The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-23
SOME ERRORS CORRECTED

SOME ERRORS CORRECTED
Judge Schspck. President Of the Gniiford
Battle Ground Company. Calls Aiten-
ton to Inaccuraeie. In the Report of
the Celebration Of Saturday Last
Charlotte Observer
There are so many glaring and in
excusable errors in the report sent
to you from here IN regard TO our
celebration and published in your
Sunday edition that | feel coustraIu-
ed to correct some of them. IL writ
ten by an eyewitness il was q per
version, faulty in almost every par
ticular. Beginning with the opening
paragraph, Senator Butler was not
presented to the audience by Mr.
Joseph Morehead, but by me. II
was a short speech, as my feeble
health would not permit me to say
much. / will, however, venture 10
say that it was satisfactory 20 the
audience and the speaker.
Again, 1t is said, Judge John
Gray Bynum presented the portrait
of Steven Ramseur by his daughter. -
How this could b. 50 distorted and
misrepresented with the large oil
painting open to the view of every
correspondent without charge, in
the museum, who wished TO see it, is
inexplicab!e. No. PORTRAIT was pre-
sented of Major General Stephen ID.
Ramseur, the gallant Confederate
soldier of whom your correspondent
seems to know SO very little. Miss
Mary d. Ramseur, his daughter,
who paints beautifully and artist
cally, did, at my urgent request,
paint, and on this occasion had pre-.
sented to our company a scene taken
from the battle field as it row ap
pears. 1t was taken from a large
photograph which the State had
taken for the Chicago Exposition.
Again your correspondent repre-,
SCENTS that Lieut.. Col. "Hal." Dixor
was killed at the battlefield of Gull
ford Court House. Grossly inaccu
rate again. Col. Dixon died IN III;
of wounds received at Eutav
Springs, fought some months afte
the battle of Guilford Court House
All this in large letters is affixed Il
the monument by q beautiful bronz'
plate which your correspondent
could have easily read if he desire,
to do 50.
The detestable fling at Sanato
Butler by saying this Was not tn,
first time the spoon had been men
toned with thar name deserves con
tempt NO one said such thing 6,
as to be heard. If he had he woul,
have met the rebuke he deserved
Senator Buffers politics We're no
observable on this occasion. He wa
our orator, a distinguished and al
honorable Senator, and l am NO
afraid or ashamed to say, is gen
!. tleman. He had been our friend il
the Senate and our board Of direc
. tors unanimously selected him a
our orator, regardless of politics. !
. souvenir spoon was also sent Sena
tor Pritchard for p like reason an,
/, was highly appreciated by him. II
has worked for the appropriatio
ever since he has been in the Senate
/; when one Of his Democratic prede
cessors ignored us with worse tina
, silence.
E The beloved Vance was TOO sick t
give us the aid he SO patrioticall
desired to do in lis life time. W
have no politics in our company an
: have heretofore invited men OK di!
! ferent parties to speak at our eel,
brations and all felt honored.
e think that our Democratic cand
: dates would have rebuked any a
e tempt to connect Senator Butler
q name with the larceny of the spoon
Senator Butler was my guest Will
. here and demeaned himself as a pa
riot and gentleman, and PERSONAL
Q received the greatest respect frem a
: who met him. No politics were di
d cussed. l deeply regret that yol
n former reporter, Mr.. Howard Bank
Il was not with Us again. We sent il
e vitations to him and you and cont
: IDENTIFY hoped the live Observ,
) would have been with us again.
h was next to the Vance year, 1SS
e the largest crowd ever assemble
is estimated at 1900 people. Senate
s. Buffers speech was listened to wi,
great interest and attention patieu
q ly by as many people as our We,
rs large pavilion would seat, ov
5000, and among, them all new
o heard word of disapprobxtio
while many were very complimen
N airy to the orator. Our work go
forward maJestically, sneers &c
:, outstanding, and / hope the orga
III ization will live forever. Our leg
lature and the national Congre
have both recognized US with Apr
priations, scant to be sure, but ,
w are grateful. Mecklenburg was no
~ ored with most flattering testIm
70 70 NAL hung in the pavilion, recogni
ing her devotion to liberty, a,
10 handsomely referred to by Mr.. b
At Ter. hope you may in the futu
q. renew our acquaintance. 1t "
o once most cordial and highly app
=: ciated, and your regular report
Ci was sadly missed.
~ Very respectfully,
~ d. SCHENCK,
President G.. y. q. Co
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