The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-22

| General Lee had been killed during
| she war, he said. General Hoke would
have been chosen his successor. II
/! has been discovered by General Lawson
| &. S. A, who has reviewed the Confed-
| crate Records he said that at one
session of the Cabinet when it was con-
sidered who should be appointed tC
succeed General Lee should he be
killed in the war. General Hoke re-
| ceived a majority of the votes. Col
Grimes said 2 North Carolinian was
| The inceotor of the United States Sig
nal Service; William A Graham. a
| North Carolinian, Secretary of the
Navy, sent 4 fleet to Japan and opened
the ports of that country to the civil
lizaton and commerce of the world.
Mr.. r. d. w. Conner was introduced
| by Prof Mc~son. II IS the author of
the North Carolina Day Booklet Mr.
Common said men may be heroes with
Out going to war and said the found
ing of a great educational system was
rs noble thing as the winning of a
treat battle, or the making of a great
political speech in Congress. He said
ne great mon of the State have not
been altogether neglected, and besides
n many stone monuments he referred
o the names of counties, lasting mon
Iments of patriots and great men of
this STATE and others. and even of
Dtker countries. He spoke of the
monuments TO men of all other profess
sioLs but the men Of one aVocation.
teaching, had been wofully neglected,
as there was not single monument
to any of these men who had given
heir lives and means to the uplft of
he States children. He declared it a
shame that there was not a monument
20 an educator in the State Capitol
Square, and said the unoccupied space
1t the north entrancet o the Capitol
would soon be filed by the boys and
girls of North Carolina with a monu-
ment to Calvin H. Wiley the founder
IF the States school system. Wiley's
memory he said. should first be com
nemorated. Mr.. Conner spoke lightly
of the establishment of an immigration
bureau in this State. and said that in
1900 the number Of North CAROLYN
anS living i'm other States was 100000
about II per cent. of the States entire
population. 1--WE would better have a
home-staying bureau" he said. In
conclusion Mr.. Common said that the
lawyers, the soldiers, and other pro-
LESSONS, are seeing to it that their
distinguished and worthy men are not
forgotten, nor the lessons of their lives
lost, and if the heroes who have lifted
the State from ignorance, and crowned
its citiZenry with intelligence are not
to be neglected in history then it is
up to those who are receivin gthe ben
efitS of their labors and sacrifices to
perpetuate their memories.
The subject of the North Carolina
Day program was 1.-THE Upper Cape
Fear Section" and succeeding the adj
dresses the program was carried out
At the High School the program was
as follows:
Reading: THE Highlands" Vivian
Belts
Reading: 1.-The Fiery Cross" Leon
tia Denmark
Recitation: The Highlanders
Farewell" Needham Broughton.
Reading: Flora Mcdonald" Mar
jory Terrell.
Song: America"
Reading: Battle of Moore's Creek
Bridge" Macaulay Costner.
Recitation, On the Cape Fear"
Alexander Field
Determinations: James Cochrane
Dobbin," Jack Harris
Reading: The Battle of Benton
VILE" George Jenkins.
Determinations: Last Charge at APP
pomattox, Lee Witt
Song: 'Ho! For Carolina"
Wiley School.
The talk by Major B. +. Dion was
the feature Of the ceiebration at the
Wiley public school. Major Dion en-
deavored to instil in the hearts of
the young people stronger and deeper
love and Veneration for North Caro-
lima.
The remainder of the program was
as follows:
Song: Hh. For Carolina! Talk Of
Cape Fear Section.
Reading: Costume of Highlanders
Paper: Superstition of Highlander
Song: The Old North State
Reading: The Summoning of the
Clan.
Reading: The Fiery Cross. Scott.
Reading: James C. Dobbin.
Song: America.
Murphy School.
The following program was observed
at Murphy school:
Reading: Sketch of Life of Calvin
H. Wiley, by Martha Steinmitz.
Song: america. by School.
Reading: / Love My Native Land
Lizzie Lee.
Composition: Highlanders at Home.
Nina Cooper.
Reading: Highlanders' Farewell. Sal
lie Calling.
Composition: Highlanders in Their
New Home, Sackie Latta.
Reading: The First Indian Baptism.
Willie Thomas.
Reading: Governor Whites Return.
Beulah Haithcock.
Reading: The Beginning of North
Carolina Government, Claude Page.
Son: Ho! For Carolina! by School.
Composition: Flora Mcdonald. Wilma
Uzzell.
Composition-James Cochrane. Dob
bin, Minnie Price.
Reading: Dorothy Dix. Suzanne
Crow.
Composition: Battle of Moore's
Crek Bridge, Foy Uzzle.
Composition: Battle of Bentonville,
Polk Denmark.
Compositions Our First Historian.
Rufus Beck.
Reading: Washington's Visit to
North Carolina, Ralph Fetner.
Composition: LaFayette's Visit to
Fayetteville, Annie McKimmon.
Reading: Last Charge at Appomat-
toX. George Strong
Song: The Old North State.
Count- Schools.
North Carolina Day will be observed
in the public schools of Wake County
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