The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-14

~ fh~iA minutes PAL =
''i'" '-i'sd-A thr Trr,TAs- isrs.s ~.
-" street ear, lett A"I."iitan hai
loaded d",.n with th,,>c y hn M-rr 1.
%" pr'-~.iii aJ tie rNrr.i-.-- uf IL, Ia, o.
ing ~ m. r,sru.r -',.u.. ai Tia. u,.ssllt-
m-nt to the great Alliance leader. The
iraTiuI ~ .....,.T haa ,t4,s. ..u lti.
,'zc ui th" crowd attending bui ~tiii y
good. number hraN,-i the iu,i,in-ut
Atmosphere aud lent ih,.ir ,rUuI-uaur,-
la the exercises wn., a N,r,. IA honor
u th" grca. ,.hi.i'Ain "i ia" Alliance.
Cod. i'"lA wa- An arG.u. Mason. an,
hr ilr>l carload wrr- IErt'i ihi- u..l.l,
rider who wcrr to unite iu titI> trI.ut,
" their dead brHh.r. The ,Ihrr car.
ere. TILED mainly with National Al
ian"cInrn ant - i.latur-. ana ia. I.,-,..
Die al the town mere vii represented
For more than All huur The r"usi
ana frozen Road tu lhr 80 u-trrA va
'il-d with Nrhi, i,.> oi ali hiuds aud ih.
'idr walk crowded With t.i'-'. MA.
Wished I" pa! ihi-. their ir.h,i- /.
lim wh" lid :" mach i"r th' w-Al .,
hc common pr'pi-.
bn arriving al the crm-t"TN All tel.
or the hall"w-d spot whcr- The a>h-.
4 the c-ad AilIaur-nIan ian ~ r,.~i.
Tn" Raleigh hand preceded tL- Ma
-"ni Fraternity I" h- grave. lmni,-
diatrly follow iug the band came "A long
-iring al "iti1-a> generally. Just AZ
he point "a man ni national reputation.
Sa- heard Ia Irmark that this Ma- IA.
Iand>omr-t Tribute ever paid man.
The weather Wis singing cold ant.
-leeting and Vet such crowd turnr,
out a. seldom ia- ever been in siak W,.p,i
cemetery. Near ihr place where ia,
sraN" l. n'arkru Ma erected tenn
porary stand "n which Mere largt
uin..r al ladies, anruug whom w-r-
| Mrs. J.. L. I'uih, the widow oi th,. de-
ea>.'d. VI - ,arrI- Polk aud Mr.. Z
Denmark. hi~ Two daughters. Mr.
VI. New borne, Mr.. Marion Buil.r. Mr.
| 'ar'iaIl. al han>a>: Mrs. J"hn-.n. O..
| 'enn>S !Nauia: Mr.. ". -. EarIi,.>. Mi
iarn--. Mr. DAVIS. "i NnrIis ar"lIna
Mrs. ". IL. Worth. MR.. u. 4. HlN-r
IA quite a nninD-r al "ih,r-.
The exercises w'r. "p ned by Gran.
Master "f TIA. Mas"n-. .M"Nr. who -I,ok,
| 4 the custom al the order in laNIn.
'orncr-stonc> anh he fact that no ur
caniIatinu of in-n did - minh ni thi.
worn. lie also referred la Col. rnlA a
, Mason, hi> high >Ianding M Ih' IRA
crafty and iiI- universal l"S- and r.,
ard the Ma>un> had i"r him
| Then. after chaplain Er,G. hioIi ha
t-r,-d prayer. the corner stone wa
! id Wit the brauiiiul aud >.l.nnn M
| -onr ceremonies.
