The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-08-06


!. s.a,
aud also a member Of the Provincial Con-
gress at Halifax, Of which he was unani
moas.Y ei3oted prcsidsn6,
Served as Governor OF The State in
| l776 and ITS, without compensation.
Comptroller General in 1852 1885; also
at the same time, Speaker of the Senate.
In 1855 was again elected Governor.
In 1889 was Senator from the county
of Dobbs (now Lenoir and Greene coun-
ties) to the General Assembly; also. a
member of the State Convention, at Fay
etteville, which assembled on the Sd Mon
day in November, 1889, and ratified the
federal constitution.
Elected Speaker Of the Senate in No
vember, 1889.
Elected Deputy Grand Master Of Ma
sons in North Carolina, Tuesday, 18th
day Of December, 1887.
Elected Grand Master, Tuesday, 18th
day Of November, l7SS.
Record taken by D. W. Balm, Grand
Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Masons
in North Carolina, and deposited in this
cornerstone, August Sd, A. D. 1881.
In addition to these, a copy of the con-
stitution of the State; copy Of the Ma
sonic Code. containing the constitution
framed by Grand Master Caswell; list Of
GIRL officers Of the State; list of Masonic
officers Of the State; copies Of the Raleigh
Ne,os- Observer, Kinston Journal Colds
boro messenger, proceedings Of the
Grand Lodge of Masons for 1880: coins;
act Of the General Assembly making the
appropriation for the erection of the mon
ment.
THE MONUMENT.
No description of this work, in which
all North Carolinians feel deep pride, is
compile without the legend on the shaft.
On the front, or first side, is the follow
ing:
The people of North Carolina have erected
this monument in grateful re-
membrance of
RICHARD CAsWELL,
their first Governor
under free Con.
stilution.
Called TO
the head Of af-
fairs in North Caro-.
lima IN the Struggle with Great
Britaintor Independence, he gave
himself up to the service of his country
without stint and without compensation.
Then follow, in order, the other three
sides:
Born August Bird, 1929;
Died 10th of November, 1889;
An accomplished surveyor, an able
lawyer, skillful financier, successful
soldier, a profound statesman, devoted
patriot and an honest man;-the an
bels of North Carolina for forty
years attest his virtue, his
capacity and his
services.
Deputy Surveyor Of the Colony, Member
Of the Colonial Assembly, Colonel Of
the Colorial Forces, Member of the
Provincial Congresses, Delegate to
the Continental Congress, Pub.
lie Treasurer, Colonel Of the
Revolutionary Forces, Brig
adler General, President
Of the Congress that
framed the first State
Constitution, four
times elected
Governor of
North Carolina,
Comptroller Gen
eral, elected Delegate
to the Convention to
frame the Federal Consti-
tuition, Member of the
State Convention to ratify the
Federal Constitution.
Resolved, That the thanks Of this Con-
eress be given to Col. Richard Cas-
well anA,the officer and soldiers un-
Der hissommand for the very
essential service by them rem.
dared this country at the
battleof Moore's Creek
Journal of Pfovincial
I Conqrese at Halifax.
! 10 April, l776.
Ish FAGEANDSWELLAGE
4 1900
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bizuess am powful resky,' said the
old man, as he nibbled q green onion
at the Central Market. /" Las
month / went into partnership wild
Caesar White in de peanut bizness.
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