The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-24
COL. POLK'S FUNERAL.
The Alliance Chieftain Laid Away
at Raleigh.
Impressive Ceremonies at the Grave.
Senators PETER and Irby
Present.

RALEIGH, n. C.--Thc largest private
funeral ever he'd here was that of l.. l..
Polk The First Baptist church. in which
the services were held. could not contain
half the people. And yet it WAS city
funeral. There were very few Alliance
men present The news did not reach
them soon enough. Many of them
thought The body, if brought here at all,
would be brought later.
1t was 3 o'clock in the afternoon when
the special car from Washington arrived.
In this was the body and the following
l'dies and gentlemen Scna or3 PetTer
and Irby; Rep esentatives H. + Stack
house, of South Carolina: J. c. CT $. of
Kansas, ". A. McKcigh II. Of Nebraska;
w. \. brand, and s B Alexander, of
North Carolina; .. NJ Kerr G. W. Ma
rhnc. & j, Moses, Mr. and Mrs w. A.
Baker, w. +. Wynne, J. H. Turner,
liugh smith. DR.. w. c, Murphy. MIS-.
lrrr' Simpson, Mis-. Ben Terrell, Mrs
N. \. Dunning, Mr.. and Mrs. J A. AL.
hitton, Mrs. +. \. Dwyr and VI $. j G..
H'S. There were fully 300 people at the
"tation. A procession was rmcd The
na!l-bcarcrS were Of the Washington par
't. The remains were at cucc taken TO
e First Baptist church. During the
,NSsagc of the procession through the
streets the bell Of the city hall was tolled
A.the church the casket was opened and
was banked with flowers. many Of which
were brought from Washington In the
audience was Gov. Holt aud the officers
"t the State Alliance, (savc President
Marion Butlcc who could not reach here
III timc,) the mayor "i Raleigh; Vice
President A. 3. Andrews, of the Rich
mond s. Danville Ra lroad; Grand Sire
iiushee, Of the Odd Fellows, etc Rev.
d. j. w. Carter, paste, of the church.
read passage OF Scripture, Rev. DIR T.
l.. skinner prayed, AID Rev. DR.. j j.
Hall, pastor OF the Baptist Tabcruacl
read anothcr selection. A shovt SERMON
| was preached Ivy Rev. DIR. Carter, from
| the text: "rhpu knowest nc. what n
day may bring FORTH" in the course of
which he alluded TO Polk's earnest work
for the church in the State and country
A quartette choir sang, ''Abide will
me, and DIR. Garter announced ibnt tl,e
bod y;cppld be giewed. A thousand peo-
! ~ s : g. ej 8 . e s1| : - lesf sa elSa as ! ms as
calm and natural p The pallbearers took.
tho, body eut Of the caprohs aud it wQa.
StlseBs talSsas =
efssapp p6iuted Aess.S yr1IEEHHSXf
} Heck, ,Ns sB. 3rouSht Jno f. aKhes s{<4.s'
! w. Sauderlin, w. s. Barnes, w. ~ FeeIe,
~ NJ. Allen, 81 Gti.o Wilson, a. j. Da.by
sand II. E. King. These represent the
Church, the Alliance and c:tiz ms The
procession, which vas very isrge one,
then made its way 10 Oakwood Cemetery.
In carriage was Mrs. FOLK and her three
daughters. The burial place was on the
slope of hill and when the procession
arrived there more than thousand people
were found on the spot. The three preach
ers took their positions AT the head Of the
grave Rev. DR. Carter made some re-
marks, Rev. DR.. Hill prayed aud Rev.
DR. Atkinson pronounced the hCnrdiction.
The party which came from Washington
lett ut 6l5 on its return. Thclc was
much curiosity to see PciIcr and MaCunc,
particularly. There were no Alliance
ceremonies whatever, although the order
has an impressive burial service
Already there are, of couise, spcuula-
tious as to who will take up the work
which Polk was doing for the Third party
1t is said Minnesota man is prominent
OF course it is not yet known what will
he -doIc with the Progressive Farmer.
of no order save the Royal ArCuunm and
the All ancc
At meeting of number of friends of
the late Col Polk. held here in the even.
ing, it WAS determined to call public
meeting here June 22nd inr the purpose
of organizing the Polk Memorial AssoCiH-
tion looking to the erection of Il suitable
monun, mt to his memory.