The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-15
Local News.
WEDNESDAY. NAY IL. 1901
A Gala Day in Anderson.

and the laying of the corner stone Of
the Confederate Monument in this city
last Saturday was an occasion that will
not soon be Oblitcratcd from tho minds
OF those who were SO fortunate to wit
ness or participate in tie interesting
exercises. II was most delightful
day, and the occasion attracted very
large crowd, both old and young, from
every section of the surrounding cOun
try. Numerous small Confederate flags
could be seen in the hands of the chill
drcn and hanging from the fronts OF
many Of the business houses. Every
body seem to be in good humor and
on their best behavior, and nothing
happened throughout the day to mar
the pleasures Of the occasion.
AT o o'clock in the morning about 100
boys and girls Of the city graded
schools congrcgatcd at the Central
School building, and, led by the teach
ers. marched to the several Church
yards, where the graves of the sleeping
heroes were covered with the beautiful
flowers carried by the children. The
children then returned to the Court
House Square and gathered III ound the
foundation Of the monument to witness
the ceremonies Of laying the corner
stone.
At 11.:!0 o'clock the Masons met ut the
Masonic Temple and forming in line,
with +. w. Taylor and u. L. Scybt as
grand Warshals, marched to the site of
the monument. accompanied by the
Daughters and the Sons Of the Yctcr-
ans and many Of the Veterans
Deputy Grand Master Il. +. Diver
was master Of ceremonies. and in the
line of march he was escorted by young
ladies' representing the Past Grand
Masters and some Of tho Masters Of
Hiram Lodge Of this city. viz:
Past Grand Masters-Jamcs l.. Orr,
Sr., Misses Mary and Lydia Orr; James
A. 1loyt, Miss Gertrude IIoyt; w. w.
Humphreys, Misses Louise and Nell
Humphreys; K, +. Divvcr, Miss Eliza
beth Diver
Past Mastcrs-J. B Clark, Miss
Martha Clark; j. w. Provost, hliss
Annie Provost; j. t. l}reazcalc, Miss
Mary Lee Brcazcale; G. l.. Tolly, Miss
Bessie Tolly; j l.. Tribblc, Miss Bcs-
sic Tribble; Jeptha Wilson, Miss Edna
Broyles; Il. S. Hill, Miss Lois Hill j.
=. Duckctt, Miss Bertha Duckctt; j.
G. Watkins, Miss Nellie Watkins; G.
y. C. Boleman, Miss Annie Bolemnn;
j. N Fandiver, Miss Lizzie Smith; j.
Is. Lewis. Miss Mary Lewis j. l.. Far
mcr, Miss Annie Fnlmer; II. D. Earle,
Miss Fannie Earle; +. +. Hill, Master
Tom Hill; j. k Hood, Master William
Hood.
A number Of Veterans from different
branches of the army were also rcpro-
scntcd by n daughter or granddaugh-
ter.
Reaching tho monument site the Ma
sons marched up on large PLATFORM,
wherc were seated the members Of the
Ladies' Memorial Association.
Tho ceremonies wero opened with
prayer by tho Grand Chaplain, Rev. j.
b. Campbell, after which Grand Sec
retary BOleman read Il list of tho arti-
cles to be deposited in tho corncr- stone.
Grand Master Diver then delivered
short but appropriate address, in which
he paid high triblte to the patriots
from Anderson County who participa-
ted in the war. At tho conclusion of
his remarks tho usual impressive cere-
monies of the Masonic fraternity on
such occasions were cXemplified Tho
silver trowcl used by Gen. Lafayette
In laying tho corner stone OF Baron
DeKalb's monument Mt Camden, s. c.,
III 1896, was used on this occasion.
When the ceremonies ended the
crowd was dismissed and Immediately
proceeded to the Court House, which
was soon filed to it's utmost capacity.
John X. Hood, Esq, called tho meet
ing to order, made few interesting
remarks appropriate to tho occasion,
and announced the following program
in the order named:
Chorus-"Bonnio Blue Flag by the
r. E. Lee Chapter, U. DC.
Piano Solo-"Lcc's Grand March,"
Miss Bessie Bee.
Song-"Mother Kissed Nc in NV
Dream" Miss vonBorstcl.
Recitation-"To Our Monumcnt,'
Mrs. A. P. Johnstone, written for the
occasion by Kill Courtland.
Song-"The Conquered Banner
Mrs. Cora Ligon.
Col. j. A. Hoyt, the orator of the
day, was then introduced, and for
about forty minutes he held the undi-
vided attention Of the large crowd.
His address was both eloquent aud in
teresting, and full of many touching
incidents Of the great struggle.
AT tho conclusion of Col. Hoyt's ad-
dress the exercises closed with that
grand old song, "Dixic," by the mem
bers of the Dixie Chapter U. ID. G.
This song, OF course, raised tho old
t'rebcl YELL" and everybody departe,
feeling that it was good to have been
there