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 PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES. 
 
 Opening Prayer Rev. W. R. Minter 
 
 Hymn "For All The Saints Who From Their Labors Rest." 
 
 Introduction _. .Judge W. A. Hoke 
 
 Address .._ _. A. Nixon 
 
 Hymn "My Country 'Tis Of Thee." 
 
 Benediction ...Rev. Robert McMullen 
 
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introbuctorp Remarks pp Jubge W. 3. ?|ofee. 
 
 "I am glad of the opportunity 
 to express the great gratification 
 we all feel that this interesting old 
 Academy now passes under the 
 control of the Daughters of the 
 Confederacy and for such a noble 
 purpose, to be used as a Hall of 
 History, a Memorial Hall in honor 
 of the Heroes of this county, liv- 
 ing and dead, who were members 
 of the armies of the Confederacy. 
 
 "And truly fellow citizens, do 
 these men deserve all the homage 
 we can pay them, as I have hereto- 
 fore said in this connection. For 
 four years they carried the banners 
 given them as soldiers of this coun- 
 try in the forefront of hard fought 
 battles in the army of Northern 
 Virginia and many States farther 
 in the West, and never faltered or 
 failed. They placed the name of 
 the good county of Lincoln high on 
 the roll where all men shall behold 
 it ami all time shall never efface it. 
 Wherever you go throughout this 
 great Republic you can point with 
 pride to the place of y<mr nativity 
 by reason of the record that these 
 men have made. By reasou of the 
 deeds that these men have done, 
 yea they should be faithfully hon- 
 ored, aud we have placed this 
 building for the noble purpose in 
 deserving and efficient hands. 
 
 "I wish the people of the county 
 and State could know of the many 
 gracious aud kindly deeds done by 
 this chapter of the Confederacy. 
 From the very beginning they 
 have done their full duty and 
 lived up to the spirit of their or- 
 ganization. Not only hai'e they 
 given timely and charitable aid 
 where it was needed but they have 
 gladdened the heart and stirred 
 the soul of many a gray haired 
 man who thought that his heroic 
 life was unnoticed and forgotten. 
 
 "From this history of the Chap- 
 ter, from the character and noble 
 hearted capable women who com- 
 pose it, we commit this building to 
 their care with every assurance 
 that this, like their other work, 
 will be well done and the high 
 purpose to which we dedicate this 
 building will be carried to its full 
 fruition. 
 
 "As a part of these exercises, 
 and a most important feature, our 
 worthy fellow citizen, Mr. Alfred 
 Nixon, who has done so much to 
 promote this undertaking has pre- 
 pared, and kindly consented to de 
 liver, ^ historical sketch of this 
 old building with personal refer- 
 ence to some of those who have 
 had instruction here. He brings 
 to his work a well stored and sym- 
 pathetic mind and therefore I 
 know fall well you will hear him 
 with pleasure." 
 
gfobres& of 21. JJtxon. 
 
 It is with a feeling of peculiar 
 pride and pleasure that I address 
 you on this occasion. In the ac- 
 quisition of this building as a 
 Memorial Hall I congratulate you. 
 Although Lincoln county is a little 
 behind her sister counties in erect- 
 ing a Monument to her Confederate 
 Heroes, I believe it will have the 
 most unique, the most extensive, 
 the most instructive, of any; a 
 monument that will not only serve 
 to remind succeeding generations 
 of our love and reverence for the 
 followers of Lee and Jackson, but 
 one — if you receive that encourage- 
 ment and assistance you so richly 
 deserve, and your plans are carried 
 out — that will perpetuate to the 
 most distant time the name and 
 service, the valor and patriotism 
 of each Lincoln couuty soldier. 
 
 It has been well said, that, "A 
 people who forget their dead de 
 serve themselves to be forgotten." 
 It is eminently right and proper 
 therefore, that Lincoln county 
 should honor and preserve the 
 memory of her Confederate Heroes, 
 and all who aid in this laudable 
 undertaking honor themselves in 
 so doing. This will not only be a 
 fitting Memorial to their patriotic 
 services, but ever a high and per- 
 petual incentive to the living to 
 
 lead such lives, and, if duty calls, 
 to devote themselves to their coun- 
 try's service. 
 
 In obedience to North Carolina's 
 call more than thirteen hundred 
 Lincoln county boys went forth to 
 battle. Many of them sleep in 
 graves stretching from Gettysburg 
 to the battlefields ol the far South. 
 An honored remnant is still with 
 us. The thin gray line grows 
 thinner. Not many years will 
 pass till the last of these will have 
 "crossed over the river," and all, 
 we hope, to "rest under the shade 
 of the trees," in the grand re- union 
 beyond. 
 
 Veterans, I am glad that you 
 have been spared not only to see a 
 re-united country, but even the 
 scars of war healed, — all animated 
 by love of our country's good and 
 glory. Today the Secretary of 
 War of this great Nation is an Ex- 
 Confederate soldier. A few years 
 ago when this country had trouble 
 with a foreign power, the old Con- 
 federates donned the blue, enlisted 
 under the Stars and Stripes and 
 with Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee 
 dropped in at the front to fight for 
 Uncle Sam. But it is said that 
 when Wheeler was charging the 
 Spaniards at Santiago, he cheered 
 up his men by saying: "Come on, 
 
boys; the Yankees are running. ? ' 
 
 Lincoln county has made histo- 
 ry. Your chapter has taken a 
 most important step to secure its 
 preservation. At your first meet- 
 ing in your own Hall, I wish to in- 
 spire a love for these historic walls, 
 hallowed grounds and classic 
 shades. I have not the data for a 
 complete sketch, but have some 
 facts worthy of common knowledge 
 and preservation; these relate to 
 the history of this building, its 
 trustees, teachers and pupils, and 
 the part they played in the great 
 drama of war, a goodly heritage of 
 inspiring memories and I hope to 
 demonstrate that there is eminent 
 fitness iu this building being a 
 Memorial Hall. 
 
