The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-08
OUR PEOPLES HONOR
TO THE REMAINS OF THE SOUTH'S
DEAD CHlEFTAiN.

All That IL Mortal of lex. Pr. sidsnt Davis
Laid to Il Rsnt-Eiowsrs S,rewn Along the
Lines of March by Loving Women and
Chudrou.
RICHMOND, Va. May 3I.-AlI that is
mortal OF Jefferson Davis now rests in
Hollywood. The special train from
New Orleans bearing the remains and
escort arrived here this morning At
the depot the First Regiment and the
veterans from Lee and Pickett Camps
were drawn up to do honor to the dis
tinguished dead. while thousands of
men, women and children, some Of
whom had been waiting for hours, teS-
tilted their appreciation Of the ucca-
sion by the most respectful silence. AS
the caSket containing the body was re-
moved TO tho hearse heals were un-
covered.
The procession then proceeded, with
the visiting escort of veterans from
the various Southern States in the post
OF honor, to the State capitol building,
Where the body was placed in state in
the rotunda immediately in front Of
the Senate chamber.
TIE GUARD OF HONOR
Lee Camp performed the duty of
guard OF honor. Here it remained un-
I'll O'Clock, and it is estimated that at
least 25,OOO people viewed the bier. In
ueed the stream Of humanity poured
through the building as long as 1t was
open TO the public. During the hours
set apart for the school children of the
public schools 5000 OF these alone
marched past, presenting touching
ana beautiful sight aS they dropped
lnelr floral offering at the foot OF the
caSket.
TIE LINE or MARCH.
Az $50 o'clock the body WAS removed
TO the calsSon drawn by six white
horses caparisoned in black, and the
line OF march was taken up for Holly
wood. The houses along the line were
almost without exception decorated in
black and white. National. State and
Confederate Ilags, the latter predoml-
mating, were either floating to the
breeze or worked in the funeral colors.
The streets along the route, yards
and windows Of dwellings were packed
with people. Nothing of Il tumul3uous
or noisy character marked the day or
progress Of the cortege, while the scene
was most imposing one, though the
whole city seemed to be IN mourning.
The time set for the procession to
move was 3 O'Clock, but there was a
short delay in Starting. First came
General John B. Gordon, chief mar.
shall. and staff OF some fifty prominent
Confederate officers, then the infantry
under Col. Henry Jones, headed the
line, followed by the artillery with
three batteries under command of Ma
Jor w. T.. Simons; four troops of caval
ry followed commanded 10y COL w. Il.
Wlckham. They were the Stuart Horse
Guards, Ashley Light Horse, Ienrico,
Chesterfield and Albemarle troops.
in, I;nt L.,
the catafalque, behind which came the
carriages i'll which were seated Mrs.
Jefferson Davis and Governor Mckin-
ney. Miss Winnie Davis and Mayor El-
Tyson. and Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes.
TIE HONORARY PALL-BEARERS.
These were followed by the honorary
pail bearers in carriages: Governor i.
II. Tillman of South Carolina, Elias
love of North Carolina, Frank Brown
ct Maryland, T.. Turncy of Tennessee,
w. y. McCurkle of West Virginia, T..
G. Jones. of Alabama, Generals j. a.
Early, ID. ii. Maury, William ii. Payne,
Nj. Il. Laws, l.. :. Baker, Stephen ID.
Lee, Harry IlGth, George ii. Stnart,
Major John w. Daniel, Senator T.. G..
Walthall, Messrs. Moses Millhiaer, NJ.
A. Allen, Hugh Blair, John r.. Purcell,
l.. i. Winston, a. 5. Buford, Col. John
L. Wood, DR.. John B. McCaw, Col. T..
l.. Reeve. T.. u. Glasgow.
Other distinguished persons followed
in carriages.
One of the carriages contained Bob
Brown, James Jones and McGinniss,
COlOrei servants Of the ID wis FANNY.
Then followed the members OF the
Jefferson Davis MOrument AssOcia-
tlOn, officers Of Hollis .,0nd, OakWmd
and the Hebrew Memoirs .lssOcil
tions.
The only veteran OrganiZ I'll III from
Georgia Ill the procession was the Con
federa!o Survivors Association of Nu-
gusta. This organization had ITS col
ors along, the Cobb Legion battle II ~.
This rent and tLtLercd ensign was car
ried in Richmond three years ago at
the unveiIng of the Les monument
and gave to General Joseph T.. John.
ston on the succeeding day the last aa-
lutte he received from a battle II ". The |
Augusta association sent It's adlutant
to New Orleans to lay its wreath upon
the bier of prcSiien Davis and to nc
company the remains to RichmOnd
General WitherS also has the head
quarters flag Of General Morgan,
STAINED with blood.
Then followed Brigadirr General
Brander and sian. The procession
was divided into three sections and in
cluded all the military and civic SOcie-
ties that came to the city to pay the
last sad tribute TO the dead chief.
A PATHWAY or FLOWERS.
AS was expected would be the case,
flowers were streWn along the route in
front of the catafalque and the sight
was indeed beautiful one. Women
and little children performed Il large
pact of this feature of the parade.
The bells of the city tolled while the
procession was IN progress. a num-
Der of old Confederate battle flags
were born, IN the procession while a
number of carriages were filled with
flowers.
ARRIVAL AT THE GRAVE.
Arriving at the grave, the military
formed in the avenue to the right Ovcr-
looking the bluff. The veterans as
sembled In the avenue to the left. The
ladies' auxiliary camps occupied the
section East OF the grave. The family
of the deceased, pall-bearers, escort OF
honor, officers and officiating clergy
men took places around the grave.
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES.
The other organizations remained in