The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-16

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where their lot was cast and among LIZ
soroordarts Of thcse with whom they
I;vo5 and lahoved. Their fame Is I'M
mortal. ~
Fdenton was The ancient metropolis
of tha A1bemarle district. formerly It's
social business and historic center ana
itS sons and daughters IN every part o.
its history. have shed a halo OF dls-
,inction around its honorCd name. we
recall three names and one event mat
out OF q number Of others, should nav
monuments erected TO their memories
on the public green IN front OF the
venerable court-housc looking out upon
its historic bay.
Tho eyc0t that deserves a commemord-
tive monument, was the meeting Of the
patriotic daughters Of the revolution
Who met in Edcnton in the year LIT
ana PASSED resolutions dcnouncing the
tax on tea bv the British Parliament,
and boy-cotting its use among them
while The tax existed. It WAS a defiant
act OF the colonial DANES OF Edenton
which has given their tow an lmpef-
ishabIe and world wide rcnoWH and when
calls for d monument that saou.d nfSl
greet the eyes of the mariner IS nc
comes into the bay.
The three names that stand out most
conspicuous in Edenton's proud history,
are perhaps. Justice James lred@Il. the
I Acknowledgement of North Carolina IN
the heroic times of the reVolutlonafE
4 struggle, an Associate Justice OF the Su-
prcme Court Of the United States, by APP
pointment of Washington. \ Jurlst OF
great ability, a gentleman Of elegant
culture. a citizen of Roman virtue. His
descendants are in South Carolina, Cali
forn;a and PalcjCh Y C. and would
doubtless aid IN the election of a monu-
ment to his memory in the historic town
in which he lived and died.
In civic distinction EdcntOn gave. a
signer to the Declaration of 1ndepcnd-
ence, and Joseph Hewes gave of his am
pie fortune. acquired in successful mer-
camille pursuits, willingly to the patriotic
cause. He died childlcss. but Edenton
was the object of his love and bounty,
! and his nome should be commemorated
on the public square.
In the military roll of the martyrs OF
history EdentOn's soma clsm their share
in the national renOWn. David Manning,
Of the distinguished Manning family of
Edenton, and Charles HoSkins, of Penn
broke, near Edenton, boys and pupils in
the old Edenton academy in the palmy
days of its history. They were both
u boolN vi '1oS oAh1
for appointment by Hon. VIM. B. Shepard,
then our Representative in Congress.
"Kaggy' Manning, as we lovingly called
him at school, was a genius and the soul
Of jolity. 'Charlie was as bright as q
new gold dollar, a master of ridiculc and
teaze, and full Of fight and fun. Hoskins'
passion for humOr was a trait that ran
through his life. Gen. Longstreet. of
Confederate fame. in his recent autobio-
graphy in referring to Gen. Grant, speaks
Of his being stationed with him at Fort
Jefferson after the graduation at West
Point. In a brief paragraph referring to
Grants engagement to Miss Dent, while
at Fort Jefferson, he mentions that Lieut..
HoskinS, who was a great tease, would
go up to Miss Dent at some of the COM
pany's balls, and with apparent earnest
ness ask her if she could tell him where
he could find a little lieutenant with big
appaulettes on his shoulders, named
Grant
David Manning was 4 victim of the
Dadc Indian Massacre in Florida in 1885
and ChaTlcst Hoskins was killed i'll the
Mexican war, leading a charge at Mon
tcrey. Both of them left to US q legacy
Of heroism, that deserves perpetuation
in the public square of Edenton. Man
nings' relatives are in Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and North Carolina. Hoskins'
relatives are in Mississippi. If necessary
they would surely aid in the erection of
memorial to them.
Coming from Edenton to the historic
town or Hartford. it has the pre-eminent
honor of being the county seat of the
home Of the great Ajax Of the Revolu-
ton in North Carolina-the patriotic,
heroic, lion hearted. John Harvey, of
Perquimans county. Let his monument
rise on court house square till it t'geet
the sun in his coming" till every boy of
noble instincts in the grand old county
can become imbued With the great les
sons of his great life.
Coming to Elizabeth City. we would
have placed in our court house lawn
monuments to John Lancaster Bailey.
William b. Shepard, Charles r. Kinney
and Dir. Samuel Matthews. All eminent
in the varied fields of usefulness lead
ors Of public thought, looming up in
The broad plane Of distinguished citizen
ship.
Passing to ShaWboro, in Currituck
county, there should be erected there a
monument to Henry NJ. shaw-hcro.
patriot, statesman he gave his life ser
wee 10 MS district and his State. and
III death sank into arms of his loving
ooiLi dutS III the mliltdrY service of his
homo and his people. The lesson Of his
ile should not be left to the custody of
fieeting tradition.
~ crawford, the county seat of Cur
fltuck county, there should be oroctod
q nohulneht 10 the memory of Dcmpsy
klght. We hear the inquiry. who wac
Dempsy Right? Alas, the inquiry ,ro-
claims the necessity Of his monument Ho
represents the humble and the lou.lv
out by one act he is a crowned prince
among the heroes Of history.
Dcmpsy Kight was a C,rritn.k ho,,
adc runner during the Mar of tho ~, |
iedefacy. When the Federal gun boat
Maple Leaf was captured bv Confod- |
crate PRISONERS, on their way to Fort !
fort Warren and were hunted IN tho !!
5"amps OF currituck by Federal cavalry
raiders from Old Point and EorfoIk