 The fathers provided separate 
 schools for the males and females. 
 This was the Male Academy. On 
 the south side of the town grounds 
 were set apart for the Female 
 School, and the Female Academy 
 has a history parallelling this, but 
 what I have to say deals with men 
 and this Academy. In both 
 schools we are the beneficiaries of 
 their wisdom and forethought. 
 
 LINCOLNTON. 
 
 The charter establishing the town 
 of Lincolnton was granted by the 
 General Assembly in 1786. It lo- 
 cated the town on three hundred 
 acres of vacant and unappropriated 
 
 lands lying between the lines of 
 Phillip Cansler and Christian 
 Bernhardt, reciting that the same 
 is a "healthy and pleasant situa- 
 tion and well watered. " 
 
 PLEASANT RETREAT ACADEMY. 
 
 From its institution this school 
 has borne the attractive name of 
 Pleasant Retreat Academy. The 
 older students delighted to speak 
 of its refreshing shades, — the oak 
 and hickory, interspersed with the 
 chestnut and the chinquipin, and 
 the spring at the foot of the hill. 
 
 Pleasant Retreat Academy was 
 chartered by the General Assembly 
 of the State of North Carolina 10th 
 December, 1813. The Act of In- 
 corporation named tweuty-oue 
 Trustees. They were of the sub- 
 stantial and distinguished men of 
 Lincolutou and Lincoln county. 
 Several of them were soldiers of 
 the Revolution. I recall their 
 names: Rev. Phillip Henkle, Rev. 
 Humphrey Hunter, Lavvson Hen- 
 denson, Joseph Graham, John 
 Fulleu wider, John Hoke, Peter 
 Forney, Robert Williamson, Dan- 
 iel Hoke, Martin Shuford, Daniel 
 Shuford, J. Reinhardt, Vardry 
 McBee, David Ramsour, Peter 
 Hoyle, Henry Y. Webb, George 
 Carruth, Wm. McLean, Robert 
 Burton, John Reid, and David 
 Reinhardt. 
 
 The charter was amended in 
 

 1819, and the Trustees restricted 
 to five, viz: Robert H. Burton, 
 Lawson Henderson, John Hoke, 
 David Ramsour, and Robert Wil- 
 liamson, and the Board of Trus- 
 tees has since been composed of 
 five members. 
 
 In 1816 an Act of the General 
 Assembly authorizing the laying 
 out of more lots in the the Town of 
 Lincoluton, provided: "That a 
 portion of the tract of land afore- 
 said not exceeding four acres and 
 including a spring shall be laid off 
 for the use of the Academy in said 
 town." 
 
 June 4th, 1817, Jacob Ramsour, 
 Daniel Hoke, Robert Williamson, 
 Robert H. Burton, and Lawson 
 Henderson made report that 
 agreeable to Act of Assembly of 
 1816, they had laid off among nu- 
 merous other lots, "a lot for the 
 use of the academy, of three acres, 
 three quarters and thirty-six perch- 
 es 24-33 of a perch with a street 
 43 feet wide through the same and 
 including a spring." 
 
 On the 21st August, 1821, Jo- 
 seph Dixon, Trustee for Lincoln 
 county executed a deed to the 
 Trustees of Pleasant Retreat Acad- 
 emy for the land set apart for its 
 use. 
 
 All the official records of the 
 Trustees down to the close of the 
 war have been lost. Since the 
 
 war the following have served as 
 Trustees: Jacob A. Ramsour, John 
 F. Hoke, Henry Cansler, William 
 Lander, James T. Alexander, V. 
 A. McBee, B. H. Sumner, David 
 Schenck, W. H. Motz, and B. C. 
 Cobb, all former students. 
 
 W. H Motz was elected a trus- 
 tee June 20th, 1869, and is the 
 oldest member and chairman of 
 the present board. He attended 
 this school as far back as 1835, 
 when Prof. Morrow was in charge. 
 His heart beats with love and ven- 
 eration for this ancient seat of 
 learning, to which he is united by 
 many tender associations. 
 
 Chapter 51, laws of 1908, em- 
 powered the Trustees of Pleasant 
 Retreat Academy to lease its 
 buildings and grounds to the 
 Southern Stars Chapter, Daugh- 
 ters of the Confederacy for the 
 purpose of a Memorial Hall of the 
 Confederate Veterans of Lincoln 
 county; authorized the Graded 
 School Committee to join in the 
 lease; and appointed Mrs. W. A. 
 Hoke, Mrs. R. S. Reinhardt, and 
 Mrs. R. E. Costuer, Trustees to 
 hold this and other property your 
 Chapter may acquire, with power 
 to increase your number to live, 
 which has already been done by 
 the addition of Mrs. J. W. Sain, 
 and Mrs. Agnes Lawing. 
 
 The Board of Trustees at this 
 
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 time, and who have executed the 
 deed to you, are, W. H. Motz, W. 
 A. Hoke, R. S. Reinhardt, A. L. 
 Quickel, and R. E. Costner. 
 
 The Graded School Committee 
 of Liucolnton who have also join- 
 ed in the execution of your deed 
 are, R. M. Roseman, Edgar Love, 
 W. W. Motz, D. T. Johnson, and 
 R. A. Yoder. 
 
 The Deed of lease to your Chap- 
 ter bears date 20th June, 190S. It 
 gives your Chapter a lease on the 
 building and grounds for niuety- 
 uine years, with power of renewal. 
 One of the considerations you 
 have already met by discharging 
 a debt of -$282.65, incurred some 
 years since in its repair; another is 
 to keep the grounds for a park 
 until they shall be needed for pub- 
 lic school purposes. But your 
 lease on this building and lot of 
 60x198 feet, is for ninety nine 
 years, with power of renewal, if 
 your organization continues its 
 existence, and should desire to do 
 so. 
 
 THE TEACHERS, 
 
 have been men of ability. It is 
 a pleasing duty to call their names. 
 In the absence of records this men- 
 tion can but be imperfect. 
 
 JOHN A. MUSH ATT. 
 
 The first teacher of whom I have 
 heard any of the older people 
 
 speak was Mushatt. He was a 
 very learned man from Connecti- 
 cut, and a graduate of Yale. He 
 was an xAssociate Reformed preach- 
 er and came to this State about 
 1810. He was a fine teacher, a 
 a strict but just disciplinarian, 
 whipping grown young men who 
 broke his laws. 
 
