The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-18
LAID TO REST NEAR HIS CHILD
HOODS HOME.
Thousands Throng tn. Town to Pay Last
Tribute to the Hero Of San Juan
Buried With Military Honors.

cial.)-The ashes of Lieut.. William +.
Ship were laid to rest here to-day in st.
Luke's church yard. The church at
whose altar he was taught those lessons
of faith and endurance and devotion to
duty that made noble his life and heroic
his death.
In the presence of those who knew and
loved him--some three thousand sad eyed
men and weeping women--we placed him
by the side of his mother.
1t was a funeral worthy of a hero and
yet all the sadder for its simplicity and
quiet Observation-Disclosures A few earn
est loving words, heartfully impressive
and appreciative. from Rev. DIR. Mar
shall, of Raleigh. who married him; a
prayer and short service by Rev. G. c.
Smith and Rev. C.. L. Hoffman, of
Charlotte; tender farewell utterance
at the grave from his beloved pastor.
Rev. DR.. W. r. Wetmore, and then, in
sight of his boyhood's home and under
the cloudless sky of as pure a spring day
as ever was born, all that was mortal of
William L. Ship passed from human
view.
In the gathering which assembled to
career was checked so early. We're men
eminent in trade, politics and profession
al life-soldiers. ministers and scholars.
Then there were those who had known
and loved him from his youth up. Vii
lage folk, people from the country for
miles and miles around had come TO pay
him a last sad farewell.
There was the old Ship homestead.
there the school house with his name
carved upon the wall. There the little
green blinded cottage home to which he
had proudly brought his sweet-faced,
low-yoiced bride. All these things were
recounted and stories told of him as a
bright-eyed boy, with his merry romp and
happy laughter.
The old love of the boy and man aches
yet and throbbed afresh to-day in their
hearts.
"Ie had beautiful SOUL said one
who had known him from his youth UP
and more eloquent tribute was never
laid on mortal bier.
They brought fiowers-these people
and banked them about his coffin or
upon his grave Simple posies many of
them were--a handful of buttercups or
hyacinths or maybe wild violets, but
they spoke as truly the sentiment of
hearts that will ever love and cherish
his memory as did the wreaths of i'm
mortelles and costly floral designs sent
from all parts of the country, and from
every city of the State.
The body, it will be remembered, was
brought to New York March 18th, on
the transport Mcclellan, was met there
by Mr.. f. III. Busbee and escorted to
hv 40
Cape Charles route yesterday morning
at 8 O'Clock. 1t remained in Norfolk
until last night at $40 o'clock, when it
was transferred to the ATLANTA Special
train, which arrived in Raleigh at $50
this morning; at Monroe at o'clock,
at Charlotte at $50 o'clock, and reached
Lincolnton at 1890 Crowds met the
train at Monroe and at Charlotte to pay
their respects to the dead. As the train
drew into the station at Charlotte the
Lee Rifles Company Il. Second regi-
ment, n. G.. S. Gu fred a salute of three
guns. They acted as military escort TO
Lincolnton.
The pail bearers were Col. A. l..
Smith. Charlotte: Mr.. S. G. Finley. Lam
colnton: Dr. r. l.. Gibbon. Charlotte;
Col. John c. Upton, LincolntoD. Capt.
w. ii. Day, Raleigh; Mr.. Lucian Walk
er. Charlotte: Mr.. w. Il. Grigg, Lin
colnton; Mr.. Heriot Clarkson, Charlotte;
Mr.. w. w. Motz, Lincolnton; Mr.. J. Nj.
Scott, Charlotte; Mr.. l.. NJ. Richardson,
Lincolnton: Mr.. G.. l.. Hunter, Char
lotte; Mr.. X. NJ. Roseman, Lincolnton:
Mr.. III. A. Banks, Charlotte, and Mr.
L. l.. Costner, Lincolnton.
The military escort from the Lee
Rifles Company e, Second regiment),
consisted of: First Lieutenant G. l..
Clifton, commanding: Second Lieutenant
T.. r. Schellinger, First Sergeant W. A.
Pritchett Sergeants Il. l.. Skinner. X. 0.
Cochran, Il. A. Page and +. A. Earnie.
Corporals c. NJ. Hunter, w. L. Camp
bell and NJ. Alexander: Privates ii. G.
Alexander. w. X. Freeman, w. NJ.
Stacker, A. NJ. Gurley. w. p. Orion,
Harkey, j. NJ Harget. Il. ID. Carter,
fern, J. w. Wellington, w. q. Skinner,
a. w Briggs and J. +. watts; Bugler
l.. y. Baker.
Raleigh beside Mrs. VIM. Il. Shipp and
w. H. Day. Col Bennehan Cameron,
Mrs. Gertrude Tucker, Miss Attic Gales,
Mr.. T. T. Hay and Rev. Dr. NJ. NJ. Mar
shall.
From Charlotte: Mr.. Heriot Clark
son. Gen. A. l.. Smith, DIR. Il. l.. Glib
bon, Mr. G. l.. Hunter, Rev. &. l.. Hoff-
man. Mr.. John Nj. Scott, Judge A. Bur
well, Mr.. J. Nj. Mullen, Mrs. l.. III.
Walker, Mrs. Dan r. Summey, Miss
Eva Sumner, Rev. G. Smith, Miss Bes
sic Ramseur, Mr.. 7. l.. Ross, Mr.. III.
A. Banks and Mr.. John WILDER jenkins.
From Winston, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c.
Buxton and Capt. and Mrs. Pride Jones.
The train was also boarded here by
an escort from Lincolnton, consisting of
Messrs. J. r., II. s. and j. u. Rein
hardt. kinsmen of the lamented dead
Col. J. c. Upton and Messrs. s. G. Fin
ley, w. Il. Grigg, A.. Nj. Roseman, W.
w. Motz and Leonard Richardson by
the pail bearers and other friends from
Charlotte.
When the train arrived at Linconton
every bell in the town was tolling and
all the inhabitants. together with the
great crowd from the surrounding coun-
try were at the depot.
There in the yellow sunlight stood all