The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-06-05

Music Followed by a Delightful
Lunchcon-Medals of Honor Award
ed to Heroes of I8oI.IS65-Menl
Who Have Shown Themselves fe-
roes in Time of Peace No Less Than
Time of War.
Tuesday was d memorable day i'll
the history of HendersOn-and no
less enjoyable than memorable to
those who participated i'll the exer-
cises which made it So The anniver
sary of Jefferson Davis birthday 1t
was appropriately celebrated by the
United Daughters of the COnfederacy.
the chief object of which was to enter
tain the old solders-those noble
heroes whose ranks are rapidly being
decimated with each passing year
and to award Crosses OF Honor
to such as had complied with the re-
quirements emitting them to such
A gOOdlv company was assembled
i'll Cooper Opera House at the hour
for the exercises to begin-ll O'clock.
\ choir OF young ladies from Miss
| Emma Averett's music class sang
Tramp Tramp, the Boys are March
ing" Miss Averett being at the
piano. Rev. James H. Henderlite Of
fered a fervent and feeling prayer.
Mrs. $. X Rowland sang a solo,
Mrs e. A. Lewis accompanying her
ON the piano. DR.. Hufham, acting as
! master of ceremonies. then arose and
stated the object of the meeting and
the event which it cOmmemOrated.
He began by saying: ''Daughters OF
the COnfederacy, heroes of the great
est war the world has ever seen, la
dies and gentlemen. He spoke of
the father OF Capt. W. B. Shaw fora
tor of the day. and his services to
his country, of the son, then mere
boy. going from the military acade-
my, and paid merited tribute to him
as Il soldier, eloquent orator and
splendid citizen in the quiet pursuits
OF peace.
Capt. Shaw was greeted with enthu
siastic applause. He began by say
in9 the occasion was one to INSPIRE
the highest efforts OF OratOrv and he
regretted that he was not equal TO
the task But before he had con-
cluded he convinced his hearers that
he underestimated himself. Capt.
Shaw's speech was unique i'll charac-
: ter. full of interest and information
and abOunded in fine thought and
> beautiful expressions. 1t was worthy
OF the man and the occasion and the
1 regret is that the GOLD LEAF is not
: permitted to publish it in full.
: At the conclusion of Capt. Shaw 5
g address Miss Eulalie Harris sang a
solo. Mrs. Lewis acting as piano ac-
cOmpanist. Miss Harris and Mrs
O Rowland are two of Henderson 5
: sweetest singers and it is a pleasure
O. always to hear them.
: DR.. IIufham then announced the be
q stOWment of the Crosses OF II OnOr a.
the next thing on the program. H'
explained the origin OF this mark o
II distinction and grew eloquent as h
. became reminiscent. DR.. Hufham il
" never so happy or SO eloquent as OF
l. occasions of this kind and he was a
Il his best Tuesday. At the cOnclu
II sionS OF his remarks he read out ;
list of veterans who were to receiv
the Crosses of Honor and asked then
u to line up in front of the stage. Fac
y one received hearty applause as hi
name was called. They were as TO
lows:
ie Charles Ayscue. A. H. Ball, }. H
p Ball, |. e. BObbitt, l.. r. Croker. L
ID Y. Cooper. j. {. Cooper. W. E. Cog
Is hill, W. T. McCraw, W. A. Cunning
IN ham. Sim Dean, J. H. Dunn, j. N
Us Ellington, A. B. Falkner, Jr., }. [
nr Finch, w. f. Gary. W. r, Green, "
II A. Green, J. p. Hayden, A. {. Harris
to Charles Ivey, John T. Jones. T.
er Jones, j. p Massenburg, j. H. MOI
ST gan, }. j. Pegram, Theo Stallings
1a O. K. Smith, T. j. Taylor, Lewis \
er Watson, Thomas B. Watson, W. T
nj Rowland, r. B. Parham.
Ut Mrs. {. NJ. Cooper. president {
Vance County Chapter, Daughters {
% the COnfederacy, assisted by Mr
Ut W. s. Parker, Mrs. Henry Perry an
oh Mrs. W. 0. Shannon, then pinned I'll
H. medals on the veterans. Miss Ave
ue EFT played several inspiring airs a
II the decorations were being bestow
at Mr.. j. H Dunn and Mr. TheO Sta
y lin9s are confined at home by sicl
Il! ness Cat which there was general r
81 greet and few Others whose name
We were called We're not present.
u' After the Crosses had been pr
81 scented Capt. Shaw made an al
nc nOuncement for the ladies about tt
1t lunch. He said that everybody
III III the house was invited to keep the
81 crates. that while the dinner WI
ne given especially to them there W.
Al enough for all and the occasiC
So could be made the more enjOvab
'',,s by all participant ting. 'Rations W
ny HOW bedrawn, comrades" said Cap
U" Shaw. which announcement was /
er- ceived with demonstrations of plea
% ure and approval.
c.' Luncheon consisted OF ham san
GU wich. cake, lemonade pickles. etc.
'''- was nicely prepared and thorough
enjoyed. The veterans were enth
Vi Siastic in their praise of the ladi
'ie and profuSe i'll their expressions
Isl appreciation of what had been do
'e' for them.
u'- Great credit is due the ladies
>" Daughters OF the COnfederacv al
lo' others-for what they did and t
Very pleasant success they made
'iPe it. Would that We could menti
us them all by name but modest as h
are and shrinking from undue not
u rietv they must be content with &C
d" sciousness OF duty faithfully p
a'e formed, of service we'll rendered.
ele As Dr. Hufham expressed it: G
~" bless the noble women
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