 The southern boundary line of 
 Earl Granville's domain passed 
 through Lincoln county. This 
 line was never run west of the 
 Catawba by his agents. After the 
 Revolution there was litigation to 
 determine the proper location of 
 grants under the Crown and 
 Granville. In one of these suits, 
 Taylor vs. Shuford, reported in 
 4th Hawks, Mushatt was appoint- 
 ed by the court to locate the 
 Granville line. He ascertained it 
 by astronomical observations. He 
 removed to Lowndes county, Ala- 
 bama, about 1830. 
 
 THOMAS DEWS. 
 
 The late V. A. McBee told me 
 Thomas Dews taught here. He 
 was a student under him. His 
 parents migrated from St. Peter's 
 Port, Isle of Guernsey, where 
 Thomas was born. Thomas Dews, 
 the father was a cabinet maker, 
 whose eccentricities, goodness and 
 piety are yet the talk of the town. 
 Mrs. Dews, the mother, was like- 
 wise a well known character. She 
 
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 sold cakes to secure means to edu- 
 cate their promising boy. Tom 
 Dews was drowned iu Second 
 Broad river, Rutherford county, N. 
 C, August 4th, 1838, aged 30 
 years, 2 months and 25 days. His 
 remains lie in honor beneath a 
 pure marble shaft, the tribute of a 
 noble- hearted woman to the man 
 who adored her while he lived. It 
 marks the spot where rests her 
 lover and her love. 
 
 GEORGE W. MORROW, 
 
 Of Orange county, was principal 
 of a flourishing school. He was 
 assisted by his wife, a daughter of 
 a teacher of Orange, Rev. Elijah 
 Graves. She taught in the up- 
 stairs. He died October 2nd, 
 1835, after a short service. 
 
 JOHN DICKEY, 
 
 Was the next teacher, a man of 
 eminent piety, who always opened 
 school with a fervent prayer. 
 
 J. D. MURPHY, 
 
 Conducted this school in the for- 
 ties. He was a native of Ireland 
 where he had received a classical 
 education. His school was noted, 
 and attracted pupils from distant 
 parts of the State. He removed 
 to Lexington in 1846. 
 
 I love to hear old people recount 
 the incidents of their childhood. 
 They seem more vividly impressed 
 with these than with the weightier 
 
 matters of mature life. I recall 
 the following incident a very old 
 man related to me: ''I went to 
 school to Prof. Murphy, an Irish- 
 man. His wife was Irish too, and 
 they lived in the upstairs of the 
 Academy. The belfry was ou top, 
 but the rope came through to the 
 first floor. Hogs ran at large then. 
 One night a lot of us boys caught 
 one, held its mouth while tying it 
 to the bell cord and then ran. The 
 bell began to ring. The Professor 
 came down, found the cause, but 
 was afraid of the hog, which was 
 in as much trouble as he was. 
 Next morning we released the hog, 
 had good lessons and were studi- 
 ous, but somehow we couldn't get 
 along. The Professor had lost a 
 night's sleep, and before the day 
 was over he flogged every boy iu 
 school for some cause, determining 
 to make sure he whipped the ones 
 who tied the hog." 
 
 It is a custom of boys to give pet 
 names to the teachers they love. 
 The officer with a pet name was 
 liked by his soldiers. The genial 
 Irishman, Prof. Murphy, had his. 
 I remember on one occasion a dis- 
 tinguished friend was recounting 
 the classic attainment and splen- 
 did ability of Prof. Murphy as a 
 teacher and the fame of his school, 
 giowiug reminiscent, he said: — 
 "His given name was Jeremiah. 
 
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 I will never forget it. I had it in- 
 delibly impressed on my mind and 
 back in childhood. I was a little 
 tot too small for his school. The 
 larger boys by some wile or per- 
 suasion induced me to go to the 
 Academy door and cry out, "Jer- 
 emiah, Jeremiah," I did so to the 
 amusement of the boys. A note 
 from the Professor informed moth- 
 er of my conduct. The whipping 
 she gave me, and Jeremiah, will 
 remain while memory lasts." 
 
 Benjamin Sumner, a native of 
 Gates county, conducted this 
 school witb success. He was as- 
 sisted by his nephew, Richard H. 
 Riddick. Later his son, Thomas 
 J. Sumner, and Prof. Riddick 
 taught. Prof. Benjamin Sumner 
 died in Rowan county April 3rd, 
 1866. Prof. Riddick had been a 
 soldier in the Mexican War, and 
 was Colonel of the 34th Regiment 
 in the Civil War. A brave and 
 efficient officer, he fell at Ox Hill 
 1st September, 1862. 
 
 Other ante-bellum teachers were 
 Prof. Lindsley, Rev. Robert N. 
 Davis, Rev. Jeremiah Ingold, and 
 perhaps others of whom 1 have not 
 heard, but there is one more in 
 whom I feel a kindly interest, 
 Pankey, Prof. Paukey. His mem- 
 ory hangs on such a delicate 
 thread. 
 
 HIGGLETY-PIGGLETY. 
 
 A friend Avas once relating inci- 
 dents of his first school in the long 
 ago. He said: "I can remember 
 the teacher who taught before I 
 entered. He boarded at our house, 
 but I was too small to go. His 
 name was Pankey. I do not re- 
 member much about him except 
 he was always trying to learn me 
 to spell the words, 'Higglety- 
 Pigglety. ' 
 
 WETMORE AND SMITH. 
 
 June 20th, 1869, the Trustees 
 gave Rev. W. R. Wetmore and 
 Prof. Hildreth H. Smith the use 
 of the Academy for a male school. 
 Dr. Wetmore was a University 
 graduate, chaplain of a regiment 
 during the war, and a man of 
 learning. Prof. Smith was a na- 
 tive of New Hampshire, had been 
 President of Catawba College and 
 Professor of Modern Languages in 
 our State University. Their school 
 was a success. 
 
 Then followed Mebane, Arrow - 
 wood, George W. Halen, and per- 
 haps others, well remembered by 
 the men of today. 
 
