The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-23

tee not 10 CJ-lsli@ IAt
nf tho occarfon u n young naval
officer .gto-- sacrifice ii i proinariiy
d.zisnca - ,ommeEnoratr. BIT n 2
larger sense. IT, emphasize and crie-
lrate n historical relation ~ stat.
.na Ha.l0a. "A ii~ics..4,"d - th@ Dat"
it4.tf .4a in the services ~ those.
Southern young men anil Nerth caro-
in inc Spanish-AInerican war
IN. heroic tender Of whose lives af-
fordcd modern affirmation Of the spirit
. Iogalty ana Of daring which found II
ancient expression in the h~eeklenDurs
Declaration Of independents
Wrhen put upon this plane. the
celebration Of the unveiling takes on
= de4pcr meaning and gains q wider
interest. IN q true sense. thu m"Au-
ncnf 10 be unveiled 10 BaGley - d
symbol Of the service Of the south II
me crises Of the Nations growth Al
the time that Bagley fell II was r.
coguIzed that in his life passed the
tradition u s-ectionaisfn' ara lHat -
his hlaod was scaled the new coven-
ant Of National solidarity OF price
and effort. In this sense vas tne
death IF the man swallowed III thr
pIedge Of q nations fcalty- AND II IS
win this idea % historical br''Adth
and truth that the unVcllia@ "i hi9
monument deserves and viii b. treated
~ rypifyfng IN. truth that the 'N""
cnnfh" was fashioned from the OLD
In the standardization a Iour
Southern young men graVed ih"lI
names in National history and STOOD
forth AZ the Southern representatives
ar American valor. Circumstances
combined 10 makc them tyo"s OF uhe
en;.ir which vas universal In the south
ana which sent 20 h front N arihs
ana navy, to Cuba ana the philippine
amono rnc volunteers and 10 IN" can
ro, ready service in the hundreds o.
csmns the thousands Of the Southern
hat,alions that came with as quick re-
sDonec 10 the summons against SPAIN
as they had in the sixties Tu5heo I"
resnond to the summons from 1tcf-
mond.
A. in the war between the states
the first conflict took its toll Of lie from
North Carolina and the decisive pattle
found its sacrifice from tins State
uhiIa in the case Of those who gained
renown. the laurel fell in one instance
an rho brow Of a native Of what IS
now Scotland county, in the other up
on the head of ii son 0l Aidpdiid
whose forcbcars were Of the most re-
nrosantative North Carolina Stock.
These four men were in the order
Of their distinguishing service:
Lieutenant Victor Blue, wno carried
tba Message % Garcia" Ensign
Worth Baglev. killed st Cardenas bay
while working a gun upon the Wins
low. Nav II. 1898, the first officer 10
fan and the only naval officer Kiiled
during the way: Lieutenant
Pearson Hobson, VINO conceived anu
executed the plan IF sinking the Merfi-
mac in the channel at santiago anu
lieutenant William Even ship OF
the Tenth Cavalry, killed after CON
sDicious service, at the battle OF san
Juan.
II is something more h & remark
ahle. something indeed that hints OF
| the character Of Z people, that these
| four men should all OF them have been
Southerncrs Of the present Senerdtiona
three of whom were North carOlinians
! and the other Of Carolina ancestry.
| And il i both proper and IN the IN
| fcrcsts Of good taste that the memorial
perpetuatinp the features of one OF
them should BE- raised on the day
which is the most vital to the mean
| jrys of the States history; and that
! the exercises, directed 20 the one,
! should recognize all.
With this idea of completeness, the
committee has selected as the orator
! of the day, Captain Richmond pearson
Hobson, a native of Alabama, born OF
North Carolina parents and q grand
son and name-sake Of that Richmond
Pearson, one-time Chief Justice whose
name is written deep in American
Jurisprudence.
Yesterday Chairman Russ addressed
a letter 70 Commander Victor Blue IN
yiting him TO be present and paTticl-
pate and the widow n children OF
lieutenant Ship will also be invited
to take part in the unveilinG exercises
In this way, by Their presence or rep
rosentatirn, Will the dropping OF tht
4 -
flag from the Eagley monument serve
to recall for the purpose Of specia
honor the memory of the South's
achievement and contribution TO {
country s%pringinc as a unit TO the cal
Of arms
How did these men serve then
country?
At the very inception OF hostlllt!es
when there was wanted a man, wa
chosen to carry Il message TO a hos
tile and unknown country, and to de
liver il into the hand of n genera
doing guerilla warfare il mountain
Businesses, Victor Blue, q bare thirt,
wears OF age, a native of what is nov
Scotland county. When q duty is as
! signed to which there can be no direc
!. ton, there is character behind the mar
: selected. In Blues case the daring
the resource and discretion which tn
: ENTERPRISE called for found the maj
4 in whom they were combined. Blu
/ delivered tbs message and repOrte'
: with no more of the theatrical thai
. if he had inspected a watch Incl