The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-06-01
Memorial Day at KinsIey.

erIy WInu, d clear SKY, and d. mOuei-
| ATE temperature. Al ita early hour
people Began arriving from the cOun-
/ Try III All sorts Of convey anceS from
Carriages To bicycles.
| he march To the cemetery began
| promptly ABOUT thirty minutes alter
! Inc advertised time. Mdsnal Tarum
rode ;LG The head OF the procession,
wAIIe his abe assistants, Messrs.
Garter, heteIson and Watson, saw to
IL JnaJ There was no confusion Or
/ crOwding. The arrangements OF lar
shal L e..um were perfect. He had his
ASSISTANTS round up bnach OF ph-
raiders in each OF the SIDE streets and
| Instructed them that as soon as he was
| We,I suarLed with the leaders they were
| to cut out bunch ALTER bunch and start
them along the trail, using care 10 see
tnaJ they ala hot crowd OF stampede
along the line. Everything Went Off
| as ordered and he got the whole Duncn
out OF town IN goOu shape and i'll the
| following Order.
Il. +. alum, marshal.
Soldiers anu Sailors of the Rebel
| hon, under The command of j. j.
Cocker. commander L. O. Howe
Post, q. a. L., thirty One s5rong.
| Firing squad, Sons OF Veterans,
| IOuftetu SLfOtS, under tnelf COM
nlanaer, +. N. cole.
klnsiey fire Department, Fire Mar
shal j. L. Brelsforu, drum and life
corps.
Twelve flower girls, beautifully
dressed. In white, carrying baskets OF
| flowers, In charge of Il. Ii. Clark.
| Tue WoOunen Lodge in uniform
auu IA party Oh un-uuil ormed, followed
by about two hume red teanlo and u
party OF blcycilStS with decorated
Mllee,S.
| 4lrrIvi ing at the outskirts of the city
| the inilrcncro were taken into the wag-
| Ons and driven tot the cemetery where
tnef graves we're decorated Dy the
cnIlufyn and salutes were fired by The
squstu.
Assistant Marshal Wellman took
charge OF the cemetery gate, main
taluou good order and kepU teams out
/ Ot The grounds:
On RETURNING to the city, all were
dismlSsed With instructions 10 report
Ut the Gong reg ;ttl onal Church at TWO
o clOcn IOr IurUler OruerS. The Sons
! OF Veterans escorted the old veterans
ITO the church where Commander
Cocker conducted the impressive Serv-
| Ices OF The GHtnu Army. MIS-. Lewis
read Lincoln 5 address at Getty tysDnrg
i and wdS followed by Rev Cummings,
WuO took Ior his teXG .'PalrloGIsm. -
| He tOiu us nrSt what PATRIOTISM did
| not CONS ST OF ana then what dId con-
stltule Iiue patriotism. His address
was IL scnOIurly ana thoughtful effort
anu was greatly appreciated. Rev.
! GIBSON Mas the second speaker and
cohteu.ed himself with presenting prac-
| ucaIiy but one central IDEA. He quot
ed Lincoln TO The effect that IL free
government could only exist with the
jcOnsent OF the governed, and then inn
/ piled that II such was true ut. the time
II wts uttered it should he true today.
| Mir. Dyer addressed himself more d.
i'ectiy TO the affairs in the every Gay
ltle OF the soldiers going back over
! The haIushlps ana Trials OF the old
boys III IL way that they seemed 80 ap-
preci;ite and briefly called. attention TO
the fact that when ,hey were doing the
/ ilgntlng they did not nave The modern
gun DuU did more killing than the
modern sOIuler.
l.. Il. Clark read p th houghtful philo-
| Sophlcai paper comparing the course
| of events among n:tLiO OnS To that Of hu-
alan lives. Periods OF Storm and trial
are folIowed@by seasons of rest and
peace. National ulcers could be re-
1 moved only by the knife OF the sur
geun, war, and the nurse who woed
tie patient back 20 heaith and natl on
al strength, was peace.
The music was by the Congregations
af church choir auu was exceptionally
| SOOl.
VI hen the services closed, Rev.
Cummings suggested that lie audi
cI4ce give the ord soldiers the Chicago
| salute of waving handkerchiefs as
| they marched out. After u word of
thanks by COmrade Blanchard this
was done, inakiug very pretty
| CLOSING tor very interesting cere-
| mony.
| Tue; base bail game between the To-
cal Team aud Que from Dodge City
Was aotly contested anu resulted in a
score Or to L i'll favor OF kinsiey
The game was umpired by D l..
/ Heath and was remarkably free from
all contentioR. The Dodge boys made
avery goou impression here and our
| people will be pleased TO see them
| ayaln.
The ladies of the Methodist Church
served ice cream. strawberries and
! cake in the old drug store building
AMI netted about SO
The usual arrangements were made
for furnishing coffee to those who
brought their diuners and it was
served under the Edwards County
Bank building.
A very noticeable feature was a to-
tai lack OF Confusion during the pa