 REV. J. W. JENKINS. 
 
 April 16th, 1881, I find the 
 Trustees, "Resolved: That Rev. J. 
 W. Jenkins have the use of the 
 Academy lor the purpose of teach- 
 ing a male school in the lower part 
 of the building." 
 
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 Th e reason the lower part only 
 is let the upper story was used as 
 a masonic lodge. I have often 
 met with the lodge in this upper 
 chamber. 
 
 This hasty glimpse brings us 
 down to current history. The 
 Female Academy is enlarged and 
 becomes the Graded School. Miss 
 Sallie B. Hoke taught school here 
 in 1884 and '85. Miss Kate Shipp 
 conducted the Mary Wood school 
 here a few years beginning in 1901. 
 
 STUDENTS. 
 
 In the total absence of records I 
 cannot begin to call the long stu- 
 dent roll. Here have been train- 
 ed boys who grew into men of 
 wide influence, and graved their 
 names high on the altars of fame 
 by distinguished services in the 
 pulpit, at the bar, on the bench, 
 the hustings, and in the various 
 necessary and useful vocations of 
 life. I will mention a few. 
 
 Prof. Brumby, here received his 
 preparation for college and after- 
 wards filled with honor and iepu- 
 tation a chair in the University of 
 his native State, South Carolina. 
 From certain glimpses of the dis- 
 tant past I am of opinion that 
 Pleasant Retreat in its first years 
 was a mixed school. Prof. Brum- 
 by married Mary, a daughter of 
 Capt. Alexander Brevard, while 
 
 Ransom H. Hunley, another Pal- 
 metto Student, married Caroline, a 
 daughter of General Peter Forney, 
 all students. The Female Acad- 
 emy was not opened uutil 1825. 
 
 James Pinkney Henderson, son 
 of one of the first Trustees, sought 
 the broad area of the "Lone Star" 
 State for the full development of 
 his great intellect and won fortune 
 and fame, an eminent lawyer, At- 
 torney General of the Republic of 
 Texas, its Minister Plenipotentiary 
 and Envoy Extraordinary to 
 France, England and the United 
 States, Governor of Texas, Major- 
 General of the United States Army 
 in the War with Mexico, and at the 
 time of his death, United States 
 Senator, he adorned the positions 
 which his courage and talents won. 
 
 Thomas Dews, the wonderful 
 precocity of whose intellect amazed 
 the generation in which he lived 
 until his name has been handed 
 down to posterity as the embodi- 
 ment of genius and greatness. He 
 graduated at our State University 
 at the early age of sixteen, divid- 
 ing with Ex-Governor Graham, 
 the highest honor of the class of 
 1824. He made himself famous 
 by his achievements at the bar ere 
 he sank into an untimely grave. 
 His name which ought to have 
 gone down the ages on account of 
 great deeds achieved by extraor- 
 dinary talent, will perhaps he best 
 
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 and always remembered in connec- 
 tion with a happily turned epitaph 
 incident, in which "The Devil got 
 his (Dews) dues." 
 
 Ambrose Costner was a student 
 of Prof. Murphy while he taught 
 at the High Shoals and afterwards 
 here. He is perhaps the oldest 
 living alumnus of this institution 
 and carries well his more than four 
 score years. Agriculture has been 
 his lifes work., Often the popular 
 representative of Lincoln county 
 in both Houses of the General As- 
 sembly, he is respected and hon- 
 ored by those who know him. 
 
 A custom of the early days was 
 to allow the older boys to study 
 under the shade of the trees. A 
 trio, Cephas Quickel, Wallace 
 Rein hard t, and V. A. McBee oc- 
 cupied three trees which stood to- 
 gether, and to each tree was given 
 the name of the boy that sat under 
 it. The trees are gone. The boys 
 who grew into venerable men have 
 passed to their fathers, but their 
 sweet memories will linger long. 
 
 I will now mention an incident 
 in the words of an old student: — 
 "At recess we hurried down to a 
 large chestnut that grew at the 
 foot of the hill. Jake Cansler 
 cl'mbed the tree and threw down 
 the burrs. I was hulling aud 
 gathering the chestnuts. We were 
 to divide. The school bell rang. 
 Delay m^ant punishment. I called 
 
 to Jake that I was going. He said, 
 'go ahead, I haven't gotten enough 
 chestnuts yet.' I says, 'you can 
 have mine.' He replied: 'Alright, 
 but while I am up here I will get 
 a few more and take a whipping.' 
 Jake came into the school room 
 late, his pockets bulging with 
 chestnuts, and took his whipping 
 without a whimper. He after- 
 wards graduated at the State Uni- 
 versity aud became a Baptist di- 
 vine of wide influence. " 
 
 Michael Hoke was a sou of Colo- 
 nel John Hoke, one of the first 
 Trustees. He attended Capt. 
 Partridges Military academy, Mid- 
 dleton, Connecticut, read law with 
 Robert H. Burton, whose daugh- 
 ter Francis, he married. An emi- 
 nent lawyer, an accomplished 
 orator he died in the openingsplen- 
 dor of an effulgent genius which 
 was already shedding its lustre on 
 the political history of the State he 
 loved so well. 
 
 William A. Graham attended 
 this Academy, his first school from 
 his home. He grew into a great 
 man with an honorable and dis- 
 tinguished career. He was twice 
 Governor, United States and Con- 
 federate Senator, Secretary of the 
 Navy, and candidate for Vice- 
 President on the Scott ticket. 
 
