The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11

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The receiving party consisted of the
following ladies: Mrs Spier Whitaker,
Mrs. R. Fl. Lewis, Mrs. L. OBJ. Branch
and Mrs. Robert Brooks with the officers
of the order for the State, as follows
| Mrs. William Parsley, Wilmington, N.
c.; Mrs. "Stonewall" Jackson, Charlotte,
N. c.; Mrs. Francis c. Fisher Herman,
Salisbury, N. c., honorary presidents.
Miss Ida Tunstall Rodman, Washing
| ton, N. c., president
! Mrs Thomas ]. Jarvis, Greenville, n.
| c., first vice president
| Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker, Winston Salem, n.
| c., second vice-president
Mrs John w. Hinsdale Raleigh, N. c.,
! treasurer.
| Mrs William II. Overman, Salisbury,
| N. c., recording secretary.
| Mrs Margaret M. Blount Washington,
| N. c., corresponding secretary.
Mrs Maria S. Parham, Henderson, n.
! c., registrar.
And also the officers of the Johnston
| Pettigrew Chapter, who are as follows:
Mrs. Hinsdale, president.
| Mrs. Armistead Jones, vice-president.
Mrs. Annie Parker, treasurer.
Mrs. Fred Olds, recording secretary.
Miss McKimmon, corresponding secre-
| tary
Mrs. Mackey, historian.
PORTRAIT PRESENTATION.
The feature of the evening was the
presentation and unwilling of a fine
oil portrait of Capt. Thomas Sparrow.
The oil portrait of Maj. Thos. Spar
row was presented to the tombstone
Pettigrew Chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy by the Washington Gray S
Chapter. Children of the Confederacy,
of Washington, n. c. The presenta-
ton speech, written by Mrs. Maggie
Arthur Call. the directress of the chap
ter, was delivered by Miss Celia Bridg~
man. The portrait was unveiled by
Miss Lusy Alice Jones and Miss Fowle,
of Peace Institute.
Mrs. Calls speech, as delivered by
Miss Bridgman, was as follows:
Away back in the sixties, when the
bugler's clarion sounded the first alarm,
the quiet, dear old town Of which
claim to be of the manor born was sud-
denly aroused by the fierce god of war.
Peace and quiet ever found refuge there.
The placid Pamlico had long ceased
chanting soft requicms for the dead
slain in the fearful massacre by the
brave red men. the Tuscaroras. The
whistle of the plowboy as he followed the
fertile fields for sowing and reaping, the
hum of the spinning wheel and loom on
country hillsides, the laugh CT fisher boy
as he sat in shady cove, patiently wait
ing for a bite, the musical rhymes OF
"Old Black Nanny" as she sat in Chin
ney corner, crowned with bandanna kerr
chief. the low hum of weary slaves, &c
they leaned on their hoes, watching "Old
Master in heated chase, all made music
as the years sped by. In the days of
our fathers a cloud no larger than
mans hand was seen on the horizon; /.
steadily grew darker and darker; the
sharp lightning OF sectionalism, the deep
thunder Of oratory, told us of the coming
stern. The impetuous tongue Of elo-
quence painted in dark colors wars
gloomy scenes. All. It's sad to recall!
from memory the striking scenes of 1867.
The thunders of secession were heard.
the war cloud. like a funeral pail, en-
sLrouded the whole land, the earth trem-
bled from the jarring sounds of Fort
Sumter. Ado%n the vista of long years.
through binding tears, we see the sor
rowful past once again; hostile ranks
were arrayed, a crimson flood bathed the
beautiful Southland the Southern life.
that life of love, we saw vanish away.
We saw the Southern sister States wheel
into line and the long threatened. ire
pressible conflict was upon us. Did our
dear old town turn a deaf ear to the
call? No; the sane spirit that led the
unfortunate colony TO our fair shores.
seeking freedom and right, surely can
not have persisted, FOR within the veins
of North Cardinals sons flows royal
blood: she ever leads in courage and
valor. Among the first volunteers of the
State were the sons of Beaufort county.
The first company from Beaufort county
was called the Washington Grays.
CHAPTER of the Children of the Confed-
eracy, the first chapter organized in this
State, in tender memory Of this COM
pany is called the Washington Grays
Chapter of the Confederacy. Through the
effort Of seventy-1ive little children we
present the portrait of Maj. Thomas
Sparrow, one of the stars that shone
so beautifully in the constellation of
Southern chivalry during the war and
shone with still greater efulgence during
those days of reconstruction that tried
mems souls. He was man of brilliant
attainment. Graduating from Princeton,
the valedictorian of his class, he studied
law under the distinguished Judge Gas
ton. No wonder the young father left
home, wife, seven children, gave up
everything, lost everything, when his
State said come. The same sentiment
that inspired the great CASTOR to write
that immortal poem, Carolina, Carolina
heavens blessings attend her'-the stu
dent of other years could not but re.
spend. "While we live we will cherish,
protect and defend her" An incident oc-
Cured in Newbern, the home of Castor.
years ago. that to me is feelingly beauti-
full: At an evening gathering "of fair
women and brave men" Mrs. Mary May
hew, nee Flanncr. was one of the chosen
guests, and related the touching scene.
A lady sang for CASTOR his immortal
lines. 1t was the first time he had ever