Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
.HANPTON'S STATUE: ] |:
Unveiled IN Presence Of Ten.
Thousand People
CIT BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED

|.ClTY BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED
Gov Hayward Receives Monument on
Behalf Of / State and Introduces
Gen. NJ. o. Butler, Who Makes the
Speech Of the Occasion.
/ Aespeeial From Columbia, S. c., to
the Charlotte Observer says:
The impressive ceremony of the
unveiling Of the handsome $4,000
bronze equestrian statue Of Gen,
Wade Hampton, one Of the world 3
greatest cavalrymen and South Caro-
lina's greatest statesman and most
lovable SON, brought 10000 people
Ito the city Tuesday. Main street,
ate colorss shrdl shrdlu srdluushrdlu
beautifully decorated in Confederate
colors, was thronged and the process
sion representing the Confederate or
CARNATIONS Of the State, the schools
and colleges, the National Guard or
ganizations, the executive, judicial
5and legislative branches Of the State
government, was cheered to the echo
as it moved down Main street from
the capitol building to the stand erect
ed 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 to Gov
ernor Hayward, who received it Ill
behalf of the State and introduced
Gen. Butler, the orator of the day,
who charmed his audience with a two
hours splendid grafton. Gen. Butlei
is one of the South's splendid speak
ers and his fascinating diction and
touching eloquence held the attention
Of the crowd throughout.
The Statue.
The handsome equestrian monument
shows the great chieftain mounted on
q fiery steed, in the act Of greeting
his troops. His hat is in his right
hand, the left grasping the reins short
and the chargers arching neck show
ing how unwilling the steed is to stop.
The wind of his forward movement
is flaming his hair and the fringe Of
his coat is blown back. The expires.
Sion is one Of love mingled with
fatherly pride in his men.
The artist, Mr.. F. w. Ruckstuhl,
has broken up his studio in New
York city and the work was, therefore
done in Paris. at Paris it was easy
70 get the handsome marble from
Alsace,. where Inc Vosges mountains
spur off from the ALPS and cut
through the eastern part Of France.
Many .affS the Herla a.,ss famous spf
alrE rest on bases Of this marble. Tie
5pIinth Of the pedestal is made Of
sAlsatian marble; but the basis be-
meath were quarried from our Wins
iboro granite, III whose historic hills
Hampton had hunted in his youth,
when Fairfield was as full of wild
game as Montana.is now.
The statue Of Hampton and of his
horse are cast in hollow bronze and
#strikingly handsome. The face Of the
hero is turned to the West, whGsher
by design or accident. In any case,
there was appropriateness in the selec-
ton, since Hampton spent much Of
his time in the West, and it was from
Mississippi that he came back to re-
deem South Carolina. he was facing
the West in 1866 when he retreated
from Columbia before Sherman s
overwhelming force. Westward was
the course of the old pioneers, and
Hampton harked back to the old days
of the republic.
Description Of Monument.
a. more particular description of
the monument is given herewith:
The figure itself is mounted on the
plinth with rests on the pedestal and
the successive bases. The PEDESTAL
contains a deep grove into which is
cemented the plinth supporting thu
horse. Nothing short Of an earth
quake can ever move the monument
and even then the figure would not
be damaged, SO solidly isit cast.
The handsome metal plates on the
base aud pedestal show in brief the
career of Hampton and it is appro-
pirate that fhey should be suround-
ed by fligTee work Of the leaves of the
palm and oak-the former signify
ing glory and the latter strength and
Immortality. Here is copy Of tht
inscriptions:
west Slde--G0vernOr OF South
Carolina 1S76-1S79. United States
Senator lS79-1S91. Bentonville.
Brady Station, Sappony Church, Cold
Harbor, Hawes' Shop.
East Side-Born March Is, 1878,
Died April II, 1902. Erected A. D.,
1906.
North Side Commander of Hamp-
ton Legion, Lieut.. Gen. C. S. A.
Treyilian, Seven Pines, Burgess Mill,
First Manassas, Gettysburg.
The names refer to the battles in
which General Hampton took prom
inent part.
There were so many ways i'll which
Hampton has benefited South Caro-
lima that it would be hard. to emu
merate them. He put the soft-shell
turtel into the Congree river, he
stocked many streams with red-iin
trout, he filled South Carolina with
blooded stock and cattle, even bring