 The great campaigu of 1844 was 
 one of the most exciting in the his- 
 tory of the State. There were 
 
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 many causes tending to make it so. 
 It was a Presidential election. 
 Henry Clay, the Whig nominee, 
 made a speech in Ealeigh on the 
 12th of April, of that year. No 
 public man swayed his followers as 
 did Clay, and to that extent he 
 was admired by his friends and 
 hated by his enemies. James K. 
 Polk, of Tennessee, a native of 
 Mecklenburg, and graduate of our 
 State University, was the nominee 
 of the Democrats, and his party 
 hoped to carry the State. The 
 Eepublic of Texas was seeking an- 
 nexation to the United States, and 
 this was a burning issue. Both 
 parties were on their mettle. The 
 battle promised to be of unusual 
 interest and excitement. The very 
 best men must be selected for of- 
 fice. The parties sought their 
 standard bearers with as much 
 care as a general would select a 
 soldier for a hazardous underta- 
 king. Both parties were fortunate 
 in the selection of leaders, and it is 
 worthy of honorable mention on 
 this occasion, that each of the great 
 political parties selected as its can- 
 didate for the office of Governor, a 
 native of Lincoln county, a former 
 student of this Academy and a son 
 of one of the first Trustees. 
 
 The Democrats nominated as 
 their standard bearer Michael 
 Hoke, a gentleman of fine person, 
 fine address, of long legislative ex- 
 
 perience and high position at the 
 bar, whose ease of manner and 
 brilliancy of oratory won for him 
 troops of friends. 
 
 The Whigs were equally for- 
 tunate in the selection of their 
 standard bearer in the person of 
 William A. Graham, a man of ex- 
 alted character and ability, and 
 like his competitor the fairness of 
 his conduct, his open generous 
 temper, and his elevated mode of 
 argument, won him many friends. 
 
 Never in any campaign in this 
 or any other State, for any posi- 
 tion, were two political antagonists 
 more evenly matched. Both were 
 in the very prime of life. Hoke 
 was only thirty-four and Graham 
 forty years of age. Both were 
 strikingly handsome men, tall, 
 well- formed, and graceful, with 
 manners as polished as a Chester- 
 field, aud tempers as placid as a 
 theological student, characters as 
 pure as a maiden, aud habits as 
 free from guile as those of a bishop. 
 While possessing all these amiable 
 qualities when it came to the ad- 
 vocacy of the principles of theii 
 respective parties or assaulting 
 those of the other they exhibited 
 the courage of a Washington and 
 and the aggressiveness of a Jack- 
 son. The dignified and majestic 
 preseuceof Graham was formidably 
 rivaled by the matchless manner 
 and ready humor of Hoke; and no 
 
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 two were ever more enthusiastical- 
 ly supported by their partisan fol- 
 lowers. It was a battle of giants. 
 
 Graham was elected Governor; 
 Clay carried the State, but Polk 
 was elected President. Hoke did 
 not long survive the campaign. 
 He died September 9th, 1844, at 
 the youthful age of 34 years, 4 
 months and 7 days. 
 
 Governor Graham was born Sep 
 tember 5th, 1804, and died August 
 11th 1875. I saw him in Lincoln- 
 ton in 1872. His face and form, no- 
 ble and commanding, was cast in 
 natures finest mould. As pictured 
 in my mind he was the most dis- 
 tinguished looking man I have 
 ever seen. He rauks among the 
 greatest men produced by the 
 State. 
 
 Henry Cansler was a man of tine 
 sense, high standing and great in- 
 fluence. He filled the office of 
 Sheriff, Clerk of the Court, and 
 member of the General Assembly, 
 and talked well on the stump. 
 Phillip Cansler and John Hoke 
 married sisters, Anna Mariah and 
 Barbara Q.uickel. So Henry Can 
 sler and Michael Hoke were first 
 cousins. Michael Hoke's brilliant 
 career was a constant source of de- 
 light to the oJd Dutchman, Phillip 
 Cansler. He was often heard to 
 say: "Mike Hoke's a de'il of a 
 smhart fellow," and as his heart 
 swelled with parental pride, he 
 
 always concluded his eulogy with, 
 "He is a first cousin of my son 
 Henry." 
 
 William Lander, a brilliant, im- 
 petuous, chivalric, noble gentle- 
 man, was one of the foremost ad- 
 vocates of the bar of Western 
 Xorth Carolina; a popular and be- 
 loved tribune of the people, who 
 passed by the stately honors of a 
 Judgeship to enjoy the more splen- 
 did triumphs of the forum; and 
 whose splendid eloquence found 
 congenial fellowship amid the fiery 
 spirits of the Confederate Congress. 
 He was a native of Tiparo, Ireland, 
 born May 0th, 1817. His parents 
 emigrated to America when he was 
 eight years old. He was a member 
 of the Convention from Lincoln 
 county in 1861, that passed the 
 Ordinance of Secession. He voted 
 for and signed that instrument. 
 He died January 9th, 1868. Law- 
 yer, Solicitor, Legislator, and mem- 
 ber of the Confederate Congress, 
 he has a mouumeut of love and af- 
 fection in the hearts of those who 
 knew him best. 
 
 Samuel Lauder was a man of 
 broad and accurate scholarship, 
 President of Williamson Female 
 College, an educator noted for the 
 thoroughness of his work, a preach- 
 er of wide repute, a gentleman of 
 elegant manners, an humble Chris- 
 tian, lately fallen asleep. 
 
 Hon. William and Dr. Samuel 
 
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 Lander were brothers. They were 
 nephews of Prof. Murphy. The 
 wives of Prof. Murphy and Samuel 
 Lauder, Senior, were sisters and 
 before their marriage Martha and 
 Eliza Miller. 
 
 David Schenck was a powerful 
 advocate and successful lawyer. A 
 close student, of untiring energy 
 and indomitable will, he arose to 
 the head of his profession. A 
 Judge of the Superior Court, a his- 
 torian of wide reputation, he ranks 
 among Lincoln county's most dis- 
 tinguished sons. 
 
 Caleb Motz was a delegate to the 
 constitutional convention of 1875, 
 long time Chairman of the Board 
 of County Commissioners, active 
 in public school affairs, a public 
 spirited citizen, of pleasant memo- 
 ry- 
 John A. Huggins here received 
 a fine education, was a school 
 teacher of high rank and a minis- 
 ter. He died in the communion of 
 the Baptist church. 
 
 Dr. J. M. Richardsou, a skilled 
 physician, a good man, and good 
 citizen is of pleasant memory. 
 
 There will occur to you many 
 others whose names are dear, and 
 whose memories are a precious her- 
 itage, but I must pass from this 
 interesting field. 
 
