The North Carolina booklet : great events in North Carolina history . edpoetical practice and polish, he gives promise of being one ofthe great verse-writers of our time and country. \ o. Vol. V. JANUARY, 1906 ^ No. 3 •,-* % . %THE 1^ NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET Carolina! Carolina! Heavens Blessings Attend Her!While We Live We Will Cherish, Protect and Defend Her. PUBLISHED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION The object of the Booklet is to aid in developing and preservingNorth Carolina History. The proceeds arising from its publicationwill be devoted to patriotic purposes. Ed
The North Carolina booklet : great events in North Carolina history . edpoetical practice and polish, he gives promise of being one ofthe great verse-writers of our time and country. \ o. Vol. V. JANUARY, 1906 ^ No. 3 •,-* % . %THE 1^ NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET Carolina! Carolina! Heavens Blessings Attend Her!While We Live We Will Cherish, Protect and Defend Her. PUBLISHED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION The object of the Booklet is to aid in developing and preservingNorth Carolina History. The proceeds arising from its publicationwill be devoted to patriotic purposes. Editors. Officers of The North Carolina SocietyDaughters OF the Revolution, 1903-1905: regent:MRS. THOMAS K. BKITNER. VICE-REGENT : MRS WALTER CLARK. HONORARY KEGENTS : liilRS. SPIER WHITAKER, (Nee Hooper), MRS. D. H. HILL, Sr.* SECRETARY! MRS. E. E. MOFFITT. treasurer:MRS. FRANK SHERWOOD. registrar:MRS. ED. CHAMBERS SMITH. Founder of the North Carolina Society andRegent 1896-1902;MRS. SPIER WHITAKER. Regent 1902:MRS. D. H. HILL, Sr; *Died December 12, 1904. f«»^. wo THE NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET. ^ Vol. V. JANUARY, 1906. No. 3, ^ > M CORNELIUS HARNETT: THE PRIDE OF THE r CAPE FEAR. % By R. D. W. CONNOR,Secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission The life and character of Cornelius Harnett have been thesubject of eulogy from the pen of every student of his praises his disinterested zeal in the public Frothinghani says: Harnett was the foremostactor in the movement for independence. mentionshim as the representative man of the Cape Maclaine Hooper, whose name betrays his parent-age, says that Harnett was the favorite of the Cape Fearand the idol of the town of Wilmington. He was incom-parably the first man of the Cape Fear country, writes an-other, and second to none in the state. Mr. George Daviscalls him the pride of the Cape Fear * * * the life-breath-ing spirit among the people. Governor Swain wrote thatno true
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