The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-14

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thing else, they understood how
he felt just then. He declared
that he was unprepared, but he
realized that excuses do not sup
ply deficiencies and he would do
the best he could, and then he
proceeded to make an excellent
address. He declared that no
class of people has such a place
in the hearts Of the young as the
old veterans, who are honored ev-
erywhere for their heroic acts
and the deprivations they en-
dured in the COS, in the days
that tried mems souls. He would
not undertaketosay whOwas right
and who was wrong; it is now,
a united country and all should
stand shoulder, to shoulder for
the upbuilding of the country.
We reverence the names of Lee
and Jackson, but we should not
forget the private, whose hero
ism and devotion was equally as
great as that of the leaders. The
good women are bringing up their
children to reverence the memo
ry of the soldiers, and he sug-
gested that a roll be prepared
with the names of all the Veter-
ans Of Robson county, this roll
to be called on every 10Th of
May. In referring to the part
the women played in the great
conflict, he said that the one who
goes has an easier part to play
than the one who is left behind;
/ the women we're left alone to
manage the farm, to take care of
the home, and that task called
for all the heroism that could be
put in a human beings breast.
How they did it God alone knows
the awful tension OF waiting
days and nights, knowing not
how they would provide for their
children. He declared that he
would like to help erect a lofty
shaft of enduring marble to the
memory of the heroic women oil
the Confederacy. The soldiers
came back from the war to find
their lands devastated, their
stalls empty, their slaves gone
everything scattered, and anoth
err battle was on as fierce as the
one they had just passed through
and with poverty and desolatior
all about them, they took up the
battle of life, the battle for bread
Yet, even in adversely
the South was not a pauper
not a beggar; and she has riser
out of her desolation and i;
now the fairest and richest sec
ton of the earth. We are livins
in a new South with pride in GU,
churches. our schools, our varieC
Industries, but he hoped that ev
cry child would remember il
this glad new day of the South
what the old soldiers have en-
dured.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Nc
Leod's address, Is young ladie,
of the graded school marched
upon the stage and sang Gus
) Before the Battle, Mother, Mis-
Crowder playing piano accom-
paniment, and then Mr.. McAl
= lister announced that Genera
, F. A. Bond, of Hunters Lodge
near Moss Neck, would delive
, the crosses of honor. Gen
> Bond was a man of consid
cradle prominence in polit
ical life in Maryland, hi
native State, before moving t.
, his home in this courtyard h
! was honored with importar
: commissions during the war. B,
| fore delivering the crosses, he toll
2 of how he cameto cast in his IL
| with the people of Robeso
= county. He said that the It'd
5 IN his affairs that led hir
< into intimate and friendly re
] lations with the people of Mort
S Carolina had east his lines
:, pleasant places. When a pri'
= oner at Point Lookout he b
y came acquainted with a Co
}, Leaventhorpe, of Ruthe
n ford county, and later, while Q
t a journey through this Stat
f he stopped at Col. Leavel
y thorpe's home; and when Co
$ Leaventhorpe received a commi
d sionfrom theConfederate Cover:
IF ment for some special work
:, got Gen. Bond to help him;an
IN tbo4 v,ax, h. I-o.o.. .,