Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-01-23
Lee-Jackson Celebration.

The Lee Jackson birthday celebration
held in the courthouse in this place onI
Friday evening last. under the auspices
of the Lawson Bolts Chapter U. D. c..
was success IN every particular The
courtroom was handsomely decorated
with Confederate flags and colors in var
ious shapes, with pictures of Lee. jack
son and other Confederate generals-e s-
pecially conspicuous in the decorations
being the silk flags presented by the
ladies of Charles Town to the Jefferson
Guards and Bolts Greys at the outset oil
| the Civil War and the old battlefront
remnant of the recently returned flag of
the I'd Virginia Regiment OF the famous
Stonewall Brigade. The house was well
filed with large and much interested
audience. Rev. DR.. A, c. Hopkins, for
mer Chaplain of the Stonewall Brigade,
presided, and prayer was offered by Rev.
w. p. Z. Coe. BIC. Washington, ESQ.,.
was to have delivered the principal ad-
press of the evening. but sickness pre-
vented his attendance, and Bishop
| Gravatt kindly consented to fill the breech
That he did it ably and eloquently was
amply attested by the pleased coun-
tenanc>,s and vigorous applause of his
much interested auditors. Rev. DIR.
Hopkins. in behalf of the ladies of Law
son Bolts Chapter. read the following
sSince last January Lawson Bolts
Chapter has donated to needy soldiers
$50 90. One old soldier now receives a
monthly allowance. Contributions to
institutions for needy Confederate SOL
Idiers. monuments, flowers for decorating
Confederate soldiers graves in Column
bus. o.. &c.. to the amount of $25
All taxes and dues of Chapter paid up
making in all expended $7I7o. The
chapter has received more new members
the past year than IN any previous year
since its organization. Ladies desiring
to join can get application blanks from
any of the officers of the Chapter"
Dr. Hopkins read the rules governing
the award of the Crosses of Honor. add
| ing appropriate remarks, after which
Mrs. c. N. Coleman, secretary of Law
son Bolts Chapter, pinned the crosses
upon the recipients, who were aligned
IN front of the judges stand beneath
row of Confederate flags borne and wav-
ed by young Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy,
Those who were present and received
crosses were: Rev. DIR. A. c. Hopkins.
| J. B. Coyle. c. Frank Gallaher, VIM. H
Moore, James Z. Miller. w. S. Merchant,
Cleon Moore and S. c. holland. Others,
not present, for whom crosses have been
received, are: John F. Foley. Julins {.
Holmes, H. ]. Hughes. Chas. G. John
son and J. o. Tutwiler Additional
crosses, to those who did not get their
applications in in time for this distribu-
toe, will be awarded on Memorial Day.
Cleon Moore. Esq. at the request of the
ladies, made special appropriate remarks
comforting the Cross of Honor upon Rev.
DR.. Hopkins, the chaplain that was al
ways up with the line OF battle. caring
for the wounded and the suffering. The
crosses were borne upon waiter by lit
tie Margaret Alexander, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. Alexander, and a grand
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Aisquith.
President of Lawson Bolts Chapter,
Maj. ]. Ogden Murray, Inspector Gen
eral U. c. V. for the 9TH Virginia Dis
trict, to which the two camps here belong
was present, and, at the request of the
Daughters, made short address, in
which he gave quotations showing the
most striking disparity of numbers be-
tween the opposing armies in the Civil
War, closing with an eloquent tribute to
the noble women of the Confederacy and
to their daughters. The audience was
ushered by Sons of Confederate Veterans
in uniform, and the Charles Town Con-
cert Band interspersed the exercises with
excellent music. The benediction was
pronounced by Rev. T. c. Jones.