The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-19
John Charles McNeiII
Awarded Patterson Cup.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
At the Annual Meeting of the State
Literary and Historical Society SAG
is Given by Virginia Dare Society
to the Sir Walter Raleigh Mon
ument Fund.
ument Fund.

The State Literary and Historical
Society held its annual meeting las
night in Raney Library Hall 1t wa.
a meeting full of interesting events.
There was splendid AID cultured
audience present, and this heard with
deep interest many valuable addresses
bearing upon the history OF the State
the great achievements of its men and
women, and the need of suitable
honors being paid these, the necessity
of preserving for future generation
the records of the past, the duty
owed to the commonwealth in the
cultivation of State pride.
But this was not all of interest, for
at the last came three most import
ant events, each of these bringing
much applause, and showing that the
audience was in accord with the events
and decisions as they came. The
meeting at it's close was indeed "a series
of cLnacterac events.
AS the President of the Society for
the new year the society honored
itself, and placed fresh laurels upon
the brow of one of it's most gifted,
patriotic and able sons, by electing to
that position Charles Brantley Aycock,
of GoldsbOro, Ex-Governor of North
Carolina. AS his name was an
nounced there was great applause the
full list of officers being:
Charles Brantley Aycock. President.
T.. A. SOndley, of Asheville: Henry
Louis Smith, OF Davidson. and Mrs
Lindsay Patterson, of Winston, Vice
Presidents.
Clarence II. Poe, of Raleigh, Sccre-
tary and Treasurer.
| AS the winner of the Patterson Me-
! mortal Cup, presented to the Literary
and Historical Society by Mrs. Lind
| say Patterson, of Winston, in memory
of her father, William Houston Pat
| terson, of Philadelphia, this to go to
| the resident of North Carolina who
during the past twelve months has
displayed either in prose or poetry,
| the greatest excellence and the highest
| literary skill and genius, the award
was made to John Charles Mcneil,
and this for his poetical writings.
A third event of the greatest inter-
est was the gift to the society of
$460G2 to be used towards the erec-
ton of the Sir Walter Raleigh Monu-
ment in Raleigh, this from the Vir-
ginia Dare Society. the amount being
the funds on hand originally collected
to provide for a Virginia Dare Me-
mortal. but now found inadequate
and for this reason given to the So
ciety to aid one of its earliest pro-
jects. which is to be pushed to COM
Besides these matters there were
many valuable resolutions, submitted
and adopted, these being suggestive
OF other work for the society while
the various addresses and papers read
presented many points of vital inter-
est not alone to the society. but to
the State.
The sixth annual meeting of the
State Literary and Historical Associa-
wv Tod 70 o l.
by President Robert w. Winston, and
a beautiful invocation was offered by
Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire, and DIT
its conclusion the audience repeated
the Lords prayer in unison.
Those seated on the platform were:
President R. w. Winston, Gov. r. B.
Glenn Prof. Benz. F. Sledd, Col. Thos.
5. Kenan, Gen. w. r. Cox, Rt. Rev.
Joseph B. Cheshire, Mr.. Clarence Fl.
Poe, Judge w. A. Montgomery, Hon.
c. r. Thomas, Prof Hill, and Col.
j. Bryan Grimes.
Judge Montgomery offered a resoln-
ton stating that there were two
inches in Statuary Hall in the Ma
tional Capitol at Washington, which
North Carolina was entitled to fill
with statues of two of her illustrious
sons. One name had been selected for
one of these niches chosen without
prejudice or political bias, man who
was Southern soldier in the War Be-
tween the States, Governor three
times, United States Senator, a citizen
of spotless character and integrity |
What he said and did promoted the |
general welfare of North Carolina, and |
he proved himself eminently qualified |
to fill a place in Statuary Hall. The |
resolution provided that the next
General Assembly should be petitioned |
to select Vance to fill a niche and |
make an appropriation sufficient to
nave marble statue made, and pay
the other necessary expenses. 1t also
provided that committee of five be
appointed to go before the next Legis
lature with the resolution.
Judge Montgomery spoke in favor
OF the resolution, and said that there
might be differences of opinion as to
who should occupy the second place,
but there was unanimity of opinion
that Vance should occupy the first He
declared that Vance was the great
est man the State ever produced, ex-
ceiling in craftsmanship and prudences
and Vance, he said, had stronger
hold on the hearts of North Caro-
linians than any other public man ever
held. He was sprung from the peo-
pie, stripped from the conventionalities
of a too strictly social life, and man
of vast learning and power, having
for the people. Judge
reviewed the life of
Vance, his sympathies and convictions
as we'll as achievements and in con-
clusion paid a warm tribute to the
great War Governor
Col. Kenan moved the adoption of
the resolution, and it carried unani-
with the exception of one vote.
A vocal solo, Irish Lullaby New
toni, was Nxquisitely sung by Miss
Sarah Burkhead, and ELECTED en-
-husiastic applause from the audience.
The Annual Address.
The annual address of the president,
Hon Robt w. Winston, was master
piece of eloquence and oratory and
contained something of that excel
ence of which he spoke as being in
he works of North Cardinals best
writer's. He said the literary program
IF this State will compare favorably /
With that of other States, and he re-
ated some of the grand achievements {
IF North Carolinians as writer's, s
gaming the Cape Fear Mercury, the