The Winchester news., 1909-02-13


Joseph W. Folk Of Missouri; it's indie
fatigable secretary, Richard Lloyd
Jones, who had active charge of the
arrangements for todays ceremonies,
and other officers and members.
Man Who SavedFCabin Present.
A prominent figure in the crowd of
distinguished men at the ceremonies
was Robert ]. Collier Of New York, to
whom the country owes the preserva-
ton of the cabin In which the great
R3iberator was born. In 1860 the cabin
was removed from its original site to
fanother a mile and a half distant. near
fDavenport. There it served as a spring
house until the early eighties, when 1t
was bought by an enterprising show
man and carted around the country to
serve as an attraction at worlds fairs
and elsewhere. From this ignominious
fate it was rescued by Mr.. Collier. The
outgrowth of his efforts to preserve it
as a perpetual memorial for the nation
was the Lincoln Farm association,
whose labors viii take concrete form
In the marble memorial which will be
built around and over the shack in
which Lincoln was born.
Acting as escort for President Roose-
velt and lending a very picturesque
touch to the occasion were the men,
bers Of the Louisville post Of the Grand
Army of the Republic and the mem
bers Of the Louisville camp of the
United Confederate Veterans. The
mingling of the blue and the gray on
this occasion elected from President
Roosevelt many expressions Of delight.
The Men Who Spoke.
The exercises at the Lincoln farm
began at noon. The opening address
was delivered by Ex-Governor Folk,
who spoke on 1.-The Lincoln Farm AS
sociation." He was followed by Gov
ernor Wilson, whose theme was "Lin-
coins Mother State" Then came Pres
&ident Roosevelt, whose Lincoln Gen.
tennial Address was received with
earnest attention and at its close with
great applause. The presidents sue
cessor as orator was Secretary Wright,
who spoke for "The Confederate Vet
eran." Last on the list of speakers was
General James Grant Wilson, the well
known writer and orator, who spoke
for '"The Federal Veteran" The lay
ing Of the cornerstone followed the ad-
dresses.
President Roosevelt spoke as follows:
We have met here to celebrate the
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
one of the two greatest Americans; of
one of the two or three greatest men
of the nineteenth century; of one
of the greatest men In the worlds
history. This rail splitter, this boy
who passed his ungainly youth in
the dire poverty of the poorest of
the frontier folk, whose rise was
by weary and painful labor, lived to
lead lis people through the burning
flames Of struggle from which the
nation emerged, purified as by fire.
born anew to loftier life. After long
years Of iron effort and of failure that
came more often than victory, he at
last rose to the leadership of the re-
public at the moment when that leader
ship had become the stupendous world
task Of the time. He grew to know
sreauness, but never ease. Success
came to him, but never happiness, save
that which springs from doing well a
:. painful and vital task. Power was
This, but not pleasure. The furrows
{deepened on his brow, but his eyes
4 were undimmed by either hate or fear.
His gaunt shoulders were bowed, but
his steel thews never faltered as he
bore for burden the destinies Of his
&apeople. His great and tender heart
hrank from giving pain. and the task