The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-10
Confederate Dead,

the procession began to move,
while cheers issued from thous-
ands of strong hsngs Behind
the last company and drawn by
ten white horses came a float
carrying fifteen young ladies
representing the SVlthern Con-
federacy and the different States
which composed it's Each bore
aloft a beautiful banner with
the names ofthe different States
handsomely embroidered upon
the centre. Every one was the
daughter of a Confederate vet
eran and every one was more
than fair to look upon, being re-
garded as a belle in her parti-
cular State.
1t was q magnificent tableua,
and cheers that greeted the float
as it passed from block to block
were deafening. These were
the fair representatives: Miss
Annie Stone, representing "the
Confederacy;" Miss Kate Por-
ter, Maryland; Miss Courtney
WaIthall, Virginia; Miss Corin-
ne H. Sykes, North Carolina;
Miss Annie Howingway, South
Carolina; Miss Mary Lacy,
Georgia; Miss Elsie Govan,
Florida; Miss Nellie Fewell,
Alabama; Miss Maria Lowry,
Mississippi; Miss Mary Belle
Morgan, Louisiana; Miss Caro-
dine Martin, Texas; Miss Vir-
ginia Hunt, Arkansas; Miss
Sallie Cowen, Tennessee; Miss
Annabell Power, Kentucky;
Miss Annie L. Stone, Missouri.
Next to the float came the Of
ficers Of the Ladies' Monument
Association, the organization
under which the monu. rent has
been erected. They We're hearth
ly cheered at every point. Then
came the distinguished visitors
from abroad and the Confeder-
ate Veterans, in carriages, or
ganized Posts of Confederate
Veterans, and organized posts
of Sons of Confederate Veterans
The procession was two miles in
length. The sidewalks were
packed with people, and cheers
ran from block to block. The
Stars and Stripes were carried
at the head of every division,
and likewise floated from the
top of the Capitol. by side
with them were carried many
torn and tattered Confederate
battle flags.
The bands played the Star.
Spangled Banner, Yankee
Doodle and Dixie. Twenty-one
Mississippi military companies,
and ten companies from other
States figured in the procession,
When the grand stand was
reached the exercises were open.
ed with a fervent invocation by
Father +. A. Picheret, of Vicks.
bur, a Confederate veteran who
had served through the war al
Chaplain.
The monument was then un.
veiled by Mrs. Margaret Davis
Daynes, a daughterof Jefferson
Davis, amidst prolonged ap.
plause, while the combined
bands rendered "Star-Spangled
Banner and "Dixie." The
monument was formally pres.
ented by Miss Sallie G. Morgan,
the presentation speech being
made by Hon. g. 4. Hooker. II
was accepted by Colonel j. r
Mcintosh. Senator Il. II Walt.
hall, upon being introduced,
was received with loud and pro.
longed applause.
His grafton upon "The Con,
federaey" was a complete his,
tory of the war from inception
TO close. He received close at,
tention and repeated applause
When he concluded Mrs. Luther
Manship recited with stirring
effect the poem by Rev. Father
>. j. Ryan, entitled "Sentine
Songs" Then Gov. Lower,
followed with a brief Grafton on
the life and charactar of JEFF.
erson Davis, in the course oi
which he said that when parti
sanship had given plac,
to sober reason and judgment
historians would accord the late
President of the Confederate
States the front rank among tn,
great statesmen Of his day, a.
well as those who had preceded
him. At the conclusion of Gov,
ernor Lowery's oration th,
bands rendered America" ant
Maryland, My Maryland,
and with the pronouncing o.
the benediction by Rev. II. y
Sproles, pastor of the FRS
Baptist church of the city, Oh,
exercises were brought to u con
clusion.
Much disappointment was fel
at the absence Of Mrs. Davis an,
Miss Winnie, who were in New
York.
Attribute 60 ElOqucnce.