The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-18
President BeasIey's Address.


RALEIGH. y. c.. June u, 1854
To the People IF North C1roliaa
The Confederate Home Association Of
North Carohoa was organized al Char
lotte on May 20. 1851 for the purpose
Of raising the means and establishing 10
North Carolina a suitable home for such
Of our soldiers a. may he found unable
to maintain themselves b. reason Of
wounds, disease or age.
The Association elected he following
Directors Governor Thomas j. Jarvis,
General K. +. Hoke, Genera! Alfred VI
Scales, General Rufus Barrilger, Captain
+. r. Stamps, Lieutenant Thomas G..
Skinner, Major Elias Carr, Colonel
Wharton j. Green, Captain Octavlus
Coke, Colonel John A. Gilmer, Senator
Il. b. Vance, Colonel 4. Z. Armfeld.
Major w. 4. Graham and Captain James
l.. Robinson.
The Honorable Joseph j. Davis, of
Franklin county, with State Treasurer
j. NJ. Worth. and Julian s. Carr. of
Durham county were elected Trustees.
The duty Of the Trustees Is to receive,
at the end Of each month, FROM The
Treasurer, all moneys In his hands and
TO safely keep the same, subject to the
joint action Of the Directors, Trustees
and President.
Samuel &. White, Cashier Of the State
National Bank, Raleigh, North Carolina,
has been made Treasurer, and Charles
w. Lambeth, Secretary.
All contributions In money should be
forwarded to the Treasurer, and all other
communications should be addressed TO
the President of the Association, Raleigh
North Carolina.
The amount required to carry out the
plans Of the Association is enc hundred
thousand dollars, and the hope is enter
taincd by the Directors and President
that every dollar of this sum will be
contributed by the people of North Caro-
lima.
Various ways are practicable and pleas
ant for the raising Of this money, and we
hope everybody will cheerfully and enthu-
siastically engage in aiding. in some man
ner. this noble aud greatly needed charity.
Organizations IN every part of the State
should be formed for collecting money,
and every contribution offered should be
gratefully accepted. 1t will only require
an average Of ten cents from each white
person in the State to build and fully
equip the Home. Every five cents con-
trIbuted will make and place at least one
brick in the Home. To collect an aver
age of ten cents from each white person
would prove an easy task if the people
generally, or the old soldiers and ladies',
will organize in each township and
earnestly undertake the work. No form
of organization Is necessary; siInply
meet, agree to go to work-and go to
work and it will not require very long
for Us to raise the sum needed to provide
for our unfortunate defenders. Can you
not, and will you not, organize at once,
and collect this money before the State
Exposition, that We may have the double
exhibition in October Of our grand re-
sources and of our character as a great
and generous people? The men at the
head of this Association have been hon
ored by you In many ways and on many
occasions. but | venture to say no proud
er moment has ever occurred, or will
ever occur, in their lives than will be
that one which witnesses the laying of
the cornerstone of this Home that is to
shelter and support u needy and de-
serving veterans.
When a sufficient amount has been
contributed the Trustees, Directors and
President will meet, select a site and plan
and commence the erection of the Home.
Shall this time be in 1891? Itrests with
you to decide this question, and to you |
commit It's answer, trusting and believing
that you will prove yourself as good and
noble in this instance as you nave always
done when the lame, the halt and the
blind have appealed to YOU for charity.
What more can | say? | know not for
if the aged and trembling forms, the dis
eased bodies and the crippled conditions
of these veterans, whose limbs lie buried
on fields made famous bv their peerless
conduct as North Carolinians, do not APP
peal with sufficient force to arouse your
generosity in their behalf, no words l
could write will ever bring you to a
proper realization of their Just and merit
ed claims. w. +. BEAsLEY,
President.