The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-07
NORTH
~ CAROLINA HERO
Richmond Pearson Hobson a
Grandson of North
Carolina.
HONORS AT ANNAPoL'o
ur uENED TO THE LINE. H.
cI,Ips FELL WHERE Thhh
NIGHT.
wFNT TO THE FRONT AT SAN''doo
ua;s Now = Prisoner of War With His South {
Shin BIockading a Whole Spanish Fleet
at Santiago Harbor.
~ Pearson. HobsOn.

DichmDOU. I91fSOH, o'"
Every one Of these three names S's"'
:. uoal conrage and Tar Heel hero
~ anna courage and the same
h.,o;.,n that was silenced at Cafdth'N'
and the same bravery that WI! pe ',
nI,ved wherever and whenever 'le can
for courage is sounded.
"a defend American honor and AiAerl-
o,, v,lur Worth Bagley went INTO i
shower Of shells ut Cardenas ana return :
III III !, cripled boat the first martyr Oh
the great coniilct. 49,
Richmond Pearson IIobson went mt
II. horid harbor of Santiago-planted
with torncdocs and submarine mines
tbat the FLAG Of his country ml@h' ne
tnd hiph M on the rampartS OF the
cnpmy'S dominion.
Worth Bagley. the hero OF Card"liaS'
and the first martyr Of the war, lies III
O,kwool cemetery in Raleigh. uii'le!
flowers kept ever afresh by the tears OF
Il nation.
Richmond Pearson Hobson is a prIS-
oncr of war in Santiago awaiting what
ever fate shall come to him-whether II
be Imprisonment, death or exchange.
Richmond Pearson IIobson was an
.\lahamian by birth. but his mother :th<t
his father were North CarolnlanS. Ills
father was James Iiohson. son of eN-
State Senator IlobSon. Of Rowan coun-
ty. North Carolina, who went To Greens
poro. Ala. in early manhood and arose TO
prominence in social and political circles.
His mother was Sarah Groom Pearson,
the fourth daughter of the late Rich
mond NJ. Pearson. chief Justice Of tn"
Supreme court of North Carolina.
Richmond Pearson Hobson. the hero
of Santiago, at an early age secured an
appointment at Annapolis. He read the
rules and adhered strictly to them,
whether in so doing it became necessary
to report classmates or even room-mateS.
When three years had passed and. his
hoiors had been practically won, his col
leagues. some of whom had thought
themselves agrieved. proffercd friend
ship and asked for n truce. He replied.
No, whatever honorS belong to me shall
come untramelled: | have sought them
alone and shall win them alone or not
1T all"
He graduated with first honors and
received 4 two years special course in
Paris.
These facts were cleaned from his first
cousin. Mrs. Phil. II. Andrews. of Ra!
el2ll. last night. Mrs. Andrews and her
sister. Mrs. J. Walter Wyatt. of John
Ston county, are first cousins to this new
nero Of Santiago, rs IS also AUGUSTUS
IlobSon frlce. 4 prominent Young ut
forney OF Salisbury: Mrs. w. C.Rlack-
man, Of Salisbury. and Hayne Davis.
Esq. of Iredel county.
lion. Richmond Pearson. Congressman
from the Ninth district of North Caro-
ma IS an uncle Of the brave young ma
val officer.
WIS. Phil. II. Andrews was seen at
ief residence in this city at 11:3O o'clock
lHSt night by 4 News and Observer re-
porter VINO conveyed to her the first
lungs q The extraordinary heroism Of
- 'lSlil2ulShed kinsman. and she
readily recalled many Incidents il ia
carrier years of the young hero ..IIo i. >.
SAYS Mrs. Andrews. "onIy about 81
years of age" ~