The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-12
The Heroes of the Lost Cause
are Remembered.
THE MEMORIAL SERMONS
AT the Confederate Cemstery Patriotic Men,
Women and Children Meet to Commem-
orate The South's Memorial
No grander heroes ever died
No sterner, battled to the last.

No sterner, battled to the last.
The fallen heroes Of the Lost Cause were
fittingly remembered in Raleigh on Sun
day.
1t was ''Memorial Day" and at many of
the churches in the city at the morning
service there were references to the day
and to its patriotic lessons, while at Christ
Church the rector, Rev NJ. NJ Marshall,
preached a memorial sermon.
Sunday afternoon memorial exercises
were held in the Confederate cemetery and
despite the threatening skies half hour
before the exercises began there was a
splendid attendance. Shortly before the
Eexercises began the clouds broke away, the
sun came out. and with blue skies above
the da ywas celebrated.
1t was a beautiful sight as a view was
taken of the scene. Above was the clear
blue fecked here and there with white
The rays of the setting sun fell in bright
ening lines upon the heavy masses of
green foliage of the trees in spring time
garb, and on the hillside here and there
over the greensward a goodly company
gathered.
The young people were there, the boys
and girls, and with them were the young
men and young women. The elders were
lalso present and there were there also
many of the men who had worn the gray
IN the forefront of battle Their silyered
hair and bowed frames told Of the passing
years since '61 and SIS, and their presence
was a living benediction to the exercises.
The green of the trees, the many coloredl
dresses of the ladies', the sober attire of
the men, the pavilion decorated with the
stars and bars of the Confederacy. piles
and baskets of flowers and the tiny Con-
federate flags soon to be placed above he
role dust, all made picture whose impress
sion could but be lasting It was the
South, and it was the South at it's best
In the pavilion there were Governor
Chas. r. Aycock, President ]. J. Thomas
of the Wake County Veterans, Command
er A. b. Stronach Of TIE L. OBJ. Branch
Camp, and a choir. composed of members
of the different choirs of the city. under
the direction of Miss Mary Mackey, who
sang the songs used, led by cornet.
The master of ceremonies was Command
IA. B. Stronach, and the exercises be-
ban with the singing of "All Hail the Pow
er OF Jesus Name" this being followed by
a prayer by Rev. ]. w Jenkins, the late
captain of the Twelfth North Carolina
and chaplain of the Wake county veter
ans, who prayed for Gods blessings uponl
the remnant of the host who once fought
for Southern rights and for the day when
in verify and in truth both flags should
be turned in love together
Then the choir sang 'eTen Thousand
Times Ten Thousand" most beautifully
following which there was most beau |
tiful event.
Without the pavilion were Mrs. T. r. |
Womack, president OF the Johnston Pet |
tigrew Chapter, u. d. c.: Mrs. Garland
Jones, President Ladies' Memorial Asso |
ciation Mrs. John W. Hinsdale. the First
President of the Johnston -Pettigrew
Chapter; Mrs. Fred A. Olds, Secretary
and Mrs. Kate McKimmon, of st. Mary's. |
These ladies participated in pining upon
the coats of the Confederate veterans
present, the Crosses of Honor designated
70 be presented on this occasion.
The veterans who received these are
DR.. f. J. Haywood, Adiutant Fifth North |
CGrolna veledon Hutchings Lieutenant |
Company G, Forty-seventh North Caro-
lima; Geo. W. Johnson, Private, Company I
G, Firty-tnird North Carolina: Joseph |
Lawrence, Private, Company C, Sixth |
Louisiana Louisiana Tigers John Nor
ing, Private, Company A. Seventh North
Carolina, and DR.. V. e. Turner, Captain,
Company /, Twenty third North Carolina. |
Besides these one Cross was delivered to |
Commander A. B. Stronach for W. A. |
Parker, Private, Company A, Tenth
North Carolina, and one will be sent to
Geo. Stronach at Wilson, son of the late
Geo I. Stronach, Sergeant Major Four
teenth North Carolina Before these were
delivered the rules concerning them were
read by Commander Stronach
Then the choir sang "Oh Paradise
following which the ladies and children
placed flowers and flags On each Confed-
crate grave. while the choir sang other
hymns. until the entire cemetery looked
like one vast flower garden with the beau
tiful tributes which had been brought
to mark the day.
market in In many instances personal
friends OF the fallen heroes took flags
and flowers to their graves. Some of
these were placed on graves in Oakwood
Cemetery and Captain John Duckett with
a number of veterans of the Soldiers
Home from Robson county placed these
on the grave of the late
General Toon.
The exercises were closed by the singing
of the doxology and the pronouncing OF I
the benediction by Rev. John w Jenkins
This closed the day, and by it thee had
been enewed the love Of many who hold
deep in their hearts the noblest senti-
ments of affection for the men who died /;