The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-09

SHAFTS ARE UNVEILED
A Day Long to be Remembered in
AsheviIIe. Governor Glenn and Hon.
Locke Craig Make Addresses at =
the dwelling of the Three
Monuments.
Monuments.
By +. Il. ARENDELL.

tiful city of the towering skyland
honored itself today by honoring a
number of its heroes, living and dead.
The occasion was the unwilling of
three monuments recently erected in
the court house square, Ncommemorat-
ing the dash, the dare and the noble
deeds of the boys of the mountains in
the years gone by.
the largest and richest of these
monuments recalls to mind the SOL
diers of the SiXtieth North Carolina
regiment, that band of sturdy noun
taineers, which, under the command
of Col. j. NJ. Way, wrote in their blood
the eternal and everlasting history at
Chickamauga. Nearby is another
handsome marble shaft in memory
of the late Thos. Lanier Clingman,
who wrote his name high up on both
the tablet of war and the tablet of
peace.
Still another new monument re-
fleets from its beautifully carved and
polished surface, the daring deeds of
the gray gladiatOrs of the Twenty
Ninth North Carolina regiment, COM
manded by that sterling soldier, Col.
w. b. Creasman.
At II o'clock the unwilling cere-
monies began. The day was ideal.
The glow of a bright and beautiful
sun rested on the towering peaks.
surrounding Asheville, adding luster
to autumn's gorgeous coloring.
People had gathered from all about.
Gray haired and lettering members
of the two regiments; their wives,
sons and daughters; feeble but noble
old women who were widowed at
Chickamauga and in other fields of
carnage; manyl old survivors of the
two battle-scarred regiment; remnants
of the columns of courage that feared
not but pushed forward where lead
rained thickest and danger was great
est. Governor Glenn had come hither
to lend, no, not to lend, but freely
and feelingly to give to the occasion
his own and his official dignity and
endorsement.
Program of the Day.
The following was the official pro-
gramme:
Prayer, DR.. A. S. Whitaker; song by
the Sixtieth regiment choir; unwilling
of the monument to Col. Creasman,
by grandchildren of members of the
regiment-to Gen. Clingman, by r. F..
Lee Chapter, Children of the Confed-
eracy-to the Sixtieth North Carolina
regiment, by grandchildren of mem
bers of that regiment.
The children participating in the
unwilling of this monument include
Dorothy Weaver. Frances Parker,
Irene Ewing, Hortense Toms, Mary
Stevens, Evelyn Morris. Margaret Fol-
som and Catherine Mcdowell.
A song by the SiXtieth regiment
choir was followed by the address by
Governor R. B. Glenn-subject, Bun
combe County's War Record"
Governor Glenn was introduced by
Capt. j. p. Sawyer, of AsheviIle
After the address the county commits
sioners of Buncombe county and their
successors were requested to become
custOdians of the monument to the
SiXtieth regiment. Responses on the
part of the county commissioners fol-
lowed Hon. Locke Craig speaking in
their behalf.
A song by the Sixtieth regiment
choir preceded the presentation of
crosses of honor by the AsheviI1e
Chapter, Daughters of the Confed-
eracy. Responses on the part of those
receiving the crosses were by Col w.
w. Jones. The benediction was pro-
nounced by Bishop A. Coke Smith, of
the Southern Methodist church.
Governor Glenn spoke with charac-
teristic force, power and effect. The
subject appealed to him, and the oc-
casion inspired him. He told of the
deeds and the daring of the men of
Buncombe He held them up to the
view of their neighbors and their kin
as thew marched and fought from bat
tIefield to battlefield. He was gener-
ously greeted by the throngs of peo-
pie, and his address was frequently
and heartily applauded.
The brief address by Hon. Locke
Craig was one of his most brilliant
gems.
Much to the regret of Dr. Dixon's
host of friends among the old soldiers
and other Buncombe people he was
unable to be present. To him had
been assigned the presentation of
crosses OF honor to the veterans.
The occasion has been most i'm
pressive, and it has written new
page in the history of the mountain
metropolis, a page that will be read
and re-read by the people of Bun
combe and surrounding counties until
these marble memorials shall crumble
and until these hills shall melt away.