The gold leaf., 1905-05-11
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES.

The Occasion Fittingly Observed Yes
terday-Capt. w. B. Shaw Master of
Ceremonies, and nr. Andrew J. har-
ris Speaker-School Children Par
tic'pate In Body.
Memorial Day was observed in Hen
derson yesterday, May 10th, as U.s.
ual. The exercises were conducted
under the auspices of the Daughters
OF the COnfederacy, assisted by Henry
l.. Wyatt Camp ofConfederate Veter-
ans: Forming at the court house at
hall past nine O'Clock the procession
moved in carriages and on foot to
the cemetery where the services were
held. The carriages were draped in
red and white and decorated with
flowers, many of them being very
pretty. At the Graded School the
faculty and children numbering three
or four hundred, each one carrying a
collection of flowers, joined the pro-
cession.
Reaching the cemetery the crowd
assembled in the shade of the trees
near the entrance where a platform
had been erected for the speakers
stand. This was tastefully decorated
with flowers and flags, the surround
lngs presenting apretty and pleasing
picture. The school children, each
grade in division by itself, beginning
with the smallest and going on up
to the pupils of the high grade de-
partment, were an inspiring sight,
and every person there felt prouder
OF the presence OF such an institution
in our midst.
Capt. W. B. Shaw was master of
ceremonies and the following order
OF exercises was observed:
SOng-The Old North State,-by
the school children, Mrs C. A. Lewis,
Organist.
Prayer by Rev. J. H. Henderlite,
chaplain OF Henry L. Wyatt Camp,
Confederate Veterans.
Song Decoration Day-by the
school.
Recitation by Miss Leila Shannon.
Introduction of the orator of the
day, Mr.. Andrew J. Harris, by Capt.
Shaw.
Mr.. Harris address was a fine ef-
fort, out of the beaten path, and pre-
sented many new thou ghts. 1t was
beautiful in diction and forceful in de-
livery and was highly complimented
by those who heard him. The hor.
rors of war were depicted from the
standpoint of the women and children
at home and the hardships, suffering
and deprivations endured by them as
we'll as the courage, heroism and pa
triotic spirit displayed by the soldiers
Of the South on the field of battle.
Mr.. Harris paid high and merited
tribute to the part they played and
the sacrifices made in sustaining the
soldiers at the front and what they
have done since in making this united
country OF ours the most glorious
country and the grandest govern
ment in the world
Moved by some thoughts suggested
in Mr.. Harris speech Capt. Shaw
made a few brief remarks to pay Il
tribute to the old soldiers whose
ranks are thinning fast and spoke fit
tingly OF the respect shown to the
dead in this beautiful custom of
strewing flowers on their graves forty
years after the war had closed
Rev. W. F. Kennet5 pronounced a
benediction and the exercises were at
an end. The graves of each Confed-
crate soldier had been marked by a
miniature fag-the colors under
which he fought-and they were dec
GRATED with flowers.
A pleasing incident of the occasion
was the decoration of the grave of
one who fought under Grant on the
other side in the war. There lies
buried in the cemetery a Union SOL
dier, Mr.. r. Hammond, who died in
Henderson after a residence of only a
few months, in July, 1903. Although
q stranger among strangers he was
given decent and respectful burial.
Rev. j. D. Hufham, D. D., himself a
veteran OF Lees Army as well as of
the Cross, conducted the burial SER
vice while three or four ex-Confeder-
ate soldiers were among the pail bear
ers. Yesterday when the graves OF
the Confederate soldiers were being
strewn with flowers the grave of this
Union soldier was not forgotten or
neglected. The same tender tribute
that was paid to the Confederate was
paid to the Federal, and a small
United States flag under which he
had fought was stuck at the head of
his grave, Confederate veterans and
the sons and daughters of Confederate
veterans performing this act.
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