 For the possession of this build- 
 ing and its consecration as a Me- 
 morial Hall Judge W. A. Hoke is 
 
 entitled to a debt of gratitude. 
 He believes the United Daughters 
 of the Confederacy a great organi- 
 zation, the most potent existent in 
 its beautiful labor of love in strew- 
 ing with flowers the pathway of 
 the old veteran, and in its great en- 
 deavor to preserve for the ages the 
 story of his dauntless service. 
 
 Judge Hoke is to be commended 
 for his filial interest and inherent 
 love for these classic walls. In 
 this Academy he received his edu- 
 cation, and is one of the Board of 
 Trustees of his Alma Mater. Here 
 his distinguished father, Col. John 
 F. Hoke, received his preparation 
 for the State University and was a 
 Trustee, and his grandfather, Col. 
 John Hoke, was a member of the 
 first Board of Trustees. As cit- 
 izen, lawyer, Legislator, Judge of 
 the Superior Court and Associate 
 Justice of the Supreme Court of 
 this State, he has an enviable 
 record. 
 
 POST BELLTJM STUDENTS. 
 
 Among these are Hoke Smith, 
 lawyer, journalist, Secretary of the 
 Interior under President Cleveland, 
 and the present Governor of Geor- 
 gia; William B. Shipp, Lieutenant 
 Tenth U. S. Cavalry, killed on San 
 Juan Hill, Battle of Santiago, July 
 1st, 1898; T. H. Cobb and B. C. 
 Cobb of the Lincoln bar; Harris 
 Tkniisaur, financier; W. E. Grigg, 
 
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 banker; D. W. Robinson, lawyer; 
 H. S. Robinson, retired merchant 
 and farmer; Chas. E. Robinson, 
 merchant; W. W. Motz, architect 
 and builder; Blair and Hugh Jen- 
 kins, merchants; Rev. W. L. 
 Sherrill of the M. E. Church, 
 South ;.C. E. Childs, of the Lin- 
 coln bar; C. C. Cobb, of the Texas 
 bar; Dr. Sumner McBee, and 
 Silas McBee, Editor of the Church- 
 man; L. B. Wetmore, lawyer; 
 Charles Sumner, farmer; Dr. Hen- 
 ry Costner; W. A. Costner, farm- 
 er; Thomas J. Ramsaur, farmer. 
 But I must pass on. Your minds 
 will supply a long catalogue of 
 others on the stage of action dis- 
 charging efficiently the responsible 
 duties of citizenship. 
 
 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. 
 
 Many of the Students of this 
 Academy became Confederate Sol- 
 diers. I have prepared a roll. It 
 may be far from complete, but I 
 have placed in it the name of every 
 one I now recall, or have been able 
 to find by inquiry. It is an honor 
 roll. Hear the names: 
 
 The first Lincoln county volun- 
 teers to answer their Southland's 
 call to arras were the Southern 
 Stars, Company K, Bethel Regi- 
 ment. Its commissioned officers, 
 William J. Hoke, Captain; Wal- 
 lace M. Reinhardt, First Lieuten- 
 ant; Robert F. Hoke, Second Lieu- 
 
 tenant, and E. E. Sumner, Third 
 Lieutenant, and the following non- 
 commissioned officers and privates 
 had been students in the Academy, 
 a total of twenty-eight: — E. W. 
 Stubbs and L. J. Hoyle, Sergeants; 
 Thomas J. Cansler, First Corporal; 
 James L. Alexander, M. A. Bland. 
 Peter Vardry Cauble, George M. 
 Hoke, Joseph us Houser, Monroe 
 Houser and J. W. Houser, Charles 
 Johnson, William H. Jetton, Sam- 
 uel Lander, C. L. Jack ; :on, Wil- 
 liam Martin, George M. Motz, 
 Henry E. Ramsaur, W. S. Rush, 
 G. W. Shuford, Franklin Stubbs, 
 J. A. Sumner, James D. Wells, 
 Daniel Wells and Oliver Wells. 
 
 The veterans of Lincoln county 
 attest their esteem for the Captain 
 of the Southern Stars by giving his 
 name, W. J. Hoke, to their Camp; 
 your Chapter beautifully preserves 
 the Company's name, Southern 
 Stars, while the Children of the 
 Confederacy lovingly enshrine in 
 their chapter name, the First 
 Lieutenant, Wallace Reinhardt. 
 
 William J. Hoke, son of John 
 Hoke, was Captain of the South- 
 ern Stars and later Colonel of the 
 38th Regiment, a gallant soldier 
 much loved. 
 
 Robert F. Hoke is a son of Hon. 
 Michael Hoke, and both his grand- 
 fathers, John Hoke and Robert H. 
 Burton, and one great grandfather, 
 John Fullenwider, were of the first 
 
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 Trustees. After leaving this 
 Academy he attended the Ken- 
 tucky Military Institute. He en- 
 listed at the first call for volun- 
 teers and was commissioned Second 
 Lieutenant of the Southern Stars; 
 before the Bethel Campaign was 
 over he was promoted Major. By 
 his firmness, ability, and gallantry, 
 he arose by rapid promotion 
 through the grades to the rank of 
 Major-General. He enjoyed the 
 confidence and esteem of the great 
 Lee whom he resembled in person 
 and genius; and, has the unparal- 
 lelleded honor of being that great 
 chieftiau's choice to be his succes- 
 sor as Commander-in-Chief should 
 he had the misfortune to have fallen 
 in battle or been disabled. A gal- 
 lant soldier, a modest gentleman, 
 he has an abiding place in the 
 affections of the people. 
 
 Stephen D. Ramseur, son and 
 grandson of Trustees, Jacob A., 
 and David Ramseur, went from 
 this school to Davidson College, 
 then to West Point, where he re- 
 mained five years, graduating in 
 1N60, and received a commission as 
 Second Lieutenant. At the burst- 
 ing of the storm-cloud Lieutenant 
 Ramseur resigued his commission 
 in the United States army and 
 tendered his services to the South- 
 ern cause. He entered the Con- 
 federate service as Captain of Com- 
 pany A, in the Ellis Light Artil- 
 
 lery, April 16th, 1861, and by 
 regular promotion won the rank of 
 Major-General, and met the death 
 of a hero on the field of battle. 
 Brave, chivalrous, and capable, he 
 possessed those lofty martial qual- 
 ities that distinguished the South- 
 ern soldier. 
 
