we used to buy for three cents a
pound In Indianapolis and I never
; heard of any 'native' salt being dls
'. covered in White river, Fan creek,
- Pogues and Pleasant runs." ..
;' Modesty In Greatness. V
, . . The better a man Is morally the less
: conscious he Is of his virtues. The
1 "greater the artist the mora aware he
; ' must be of ala shortcomings.:
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4,C'f"'liaJ there Is a Ught
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Photograph ot Gov. H. C. Stuart of Virginia, and his staff and Gov. Locke Craig and his 'staff, with the local recpeitno committee,
Governors Stuart and Craig appear In the center.
Courtesy Charlotte Observer,
made In front ot Mountain View Hctel here Saturday.
TWO GOVERNORS VISIT KINGS MOUNTAIN
AT BIG CELEBRATION OCTOBER 1
; H. G. STUART OF
October never brought forth a finer
day than Saturday, and withhe day
came thousands of visitors from the
country-side and the tour winds to
celebrate with us the heroic deeds of
those intrepid yoemen who, 1S6 years
ago, on the summit of the. mountain
from which this town derives Its name,
exterminated a large force ot British
under Ferguson and won the first de
cisive victory In the long and bloody
conflict for American liberty.
The crowds brought together by
the occasion were aa line as the day
Itself. It la said on every hand that
It was the best behaved crowd for Its
size ever seen. Expressions of delight
arise on every hand tor the splendid
manner in which Mayor Cllne and his
police officers handled the people. An
ordinary Saturday night affords as
many arrests) aa did the celebration,
and from what we saw and could learn
everybody waa arrested who needed
It. The people seemed to be filled with
the spirit ot patriotism and preferred
to celebrate that way. The crowds
were variously estimated at from ten
to twelve thousand.- . '!.---
The town was In gala attire. She
was rigged out in her beet Flags and
bunting bedecked buildings and auto
mobiles all along the way. The people
ot the town Were In the best of humor
and gave" the visitors the glad hand
of real friendship. They were In the
real spirit of the annual ceremony
which is looked forward to with pride
by thousands throughout this, and oth
er sections when they come together
to pay homage to the memory of those
men who have enriched countless
pages of history with their deeds of
valor. : . '
Owing to the lateness of Southern
train No. 11, Governors' Stuart ' and
Craig with their staffs didn't arrive
until 12:40, so the speaking was post
poned until after dinner. After a din
ner such as can be had only at Moun
tain View Hotel the notables were
lined up with the local reception conf
mittee In front of the hotel and pho
tographed by The Moons of Charlotte.
The parade to the grove and speak
ers' stand started from the hotel and
proceeded up Mountain etreet to Pied
mont avenue and up Piedmont to the
atand. The streets were thronged
with people and all along the way the
two chief executives bf the two ad
Joining states were greeted with cheers
and continued applause.
. Thousands were assembled In' the
grove and around the speakers' stand
and with rapt attention heard all the
sneakers. President W. A. RJdenhour
of The Battle of Kings Mountain Me
morial Association rn his Introductory
remarks made an appeal to the people
for a respectable attention 'to the
speakers which was most cordially re
sponded to. After prayer by Rev. W.
presented HCn. E. Y. Webb, who, in a
few bret well-flttlng remarks Intro
duced Hon. Locke Craig, governor of
North Carolina. ; "
The latter, as lie stepped to tbs
speaker's platform, waa handed a
long and battle-scarred sword, of
especial significance, a weapon used
In the Battle ot Kings Mountain
against the British by William De
Priest, whose great-grandson, C. C.
DePriest, of Bostlo, N. C, Is the pres.
enf owner ot this relio of American
history. Governor Craig laid speoial
stress upon this weapon upon which
he was then leaning, as emblematic
of the strength . and courage and
"true-as-steel" qualities of the men
who fought and bled and gave all to
gain us liberty from foreign bond
age and oppression.
