The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-01-24
VETERANS HONOR
LEES MEMORY
IMPRESSIVE AND INSPIRING Ex-
ERcisEs MARK OBSERVANCE
or ANNIVERSARY.
DR.. EHARTOE'S GREAT EULOGT
Delivers Tribute Of Surprising Eie-
euenee and Full Of Historic
Truth.

Impressive and inspiring indeed
we're the Robert E. Lee Memorial
exercises al the First Methodist
church Sunday afternoon The large
auditorium vas fned from chaneeI
rails to doorways b. men and women
Vho love the southland and cherish
its memories. Flags and bunting and
eEergreens gave Z touch Of color and
brightness TO the scene. while no pic
ture could have been more beautiful
than this gathering together of aged
veterans in uniform Of gray. fair and
lovely women. cadets In uniform and
men and women from every walk OF
life, come TO do honor to the mem
Org Of the SOuth's great ehiettian-
Shortly before the exercises the uni
formed veterans formed in the public
square and marched in a body to the
EIks' Club, where the Winnie Davis
Chapter and the Maury Chapter,
Daughters OF the Confederacy, had
gathered. About the same time the
cadet corps appeared marching from
the Columbia Military Academy. and
then the organisations approached the
church, the two chapters Of the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy marching IN
der their chapter flags.
Col. Alien Brown was master OF
ceremonies at the exercises, which
were opened By a prayer by Rev. A
E.. Clement. The choir sang Gen.
Lees favorite hymn, How Firm q
Foundation" DR.. Clement then read
a selection from the eighth Psalm
and several other passages. J. NJ
fowler sang One Sweetly Solemn
Thought"
Col. Brown then introduced DR.. T.
A. Wharton. the speaker Of the day.
He told that DR. Wharton was born
on the battlefield where Gen Nathaniel
Green won an fIIustrious battle. and
that as a-reward for that victory Gen.
Green was given grant of 25,o00
acres of public lands Of the State OF
North Carolina and chose his lands
here at Columbia DR.. Wharton, he
said. had lost relative in that battle,
and his father had been q soldier
under the stars and Bars, and II was
most fitting therefore, that he should
be chosen to deliver the address OF
the day. The address was magnin-
cent. It was filed with information
Of great historical value and should
have been heard BY every man and
woman and boy and girl in Maury
county. The speaker was filed with
love Of his subject, and paid him a
loving tribute-an euIogy OF surpass-
ing eloquence and touching pathos-
Every person in the audience realized
that the story told was absolutely
true. and so deeply were they inter
ESIF0 LQdL Willie thC G3AA@@D
nearly an hour. few realized that It
was more than half that long II
would be impossible to do justice TO
DR.. Whartou's address without repro
ducing it in full, but the Herald VIII
give its readers the pleasure OF read
ing a synopsis In Tuesdays issue.
At the close of the address crosses
of honor were bestowed By Mrs. E. W.
Carmack on the following veterans,
Col Brown making the veterans
brief talk after the crosses had been
pinned upon their breasts;
W. Fl. Davis, W. T. Galloway. End
cross; !. r. Williamson. second eross:
z. A. Head, B. NJ. Johnson. J. G. Mol
10y. e ]. Roam. C C. Vaughn. r G.
Walker. A. B. Webster. James L.
White, T. ". Hall. B. n. Moore. S. W.