 Joseph W. Alexauder, a student 
 of this Academy, graduated at An- 
 napolis, and entered the naval ser- 
 vice of the United States. At the 
 outbreak of hostilities he was a 
 Lieutenant with the Mediterranean 
 Squadron On its recall, he made 
 his way South, and tendered his 
 service to the new formed Confed- 
 eracy and was commissioned a 
 Captain in its navy. In the Hamp- 
 ton Road's fight, one of the famous 
 naval battles of history, he com- 
 manded the Raleigh. Captain 
 Alexander was a cultured gentle- 
 man. After seeing most of the 
 world his last days were peacefully 
 passed on a Lincoln county farm. 
 
 Alvin DeLane was a soldier in 
 the United States Army, whose 
 flag was endeared to him by many 
 years service. The war clouds 
 gather, a decision is to be made. 
 He hesitates not. The battle cry 
 of the South expresses the senti 
 tnent of his heart and his resolve: 
 
 "In Dixie land. I'll take my stand. 
 And live and die for Dixie." 
 
 In the darkness of the night he 
 scales the walls of Fort Sumpter 
 
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 with a ladder, and uses this as a 
 float for many hours on the living 
 deep, is rescued, becomes che hero 
 of Charleston and for the next four 
 years a gallant Confederate soldier. 
 
 John F. Hoke won a Captain's 
 commission in the 12th Regiment 
 U. S. Infantry in the war with 
 Mexico. He was appointed Adju- 
 tant-General of North Carolina in 
 1860, and in 1S61 he organized and 
 sent to Virginia fourteen regiments 
 during the months of May and 
 June. In July, 1861, he was 
 elected Colonel of the 23rd Regi- 
 meut, afterwards he commanded 
 the 73rd Regiment until the war 
 closed. A learned lawyer, often 
 the representative of Lincoln coun- 
 ty in the General Assembly, he 
 wore "without reproach the grand 
 old name of gentleman." 
 
 George D. Caubie was a student 
 under Mr. Murphy at High Shoals 
 and afterwards attended this 
 Academy. His comrades testify to 
 his courage and gallantry as a Con 
 federate soldier. He is today a 
 valiant follower of the Great Com- 
 mander under the banner of the 
 1 Cross. 
 
 The other day I met on Acad- 
 emy street Charlie Hoke, of At- 
 lanta. He was a student under 
 Sumner and Riddick. A child ot 
 seven he stayed out of school to 
 blow the fife as the soldiers 
 marched the streets of Lincolnton 
 
 drilling for the Mexican War. 
 His father removed to Greenville, 
 S. C. When the war came he 
 hurried to join Hampton's Legion, 
 fearing it would be all over before 
 he could get to the front, but he 
 arrived in good time for four years 
 of march and battle, exposed to 
 the storm of shot and shell. 
 
 Frauk Schenck, of Lawndale, 
 was the first Captain of Company 
 F, 55th, afterwards promoted 
 Major of his Regiment. A good 
 citizen, progressive and public 
 spirited his life has beeu a bene- 
 diction to his country. 
 
 Lemuel J. Hoyle served in the 
 Bethel Campaign with the South- 
 ern Stars, and throughout the re- 
 mainder of the war as Second 
 Lieutenant, Company I, 11th Reg- 
 iment. He has tilled many posi- 
 tions of trust and is a man highly 
 esteemed and much loved. 
 
 William E. Edwards, of the 
 52nd, and Heury Gheeu, of the 
 57th, and Ebeu Childs, of the 
 Western Army, in the early flush 
 of young manhood laid their lives 
 upon the altar of their country. 
 
 William S. Bynum, the gallant 
 soldier boy, was born February 
 9th, 1848; September 25th, 1862, 
 at the age of fourteen years he en- 
 listed in Company K, 42ud Regi- 
 ment and served until the surren- 
 der. After the war he attended 
 this Academy, practiced law, and 
 
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 became an Episcopal clergyman. 
 He fell asleep October 21st, 1888. 
 
 Among the pioneer German set- 
 tlers was Andrew Heedick. One of 
 the first lots in Lincolutou, con- 
 veyed in 1788, was to Andrew 
 Heedick and Christian Bernhardt, 
 Trustees for the "Dutch Lutherans 
 and Dutch Presbyterians, for the 
 iutent and purpose of building 
 thereon a meeting house for public 
 worship, school houses, both Dutch 
 and Euglish, and a place for the 
 burial of the dead." This is the 
 "Old White Church" property, 
 now owned by the Lutherans. On 
 this lot the first school house in 
 Lincolnton is said to have been 
 built. Andrew Heedick, a great 
 grandson of the pioneer, lost his 
 right *arm in the fearful battle of 
 Chancellorsville. After the war 
 he attended this Academy, pre- 
 paring himself for school-teaching. 
 He filled for many years the office 
 of County Treasurer and is one of 
 Lincoln county's honored sons. In 
 school with him were three other 
 soldier boys, William Thompson 
 and Macon Luckey, of Company C, 
 71st Regiment, and Melville V. 
 Bamsour, of Confederate States 
 Navy. 
 
 Benjamin H. Sumner, Captain 
 and A. C. S., 38th Regiment, was 
 commissioned February 15th, 1862. 
 Other Confederate soldiers were 
 
 Laban A. Hoyle, Thomas L. Hou- 
 ser, Augustus P. James, William 
 H. McCoy, Jacob A. Miller, Bob- 
 ert M. Boseman, David W. Barn- 
 sour, James Shuford, Cowan Alex- 
 ander, Peter Snmmey, William A. 
 Cline, Frank L. Stewart. 
 
