The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-29

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Father Exquisite Floral Designs
From Nearly Every Southern State.
baltimore SUM
Richmond, Va Sept 2J.--iIl TINT was
mortal 81 Wlnnin Dnvis, ihr "Dnught"r
| 81 the touf"d"rncv,' was laid to rest
ths afternoon IN Hollywood Cemetery,
| III" beautiful huryinR ground III which
| her father, Jefferson Davis. sleeps III
pence. md where 1000 Confederate
.n,i,"rs lie hrncnth the sod
| Hlchroud. the city Of her birth and
the homr Of her father during the Rrcnt
| etruEgl" which coat til" South 40 much.
| VIVA .hrpudrd III gloom today, for every
heart wna touched mud every on" felt
| kr"uly til" Iosa Tia" South had Sustained
III tn" death Of Winnie DAVIS, for the
nnn" OF he dnught"r "f ia" one" Prrsi
dent Of IL" tonf'icrnrv wns II houH"hnlI
word in Richmond, and WHEN the sonbrc
| hrnrnr passed. bearing tn" remains ui
! her whom they hnd one" Delighted to
| honor. th"r" Was scarcely on" who
| witnessed tn" Hnd spectacle TINT wns
| not affected hy Tia" scrnr
| From III" time tn" cnAe"t wna born" to
81 Paul Church until the body Of Win
| III" DAVIS nnH lowered III TIA" gray u
pail hung over Ii,rhmund. Every flag III
til" city uttrrrd NJ huIinnai, aud every
church bell toIiri II mnurn'ul duEr,
Tn" Remains arrived here at \ 10 II IN
| ut ia" Union Depot aud were met 10y IT,"
aud Ic,rti tnmpA pr4IIi" Tia" early
| hour thrt" vnA n larry" crowd At the sta
| ton
CIIrrr follows ~ I,~l II Tia" funeral
| rsrnrtD
| Mrs DAVIS rnnr' ont III tn" ear l"nuing
on II" uru Of Col. Archer \udrrsun, aud
| Nt4 lin,,H fn'lnNri With Hon j. Taylor
| EIl,ann. l'h"N wei" driven AT one" to
| ia" Irlirt snu Hotel The rl~k,I was
| hnrnr to HE hear" hN the active pail
| hrnr"ra and the rnnid ~ honor and the
| rRrnri 81 veterans followed four abreast
| The lcnr4,' vas drawn 10y for beautiful
| whit" horses. zach animal h"nE led by II
| culn,rd man When 81 Faults Church
WA rrlr'rd ia" cnsh't VT plated III TIA"
| lecture room and the scout was dis
| mi -tnh- fwn mcmhrr+ ni the guard ut
| honor remained constantly CA duty.
| being relieved every lknr. The raskrt
uas very hnnd*nn," one and was made
| al walnut SATIN lined aud covered, and
| had SILVER handles
| \H Huou IA IT una place.! IN the lecture
| room It was surrounded 10y many floral
| 'it'HitnH IL lIiN every Nlllt III tue south
| having 4rut one or moro ni these hcnut,-
| ,ul tributes At the head Of the cnskrt
| was II mammoth battle flag oi immnr-
| tclrra received from Alexandria. which
| rested upon u stand draprd III black
| srlk To the left nt the rasArt was the
| turlrd tlng ri the nnfrdrracy and across
| ia sable cover rested another flag Of
alk. At the loot waH an exquisite design
| sent hv the tnn(cdcracN al tharlrst on
| = E.. with the sh,rld ui the tunfrd,rarv
III flowers below II. The stand sup
rnrt,ni: the ra%hr,. rested upon the bat
| tie tnr. The coffin itscll WAS wrapped III
| II Confederate battle flag
AZ HO O'Clock the funeral service ur-
| Cured ~ ST Faults Church. the house of
| Worship attended Ivy President Davis
during tn" war. aud III ~ pew W which he
sat when he received the telegram from
| Grn"ral Lee. telling HIM that Richmond
must ho evacuated Mrs. Davis sat
to-day III tins pew while the last sad
rites were sand over the rrmaus vi h,r
danEhtrr The gallery ri the church
| VAS thrrmn open Ia the public. and WAS
allied Ia ITS capacity. but there WAS ur
crush 49, the doors were closed as soon
IN every seat wastah"n. The mann body
al the church WAS occupied 10y the
veteran organizations aud the ladies
| associations. The rhnurcl was literally
! covered With tlrra designs
rs the ra>kCt VAS borne up the centre
a'Sjp ~ the pulpit the tust krsimcutal
Hand. whlth WAS STATIONED III the street
outside. played a dead march, The
srr> Vices were very simple. and were con
iurtri Ivy Rev pr. Carmichael and Rev.
~. Moses u llrkr. They consisted III
the reading NJ the burial service NJ the