There are many of such relics In
cluding flintlocks in the possession of
descendants ot men who fought there,
all around this section, but they are
held priceless and It Is rare that they
are brought forth, unless at the ur
gent request of the Kings' Mountain
memorial committee for observances
of this kind,
- Governor Craig oald a fitting tri
bute -to the part Virginia has occu-J
pied in tne drama or American lio
erty and conflict and to Governor
Stuart, the speaker ot the day, who
was introduced with much feeling and
beauty, of expression as one of the
finest types of Southern gentlemen,
with a mind and soul aa great as his
generous heart..
uovernor Hiuart said In part:
Governor Stuart's Speech.
As we gaze upon a mountain range
and follow the outlines of its eleva
tion as it stands against the sky we
And peaks here and there which lift
themselves unevenly above the range,
then one d'stant peak, grand and
majestic, looming above them all,
and seeming to pierce the very
heavens In Its lofty and lonely
eminence. So It is as we read the
pages of history and trace the record
of the mighty struggles between men
in all ages, we And the story ot soms
heroic deed which stands out through
all time and to all mankind as a
supreme example of human valor
and a never failing course of human
Inspiration,
Such an example, such an inspira
tion la found on the spot near where
we now stand. Here 136 years ago
was a battle fought which ranks as
one of the decisive battles of the
world; here was a victory won which
Illustrated courage unsurpassed in
the annals ot all history. The stand
of the 1,100 Greeks at Marathon;
the defense ot the pass of Ther
mopylae by Leonldas; the charge of
the Light Brigade at Balaclava; the
herolo defense of the Alamo; the
charge of the Scotch Greys at Wa
terloo under Hamilton, who, with
both arms shot off, rode with the
reins in his teeth; all these have come
down to us as examples of heroism
undimmed by the centuries that have
gone, and to be remembered through
all the ages yet to come.
The Battle of Kings Mountain was
Initiated for' a distinct purpose, was
planned more than two hundred miles
from where It was fought by a small
body of independent combatants who
waited not for the necessity of a de
fense to arise, but went forth to meet
an Invading enemy and crushed him
by a single blow delivered on a Held
far away from the man army of
which they constituted so small a
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THE OLO MONUMENT ON KINGS MOUNTAIN BATTLEFIELD.
This monument was unveiled Oct. 7, 1880, Hon. Jno. W. Daniel of Vlr-
E. Abernetby ot Shelby, Mr. Ridenhour' glnia, delivering the address. '. .';.. ..,';;''''
NEW FEDERAL MONUMENT ON
KINGS MOUNTAIN BATTLEFIELD
Erected by Federal Government at a
Cost of $30,000. Appropriation Re
ceived Mainly Through Efforts of
Hon. E. Y. Webb Unveiled October
7, 1909... -
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Campbell, the commander, Sevier,
Shelby, McDowell, Cleveland, Win
ston, Williams, Chronicle, Hambrlght,
Lacy, Hampton, Brandon, Stone and
their brave lieutenants and , men,
whether from the Old North State
or South Carolina or Virginia, must
all' have their full measure of credit.
if, therefore, I find myself dwell
ing on the participation of the Vir
ginia mountaineers in this memora
ble struggle, and If I approach tnls
historic spot by the paths the Vir
ginians trod, pleaae remember that I
myself am a mountaineer, born and
geared In . the Holston settlement,
whenoe came the regiment of Wil
liam Campbell and where now dwell
hosts of the descendants of the brave
men who followed him, and be as
sured that nothing Is further from
my purpose than to magnify the par
ticipation of the Virginians or to
minimize that, of the Carolinians. I
think of Sevier, of Shelby and of
Campbell and their brave followers
as one people. They were trained In
the same hard school of common sac
rifice and suffering, and they them
selves recognised no dividing line
save the almost imaginary boundary
line between Virginia and North Carolina.
"Let us look at the picture that
presented Itself In 1780. The darkest
hour of the Revolution had strui.lt.
