Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-05
THE cAPERs' MEMORIAL.

The corner stone of the Capers'
Memorial cottage to be erected on the
grounds of the Church Home orphan
age in Yorkville, was set apart and
consecrated last Tuesday afternoon
with interesting and appropriate ex-
ercises participated in by some five or
six hundred people, including the
a large Yorkville representation.
The plans Of the proposed memorial
cottage had not been received until the
day before, and there was no time to
make the necessary preparation Tor
the actual placing of the stone in the
position it is to occupy; but this cir
cumstance was not allowed to inter-
fere with the carrying out Of the pro-
gramme as previously arranged.
Bishop Guerry placed and blessed
the stone with solemn and impressive
ceremony, and then delivered a brief,
but interesting review of the life of
the late Bishop Capers, as soldier, cit
iZen, priest, bishop and servant of God.
He was followed by Hon. J. S. Brice,
who also paid fine tribute to Bishop
Capers In the different walks of life,
asserting that he knew Of no man liv-
ing or dead, who came nearer fulfilling
the highest ideals of true manhood.
He also spoke appreciatively Of the
Church Home orphanage and gave as
surance Of all necessary local support,
regardless of denominational affilia-
tions.
Mr.. Brice was followed by Rev.
John B. Kershaw, D. D.. of Charleston,
who addressing the presiding bishop,
delivered a carefully prepared tribute
to Bishop Capers as follows:
Right Reverend Sir, Brethren and
Friends. We aqSeub1p6 here to
lay the corner stone Of memorial
cottage that shall testify to the affec-.
ton and veneration of the people or
this diocese for their seventh bishop,
the Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers, who, from
1893 to 1908, held the office and did
the work of bishop in the church or
God.
How well he adorned that office and
did that work has been told before,
but it is most fitting that here and
now we should pay brief tribute as
well to his services as to his memory.
as we pass In review his many sided
career and endeavor to estimate his
value as citizen and soldier, as priest
and bishop, as a man and as a man
Of God. His has been place unique
In his native commonwealth. He
touched it's life at many points. AS
citizen. as soldier, as educator, as pub-
lie official, as bishop. he has met the eX-
pectations and justified the confidence
Of his people who delighted to do him
honor as they followed his progress
with sympathetic admiration and
growing appreciation, bidding him to
one high place after another, until al
the last as leader of his church's
hosts in South Carolina they crowned
his career Of honorable service with
the most exalted testimonial OF trust
and love I'm their power to offer. For
fifteen years. as more truly servant of
all than ever before, he so bore hlm-
self in his high office as to win the
admiration Of his peers, the good VIII
of his fellow Christians of every name
the devotion Of his clergy and people,
the respect of all sorts and conditions
of men, Born in the city Of Charles
ton, October IA, 1887, he received MS
earlier education i'm the schools OF that
city and Cokesbury, attending later
the state military academy In the
place of his birth, graduating in 1851.
A year after. he became teacher at
the Citadel, going thence to Mount
Zion institute at WinnsbOro as
member of the faculty, and returning
to his alma mater as assistant profes-
sor i'm 1859. Here as elsewhere ne
gave promise of great usefulness as
an instructor of youth, but within less
than two years the call to the colors
summoned him to exchange the class
room for the tented field. His war
record is too well known for me to at
tempt to repeat it here. 1t Is sufficient
to say that, as a soldier of the South
ern Confederacy, he won his laurels
as he won his wounds, by good ana
gallant generalship. sharing the ior-
tmnes of his men who followed him
without hesitation and believed i'm him
as soldiers will who know and trust
their leader.
Service at Greenville.
While still in the army, he had met
Bishop Henry C. Lay, whose sympa-
thy for the soldiers often carried nim
to camp and hospital that ne mlgh.
minister consolation to the sick and