The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-25

yigor. During the lapse between liien
and the present, various steps nave oeeh
taken, chief among which were the Tor
nation Of the Confederate Memorial
Literary Society and the establishment
OF the Museum, the securing OF s5,ooo
from the Legislature toward the llqulda-
ton of the debt due DR.. r. B. Weaver
OF Philadelphia, Tor exhumlng the Get
tysburg dead; the holding of the great
bazaar in 1885, and recent steps toward
bringing Confederate dead from the
North here.
To-day the association is a vigorous
organization, made up of some OF the
best-known ladies in the city. It is now
in more flourishipg state tnan ever
before, and bids fair to keep up its good
work. The present officers are: Presl-
dent. Mrs. Joseph Bryan; Recording
Secretary, Miss M. G. Crenshaw; Cor
responding Secretary, Mrs E. c. Minor;
Treasurer, Mrs. Maxwell T. Clark.
THEIR GRAVES KEPT GREEN.
AS a result of the formation of these
two organizations, the sections IN Holly
wood and in lakewood In which the SOL
diers lay buried are among the most at
tractive in the two places. The graves
are well kept and are constantly looked
after, and once each year they are deco
rated In flowers and appropriate memo
rial exercises are held. On these memo
rial occasions. which have now grown
into permanent institutions. large num-
bers of the citizens turn out and 90
honor to the sacred dead. The OBJECTS
of the Hollywood Association were de-
fined by its founders to be: TO collect
funds to be applied in enclosing, ar
ranging, returning. and otherwise plac-
ing in order the graves of Confederate
dead (about $1,000 inferred In HOLLYWOOD
Cemetery and ''to fix on DAY TOT a
public COMMUNICATION of those VINO zen
In battle and whose remains lie IN HoiiS-
wood The purposes of the other are
about the same with reference 70 the
lakewood dead.
To each association is attached
junior organization. composed OF the
| younger ladies' VINO assist tneif elders
in the sacred work.
The officers of the Junior Hollywood
| Memorial association are: Acting Presi-
dent Mrs. Norman v. Randolph; Hon
orary Presidents, Mrs. G. A. Lyon
and Mrs. Joseph Bryan; Secretary and
Treasurer, Miss Bessie Hill. The Junior
! lakewood Association has the following
officers: President, Mrs. J. E. F1tz;
yice- President, Mrs. John T. Hughes;
Treasurer. Miss Bessie Hancock; Secre-
| tary. Miss Schemerhorn.
THE HEBREW ASSOCIATION.
| An account Of the Memorial Associa-
| lions of Richmond were very incomplete
| without reference to- the Hebrew Me
! mortal Association which cares for the
sraves Of the Jews who founght In the
Confederate Army. In the Hebrew Gem
! ete,y is a little plat always attract1vely
lEkept, in which the remains of these
| soldiers are kept Once each year. as in
| the case of Hollywood and lakewood me-
| mortal exercises are held, and no memo
| rial day in all the city is better arranged
/ This was evidenced blythe very success
l.ful way in which the affair was handled
! a week or two ago. lnzaddition to q large
l attendance of the Jewish residents of the
| city there are always present many others
! who are interested spectators
! The Confederate Memorial Literary
i Society is an organization which sprane
I from the HOLLYWOOD Memorial Associa
/ ton over ten years ago. Its objects. "a!
i stated in the constitution, are ito colec
i and preserve relics and other things o.
! interest pertaining to the late war be
i tween the States, and pertaining to tn.
Confederate States of America. and TO d.
all other such things as may be author
lied by its charter. The weli-.knowr
4 Confederate Museum at Twelfth & ant
clay Streets is. ar. Institution Of thi
orrganiza ton The lie president OF th,
sacjatx Fl Me- 1aSaAh R2an