Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-12
The Southern Cenfederacy
And Its Heroes Hon.
Ored.
Yesterdays Observance In This City.
Veterans Banqueted by Daugh-
ters: Military Demon.
StratiOD: Mir. kafham'S
Fine AddfeSS-.-GraYes
Decorated.

OO0VA UtVVs
Although the c1oudburst and contin-
uous rain of yesterday curtailed the |
attendance and circumscribed the OBJ
servance of Confederate Memorial /
Day in this city, yet it was, all in all, |
one of the most elaborately observed |
of any in the whole long history of |
Goldsboro's answering fealty to the |
day and it's sacred and hallowed |
memories.
The Daughters of Thomas Ruffin |
Chapter had previously invited the
Confederate Veterans of the county to
be their guests at barbecue dinner
at the Court House, and they secured
the supervision of Col. w. B. Fort
and his noted white chef, James Hen
ry Bum, to prepare the barbecue
and certainly was none finer ever
served. They had the, cooking pit
tented, so that no rain could interfere
with the cooking, and about 2:30l
o'clock the cue, with all the essential
| side dishes was served in the spacious
corridor of the Court House on long
tables, and every old soldier had the
personal attention of the Daughters
and was made happy, and good cheer
was the order of the hour.
After the cue was served, lemonade
and cake with other delicacies came
next and the jolly old battle-grimed
heroes were loud and liberal in their
expressions of appreciation and at the
end of the feast three .rousing Confed-
crate cheers were given for Thomas
Ruffin Chapter Daughters of the Con-
: federacy.
!, After the dinner, the weather still
: being heavy and showery, the Veter-
ans were honored by the two splendid
= companies of Goldsboro's military, by
f passing before them in review, in full
t uniform; after which the Veterans
g and Daughters and assembled citi-
zens repaired to the auditorium OF
}. the Court House, where the exercises
8 by reason of the stress of weather
were held. These opened with the
singing of Dixie" followed by q
prayer by Rev. E. H. Davis. Maj. A
B. Hollowell, chief marshal, in grace
= full words, then presented the orator
= of the occasion, our own young towns
man, Hon. J. Langhorne Barhams wht
in manner that was most graceful
-, and in delivery that was eloquent ant
enthusing, spoke as follows:
al Ladies' and Gentlemen: No homo
ii that [ more appreciate could hav
" come to me than to have the pleasur
J. to stand in your midst today, invest
s. ed with the pEoud distinction bestow
T. ed upon me by the Thomas Ruff
v. Chapter United Daughters of the Con
II federacy, and of speaking to you OF
A. this Eallowed occasion.
Memorial Day'-a day of sad an
8. sweet memories. Wherever ther
r. sleeps a Confederate soldier, nobl
women gather to place fragrant flow
10 ers upon his grave. No people, M
- friends, are truly great who do no
honor the memory of their heroes.
Memorial Day has developed fror
n observance by single organizatio
:, until it has become the most memoria
i, day in the Americans calendar.
- To-day our people with holy offer
"a ing seek the silent tomb of these he
- roic soldiers and lay there their trit
of utes of affection and regard. TIL
rosebud in the hand of the little chill
80 and the storied laurel wreath in tn
- hand of age are deposited upon tn
=. known and unknown dust beneath
;s and in the act there is devotion an
!; high regard for the slumberer and fo
:, his cause.
ct is fitting, therefore, that the oil
should be reminded of the faith an
g. heroism of the Confederate soldie
and that the young should hear th
story of their noble sacrifice on th
altar of their country.
= "a beautiful custom this is, whic
- - has been observed SO many years b
- the people of the South, in commen
20 oration of the heroic lives that wei
~ out in storm. 1t is right that the
' should, in sunshine Or in shadow, re,
- erently and silently, lay flowers upo
. the breast of the true, showing tn;
though dead they are not forgotte
though overcome, they are not di
honored.
Is '"To most of you there comes tods
ate no misty memory of dark departs
ne day when marching thousands move
nd to meet fearless foe amid the ro;
m of gun and swish of sword. To >ye
INT there is no real remembrance of tt
l. war that filled this sacred grouT
with gallant dead. To you it seen
quite like some distant echo-ha
of realized, half doubted-that breal
he upon the happy scenes of today;
be takes no color, form or fashion
On, your mind. And yet you of the youn
is er generation, true to the tradition
RS. of your people, loyal to the legen.
he of your race, faithful to the faith
by your fathers, have come today in SCI
MS GUS silence. to honor our soldiers al
IN the cause for which they fought.
be ITO some OF you this day is charg.
gh with sad and sombre thoughts of OF
er days. when you were young al