The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-13
AFTERMATH FRoM APPoMATTOX
The People Greatly Pleased With the
Events and GIOries of Monday.
(Richmond Times Dispatch.)


West Appomattox, Va, April IL
The last veteran and the last visitor
who came to hear and to see all that
pertained to North Carolina Day. on
the famous Appomattox battlefield has
gone, and this splendid little Virginia
village has entlrelv recovered from
the excitement and confusion that the
unexpected large crowd here Sunday
and yesterday naturally brought
about
The good people here had been
reading in the newspapers about the
discussion concerning the inscriptions
on the North Carolina monument, and
they had heard of the threats of some
of the dissatisfied not to attend the
exercises, and somehow they had got
ten an idea into their heads that the
unwilling was going to be avery small
affair anyhow. This may explain why
this good village was so poorly pre-
pared to take care of the great
crowds that did come. Half of the
Sunday had not gone by before these
people of Appomattox discovered their
mistake and then they went to work
to provide for the comfort of the
army of visitors already here and still
coming and right we'll they did.
Much of the credit for the hand
some manner in which the people here
entertained the visitors, on what may
be termed short notice, is due to Con-
gresham Hal Flood. Appomattox is
his home county and he did not pro-
pose for anybody to come here and
go away complaining of the quality
of Appomattox hospitality. He was a
genial general host, and made all the
visiting CarolinianS and Virginians
feel at home, as if Appomattox was
1Na1n t,uri1A
federates and their descendants 1t is
easy enough to understand why Mr..
Flood is so popular in the Tenth dis
trict.
Speaking about those much dis
cussed inscriptions. They have been
published several times, but now that
the unwilling was attended with such
happy fraternity, and such general
good feeling, it may be we'll enough
to reproduce them that the reader
may see in the light of the speeches
and explanations made yesterday how
harmless they really are.
(Here follow the inscription.)
1t is probable that not less than two
cords of canes were cut from the
battlefield by visitors from a distance.
1t is estimated that the hack and
wagon fares left in the neighborhood
| by the visitors will come near ag-
gregating $4,000.
| Mr.. Burke. of Burke's Hotel, an old
time railroad man and telegraph oper-
ator, is one of the most accommo-
dating men in the world. After his
splendid little hotel had been filled to
overlooking he put himself to much
trouble to find some other place for
the people to find rest Some other
hotel folks don't bother themselves to
hunt after they get their own shanty
/ filed.
| Mr.. III. r. Long, of the Richmond
Western Union Office. came up to
handle the "rush" of press matter, and
we'll he handled it. The newspaper
men fell in love with him.
1t may be we'll to remark that the
supply of bullets found on the bat
tlefield' and for sale near the site of
the old Mclean house, has not been
exhausted and never will be until the
| lead mines give out and the old
fashioned bullet moulds have been en-
tirely lost. Appomattox does not care
/ how many more monuments shall be
erected on the old field now that the
| fashion has been set in one way and
another unwilling like the one of
Monday will pay Appomattox very
we'll