Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-12
ROOSEVELT TO.
LAY CORNER
STONE
MEN CAT HER AT
LINC0LN'S BIRTHPLACE
Impressive Are Exercises at
Site of Little Log Cabin
Among the Mountains of Ken
tucky at HodgenvIIe,

my Morning journal special Leased wirsl
HodErnNillc, KY Feb. H. - The
centenary of Abraham i.incoln's birth
win be- observed generally through
out the United states but nowhere
/ win the commemoraton exercises
command more interest than those TO
bo held IN this little town on Febru-
larry ~ Two miles from here on the
/ Lincoln farm, which has been pur-
! chased by national association.
\ formed for the purpose, President
4 Roosevelt win lay the corner stone OF
! "a memorial building now being cree
ted by popular subscription TO mark
I Lincolns birthplace aud to protect
tor all time the little log cabin Ia
which the martyr president was born.
The centenary address on this ac-
casion viii be delivered by President
Roosevelt General Luke T.. Wright.
the secretary OF war, VIII speak on
behalf of the Confederate soldiers.
General Grant Wilson will represent
the veterans OF the union army and
lincoln's native state viii be repre-
scented by Governor Augustus e. VIII
son, of kentuckN other addresses
win be made by Bishop Galloway OF
Mississippi and eX-GoVernof Joseph
W Folk OF Missouri
lludgcnNillo which II near the geo
graphical center OF tho state of ken-
tuckN ANA not far from tho center OF
population Of The United states, prom-
lscs 10 heunme new Mecea Ia Amcri,
c}Dl ann thA Lincoln farm 4 second.
hlrunt NainOn Although Ahrahnu,'
Lincoln hhd other homes. there iS Il
sentiment about his birthplace that
does not attach to any Of them He
lived here Tor eight years. and before
hc left, knew very much OF what
Mark Twain calls the moled little
farm that raised man lie went
swimming In the nearby creek and by
the light from the huge fireplace in
the little one-room cabin, he learned
his first lessons
1t was in 1906 that Thomas Lin
coin brought his bride Nancy Hanks
and established the rude little home
that three years later was 20 welcome
into the world the future president
Theirs was the rough life OF pioneers.
the Farm was then as II now Is. a
sterile piece of land. and to make both
ends meet the elder Lincoln did odd
Jobs of carpentry IN the vicinity, be-
sides working on the farm. The ac-
nal necessities of life were seldom
lacking but IT was life OF severe
poverty, For some years Thomas Lin
coin served as a county supervisor OF
public roads an important position in
that time. Land owners paid their
poll-tax with pick and shovel then,
ana on road mending days he used
TO take little Abe along FOR company
ana for help. There are old-tlmcrs
here now who claim that there is not
a section of the old pike within sew
eral miles of his home along which
Abraham Lincoln has not played or
on which he has not driven his OK
team.
AZ this time Kentucky offered few
allurmcnts to poor man and Ia 1914
the Lincoln's sold the little farm and
moved 10 Indiana. subsequently Abra-
ham Lincoln moved into Illinois ANA
the rest s history But through all
the years that followed he never for
got his hrst home He rarely referred
to IT, but after he had become presi-
dent of the United state he Is known
To have said. When the war Is over
I would Ike very much to visit my
Old kentucy home. J remember Il
wcll "
But he never did return and the
farm and the little log cabin had a
the place to a family named Great
ana " remained In their hands for
over seventy years. Its beautiful rock
pring was apparently It's one redeem
ing feature aud only recently has any
ono awakened To the realization that
those one hundred and ten acres had
any value beyond their yield In corn
and sorghum. From time TO time
newspapers have announced that the
Lincoln birthplace fsrSn was to be
sold but az matter Of fact IL has
only changed hands twice since
Thomas Lincoln's original transfer. 4
few years ago it was given to the
management of Rev J w Bing-
ham. who removed the log cabin 10
the exhibition at nashville and latcr
it about tho country as q travelling
show. Bui u year or two ago the
logs were found IN % cellar an College
Point Long Island. whore IL was
stored aud with ceremony WIS re-
stored rs It's original site.
Tho farm itself has been the sub
lcct 90 litigation for several years and
efforts have been made bv various in
tercsts 20 use h for one purpose or
another MANY schemes have been
suggested from time to time but none
of them have borne an large national
advertised that "on August 2S the
the hours of ten and two from the
court house steps at public outcry to
the highest bidder"
Mn. Robert J. Collier Of New York
CITY. had been negotiating for the
property and upon the appearance OF
this notice hc despatched Mr.. Richard
Lloyd Jones TO HodgenVille. with in
siructions 10 buy the niaee II possl-
BILE.
Tho dav set for the bidding was