The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
UNWILLING
TOMORROW
Bronze Confederate Statue at
Chesterfield c. H. Greater
Occasion Abandoned.
,sneclal to The Tlmes-plspatch.)

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)
CHESTERFIELD, VA, August s.-The
I'd of September, which for two months
past has been so much talked of and
planned for by the people Of Chesterfield.
seems destined to pass quietly here as any
ordinary day. for If present plans mate
ralize the urveiling of the Confederate
soldiers monument here instead OF being
on the above date will take place on next
Monday. Inasmuch as the "a of Septem-
Der has been officially announced as the
day of unwilling decided upon by the
Monument Executive Committee, and q
great day of enjoyment has been promised
and planned for. there is a telling of dis
appointment In many hearts over the III
telligence that on Monday In modest
way, before perhaps couple Of hun
dred people instead OF the throng that
ina gination had pictured, the silent SOL
dler on the top Of the granite pile Will be
stripped of his shroud and barred to the
breezes of Heaven. The determination to
hasten the unveiling ana bring the mat
ter to an end on Monday has not been
one OF impulse, but is the result OF much
elaboration.
From the first the matter Of arranging
for the accommodation and pleasure Of
perhaps several thousand people lias been
looked upon by those who expected the
bulk OF the work as a huge and dreaded
undertaking. and ns the time fixed upon
drew nearer the burden begun to Increase
until the magnitude of the undertaking
has impelled the Managing Committee ia
abandon Its plans for great day in Sep
TENDER, and have the ceremony OF unveI-
ing in simple way before n moderate
crowd Of county citizens,
Ware arrangements to be carried out
as heretofore planned tho expense and
trouble of entrtainng til visiting camps
and other invited guests would be great,
and the brunt of the burden would fall
on comparatively n few people. and they
would be those who contributed most
largely OF their means and time fur che
erection OF the memorial but lately COM
pleted.
Monday has been selected by the W.
3. Woodbridge Camp Of Confederate Vet
Grams OF this county as the day for hold
ing meeting and sort Of picnic here, and
being County Court day "a soodtszed
crowd VIII doubtless be on hand, 90 that.
having cancelled their first plans. the
day seems a very fitting one for thu
Monument Association to perform It's last
service in giving 10 the county and to the
public its tribute to the memory OF our
heroes of the civil war Judge John II.
Ingram, OF Manchester, VINO was 20 nave
addressed the veterans camp. will dee
liver an address to the crowd on Monday
afternoon which will he the occasion for
the pulling of the cord and the forma!
upvellng of the monument to the sui0iers
of Chesterfield county and Manchester,
The monufent, as 1t now stands. has
been very much admired, and. consid-
crlng the moderate cost Of It's erection,
Will compare favorably with many of the
handsome memorials that have been
erected in our larger towns, Allowing a
little over six feet for the bronze figure
on its summit. the total height Isl upwards
Of thirty feet.
Ii is built of blush-gray granite from
the uuarries at Granite, In Chesterfield
county. Is tagon-shaped, measuring
nearly thirty feet In circumference at the
base, and gracefully tapering from point
fiyo feet above the ground to the cap
stone. TWENTY-FIVE feer above.
The designer of the monument Is Mr.
George Paul, of Manchester
A quarterly meeting of the stewards
and officials of the North Chesterfield Cir
cult of the Methodist Church will be held
In Trinity Church here on next sunday
and Monday. The business part Of the