The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-04
gen, COX OPPOSES
THE INSCRIPTION IN ) [ RI. I'll
Will Not Attend Urless Often
sive Lines Are Eliri-
mated.
HE DEpLoREs MOVEMENT
State Sunday School Convention
and Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fellows to Meet.
HE DEpLoREs MOVEMENT
fsnec,alt to The rlmes-D,spatch. j

Especial to The Times Dfspatch.)
r RALEIGH, N. G.. April 3.-Ntajor p. u.
Dixon, State auditor, received a letter to-
\ day from General w. r. Cox. of Edge
combe, endorsing his protest against the
Inscription on the monument to DO un-
yelled on Appomattox battle-ground April
10th, and stating that he has notified
Major n. "A. London chairman of the
North Carolina Appomattox Commission,
that he will not attend the unwilling
ceremonies unless the inscription offen-s
sive to veterans OF Virginia and other
States is eliminated General Cox Is on
tho programme for one Of the principal.
addresses, and 1t was by his brigade that
the last shot was fred on the Appomattox
+ battle-ground. Bs6555f 4si
3 Colonel james r. Morehead, OF Green's
bofo, writes Major Dixon. asking II It
Is too lato to change the rlegend" on
the monument so 1t will simply say that
1t marks the spot where the last gun was
fired, and that by q North Carolina bril-
gado. ISL III VA
The portion OF the inscription that is'
raising such n contention reads thus: 8
Esse Guam Videri
First at Bethel.
Farthest to the front &
At Gettysburg and Chickamauga,
Last al Appomattox. y 81
DIxON,S POSITION.
Major Dixon's position. as declared IN
a recent Interview, is that the monument
at IA ppomattox should not have on It an
inscription which indicates the services
OF North Carolina at Bethel. Gettysburg
and Chickamauga- especially In view Of
the fact that we are just out Of n heated
controversy, and that he is opposed 70
an Inscription that would offend IN any
way Confederate soldiers Of other States
on q monument by North Carolina ION
cal .,u1, 18th
He says It is painful to him to have the
cordial relations that have always existed
between the Confederate soldiers Of the
Southern States strained at this late
day.
3s5 NEW CHARTERS 3
The Secretary OF State charters the
Winston Cemetery Company, Of Winston ste
salem. The. capital is $4,000 and the in-4
gcorporators "a. F.. Moses, Jacob r. Grouse
and Frank NJ orris., 3 vi. IN 3:9t M
Another charter is to the Lasker Manu- Y.
ia curing ST Company, Is of IA asker, w ash
Sington county; capital {25, 900, subscribed
by P. 4 syTicks and others, 70 operate 5
& cotton gins and do a lumber business.
h Il The state Commsslo ner OF In surancc
Ishas issued 66b7 licenses Tor Insurance.
gents, to represent 1872 Ecompanie les.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
u The Il North Carolina State Sunday
School Convention conyenes IN this CITY
tomorrow night, and continues IN ses-3
sion three days. The address OF welcome ne
will be delivered by State Auditor b 3; =.
Dixon and Governor Glenn will deliver
an address son IT he Dawn Of q New Sfs'pi
Day. ~ -
Odd-Fellows will meet in annual session
in1tris city May 9th, and Grand sec ere
tary B. II. Woodel.. of this city, IN cast
ing up his records for his annual report,
|Snnds. that there are 1853 lodges in the y
I state fifteen more than last year'o / iae
membership being TO- 100 aga ~ st III =, NV
|slast year. I S23.4s