Tories and savages ravaged the col-
Ionics on the West and the British
fleet harasned the Atlantlo Coast. The
loss of Charleston, the defeat at Cam
den, the treason of Benedict Arnold
seemed to point to the end ot the
struggle for lilierty. Washington had
not dared to risk a battle for two
years. The illustrious chieftain, su
preme in courage and patience, was)
himself at bay, confronting the criti
cism -of Congress and the machine
nous of his subordinate, Lord Com.
walliB at the head of a victorious
army had subjugated Georgia and
South Carolina, and Tarleton, his
trusted lieutenant, was riding roagn
shod over the Caroltnaji compelling
submission to English authority..
Thousands of our men were losing
hope and flocking to the standard of
an alien foe either as Loyalists or
as Tories.
The rules of war had Been substi
tuted by savagery and brutality nsv
er equalled before or sines on the
North American Continent. A pall of
black despair hung over the. land, and
the white lips of women and chil
dren trembled at the mention ot tns
name of Tarleton. The Are of hope
seemed to have been almost extin
guished. Colonel Ferguson with 1,
100 regulars ot Tories was already
approach'ng the mountains.
It was then that Tarleton, flushed
with victory, sent the fatetul mes
sage to the officers on the Western
waters ol Watauga, Uolachucky
and Holston that It they did not de
sist from their opposition to British
arms and yield alleglanoe to the
British Crown he would march his
army over the mountains and put
their men to the halter and their
homes to the torch.
On these terms the Scotch-Irish
forsook Pennsylvania and swarmed
by families and congregations South
ward and Westward, placing the ln
dellible impress ot their personality
upon the matchless Valley ot Vir
ginia; defeating Cornstalk ac Point
Pleasant in the last armed stand of
the Indiana on Virginia soil; writing
your Mecklenburg Declaration of In- '
dependence and the Flncaatle resolu
tions, both of which antedated the
rinal Declaration of Independence;
giving to the Nation Patrick Henry,
the herald of liberty, the immortal
Stonewall Jackson, and latest, and .
amongst the greatest and best. Wood
row Wilton, President of the United
States; besides an Innumerable mul
itude of men and women whoss lives ,'
have been a benediction and whoso '
memory la held In everlasting remem-
urance. . .
in the mountains of Western Car
olina and Southwest Vlrgina those
brave souls hail planted their ow-i
standards, defied the Crown and en
tered the long warfare against their
remaining enemies, the savage Hnd "
the wild beast. Inured to hardship '
and danger, thev knew no fesr
of the God they worshipped arouud
meir neartmnones. -
It was to Colonel Shelby, represent
ing these men no less tnan meir
neighbors and kin across the Caro
lina line, that the message of Tarle
ton was borne. A consultation with
Col. John Sevier and Col. William
Campbell was promptly called hy
Colonel Shelby, In which he sought ;
the aid of Camnbell with his Virginia.
.regiment. Colonel Campbell, havinu
in view, the defense of Virginia.
against Cornwallls, was reluctant to '
yield this purpose, but was soon per-
suaded by Shelby to unite In maiclng ;
suitable answer to Tarleton and Fer-
guson. : '.':!
The men of Holston, Watauga and
Holachucky, as was their nam. ,
scorned the threat, but promotive
made ready to resent the Insult. Thev
could not quail, they were not made
to quail, and they did not hesitate. '
Born of the mountains snd brea -within
the shadows of them, they-.-,'
were cast In a mould stern and rug-
ged as their own cliffs. . ,:'':
xney arose as one mn.n. Intent n.
liberty or glorious death. The regl
ments of Shelbv. Sevier and r"mn
bell met at Sycamore Shoals at the
foot of the Yellow Mountains. Here J
the little army assembled and made
ready for their perilous march .
These men of the mountains, many
of them mounted on ponies, some f
armed only with flintlock rlflles and ; '
hunting knives, started on a march,
of 200 miles across a trackless wild- '
erness, to throw down the or -
battle to the trained mMim a tw ':,
then most warlike Nation h. ,
earth. . . '
Warned of their annrnseh w,. "
son had taken a position on a crest
of Kings Mountain. . In his fancied se- 'i
curlty behind fortifications he made-'
the, boast that hie position was so J
strong that "all the rebels out of Hell
could not drive htm from It.
pui mis neid no terrors for the ..
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