The gold leaf., 1901-12-26
COMMUNICATED.

EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-SOmetime back IL
movement was inaugurated at Raleigh
TO erect in that city Il monument to Sir
alter Raleigh and among the plans for
raising the money for said monument
was one that requested the school chill
dren Ct the State to contribute one cent
each. Several prominent men, while en-
Unused, pledged a cent for each school
chid III their respective counties. Now,
from my standpoint, monuments should
be erected by those who have derived the
greatest benefit by reason Of the exist
enre, or acts, OF the individual whose
memory the shaft is to commemorate.
The city of Raleigh, it seems to me,
should build that monument, if it is spe-
ciaIIy and peculiarly proud OF bearing
the name OF Sir Walter and not permit
Others to share in tn" glory, 1t would
be much nicer for Il citizen of Raleigh to
be able to say, when calling a visitors
attention to the shaft, We erected this
monument, than to nave TO say, by
aid Of Others we have been enabled to
thus to perpetuate the memory OF Sir
Walter Raleigh for whom our city was
named.' -
Many rpA>On$ were stated when the
RHl"igh monument movement was start.
ed, r-hy Il monument to Sir Walter Raj
eIgh should be erected and one was very
unique and came from a source amply
able to build the shaft by reason of the
profits which the suggestion OF this unique
reason has accumulated, because Sir
Walter was the first intrOducer oftobacco
into America.
Ii this monument is to commemorate
Sir Walter on this ground it is plainly a
very gross I'M ustice to ask the school
girls OF the State to contribute toward
ii. erection. Women drspi~+. tobacco
and they are fully justified in SO doing
and. therefore, he girls should he exempt
from aiding any such enterprise
Tie appealing to the school chiIdr II
q the State Tor such Il purpose at the
present time, is Il great mistake. and it
IS very unfortunate that this movement
was inanguratrd by the Inauguration for
several very strong reasons, one only, of
which shall give
The inauguration, Mr. Julian s. Carr is
Ma or General OF the United Conirderat te
Veterans North Carolina Division lie
is also Prr oId4nt OF the Confederate Vet
erans Association of North Carolina.
These two hDnors necessarily carry the
responsibilities of the elevated positions
held aud no one will doubt that The most
important aud the most pathetic and
appealing responsibility incunbant on
this Maj or General and Pre- ei1ent is o
| aid in relieving the wants of the widows
| and the orphans Of the dead heroes of
North Carolina, who are not provided
| for by the Pension Law Of the State and
| who must depend on voluntary aid for
| help. or go to the Poor House. ltwOuId
astound the people OF the State to read
| the aggregate number of INDECENT widows
| who were not fortunate enough to have
married their dead heroes before April |,
1860, left to North Carolina an inheri-
| tHnca of glorious achievements, the sub
Unity of which will prove sufficiently
effulgent to make her star shine the
/ brightest of all until time is no more.
| Therefore. ask would it not have been
far more appropriate for Major General
and President Carr to have inauguratcd
movement to aid the suffering living
| and TO have asked the children to aid
| hiIsi IN doing what the State has failed tC
do. This would have been patriotic
loving and tender and success in such q
| movement would have carried Joy tC
thousands aud brought worthy renowl
to him. "OLD REB."