The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-19

The Freshest Works, by Various Authors,
Reviewed and Noticed: With
Gossip and Comment.
GRANDFATHER TALES OF NORTH CAROLINA

North Carolina has the reputation, even.
a her neighbor States, of being re-
mote and rustic province. the calm ana
even tenor of whose way has reen com
narativeiy undisturbed from generation
TO generation. since walter Raleigh $
followers landed on her coasts. To snch
an extent docs this impression prevail
that even Virginia is filed with it. 1t is
a most difficult thing. 70 rinstance, for US
70 realize that the record in the Con-
tolerate Museum is true, which states
that the. Old North State put more men
in TN, field to fight for the cause tha'i
,ny other State in the Confederacy- IT
s a glorious fact, nevertheless, "ilich
the army records verify; as they witness
too. that the brave North caroi'niahs
stood so firmly ii the roar of Battle ana
the shock of arms that In the 5ocose
camp gossip of regiments and armies Il
vas said that the Caroliniars had tar on
.,o,- heels, Many ti:nes did General Lee
have occasion TO cxclaim: COG bless my
Tar Heel boys.
a multiplicity of just such sufprlsiiis
Fact and anccdote is contained in INC
boo,, "Grandfathcr. Tales of North Car
DINA History" written by Colonel Rich
NO Banb,,rv creecy. the veteran ccltoT
If the Elizabeth City Economist, Ine
book contains 800 pages of most inter
Getting entertaining and amusing mate
rial divided into about 125 tales, or ar
ticles. running between two and three
naees each. and all relating 20 memorable
events in the history Of North Carolina, or
10 the lives of her distinguished men,
Some of the most notable of these con-
tents are the sketches relating TO Sir
Walter Raleigh's Efforts at colonization;
culpeper's Rebellion; the Execution hy
Governor Berkeley. OF Virginia, of VIII
liam Drummond, first Governor Of North
Carolina. for participation in Bacon's
War. the Edenton Tea-Party; the Meek
lenb,1rg Declaration OF Independence
tho Stamp Party in wilmington; Flora
NcDonald; Revolutionary Heroes; the
~ 'arOilfl11llS l3l Liz NtHs4
sion of the Carpet-l,agger, &C, &c
In explanation of the much-oiscussea
.Tea Party Colonel Creecy writes as
follows: $50 they met in body, tne
prominent society ladies of tho town, at
IN. residence of Mrs Barco. the wife OF
n distinguished barTister, organized by ap-
,,ointing Mrs. Barco to take the chair
and adopted a set OF patriotic resolutions
denouncing the tea tax OF the British Tar
,ia,nent, and pledging themselves not to
use any more tea Of British manufacture
while the odious tax on their favorite
beverage continued in force.
This patriotic indignation meeting was
held October %, 1174. This was
the only tea party that was ever held IN
North Carolina or the United States that
became a factor in our great Revolution
ary struggle. The Boston Tea Party was
an Indian 1Iasque Party. Without in
tending to disparage that famous histor-
ical event of our Boston brethren, the
Masque Tea Party of Boston was an IN
sniration of commerce, rather than OF
patriotism.
Colonel Creecy's personal reconectons
20 back to tho memorable convention Of
1885. and he gives a chapter of incidental
reasons why North Carolina should be
considered the Mother State" of the
Union. With this and few similar pre-
tensions e<win have nothing to 60, be-
ing unwilling to condema such good
and valuable book because Of few such
over-enthusiastic utterances. The Ian
Suago of the book. too, while lacking IN
many OF the beauties Of style, is tcrse ana
vigorous and wholly good reading from
sirst to last do not see how any North
Carolinian can do without the book, and
should be glad 20 know that it was being
widely read throughout the country.