The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
Col. %Burgwyn's Valuable
Memorial Address.
CROSSES PRESENTED
Veterans Given Dinner in the Cap
itol Square. An Ideal Day. Ram
som and Vance. The Deco,
ration Of Confederate
Graves.


OFdVeS.
(From News and Observer Mag ll)
BARRING y hmm ~ enfn. II. the ..jrI.
IA. g.ts.rilt e9s av-raiese IA Pal
aiyh re-f.rsia, uas.el off according
To- tho best traditions 81 mo time Yne
sun ef.aac and there were flowers -
~profusion. The public buildings werc
closed and business practically ceased
fl the city after one o'clock IL ill.,
aftcruae,l
Al GA. o'clock ,1e Ladies Memorial
Aseociafiop provided - b9untiful dim
uer for the veterans which vas mr.
fakaa IF I'm me orep ia the G71ifoI
ca.Isl..
Al four o'clock III Tho afternoon the
exercises of The dar were held In tnc
IFalI OF REPRESENTATIVES, cousiStf0a
OF me presentation Of crosses Of hon
or. singing by the aIartettc ana fiveIy
tunes from The famous drum CORPS o.,
theL OF. Eranch cam of veterans.
Afterwards tn. address was delly-
erred ID Colonel William "A. : Hu-
gtvv.l. his subject benz the I.fa aau
military history Of General Ma,
Whitaker Ransom.
Later-in the evening the ladtc9.
children and others proceeded to oak
wood cemetery. Uhera the graves a..
thn C~onfcdcrate dead who ar. th.~.
BglrI4I were decorated viii ttGsEeTG
ana d~iminutiva battle flags
The address of colonel Burgwyr.
vas a complete sketch OF the life and
services Of his subject ana Of much
historic value. OF particular inter-
est vas his account Of the circum
stances attending the Efforts Of Gen
Gran Ransom to procure the issue by
Judge George w. Brooks OF the Wril
Of habeas corpus in the case OF
IG.ieh Turner If held ON the order
of Governor Holden by Kinks militia,
in defiance Of the writ issued BY Chief
Justice Pearson Of the State Supreme
court. The connection Of General
Ransom with tins hlstorlc ana I'M
p~Ortant event was tod IN detail by
Colonel BurGWyn and is Il valuable
addition to the yet uncompleted his
tory OF the crises Of the re~-construc-
ton period.
h meeting OF the veterans at noon
was attended by e~ighty-three survi-
Vors of the Wake County Association,
most Of whom later attended the
lunch and the exercises at the Caption.
Among the visitors who heard the
address Of Colonel BurgWyn We're two
Of General Ransom's sons, George e.
and NJ. w. Ransom, Jr.
At the meeting Of the veterans a
short address was delivered by their
president. Captain j. j. Thomas, who
" dts bIII1llIIIOuSI It-CtttlCd cS ICdI -
the Wake County Association, with
Mr.. j. G.. BirdsOng as secretary. 1t
was decided by the association 10
! p and have printed q new and
complete roster of the Wake county
survivors,
The Veterans in line.
shortly bafora on o,c1ock tho vet
Grams took M tha line Of march from
| their hall in the market house to the
dinner rounds in the capitoI the
! line was lone, and twisted as il went.
Its c"ounonents for the most mart
cbovraa fbni. aaa boayiIv Thera ,rore
e4a,a :, 80 10 lina +b,+ 49, 49,,
ana fnabla f9ces tbat We're scanned
Vim tinp baade If white sbouldars
| tha+ GroonaI Her. and there some
noa,nhar u,aIkaa oract md With a19--
tic ct,ido = nov coIdinT If tho oixl1ea
~. = ,Iith ytbaa, ~ yaa,s ia o.
g. - - ~ o. e.. -, a~,
81 a. naana5 80 +ha aro@
~ .arn 7aia +bat - 60
fadarata enIdion arcbina ~ indaed
OIL tba drI1na corne, 1onsic snala ae.
4aa r. &C ~ "a =,
60 49, an+a.o5 49, IT, ~ :. ~
go "aa+ad ~ - IA - : u -
~ 800 ~ - 49,
ua lniaI- - 800
piaseu ~" ~ ~ ~ 49, 4hhG 49,
f ra1 !" - ana ~ - Is @9 80 -,
~ ~ t"97od -
- n +odne a ! Ilo,ptb ong 60 :.
blnn da' 90 na aIo, ~ tb ~ a ~ 49, :.
nop: IioH5 = = " uli eoIP'
bellIlld II ille lateS o. me veterans
II5iie7u EISlplS VIII Is ilIlion "lLIcit
tilell memory hl3de lol tlleln. olo
SnouloeI9 9lIdlShteled ~ ne liiho-
9oChs t%ppeu ~ 'iaa+ilhe = lie9
lloNeo Ilol!S' lHe cniluITh ran pc
1iupS3i D1AIe dlio tie ~ : hell Pc
iiliIu W. Iahle out = ne iohS dSo
dllu Drought lOIStGlul CHEERS 1ndJ
lleISea INTO q cliohliS IN the throat.
lie loliS-dSo was now hell tie vet
efdil5 hldrcAed peaiAo Tue ofulh ana
NE:
lhen, when they We're past and the
music that had tricked them into boys
IN gray clothes ana waving black
pIunaes haa ceased, you saw agar!
llal they were o!d. Nne4 the Jingle
OF the music Whlch had lea to visions
OF the IleldS ~pahoplle with smoke and
mica Win turmoll ana bright with
the gH1t OF steel had ceasea-they