The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-08

oA tHC LIZ
niyersary of the Birth of Jefferson
Davis, the President of the South
ern Confederacy.
With ceremonies betting the day,
there was observed here Thursday
morning the anniversary Of the birth
OF jefferson Davis, the president of
the C~onfederacy, the exercises taking
place at the Soldiers Home in the
Reade Memorial chapel. h special
events Of the day being an address
by Mr.. r. d. w. Connor, the secre-
tary of the North Carolina Historical
Commission, and the presentation of
Crosses Of Honor to six Confederate
veterans.
The chapel was filled to it's capacity,
there being present the members Of
Johnston-PettigreW Chapter, Daugh-
ters Of the C~onfederacy, Confederate
veterans Of the Soldiers Home in
their suits of grey, other Confederate
veterans, and numbers of others pres
ent to pay tribute to the day in honor
Of the emo of Jefferson Davis.
The event was of more than ordina-
~ interest for all who participated
as principals in the exercises We're
those Of the generation since the
War Between the States" While it
was the Confederate soldiers of that
war to whom the address was made.
h exercises opened with prayer
by Comrade NJ. F. Nichols, of the Sol
diers' Home, and following this the
audience sang "Halleluah, Thine to
Glory" after which Mrs. Horace r.
DOWell sang effectively and ~tenderly
Just Before the Battle, Mother fol-
lowing which the orator Of the day
was introduced.
The introduction was by Mr.. Walter
Clark, Jr., the master of ceremonies,
who did this most happily. In his
preparatory remarks he spoke OF the
pleasure he had in gazing into the
faces of the men who followed Lee
and Jackson, men Drawer han the
Tenth Legion of Julius Caesar or the
Old Guard of Napoleon. men who
had shown their courage and valor on
many a har fought battlefield, and
later still in heir actions in the days
# the Reconstruction He paid a
tribute to Mr.. Conner, as of distin-
guished ancestry, his distinguished
father SO highly thought of by the Re-
publican president that he had just
appointed him to one of the highest
position on the Federal BENCH" and
then spoke of Mr.. Connor's achieve
ments as preserving the history of the
State. whom he introduced as n
NOW throughout North Carolina in
It's educational and historical work,
and for his oratorical ability.
MFR. II. ID. w. Connor's Address.
Mr.. Connor's address was n of
much interest, and in it he empha-
sized the harmony and better under
standing which has come between the
North and South in the last few years,
taking the life of jefferson Davis as
his theme, showing that what he did
had in it so much for both the North
and the South-for the Nation-that
there was in him a meeting
ground, and that now the entire cOun-
Try could pay tribute to him as an
american statesman.
In commencing his address Mr..
'OnnOr said that he came before the
EeteranS in an apologize mood for 1t
Guild have seemed appropriate that
ia" address should be made by one OF
The men who had followed Lee and
jar kson. but that as the Daughters OF
The ~Confederacy had chosen him as
Hne of the lounges generation, that
ne came as a representative OF the
~"hs and grandsons of the soldlers.
continuing, then, taking up his SUP
jet, he said that there are two dis
unct views of life; to the Confederate
soldier life is a glorious and precious
memory, and to the men OF tne
younger generation life is a hope, a
part that has yet to be eacned Inc
Two views are entirely distinct, one
i40o buCIeS dlISduS pei
the other have them yet to be per-
formed.
One Of the greatest duties to De
performed. said he, is to honor ana
preserve the emo Of the Wearers
OF the gray, the uphOlders of Jefferson
DAVIS. The OUNCE generation mas
worn allegiance to the Union yet
mas no more sacred duty than Keep
ing alive the fame Of the Confederate
soldier and they pledge themselves TO
uphold the deeds, opinions and glory
OF the Wearers Of the gray. These