The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-07-12
Vol. XXXVIII. No rs.
A GRAND CELEBRATION
AT GUILFORD BATTLE GROUND
JULY FOURTH
Annual Address Delivered by Prof. Al
d.rrnan-Full Address of Vice
President Stevenson

Annual Address Delivered by Prof. AL
drrman-Full Address of Vice
President Stevenson.
| Between 10 and II thousand pa
| triotic sons and daughters attended
the seventh annual celebration on the
historic GCilford Battle Grounds
| Wednesday-and the event was one Of
| grandeur and pleasure.
-Salem's delegation mum
bered at least 200 people. They left
| AT .50-25 minutes behind time, the
| delay being occasioned 10y the rush
! for tickets. 1t was nearly O'Clock
| When the train reached Greensboro.
| a majority of the delegation took the
| first train to the Battle Grounds, ar
irving there at 9:45.
Strange to say there were no pro-
grams for the guidance of the visitors.
Judge Schenck said that committee
was appointed to look after the print
| ing but the chairman had failed to
have the work done.
The exercises of the day were an
| nounced to open at 10:30 a. M, but il
| was Is minutes later when Vice-Pres,
ident stevenson and the speakers of
| the day ascended the ''rOStrum." The
| Nice-President was at once introduced
to the audience by Judge Schenck, the
| popular and aggressive President OF
| the Guilford Battle Ground Company.
| As soon as they arose three ringing
! cheers went up from the audience for
| the man who held the second highest
office in the gift Of the people. After
| making his acknowledgements, Mr..
| Stevenson took his seat, after which
| the program Of the day opened with a
| beautiful and appropriate musical Sc
| lection, creditably rendered by at
| east one hundred male and female
| voices, assisted by several members OF
| the Salem band. Prof. WoOdrOtfe was
| musical director.
This was followed by a touching
and fervent prayer by Rev. DR.. Har-
ding, of Greensboro.
After the choir sang "The Old
| North State" the orator Of the day,
Prof. Edwin A. Alderman, of the
State University, was introduced by
Col. James E. Boyd, Mayor OF Green's
boro. Prof. Alderman spoke for an
hour and half, and when he closed,
the general verdict of those who heard
was that it was one of the ablest ad-
| dresses ever delivered ia the State
| in point of Oratory and composition.
| He was warmly congratulated by
hand shakes and words Of eulogy) by
Vice-President Stevenson, Judge
Schenck and many others. His SUBJ
| ject was the Life and Services of
William Hooper," one Of the signers
Of the Declaration of Independence.
I ,NP = fxr v,1 rr
ateness of the day and occasion. He
referred to the presence Of the Vice
| President who, he said, had good old
| North Carolina blood flowing through
| his veins. LCheers.l In beautiful Ian
| guage he reviewed the life OF the civic
| hero. William Hooper, who came to
| North Carolina when % years old.
| TIE SENTINEL would that it had
| space to print Prof. Alderman's beau
| tiful and mastery address in full. 1t
| will probably appear soon in pamphlet
| form.
A fter a musical selection, beauti-
| full poem, entitled ''fhe Sword Of
| Stuart" written by Mrs. Harry G.
| Martin, of Greensboro, was read by
| President McIver, of the State Nor
| NAL and Industrial School. The au-
| thor, who was present, was presented
with lovely basket Of flowers as a
| token Of appreciation for the appro-
| pirate lines penned for the occasion.
The choir rendered another music
| al selection, at the conclusion of
| which Mayor Boyd, in beautiful and
eulogistic words, introduced VicePres-
ident Stevenson, The latter arose
amidst applause which was almost
deafening. He spoke earnestly and
his voice was strong, enabling every
| one in the vast assembly to hear every
word that he uttered. AS soon as he
| took his seat, THE SENTINEL repre-
| sentative sent a note to Mr.. Stevenson
| asking him for the copy of mis- speech.
| The request was kindly granted,
| therefore THE SENTINEL Is permitted
| to print the excellent address which
reads as follows:
| YICE-PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
FELLOW CITIZENS: l appreciate
more fully than words can express, the
| cordial reception / have received at
| your hands. For the more than COM
| plimentary terms in which your inVi-
| tation was extended through your
| honored chairman and his associates
I am profoundly grateful. The recol-
lections of this hour will be among
the most cherished Of my life. The
generous hospitality of the Old North
l State is as unbOunded as is her devO
al liberty.
In the early days of this century
North Carolina contributed her quota
of brave men and women who, joining
the mighty procession which moved
from the Atlantic Seaboard to the
| Westward, found homes amid the for
ests and on the prairies of the great
valley of the Mississippi.
A descendant of North Carolina pio
4 To .1rl1u
gladly come at your bidding, grateful
ly exchange greetings with my kitl
and kindred, and thankfully find shell
ter beneath the ancestral roof.
We are not strangers. The histOr.
and traditions of the Old North Stat,
are as dear to me as to yourselves
The blood that coursed through m.
veins is that Of the men who, will
your brave sires, little more than
century ago, first gave to the world
declaration of American Independ
ence; the men who have for all tim
linked the name of Charlotte witt
that of Runnymede, and made you
Mecklenburg immortal.
My voice is raised today, in unison
with yours. in doing honor to tn
memory of the men who, in the earl,
days Of the Colonial struggle, In tn
DAYS that "tried mems SOULS" lai,
deep and broad the foundation
of liberty. / share with you the glor,
| of an ancestry whose achievements OF
the field of battle, and In the halls o
Legislation, make up SO brilliant
l.chapter In the history Of our common
country.
In the great struggle for Independ
ence, North Carolina played no meal
part. Her sons stood In the from
ranks Of those who first braved th