The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-06-05
FEDERAL MEMORIAL DAY.
Operators Of Plants In North Carolina
and Georgia Willing to Join
In the Consolidation.


Washington perhaps more generally
than ever before. The announcement
that President Roosevelt would deliv-
er the Grafton at Arlington brought to
that historic city of the dead vast
concourse of people, among whom
were numbered thousands of veterans
who journeyed to the cemetery to DOL
or the memory of their comrades.
A touching feature of the work OF
decoration was the strewing of flowers
over the graves Of the confederate
dead, who lie buried in section OF the
cemetery.
In the meantime a vast crowd had
assembled at the amphitheatre, where
the services were conducted. The ia
miliar strains of Nearer, My God, to
Thee" by the Marine band marked the
beginning of the services, which hao
been most elaborately planned. Pres
ident Roosevelt's arrival was the sig
nal for an outburst Of applause.
After the invocation and the rendi-
ton of several numbers by the band
and choir E. B. Hay read LincSin's
Gettysburg address. President Roose-
Welt followed, and as he arose he was
again greeted with cheers and the
plaudits of the immense audience,
which stretched far outside the limits
of the amphitheatre. His remarks
were given the closest attention, and
he was frequently interrupted by
bursts of applause.
At Grants Tomb.
A New York special says: Memo
rial services were held at Grants
tomb in the presence of 5000 people.
The exercises were conducted by the
U. S. Grant post, of Brooklyn. Amer
lea" was sung and Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address was read. Judge Thom-
as C. Jones, of the United States dis
trict court of Alabama, then was in
troduced and he delivered the Grafton.
Judge Jones said in part:
"This hour is one of indescribable
moral grandeur. When but a beard
less youth drank of the cup Of defeat
at Appomattox and was one of those
allowed to return to his home, not to
be disturbed by the United States au-
thorities so long as they observed their
parole and in the laws In force where
they resided From that day to this
there has never been an hour when l
would Willingly omit any opportunity
to honor the memory OF the immortal
who forebore to add to the burden of
our sorrows then.
"No true soldier can deny to the IL
lustrious man whose mortal remains
lie here the possession of all the quail
ties OF q great commander. The man
who died at Mount McGregor was new
er envious of the captains who won
battles for him, and he sustained them
Loyalty in the field. No ignoble emo
tions came to him in the hour of tri-
umph.
From the hour he turned from Ap-
pomattox to the last day at Mount Nc
Gregor the desire uppermost in the
thoughts Of this victorious soldier was
to soothe and better the condition of
his defeated countrymen.
Thus he passed from out OF the
sight of men. His prayer for peace
and unity has been granted. Stronger
and nobler for the strife rises the ma
tion whose moral grandeur 'throngs in
and becomes partaker' Of the the coun-
cils of the nations of the earth.
"In that touching idyl, The Passing
Of Arthur a master hand paints
moving picture Of agony of the dying
hours of a knight with shattered
casque and gaping wound, whose last
thoughts were how to confound his
foes. From his parched and dying
lips came the stern defiance: King
I am, whatso'er they cry, and one last
act of kinghood shall they see, yet ere
| pass How much nobler and grander
the last hours at McGregor! The pale
and wan sufferer there thought only of
love for those who had battled against
him, and did not realize when his dy-
ing hand wrote, after his power of
speech was gone, in the c.ose Of his
Memoirs, of the great harmony be-
tween federals and confederates,' that
it was indeed the last act Of kinghood.'
God rest his SOUL
President Roosevelt sent wreath Of
roses and the Chinese minister, WI
Ting-fang, a bed Of roses.