The d.pu-it was mad" and wh,.i
prn. wine and "Il. >icn.i,iug pi-nl,
| :rN and peace. had h.'.n rl-r..d und..
the stone, il was put in place.
| iiapIil.i 6roug .It"n in.-u I.i oiInInrr'
she b"nrdiciIom ana the crowd. tia
had stood silent. respectful. Mnil.. III
ceremonies were being conducted, "A %,
Nhii. inr siert AMI ra,n b,aI NI.n a.
strength upon their heads. striking
deep int" their >hiyrring bodies. .starI,-
aastIly Tor tn" city ana back 50 M.-irU
'olItan Hall, where Col. Mann Page. q
Virginia, concluded the exercises wit
I he following address:
Address or MAJOR MANN r,.I.
Brother President. and Ladies aud Gen
tlcIn"n, and Brethren "i the Nation;
Farmers Alliance and lndu>trI.
mon:
We have assembled here today 10 a
sist in the laying of the corner >iur. .
a monument la our beloved and Eono
el brother. the late l.. l.. Polk. fir
pl lI'' y l'lOliai j arfuFi- \
lance and Industrial Union.
Leonida> Lafayette Polk w1> born
tnson county. North Carolina un u
!rh of April. lsI1. lie w,- ihc -"ii
Andrew Polk. a farmer of M.ckI.r
b arg county. aud Ma himself train,
fur the same pursuit. iIis early too
hood was spent upon the farm and
school in his native county. la -
and i-:,'j h. to"a a course relating
scientific agriculIur" al Davidson ro
lege. and the next year. at the a.-c
twenty. he was married Ia sarah
Gaddy. a daughter al joel Gaddy
prosperous farmer of An-on. Abo
tlat tim.. h- purchased hi> athpr'- a
hpmestrad from the executors. = nh :.
tied down 10 farming. la l~,O h. "
elected by the Whic- At ,hs head of !
: ticket. "A m-nb,-r ol the I'..i-laii
from hi- native county. lie made I
canvass
OPENLY A. TNIgS Man
a. In the lrgi-lar ir,.. along with ma
If other wings. D." -N"rt-d hi- utin,
uf power tn prevent the "allIug of
>tat. convention: bui President o.
ld coins proclamation calling on N.,
ne Carolina f..r trnu',- 80 my a.i. her -is
"a states broke the barkbon- of tn. opr
ce >ition, and converted him and
at oi hers into
hs ork> -ECE-sIoNt-T-.
- when in b.. fall of ! ~Gl uI-a>ur,.,, "
taken to put th.. Sfai-on a war fooii
i'll he was detailed. under the commis-
a of colonel. Io organic the militia
ed his own county. This difficult ;
i.- delicate task h- performed with ma
>. credit until May, lsG2. when h-
III volt >TErgFD A. rgIV.rr
his
in i'm the Tw-niy->ixth North Garol
ne regiment. then commanded 10y I
i late senator Vance. !I.d-rlin.d
IN position of captain oil. red him by
,Iy colonel. but did subsequently arc
nd that Of jor. II. wa- u
till his regiment in the battl.- of kin.i
rI- Newbern. Washington aud PlymoI
in North Carolina. and in the -
lays fight around Richm md. H..
--gu-nriy Joined the F"rty-Tl
North Carolina regiment under
k-nan, and was with IL
IN THE BATTLE or GErTYsBrEG,
wiI.r. he wa. wounded. H. r.coy.
iu tbeb-A- Abf
ma which VA, then with Lees ar
lMaiI M Early in Is'ji he fought under Hok
NY Plymouth and later at Drew
"ss Bluff under B-aHrrgard: and
lhe was in the battles at ~
Anna Bridge, Hanover Junci
Oh Bethesda Church. aud other poi
He also took part with his r-gin.r
VIA, the battles Of Washington City. IN
MS er's Ferry. Bunker Hill, Berry,
and kernstown, being
ion UNDER FIRE FORTY oSE TINE-
~ in tn course of that summer. "
"u serving in the army of Virgins
Vi 1864. M was elected by his peopl
'er- home to the legislature.
icn, Accepting. after tn. war, the cha
'eh' conditions Of affairs, he with his &,
lwif., who had been hitherto nm