The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-11
the Confederacy presented him with a
handsome bouquet.
The Monument Unveiled.

the Confederacy presented him with a
handsome bouquet.
The Monument Unveiled.
When Mrs. Mary Smith Grimes had
unveiled the monument it was soon
covered with flowers sent by the
daughters of the Confederacy of Pitts
boro, Louisburg, Durham, Wilmington,
Whitevile, by Mrs. Julian s. Carr
Mrs. Henry A. London, and others, and
a very handsome wreath was placed
on the monument by Mrs. II. A. Lon
don, president of the Daughters of the
Confederacy. Wreaths of flow
ers sent by the daughters through
Mrs. London were also placed
on the tablet erected where General
Roberts captured the last bat
terry and where Captain Wilson Jen-
kins Of Halifax defied the order to
surrender and made the last call foI
volunteers to keep back the Federal
soldiers.
"Carolina! CarOlina.2
One of the most appropriate events
Of the day was the singing of CASTOR 5
North Carolina State hymn after Gov
ernor Glenn's speech. 1t was good &c
see Governor Glenn and Governor
Montague, General Julian S. Carr
Laurin and other veterans in gray
mingling their voices with Mrs. Lon
don, Mrs. Garland Jones, Mrs Moftitt
Mrs. Mary Grimes Smith, Miss McGtll
Mrs. r. B. Hall, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Jen-
kins, Mrs. Broadhurst and other North
Carolinians who were here. The woods
ginia ladies and other younger North
Carolinians who were here. The wooC
were vocal with the music and the
Virginians seemed delighted with the
air.
StrOlls Over the Field.
After the unwilling exercises were
ended, in the afternoon, parties visit
ed many points of the battlefield. Il
is a field of magnificent distances
and you will have to walk four miles
If you go over it all from Lees head.
quarters to AppomattoX court house
and the positions of the various troop:
as they were displayed on the hills
and valleys in every direction. One
Raleigh man who faithfully made the
pilgrimage. said upon returning: 81
believe / am as tired as any man who
followed Lee in 1865"
Entertained at Luncheon.
At O'Clock Congressman II. ID
Flood, who lives near here, entertain.
ed the committee, the speakers, the
press, and other North Carolinians al
an elegant lunch at the residence OF
Mr. and Mrs. John r. Atwood. 1t was
a delightful social event, graced by
beautiful North CAROLINA and Virgins
women and closed one of the most de-
lightful occasions in the history OF
both States.
Major London, who has had upon
his shoulders the chief responsibility
for the success of the celebration, was
the recipient today of beautiful
bouquet presented by the ladies OF
Appomattox.
Over 200 Tar Heels There.
There We're more than two hundred
North Carolinians here, about half of
the number having served i'm the Con-
federate army. Every visitor who
came is congratulating himself that
he was wise enough to avail himself
of the privilege of being here upon an
occasion that will forever be history.
Every one rejoices that the inscrip-
ton on the monument expresses in
plain terms the three great claims
North Carolina made. 1t has caused
no i'll feeling or discussion. Vir-
ginians have shown that they respect
the convictions of their sister State if
they do not entirely agree with them.
Not one word has been heard from
first to las to mar the pleasure of
the occasion. Virginians have We'd
with North Carolinians to make the
day notable There were hundreds of
people present not less than two
thousand probably three thousand. 1t
was a gala day for the people of this
county. 1t was made a festival day.
Whole families came in carriages and
wagons and brought their dinners,
which they ate on the grounds. 1t
was a happy and contented looking
gathering of village folks, city and
farmers If a single person i'm all
the throng objected to the inscription
nobody heard it. There was a spirit
of hospitality and neighborness that
was more than the North Carolinians
expected. Nothing was wanting to