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 tho orava
Senators PETER and Irby
Present.

4 RALEIGH, ~ C.--Thc largest privato
FUNERAL ever he'd here was that cf l. I.
i"'h The FiIst Baptist church. in which
,he services were held, could not contain
hali the people. And We, it was a citv
funeral There were very few Alliance.
men present The news did not reach
them soon enough Many of them
thought the body, il brought here ut ali,
would be brought later
lt was 3 o'clock in the afternoon when
the special car from Washington arrived.
!" ,h's was the body and the following
t'uleS and gentlemen: Srna o,a PETER
aud lrby; Rep esentatives h. r. stack.
house, of South Carolina; I. q. OTIS of
Kansas; W. A. McKciyhrn, of Nebraska.
| w a. l'rnnd, and S. B Alexander. of
N"'th Carolina; y. NJ Kerr, {. w. Ma.
rhnr' & 8. Moses, Mr. and Mrs w. A.
.i"krr, w: +. Wynne, J. H. Turner,
,i"gh smith, Dr. w. {. Murphy, Mrs
Lr'r' simpson, Mis-. Ben Terrell, Mrs,
~. a. Dunning, Mr.. mud Mrs J A AL.
niitton, Mrs. r. A. Dwyr and NJ =. J q
'''S. There were fully 900 people at tho
''ni'on a procession was rmcd. The
pan bearers were Of the Washington par.
" The remains were at once taken ,o
First Baptist church. During tho
Passage of the procession through tho
F'rccts the bell Of the city hail was toIIcd
AZ the church the casket was opened and
vas banked with flowers. many of which
were brought from Washington In the
snu,ence was Gov. Holt and the officers
vt tho State Allisnce, (savc President
"arion bntler who could not reach here
III ''.nc, tue mayor nj Raleigh; Vice.
resident a. Is. Andrews, Of the Rich
inond u Danville Ra lroad; Grand Sire
i'ushee, of the Odd Fellows, etc. Rev
d. j. w. Carter, paste, of the church
read a passage OF Scripture, Rev. DIR r.
II. Skinner prayed, and Rev. DR.. J. J
Hat pastor of the BAPTIST Tabcrnacl
icad another selection. A short sermon
was preached hy Rev. Dr. Carter, from
inc text: "Thpu knowcst not what u
ony may bring FORTH" in the course of
which he alluded 10 Polk's earnest work
Tor the church in the State and country.
1uartettc choir sang, "Abidc with
Rs appoinied here fHeso We're y. N.
Icck, N. b. Broughton, Jno. Z. Rae, q.
v Sanderlin, w. :. Barnes, w. j. Peeie,
!. M. Allen, e. Otho Wilson, A. j. DalDy
nd III. f. King. These represent the
hurch the Alliance and citiH'ns. Inc
procession, which was very large one,
hen made its way 10 Oakwood Cemetery
N "A carriage was MiS. ! Oih Ui' NV '"''o
lauphtcrs. The burial place was on the
lone of a hill and when the procession
,rrived there more than n thousand people
we're found on the spot The three prcach'
,rs took their position, at the head oi the
grave. Rev DR.. Carter made some re-
marks. Rev. DR.. Hill prayed aud hcv.
DIR. Atkinson pronounced the hcn'diction'
The party which came from Washington
lett at 6:15 on its return. There was
much curiosity to see PclIcr and Mac"ne,
There were no hh'"nco
ceremonies whatever, although the oroer
has an impressive burial service.
Already there are, of cou'se, spcc"'9-
tious as to who will take up the WORK
which Polk was doing for the Third party.
It is said Minnesota man Is prominent;
or course it is not yet known what VIII
i,e done with the Progressive Farmer.
He left no fortune. Hc was mr'Lor
of no order save the Royal Arculnm ana
the All ancc
At II meeting of number OF friends OF
the late Col Polk. held here III the even
ipy it WAS determined I" all puhiic
meeting here June 22nd Ion the purpose
of organizing the Polk Memorial As@ocn'
tion looking to the erection OF swtaoie
r,onu,n, Mt to his memory.