The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-11-29
HAMPTON'S STATUE
Unveiled I'm Presence of Ten
thousand People
CITY BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED
Gov. Hayward Receives Monument on
Behalf Of State and Introduces
Gen. NJ. c. Butler. Who Makes the
Speech OF the Occasion.

4 special from columbia, ;. =, 10
he Charlotte Observer SAYS:
The impressive ceremony OF The
unse.iing Of the handsome $4,000
bronze equestrian statue of Gea.
Wade Hampton. one of The world :
greatest eavalrymen aud South Care
lina'> greatest statesman alld most
losable son. brought 10000 people
to the city Tuesday Main street,
ate colors' >hrdl shrdlu s:dluushrdla
| beautifully decorated III Confederate
| .oIors. was thronged aud the process
sion representing the Confederate OF
ganizations Of the State. the schools
and colleges. the National Guard or
CARNATIONS. the executive, Judicial
and legislative branches OF the State
| government. was cheered 10 the echo
a. it moved down Main street from
the capitol building 10 the stand erect
Ell for special guests.
The unveiling ceremony proper
opened with prayer from Bishop
Capers Then after music the un-
yelling was done by the Hampton
grandchildren, four girls and one boy.
A great shout went up from 10000
voices as the folds fell away from
the handsome figure of Hampton oh
his steed.
The commission then formally
turned the monument over 10 Gov
ernor Hayward, who received it III
| Ill t,ta 1ntr
Gen. Butler. the orator of the day
who charmed his audience with n tvs
hours splendid Grafton. Gen. Butle:
| is one of the South S splendid speak
ers and his fascinating dlction anc
touching eloquence held the attentio.
Of The crowd throughout.
The Statue.
The handsome equestrian monument
shows the great chieftain mounted OF
fiery steed. in the act of greetln:
his troops. His hat is i'll his righ
hand, the left grasping the reins shor
and the chargers arching neck show
ing how unwilling the steed is to stop
The wind of his forward movement
is tanning his hair and the fringe o
Ibis coat is blown back. The expires
Sion is one Of love mingled witt
fatherly pride in his men.
The artist, Mr.. F. w. Ruckstuhl
} has broken up his studio in Ney
York city and the work was, therefor
done in Paris At Paris it was eas.
to get the handsome marble fror
Alsace, where the Vosges mountain
spur off from the Alps and GU
through the eastern part of France
Many of the worlds famous works 0
| art rest on bases os this marble. TIL
plinth of the pedestal is made Q
{ Alsatian marble. but the basis be
meath were quarried from our Wmns
boro granite. in whose historic hill
t | Hampton had hunted in his youth
t when Fairfield was as full of vii
game as Montana is now.
The statue of Hampton and Of h
horse are cast in hollow bronze an
strikingly handsome. The face of th
: hero is turned to the West, whetht
by design or accident. In any cas-
, there was appropria teness in the sele
ton, since Hampton spent much {
his time in the West, and it was fro
;: Mississippi that he came back to y
y deem South Carolina. He was faciI
the West in 1865 when he retreate
: from Columbia before Sherman
| overwhelming force. Westward W;
IA the course of the old pioneers, ar
I Hampton harked back to the old da.
Of the, republic.
Description of Monument.
+ A more particular description
the monument is given herewith:
The figure itself is mounted on Il
plinth with rests on the pedestal al
II the successive bases. The pedestl
y contains a deep grove into which
; cemented the plinth supporting 4
u horse. Nothing short of an cart
> quake can ever move the monume
e. and even then the figure would Il
l. : be damaged, so solidly is it east.
ii The handsome metal plates on t
Il base and pedestal show in brief t
career of Hampton and it is appr
pirate that they should be suroun
ed by filigree work of the leaves of t
r palm and oak-the former slgnit
= ing glory and the latter strength a
Immortality. Here is a copy of t
T inscriptions:
e. West Side-Governor of Sou
u Carolina 1S76-1S79. United Stat
j Senator 1S79-1S91 Bentonvil
J., Brady Station, Sappony Church, CO
If Harhor, Hawes'' Shop.
= East Side-Born March Is, Is
= Died April IL, 1902. Erected A.
: 1906.
- North Side-Commande of Ham
- ! ton Legion. Lieut.. Gen. c. S.
Trevilian, Seven Pines, Burgess Nj
First Manassas, Gettysburg.
The names refer to the. battles
which General Hampton took pro
inent part.
e' There were SO many ways IN VIII
IN Hampton has benefited South Ca
lima that it would be hard to el
merate them. He put the soft-sh
,r, turtel into the Congree river,
h stocked many streams with red
trout, he filled So Carolina W
bIooded stock an causs, even bril-
Nv ing over pedigr hounds He W
Sis in al senses oAIthe word. pub
benefactor.