The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-11-17
CEREMONIES IMPRESSIVE
Parade Headed by Fitzhugh Lee.
A Great Day at Richmond,
Virginia.

Thursday was another great Conied-
crate day In Richmond, Va, the oc-
easion being the unwilling in Holly
wood cemetery, under the auspices Of
the United Daughters Of the COnfed-
eraoy OF the memorials In Hollywood
to President Jefferson Davis and Miss
Winnie Davis.
The Daughters held a brief business
session Of their convention Thursday
morning, during which various re-
ports were read and Mrs. Davis was
made honorary president Of the state
chapters Of the Daughters. In the Of
ternoon the Daughters, in carriages,
we're escorted to Hollywood by an i'm
posing procession, consisting Of Con-
federate camps and military, General
Fitzhugh Lee riding at the head Of the
line.
A vast crowd had assembled on the
hill overlooking the Davis plat in the
cemetery and Immediately on the arri-
val of the parade the ceremonies were
opened with prayer by the Rev. James
Smith, DID,, who was on Stonewall
Jackson's staff and who threw himself
between his general and the line of
fire while Jackson was being borne
from the field wounded.
In the Davis plat an easy chair had
L I ~ L
as the drapery fell she would face the
statue over her daughters tomb.
Floral Confederate Flag.
Over the grave of President Davis
was a beautiful floral confederate flag,
the blue and red being worked in i'm
mortelles and the white in chrysanthe-
NUNS. The staff rested on a base
around which smilax wound. After
the prayer, the governor, Hon. J.
Hoge Tyler, gracefully introduced
Hon. B. B. Munford, the principal
orator Of the occasion, who paid a
beautiful tribute to Miss Winnie Da-
Wis, Mrs. Davis, President Davis and
the "lost cause" On the conclusion
Mr.. Munford said:
''Nor can forbear illusion to
the grateful fact that something
in the character of Winnie Davis,
in the untimely ending of her gem
tie life, has served to hush the
note Of sectional discord and
strengthen influences that make
for peace. Old-time hatreds were
forgotten in the sorrow which
made us all akin. Union veterans
stood as a guard Of homer around
her bier, and generous oontribu-
tions of sympathy and help came
from both sides Of the Potomac
to erect this monument"
The next speaker was Hon John H
Reagan, postmaster general of the
Confederate states, and the only sur.
viving member Of Mr.. Davis cabinet,
He was introduced by Hon. j. Taylor
Ellyson. Judge Reagan spoke very
briefly, his remarks being confined tC
an eulogy of his chief. He said in
part:
''Mr. Davis possessed a com.
bination of great qualities, rarely
equaled and nevor surpassed. And
in addition to these great quail
ties he possessed the most unset
fish character I have ever known
and the most human and merciful
disposition, with a geptleness in
domestic and social life which
commanded the admiration and
respect Of all who knew him. And
to all these he added the chazac-
ter of a devout Christian.
"While the cause Of which he
was the highest and truest repre-
sentative failed Of success, be car
ried to his grave a sincerity Of
respect, an enthusiastic devotion
ef the people he served and rep
resented, unsurpassed by any ever
shown to any successful hero or
Conqueror
General Fitzhugh Lee was then il
troduced and delivered an eloquer
address in which he made beautifr
illusions to Mr.. and Mrs. Devils an
Miss Winnie.
RECEIVER TAKES CHARGE.