The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-06-24
CHARLES BROADWAY ROUSE,S
kAGNANIMITY.
Edlson's kaleidoscope.

Edlson's kaleidoscope.
While great occasions develop great
men, now and then we see great men
developed without the influence Of rev.
dictionary events. One OF the most
remarkable instances of this kind is
seen in the growth of Mr.. Chas. b.
Rouse, of New York.
Mr.. Rouse was private soldier in
Company "B" of the 18th Virginia
Cavalry and followed the plumes of the
immortal Ashby and Jackson and
while good soldier, intelligent, zeal
GUS and brave he was only a private. Go
ing into the war while quite young he
was denied the advantages of COM
mon school education, and after the
close of the war, he was too poor to give
the time necessary to even acquire a
knowledge of the elementary branches,
but went manfully to work, and while
struggling daily for living, he exam
ined and studied without the aid of a
teacher, such books as his excellent
judgment and common sense suggest
ed, and while he acquired none OF the
adornments, he mastered the substan-
tlal groundwork of business educa-
ton. He learned to manipulate fig
ures which cannot lie", but paid little
attention to letters and never cared
whether his words were spelled correctly
or not, provided they conveyed his
thoughts and gave him truthful SEN
fences.
Under the guidance OF a sound judg-
ment, with the aid OF full store of
common sense and by just dealing and
strict economy, Mr.. Rouse has acquir-
ed very large fortune and fame as a
business man in the great city OF New
York, his fortune being measured by
the millions of dollars.
Mr.. Rouse has lost his eyesight from
hard work and night studying, and is
now totally blind-yet he continues ac-
lively in business and is daily adding
to his wealth-and as he loved his ma
native Southland and CALAMITY fought
its invaders, he. has not done as some
others have on whom peace has show
cred the blessings of prosperity, turned
his back on his less fortunate comrades !;
but the poor and needy OF the South,
and the glory of their struggle for in
dependence are his greatest solicitude,
and he is constantly doing something
to aid and comfort the one and to per-
petuate and honor the other. He is
the most liberal supporter Of all worthy
Southern charities, and has given one
hundred thousand dollars to the con-
structlon, in the South, OF a "Memorial
Building" as repository for the rec
ords, archives and souvenirs of the
Southern war for independence.
We are indebted to General T. l..
Rosser of the Army of Northern Vlr-
ginia for the foregoing information of
Mr.. Rouse, his work and magnificent
charities.
General Rosser is now making a
tour of our State, lecturing on the work
of that great army and its leaders-and
also exhibiting Mr.. Edlsonls wonderful
invention, the kaleidoscope, showing
animated pictures, or Photographic
motion, life size and true to life, In the
interest of the great undertaking which
Mr.. Rouse's patriotism and love have
suggested and which his purse has SO
munifcently sustalned-The Battle
Abbey.
We hope this great and unique
structure will be located in Richmond,
Va, which was the capital OF the Con-
federacy, where it will stand as monu-
ment to great and brave people who
gloriously battled for their rights, fire
sides and liberties, and at the same
time as an object lesson to our youth,
showing the triumph of labor where
directed by sound judgment and in
tegrity in the example of Chas. B.
Rouse.
GEN. ROssER IN SCOTLAND NECK.
Gen. Rosser has given two lectures
in Scotland Neck this week to large,
appreciative and delighted audiences.
His story OF the war is we'll told, is in
structlve in the detail of most of the
great battles and campaigns and as
Gen. Rosser was himself brave and
daring soldier of prominence in that
war his narrative Of many incidents from
personal observation and experience
sets straight before the student of his
tory many points OF accuracy which
are held in dispute by historians and
others.
Gen. Rosser's lectures we're entertain
ing all through, and especially so were
his tributes to jackson and Lee. AT
the close of his lecture Tuesday night