Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-11-26
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bed her purpose to have the re-
mains 81 the late President ~ the
Confederate States tntombed in
Hollywood, the fams,l Cemetery nj
Richmond We wrote q il, while
war still ragged, that time, when
peace Is restored, will make Il a
most attractive spot. The site is
admirably cbo-en Many % the
monuments are costly aud tasteful
bat these aud the simpler grave
stones are IT recent date. never
cared 90 wander through a grave
yard IN which there are no old
tombs,ons's. Men just buried are
too nearly allied with the living.
The Gulf separating rs Is neither
deep nor vide enough 30 excite
those strangely sab emotions ex-
peri"nce,l when we decipher time
worn epitaphs. ascribing Ia ashes
beneath all the virtues 81 our race.
Two ex-Presidents - the United
States sleep in Hollywood. Tyler
and Monroe and not far away are
countless graves ~ soldiers IL the
South, victims 1T insatiate revolu-
ton Monumental marble will
designate resting places 81 states
men who achieved all the ends II
human ambition. but the graves of
soldiers who gave their lives. a.
they believed. for their country'a
sGaaacipaiipn, have no..hef tomls
pofepitaTla "a di tia.uishcd Larl.
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returned 60 dus'. When war no
longer dc~o,ates the land, when
peace wigs and grateful people
would honor the illustrious dead.
there will not be- Eanting a mauss,-
leum 10 tell PROSPERITY that Holly
wood II consecratc,l in a nations
heart There they he and these
wor,ls acre written on the spot In
May 1864 beneath these little
hillocks with rude boards a. heal.
stones. the gallant men Who fell In
all the battles sround Richmond
There, too. are those whose lives
went away from bodies rackei With
pain, ia countless Richmond hos
pitas
Mothers, wives and sisters
shall visit Hollywood, through
many coming years. from all
the southern States. that they may
view the spot where the loved aud
lost repose in undisiinguishei
graves
Il stood upon the holy ground
The funeral train Of poverty
came in at the gateway as | was
going out A market wagon con-
tanned a little coffin u rough
boards. A gray-haired negro was
the driver, and three women. an
old man, and half a dozen thinly-
clad little girls anal boys followed
very slowly all with measured
steps and sad faces As I was
going out a little girl. eight OF
nine year old, poorly clad. was
closing the gate Her face was
pretty, and her large lustro us eyes
grew bright when | asked the
name u the occupant Of the coffin.
She seemed 30 think that every
body should know that Mary was
dead.
+" Ii Is very strange you did not
know Mary. l thought almost
everybody knew her She was 80
good. and gentle. aud kind. and
she was her mothers only child.
! went 10 school with Mary"
The simplicity and earnestness
Of the child Interested me. n
wished 10 know more of Mary and
Of that poor. heartbroken woman,
80 meanly attired. who was follow
ing With unsteady steps her only
child to the grave. I cannot %
course, give the language Of the
little girl but she said
When used 10 look Al Mary
! wondered how people could ever
call her homely there were 80
many shades of color In Der eyes
when ! was talking 10 her, and the
blood woald come and 40 in her
pale checks She used 10 help the
children across the muddy streets