The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-24

One Hundredth Anniversary of Great
Leaders, Birth Fittirgly Celebrated

The speaker was received with
great applause and for over IN hour
held his audiences closest attention.
Mr.. Adams at the start captivated
the great audience when he said:
81 would have done as Lee did,
though it may be deemed traitorous
to say So"
Celebrated at Richmond.
Richmond, Va, Special.-Cere-
monies were held here in honor of
the birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The
day is a State holiday, and the State
and city offices, the banks, and
many places of business were closed
accordingly. The ceremonies began
at noon with a memorial service at
St. Paul's Episcopal church, the
church Gen. Lee attended during his
residence in Richmond. Bishop Ran
dolph delivered an address and Rev.
James Powers Smith, chaplain on the
staff of General Stonewall jackson;
Rev. j. William Jones, a ~biographer
of Lees; Bishop Gibson, and Rev. Mr..
Forsyth took part In the service.
Capt. Robert E., Lee, of West Point,
Va, and family; Miss Mary GUSTS
Lee, Mrs. w. H. F. Lee, of Fairfax
county, Virginia; Col. Robert E. Lee,
of Fairfax; DR.. G. Boiling Lee and
other members of the Lee family.
In the afternoon there was a pa
rade of the local military Confederate
veterans and Daughters of the Con-
f%ederacy, the last named in carriages,
to the Lee monument, where wreaths
were placed on the memorial. Later
there was a presentation by the
Daughters of the C%onfederacy to the
Virginia Historical Society of an oil
portrait of the Confederate chieftian
by Mrs. Andrews, daughter. of the
late Rev. DR.. Charles Minnigerode.
Mrs. Andrews was present. At z
o'clock the Mems Club of Richmond
held a meeting at the Second Baptist
church, which was addressed by DIR.
Thomas Nelson Page, the author; Ed
ward Valentine, the sculptor of the
Lee recumbent statue at Lexington.
and others.
Appropriate Celebration at Jackson.
vile.
Jacksonville, Specialize centen.
airy of General Robert E. Lees birth
was appropriately celebrated here
Veterans, Sons of Veterans anC
Daughters of the Confederacy as
sembled around the Confederate mon
ument in Heming square and marched
to the First Baptist church, whert
the exercises took place. Forme-
Governor Francis P. Fleming presid
ed, and William J. Bryan, a youns
attorney, was orator of the day.
Gov. Swanson Delivers Principal AID
Lees Birthday Anniversary Celebrat
ed in Atlanta.
! Atlanta, Ga, Special.-The loot
anniversary of the birth of Ger
, Robert E. Lee was appropriately eel
ebrated here. Large representation
Of the local Confederate organization
gathered Saturday in the Hall o
1 Representatives at the State capitc
and heard an address by Hamilto
Douglass, of Atlanta. Appropriat
: music was rendered and the locs
: Daughters of the C~onfederacy cor
I ferred crosses Of honor upon 16 Cor
federate veterans.
) Raleigh, N. c., Specialize loot
anniversary of General Lees birth
day was generally celebrated through
e out North Carolina. Nearly ever
town and city of any Importance ha
d an appropriate programme, and til
: people turned out in large. number
e to do honor to the occasion. Bot
n branches Of the State legislature az
= journed for the day and it was ger
orally observed as a holiday.