The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
"WHEPE SLEEPS The DEAD"
Resting lr4 Peace or the Banks of Cross Greek
1 he Eloquence of a sSlieni City

n remains of Warren WinslOw-
distinguished member of the Fayette-
vile bar; able and influential MEM
Der Of Congress at the outbreak of
the Civil war; one of the council Of
state; and. il ! mistake not, acting
governor of North Carolina after the
death OF the lamented John w. Ellis
in 1861. Mr.. Winslow, besides his
prominence as a lawyer and his &C
knowledged leadership in politics, was a
man OF fine literary attainments,
with no small share OF the gift of po-
etic fancy. His daughter. Mrs. H. r.
Horne. lives in Fayetteville, and two
g~randsons, both members of the firm
OF H. r. Horne G. Sons. Warren W.
and S. R Horne. the former a men,
Der Of the state board of pharmacy
and a city alderman
One Of the first monuments TO the
memory of the Confederate soldier
erected after the war stands overlook
ing Cross creek. where the beautiful
stream bends in TO salute it. and then
goes on it's happy. musical way. 1T
was the work. the labor OF love, of
noble Fayetteville women, chief
among whom was Mrs. Annie Kyle,
who though an invalid. devoted time
and means to it's Accomplishment. 1t
was put up by the late lamented ex-
Sheriff ). B. Smith. himself one OF the
best of southern soldiers. and is an
imposing marble shaft on a pedestal
which rests on a oun Around 1T
are the graves of many who fell in
their countryS service.
The sweet new grass is springing GU
Of the sod beneath which hes Sarah.
wife of Robert Donaldson. but lin
death they were divided" Returning
home after a business visit to New
York. he was taken SO i'll on the way
as to be obliged to stop at Petersburg,
WHARF he died. and the soil Of Virgin
ia holds the ashes of Robert Donald
son. a benefactor Of FAYETTEVILLE. es-
pecially OF the Presbyterian church,
to which he was devoted and which
owes to him the handsome manse oc-
cupied by the present pastor. Rev. H.
T. Graham. Another enduring monu-
ment of his generosity is the Donald
son Academy on HaymOunt. a noted
high school more than fifty years
ago This people have perDetuated his
memory in h handsome Donaldson
street. running from Hay to Munford
| street.
| There are those who approach the
grave as a haven o f.peace and repose,
though mayhap the world has been
bright to them, and their lives we'll
ordered. Others, when thew hear the
| rush of the river across the gloom Of
! the valley of the Shadow of Death"
start pack affrighted and their souls
shrink within them. They cannot
! tails, they cling to Vanity Fair" With
| the philosophy of Socrates. John Grow
! of bundle. Scotland, an old sea captain
slipped his hold on the things of
earth, to lie at rest, in the northern
part of the cemetery, under this cpl
taph:
at crossed the sea till 7 was tired,
To gain some port I long desired;
! From rocks and shoals this Spot
seemed clear
SO / at last have anchored here"
All along the streets OF this city
whose doors open but once and whose
| inhabitants come no. Gut to walk
abroad again-imposing shaft and
humble slab alike bear the sign man
ual of George Lander. master stone
cutter and worker in marble. But
anon ''old age chewed him in its
| clutch" and he laid him down. all
the skill and cunning gone from the
hands folded across his breast, anu
left it to other to carve the handsome
stone above his head. George Ian
der and John Smith, partners In bus
mess and faithful friends to death,
came to this country from Scotland,
and were employed in the erection OF
the state capitol at Raleigh, and in
4 the COUSlTuCllOI VI Iuc lilpDSlhS Dui'o
ings of the old United States arsenal
on Haymount. the handsomest Of
which stood on the east front where
are now the beautiful modern resi-
dences of Messers E. II. Williamson
n E.. A. Poe.
Very difficult was it for me to de-
cipher the epitaph on a scanned and
broken gray stone. half buried in &C
cumulated earth. which told that
there lay Ruth Robinson, wife of DR..
Renj. Robinson, who died of consump-
ton in 1906" Love had paid tribute
here IN melancholy verse: but time
unsparing of metre as of everything
else, had obliterated the first line. and
1 could only read:
"An idle scene of decorated woe.
The sweet companion and the friend
sincere.
Need no mechanic helps to force the
tear"
Ruth Robinson was the first to find
a grace in her adopted home OF a
northern family which for w or
three generations. made their impress
on the civic and social life OF this COM
munity. The men were distinguished
in the profession of medicine, ana
"Old DIR. Ben" and Young DR.. Ben
as they were OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
were physicians of note The late
| Jack COStin, or wilmington Hldrrl.u
Anna Robinson. a great-granddaugh-
ter of Ruth Robinson.
Almost in the centre of this ancient
burning ground a handsome monu-
ment is reared TO the memory of VIII
liam F. wightman of the Georgia fam
lily of that name, and really related
to the eloauent Bishop Wightman of
the Methodist church. His death in
the ffties, was tragic and sudden. de
- -. 49, Al;fn- of rho Mort IN
carolinian. succeeding the late W. j
Yates, who removed to Charlotte
He was a man of brilliant but erratli
mind. and welded a caustic pen III
yindication of which he was once or
the verge of a uel with Henry Il
Cotton. then publishing a paper a
Asheville. His skill With fire arms
bat nnrror nut fOrWa r,