Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-09

Approaching Fair - Confederate
Monument Cornerstone Laying.

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| WINCHESTER, VA, September s.
(Special)-The twenty-elghth annual fail
OF the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural
Society, which takes place here on Sep
TENDER 18th, 18th, 18th, and nth, pro-
misses to eclipse any previous meeting OF
the society held in recent years. The
officers have spared no pains or expense
TO secure the best attractions for the
large crowds expected here next week.
The races, which will take place on three
days of the fair, will be OF a superior
order, and the entries at this date indi-
cate that there Will be from five TO ten
starters in every race. The entries in
the various branches of farm and domes-
tic products and the live stock depart
ments are pouring in, and the opening
day of the fair will witness one OF the
best exhibitions ever given In this part
OF the State. On Thursday In addition
to the races and other attractions, there
will be reel. races. open 10 the world,
which will Re hotly contested. Friday,
however, will be the Ted-letter day at
the fair. Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss.
the New York millionaire, will be present
on that day and will give his annual re-
ception and banquet, at which thousands
of people attend
Extensive preparations are being made
for the large crowd of North Caro-
linians who will be here on the same day
TO lay the cornerstone Of the monument
to be erected in Stonewall Cemetery to
the memory of the Confederate soldiers
from that State who fell in the battles
in and around Winchester. Confederate
camps from various parts of North Car
DINA and in this section viii be present.
and these, together with the local Turner
Ashby Camp, Confederate Veterans;
the Turner-Ashby Guard the Fire De-
partment of the town, and the civic or
ganizations, will participate in grand
parade. after which the cornerstone Of
the monument will be laid with appro-
pirate ceremonies. Rev James Battle
Avirett. rector of the Episcopal church.
at Echo Rock, ST. james parish n. c..
who was chaplain in the Confederate
army, a brave soldier. and is a writer
Of considerable note will be the princi-
pal speaker. Some time ago the atten-
ton of several North Carolinians, among
whom was DR.. j. W. Griffith. OF Green's
boro, was called TO the fast decaying
condition of the wooden headboards over
the t39 soldiers from North Carolina,
who lie buried in StOnewall Cemetery.
The press of that State became deeply IN
terested in the matter and appealed
to the generosity of the people to save
the names Of the illustrious dead buried
in Stonewall from oblivion. In the mean
time, Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss, hear
ing of the condition of the graves,
generously came forward with the offer
TO bear one half the expense OF marble
headstones, with a handsome monument
in the foreground, provided the people |
of North Carolina would raise the other !
half. This was done. and the work on |
the marble headstones has just been |
Mr.. Rouss has also mate
rally assisted in the erection OF monu-
ments and headstones to the memory of
the Confederate soldiers from the other
Southern States who lie buried in Stone
wall Cemetery.