The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-27

to Ninth and to the door Of the lecture
room Of ST. Paul's church the procession
slowly made its way. passing every few
yards little knots Of silent people who.
as a rule, showed their respect by IN
covering. The casket was placed in the
lecture room and Colonel Laughton dis
missed the escort. Two member of the
guard Of honor remained constantly on
duty, being relieved every half hour.
The casket was surrounded by floral
tributes from Georgia. Virginia. South
Carolina and other States. At its head
was q large battlefiag Of immortelles. re-
celved from Alexandria,, which rested
upon a stand draped in black silk. To
the left of the caSket was the furled flag
Of the Confectionery. and across its sable
cover rested another flag of silk. At the
foot was an exquisite design sent by the
Daughters of the Confederacy of Char
lesion. s.. C.. with the shield Of the Con
federacy in flowers below it. The stand
supporting the casket rested upon the
battletiag. From Charleston, S. c..
came a palmetto tree. with the request
that it DC planted at the head of the
grave.
Among other handsome floral designs
We're two of special note. one of immOr-
telles. presented by the Little Rock
Chapter of the Arkansas Daughters,
through Mrs. II. G.. Holenburg. of Little
Rock. The other "TNeas Star of car
nations and ferns, presented by Mrs. c..
Branch Stone. President of Texas Di-
vision of [. d. G..
st. PauT's church. in which the funeral
services were conducted. and Of which
Rev. DR.. Hartley Carmichael is the roe
tor, was the church in which Mr.. Davis
was confirmed. and was seated when he
received on April ;. 1868. the message
from General Lee which neccssitated
the evacuation Of Richmond by the Con
fedcratc troops.
THE SCENE AT THE CHURCH.
The funeral of Miss Winnie Davis
took place 1T $50 o'clock. The organ
played the 'JeffeSeon Davis Funeral
March as the procession entered the
church. First came the Veterans of Lee
Camp; then the Sons of Veterans. These
passed up the main aisle and were seat
ell to the left. The Veterans Of Pickett
Camp came next, going over to the left
aisle and taking seats at the front on
the right. The ministers of the various
churches Of the city had previously en-
tered the church and occupied seats to
the right of the chancel.
Following the Pickett Camp Veterans
were the veterans representing camps
in other States and behind them and
Immediately i'll front of the casket came
the honorary pal-bearers rs previously
published: following them came the
guard Of honor which had charge of the
caskct during the day. and next came
the casket, borne by the actual pail
bearers, ]. Is. Pollard, James +. Phil
lips. ID. S. Rcdford, f. \. Catlin. I. w.
Sydnor. James w. Pegram, Edwin T..
Cox and w. r.. Waldron.
Mrs. Davis followed close behind the
casket. leaning on the arm Of Colonel
Archer Anderson. She walked with
bowed head and very feebly. leaning
heavily on her cane. Mrs. Hayes and
other relatives and near friends follow
ed and Immediately behind came about
500 veterans. The flower and flag-cov-
cred casket was placed on the pedestals
III front of the chancel and Mrs. Davis
and her party took seats.
Soon the body of the church and gal
leries were filed. The galleries were
the only portion of the church thrown
open to the public. Rev. DR.. Carmichael
announced the first hymn. How Firm
Il Foundations. which was q favorite of
General Robert f. Lee. After the hymn
had been sung Rev. DR.. Nj. ID. Hoge
read the Psalm for the day. and Nearer
My God to Thee" was sung. DIR. Car
michael read the lesson. Art Thou
Weary was then sung and at its close
the veterans moved out with the caSket.
Mrs. Davis was Frustrated and could
not at once take her place. but her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Hayes. whispered words of
comfort and bcsought her to be brave. 1t
was several minutes before the grief
stricken nl0fhnr could TiSp Tho Scpno
was deeply affecting and those who Wit
messed it were greatly moved. Many
an old soldier. dressed in the grey that
means so much to him. wcpt freely rs
he witnessed the grief of the aged lady.
The crowd about the church when tho
caSket was taken out and placed in the
hearsc was of immense proportions. AS
far as the eye could reach up Franklin
street that t~horoughfare was crowded
and Ninth street was iammed for Il
block above and below the church. Per
feet order was maintained. however.
the marshal and the police handling the
crowd with little friction.
ORDER OF THE PROCESSION.
The order of the procession was as al
ready printed: The marshal and sta #,
mounted. Behind them came General
AIonzo Phillips and staff, including Lieu
tenant Colonel 10. Lane Stern. Captain
Workman and Captain Wingficld Crit
fin. of Company II. Second Virginia reg
iment. Immediately following the Con
oral and staff came Company | and
Company NJ. Second Virginia regiment.
the FORMER commanded by Captain
ShackcIford and the latter by First Lieu
tenant Moore. of Company j., Captain
RosSieuX commanding the battalion and
Lieutenant IFairlamb, the only other conf
miSSioned officer in the company sine"
the death of Lieutenant Woon, beng Il
in the hospital in Florida. Co,op%"r n
Of the Third Virginia regiment. under
Captain Masuricr, comrlotcd "antain
BossieuX's battalion. Rchi"1 49," cow
panies of the Second and Third r"-i-
ments were Companies ID. + and G Of
the First. and the Richmond HOwitzcrs.
After the military the procession WAS
formed in the following order:
r.. T.. Lee Camp. No. 1. Confederate