French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-09-21
MRS. CUDGER READS
AN INTERESTING PAPER
no,i,ored on the OccasiOROf 0. Henry
Day Held in Asheville
Recently.

rs. following interesting paper,
nooa NV Mrs. J. M. Gudger, Jr., on the
.ocasion of the celebration Of o.
JJonrv day in Asheville recently, is
-.orth much for the historical facts
contained therein:
Tie Woman's Congressional Club of
washington city set apart February
tbe goth 1915 as Book Day-when
.Torv state through its appointed COM
mitree contributed some book written
Nv ifs best and most popular author,
~ the library of this club; as chair
a,on Of the North Carolina committee,
II was my privilege, pleasure and
IrfJe to present the complete set. of
ISorJh Cardinals gifted writer O..
nonrv works-and contributed by the
Members of the club assisted by the
States delegation in Congress-with
these remarks:
prom out the galaxy of Southern
c+otos Nor,a Carolina shines resplen-
Jpnt-made famous in song and story
Gooausp Of her many and noble
ocbipvements-though Of the old
ost of the colonies, and one of the orig
inaI thirteen States-her history-her
h6onIe and resources achievements
aro not as we'll known as some of he
s,onnoer States of the Union~perhaps
t$hi. Iae been the result of the mod
octv and Indifference of her people, or
dne n the fact that they have permit
TOD others to write her history-but
mon her soil was made the first set
,ipment in the United States-and
within her borders Virginia Dare the
frst white child of English parentage,
FIRST saw the light of day-her people
TODAY probably present the purest type
of American citizens-and have ever
been a law abiding, patriotic n con-
sentative type of acknowledgements
inu under all circumstances their lib
ertv and just rights.
First to declare for independence on
Nav Goth 1875 in the city of Charlotte
q hand of farmers met and signed the
Mecklenburg Declaration of indie
dence.
In April 1875 the Halifax convention
directed the North Carolina members
in the continental Congress to vote for
q senaration from the English govern
ment.
Durino the war between the States
Nor.h Carolina furnished more sold
iors than she had voters-and her sol
d'ers the bravest type of southern
manhood bear the record -ef-First at
Pc. bel. farthest at Gettysburg and
las - AppOmattoX.
Years had passed-and> again North
Carolina was asked to furnish history.
In the Spanish American war the first
blood to be spilled upon her battle
fields was given when Worth Bagley
of Raleigh gave his young life for his
country.
In climatic conditions, in soil pre-
ductiOn and beauty or scenery North
Carolina is MISUNDERSTANDING its
lofty peaks to Heaven and towering
dome Mount Mitchell boasts of being
the highest peak east of the Rockies.
Her vast forests-her inland waters
her. fisheries the largest on the Allan
tic coasts-her water powers first of
all the Southern States in number and
power and other resources easily class
her along the foremost States OF the
Union.
Of her men she has produced many
heroes and schOlars-her Zebulon
Baird Vance-her Charles Brantley
Aycock-and her o. Henry-William
Sidney Porter rank among the first in
the political, educational and literary
world. E~SS
He is not absent who is not forgot
ten, and in that sense o: Henry Is with
US today. State and nation alike sus-
aimed an irreparable loss in his passing
his abilities and talent commanded
Our respect, while his genial nature
our love and admiration.
We are today hOnoring ourselves IN
honoring his memory and while his
for the public good are over
his memory and influence will live on
through the present and the future
speaking in a language that will touch
and lend a mystic influence to the lives
who come under the spell of his in
Bpiration.
The Sennaca Indians had a beautiful
superstition-when a loved n of the
tribe was called to the happy hunting
ground" a young bird was imprtson-
ed until he BEGAN to chirn his little
song. 1t was then loaded with ca
resses and set free, with a firm con-
vlctiOn that it would neither fold wing,
nor close eye, until it had borne its
burden to the shadow of the spirit
land. The bird is freed-and were the
superstition true, there would be car
rled TO o. Henry today the tender and
loving tributes breathed by his many
admirers and 10Vin~ friends,