 I think it will be of interest for 
 the future to meutiou some of the 
 boys by families. It will afford 
 some picture of the suffering and 
 sacrifices, not only of those at the 
 front but the dear ones at home. 
 There were the three Phifer broth- 
 ers, George L., Captain of Compa- 
 ny K, 49th; Ed. X., a Lieutenant 
 in the same Company, died of 
 wound, and William L., killed in 
 the battle of Chicamauga, Tennes- 
 see; Jacob A., Caleb (2nd Lieut. 
 Company C, 71st) and Joseph Bi- 
 saner; Charles, Taylor, and William 
 H. Jetton; Mayfield, George, and 
 Charlie Motz; David, Harvey, and 
 Sergeant Major Charles B. Bam- 
 sour, brothers of General Bamsour; 
 Lawson and Charlie Henderson; 
 Lee and Charlie Johnson; Frank 
 Hoke, brother of Cols. John F. aud 
 William J. Hoke. Ed. and Alfred 
 A. Bamsour; Josephus Houserand 
 Monroe Houser of the first volun- 
 teers; Josephus was afterwards 
 First Lieutenant of Company D, 
 First Begiment. 
 
 The Wells family merit honor- 
 able mention — seven brothers — all 
 in service. Thomas, too old for 
 
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 enlistment, was with the Senior 
 Reserves. James, Daniel, and 
 Oliver went out with the first vol- 
 unteers. James was afterwards 
 Captain of Company G, 52nd, in 
 which Henry was a Lieutenant. 
 Wesley was a member of Company 
 E, 27th, while Osborne was a sol- 
 dier from the Palmetto State. 
 
 Likewise seven of Gen. Daniel 
 Seagle's sous attended this Acad- 
 emy; George W. Seagle, Captain 
 of Company B, 23rd Regiment in 
 which Thomas J. was First Lieu- 
 tenant; then there was James, 
 Monroe, Andrew, Macon and Mar- 
 tin, Confederate soldiers. I go 
 beyond the record to state their 
 two younger brothers, Polk and 
 Frank were soldiers but never at- 
 tended this Academy. 
 
 James F. Johnson, of East Lin- 
 coln attended this Academy in the 
 long ago. He entered the service 
 with the Beattie's Ford Rifles and 
 came out with a Captain's Commis- 
 sion. I also mention that his four 
 brothers were Confederate soldiers: 
 Brigadier-General Robert D. John- 
 ston, Captain William H. John- 
 ston, Captain Joseph F. Johnston, 
 and Bartlett S. Johnston, of the 
 Confederate States Nav.y, but they 
 were never students of this 
 Academy. 
 
 In calling the names of nearly 
 one hundred students I have men- 
 tioned a Confederate States Sen- 
 
 ator, member of Confederate States 
 Congress, two Major Generals, two 
 Colonels, one Sergeant- Major, six 
 Captains, five First Lieutenants, 
 and three Second Lieutenants, the 
 others non-commissioned officers 
 and privates of faithfulness and 
 gallantry. 
 
 Daughters of the Confederacy: 
 You are not only conservators of 
 history, you are making history, 
 all the time. Each act of yours 
 will interest the generations that 
 follow. Confidently believing this 
 I entrust to your keeping the 
 following: 
 
 1. Copy of original grant for 
 Town of Lincolntou, 1785. 
 
 2. Charter Pleasant Retreat 
 Academy, 1813, and copy of 
 Amended Charter, 1819. 
 
 3. Chapter 46, Laws 1816, au- 
 thorizing not exceeding four acres 
 for the use of the Academy. 
 
 4. Report Commissioners June 
 4th, 1817, laying off Academy lot. 
 
 5. Deed to Academy 21st Au- 
 gust, 1821. 
 
 6. Chapter 51, Laws, 1908, au- 
 thorizing Trustees and Graded 
 School Committee to make lease 
 to Southern Stars Chapter. 
 
 7. I also hand jou original deed 
 of lease of date June 20th, 1908. 
 
 8. The note of $267.30 and in- 
 terest, $15.35, you settled for Com- 
 mittee, check drawn by your 
 
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 Treasurer, and the receipt of Bank 
 for same. 
 
 9. The manuscript of the ad- 
 dress delivered by General Eobert 
 D. Johnston to the survivors of his 
 old command in Lincolnton, July 
 11th, 1908, in which he commends 
 your undertaking in the following 
 words: "I had the pleasure yester- 
 terday to visit the old Academy 
 Hall, which has been dedicated as 
 a receptacle of memorials of Con- 
 federate veterans. It is a wiser 
 and happier way of preserving the 
 records and history of the war. I 
 cordially commend the example of 
 the United Daughters of the Con- 
 federacy of Lincoln county to their 
 sister Associations. Such a recep 
 tacle of the relics of the war will 
 be a perpetual object lesson to our 
 children of their father's memo- 
 ries. It will afford me great pleas- 
 ure if I can find something of mine 
 worthy of a place in this Memorial 
 Hall." 
 
 10. Roster of the Veterans at- 
 tending the Re union in Lincolnton 
 July 11th, 1908. This is the gift 
 of the Wallace Reinhardt Chapter, 
 Children of the Confederacy. They 
 handed it to me with the request 
 that I have each veteran register 
 his name. With it I hand you the 
 
 pen used on the occasion. 
 
 And lastly, I place in your 
 keeping this address conscious of 
 its imperfections and omissions, in 
 the hope that it will inspire great- 
 er love for our grand old county of 
 Lincoln, its citizens, and soldiery. 
 
 The work yet ahead of you is 
 great and laudable — I hope your 
 greatest expectations will be real- 
 ized. 
 
 In St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 
 the body of the architect lies be- 
 neath a plain stone slab. Upon a 
 tablet are the words: "If you 
 would seek a monument look 
 around." The great dome swells 
 above, the vast walls stretch about. 
 In the creation of his genius Chris- 
 topher Wren has a fittiug and 
 everlasting Memorial. Our minds 
 this evening have dwelt upon the 
 past. We have remembered some 
 of the dead and the living. I hope 
 you will so adorn these walls with 
 the faces of Lincoln county's 
 soldiers, and with the story of 
 their services, that should a stran- 
 ger come within our gates and 
 inquire: "Where is your Confed- 
 erate Monument?" you can bring 
 him here and answer: "Look 
 around." 
 
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