The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-19
LOUISA'S BIC DAY
MONUMENT UNWILLING
LAYING Cornerstone Of New COurt.hOuss-COn-
federaie ReunOn-Scenss and Incidents.

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ument, laying Of the cOrner-stone oil the
new courthouse and Confederate re-
union. 1t had been looked forward to
for months.
The new courthouse, magnificent
structure. one of the finest in any village
i'm the State. il the result of the work oi
the Judge OF the Circuit Court and board
of supervisors. 1t cost $1,000 and Is
up-to-date in every respect. The clerk \
office is especially attractive.
The monument * "A pedcstaI oi granite
blocks. ON which is solid grantemO
lith, and ON the face of this is set gen
uine bronx figure Of an infantry man.
! Confederate soldier, standing at rest IN
! high relief. On the reverse side II this in
ScriptiOn:
Is MEMORY
or THE
CorKAGE, PATmOrIsN AND Devotion
OF THE
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
or
LOUISA County. lSGl-lSGJ.
IL stands in the Courthouse square,
midway between the main entrance gate
and the new courthouse. II IL the work
Of W l.. Sheppard, OF Richmond, and Il
at once expressive and highly artistic.
The monument il the result OF efforts
Of the Louisa Monument Association,
which was formed about three Nearsago,
the chief officers OF which are: Mrs. Jesse
J. Porter, president; Miss Ellen Kent,
secretary; Mrs +. W. Sims, Treasurer
This association went To work with zeal,
and their efforts have been crowned with
success.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
Before the sun had risen the local train
pulled into the depot bringing W. >.
Grimes Camp Confederate Veterans from
Orange. 30 strong. under command of
Judge j. ". Morton. On the same train
was the Monticello band from CharlOttes-
vile. and a. il marched up street at the
head OF the Camp. the strains at music
awOke the sleepers in the village. Then
all was astir People began To come IN
all sorts of vehicles and ON horseback,
mulehack and a-ioot. old. young, middle
aged. married, single, white and black,
until the crowd numbered about four
thousand Al nine clock Chief Marshal
/ ". Hitter Gardner with his staff. W. L..
/ Goodwin. o. 7. Dennis Charles t. Hughes,
!. +. Porter. H. b. Trice, W. {. libb, W.
Winston. +. VI. Hitter. T.. NJ. Crank,a the
head Of the band and Louisa Camp, W. ;.
Grimes Camp aud other organizations
/ marched ~ the depot, where were met X.
/ T.. I,c and Picketts Camps of Richmond.
and Il. e.. Hart. the single representative
/ of Mmry Camp ~ fredericksburg. who
brought with him it, pretty flag. The
procession then mnr,hed 20 the Court
llouse, where the immense crowd was
gathered
Among the Richmond delegation the
por,ly fgufe of Rev. John William Jones,
b. d.. Grand Chaplain Of the Grand
/ Camp II Virginia, was noted. Hon.
Samuel ". Williams. OF Nythcyille, can
didau lor attorney general was there,
clai IN his gray cavalry uniform. Hon.
!. Tavior l.llyson. candidate for lieuten-
luut-gOyernur. marched In the runks oil
Ice Camp. wearing his gray coat and
SLOUGH hat Hon. james Aston Cabell,
another candidate for lieutenant gov
elaor Was present.
General Vim. MdOmb, gallant son
Of Louisa .gadier-gcneral OF the Con
iedera,y was n conspicuous figure, bear.
ing the marks of a severe wound received
at ChancrllOrsvllle.
THE CEREMONIES.
Commander Kean introduced Rev. RIA.
Williams. Of the Baptist church Of Fred
ericksburg. who offered an invocation
full Of piety and patriotism. He also in
/ ,foduced Judge Daniel \. Grimsley. of
Chlpeper. who in chaste address pre-
sented the monument in behalf OF the
Ladies Monument Association To the
LOnisa Camp of Veterans and the people
of the county. Capt. kean accepted the
monument on behalf OF his camp.
Hon. K. Lindsay Gordon accepted the
monument for the people OF the county,
He was listened to with marked atten-
ton. He il a fine speaker and could be
heard at the extreme limits Oi the square.
The band played Nearer, My God. TO
Thee. and afterwards the signal was
given. and the four Confederate veterans
who were stationed at the corners OF the
pedestal drew the cords and the veil iell,
revealing the polished face of the granite
shaft bearing the inscription. AZ the
roughhewn shaft stood revealed to the
view of the great crowd, acheer went up.
which was taken up and renewed. The
band PLAYED Dixie The veterans
drawing the cord were Messrs. ID. A.
Price. G. X. PendletOn, Jesse J. Porter
and T. y. Winston. all clad in Conied-
crate uniforms.
Immediately after the unwilling, the
monument and veterans around 1t were
photographed.
Ex-Gov. William f. Cameron, OF Pc
tersburg. was next presented and his
theme was The Confederate Soldier.
His address and the tribute he paid to
the private soldier, were graceful and
forceful and We're delivered with much
learnestness. His voice not being strong
it did not carry far and many people
could not hear him.
Rev. J. William Jones, d. d., grand
chaplain Of the Grand Camp Confederate
Veterans. followed and spoke OF What
Louisa did in the War Between the
States" He showed much familiarity
with what Louisa men did from 81 to
80. and his utterances were filed with
love Cor the Confederate cause. Then the
time for refreshment OF the inner man
had arrived and the march TO the
"Grove." where dinner was served, was
taken up A dinner it was too. Long
tables had been built the length OF the
grove and they fairly groaned beneath
everything that would attempt the appe-
tite. Fair women served it and every
body was welcome.
THE CORNERSTONE LAYING.
At $3.50 O'Clock the ceremonies oil the
LAYING of the cornerstone were com
, menced and were conducted by Dey
Lodge Of Masons. No. 81, of Louisa. In
the lodge room were many visiting
brethren from Richmond, fredericksburg
Caroline and other points. Grand Mas
! ter A. G. Davis. OF the Grand Lodge o
Virginia. conducted the exercises. 4
! number OF bricks were taken from TN
l. corner of the building and in the nlch'
Z was placed the box containing copies o
D the newspapers circulating in the county
r n niece of metal from battleship Rear
sage. L. S. coins and other articles. Al
ter these ceremonies Capt. Frank V. Win
80, snoke on the historic "Reminiscences