The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-22
! lie sEMIWEEKLY MESSENGER: TUESDAY,, AUGUST u, 1879.

| Honor, justice and humanity forbid
them TO surrender that freedom which
they received from their gallant
cestors and which their innocent
| posterity had a right to inherit The
same patriotic impulses that aroused
our ancestors IS dormant today. but let
our liberties be invaded and they VIII
De aroused as never before, and we VIII
wear the mantle of our fathers or old.
Yonder monument speaks OF the dar-
ing deeds OF our fathers It tells US
they laid down their lives for their
country and poured out their precious
blood, the price OF liberty.
| They were led in battle under a flag
with thirteen stars and thirteen stripes,
representing the thirteen colonies, and
the breeze IT inspired the hope OF the
| faireSt land on earth. a and which
heaven has blessed and placed upon her
choicest selections Ct beauty and love
illness. The emblem OF that flag with
It's stars and stripes represented all
mat was pure, oble and just, and car
RED with it all the virtues and refine
ment of our people, as do these young
ladies in colonial attire among the fair
est daughters of our land, each repre-
senting one OF the thirteen states, with
all its grandure of magnificent re-
sources, M these honors are today
Worthlly worn.
The brave, the great, and the good,
are born everywhere, n in every land.
In some places they are neglected, in
OUherS their deeds of galfantry and
glory are given h highest praise. /
regret to say hat our people are slow
to commemorate the lives of our noble
heroes and statesmen. We hope the
time is not far distant when the brave
and daring deeds of our dead ancestors
may be recorded on pillows of stone as
everlasting monuments for generations
to come.
Our assembling here on these hallow-
ed rounds is an inspiration TO the
young generation. 1t teaches them the
reality Of life and will make them bet
ter men and women and prepare them
for that great responsibility which, in
a few years, will fal upon them to
control and govern this country in time
OF peace and in time of war.
Mr.. Grady's address was highly ap-
Ipreciated n he received a hearty and
! spontaneous outburst of applause.
Many also wrung his hand and con-
graduated him upon the excellent ad-
dress which he had prepared on short
notice.
To the accompaniment by the band,
the young ladies and the audience join
ed in singing THE Old North State"
The assemblage stood while they were
singing and the song was indeed in
| spring.
The and next played a march while
the young aides representing the states
formed a procession and proceeded to
the monument. round which they
formed and laid upon it the garlands
and wreaths they bore. After the mon
lument had been decorated, Miss Irene
Simpson laid upon it's face the card
bearing the name of Grady" the
only American who lost his life in the
battle.
The young ladies then assembled
around a flag pole a few feet from the
monument and to music by the band
admirably sang 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner" When the last verse was sung
Miss Irene Simpson slowly pulled the
halliards and drew a large United
States flag to the peak of the pole.
DINNER.
t The flag raising concluded the exer-
cises, and as it was nearly 1 o'clock,
President Moore ordered dinner to be
, spread on the tables surrounding the
!, | pavilion. To this dinner he extended
a cordial invitation to everybody tC
partake of the feast. The dinner was
soon spread, n the vast crowd made
{ havoc with barbecued pig and mutton
fried chicken, roasted chicken, boiled
ham and mutton, and cakes and pies
: in great variety. The committee haG
promised enough for everybody, an6
t notwithstanding the great multitude tt
feed, there was enough left over fO1
l three or four hundred more. It was {
bounteful repast and was immensely
3 enjoyed.
} After Inner Professor Cripple Dick!
Wilmington orchestra began to play
! dance music in the pavilion and thu
balance Of the afternoon vas taken vi
' by some of the young people will
! dancing, while others rOwed on tn
l creek or sat under the trees n chat
' ted. The celebration came to a clos,
e , at 6 p. m, but a large party Of youns
n ! folks repaired to the residence Of Mrs
l M. E. Simpson, where the terpsicoreal
= pleasures were u and continued
till late in the night.
{ THE BATTLE GROUND.
: The Moore's Creek Battle Ground i
eighteen miles from Wilmington, and i
. where the Fayetteville or "Nigge
t Head" road crosses Moore's creek. TIL
| ruins Of two lines Of breasworks occu
q I pied by the Americans are still visible
v and they can be plainly traced as Il
: their formation. Owing to the jungl
O and swampy condition of the creek
| there was only one place for the Brit
ish to cross, and this the American
commanded. In the battle Private Johl
e ! Grady, Of Duplin county, was the onl.