The news & observer., 1905-10-19

and woof of our being? We may learn
something useful from New England
If we Xill. State pride is largely de-
Veloped among her people. The town
of Concord is dotted with monuments
marking historical spots, and she has
more than a score of bronze tablets
commemorative of her splendid his
tory. Every New England village and
community and town and city and al
most every family has its written his
tory These things go TO create and
foster q correct State pride. Alas.
When we come to our fair Southern
states we find only two that have any
State pride-Virginia and South Caro-
lima.
Bronze Tablets and Monuments.
y very effective way of stimulating
State pride is by public collections of
oil paintings or by erecting monu-
ments and bronze tablets. A fine col
lection of oil paintings may be found
in our Supreme Court Room and at
the University OF North Carolina. or
late years we have erected many
monuments in different sections of
our State in memory Of our mighty
dead and Of a dear cause. But our
good state has so many historic
places that a thousand monuments
and tablets scarce would mark them
all Your minds will go out TO your
own neighboThoOds and You Will re-
call such spots. When you return to
your homes. we may not ask that you
will create such local pride that these
places will be appropriately marked
and designated. Near the city Of Dur
ham at the Bennett place, on the 26th
day of April. 1865, the last army Of
the Confederacy yielded the unequal
struggle and surrendered to General
Sherman. If it We're located in Ohio
it would be 4 National Park Eight
miles to the west of the Bennett place,
in 1881, CORVALLIS cut his famous
road leading to GuilfOrd Court House.
How appropriately bronze tablets
would locate this ancient thorough
fare, and how pleasing to the eye of
the traveller as he passed from Dur
ham to Chapel Hill wou>~ read this
inscription: Along this way march
ed Lord CORVALLIS in 1881 with his
army. But his course was checked
at Guilford Court House sixty miles
westward and he fastened to his sur
render at Yorktown" Al Columbia
s. c.. embedded in the granite walls
of her State Capitol are bronze tablets
which tell the stOr. Of brave compa-
MES and regiments upon the tened
field. As | stood in their presence my
eyes fell upon Il shapely monument
just in front erected to the women of
South Carolina, thereon 7 read words
which chill the blood and transform
the man. And as | read, | felt that
it was good to be of kin to these peo-
pie who cherish the dead and who.
on all occasions stand together for the
pride and honor and glory of the
Palmetto State. And then ! thought
/ would Ike to see jast such tablets
embedded in the walls of our OWE
State Capitol at Raleigh the fairest
city Of them all, and that / would
like to have the. choosing of two of
these tablets: AT Gettysburg Capt.
Tutuc. Co. F. 2Gth North Carolina
Regiment, went into battle with 84
men and s officers-all officers LOST
and SO of the men killed or wound,
ed" AT Gettysburg Capt Byrd, Co
G., 11th North Carolina Regiment,
went into battle with six officers ana
38 men. two officers were killed, SO
men killed or wounded The four re-
naming officers went into 2nd days
fight and the Captain brought out the
flag himself" over the lintels Of our
supreme Court Room. a court that ha >
ever held the Wavering balance right
tWiXt friend and foe. how appropriate
these words would sound: North
Carolina's Supreme Court was the