The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-06
On the Old Lincoln Farm
Near Hodgenville, KY,
Next Thursday.

will be dedicated THURSDAY IN the
presence OF President Tan, Chief
Jnstice Edward DougIess White, Of
the Supreme Court OF the United
states, the governors OF several
states, senator's. congressman and
men prominent in Literature and In.
public life The Lincoln farm is lo~
Gated near Hodgenville, and large
number of people are expected to
assemble to witness the ceremonies.
The imposing building of granite,
which is to hgure in the exercises
Thursday, ensl-oror the humble
log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln
was born 1902 years ago. The Lin
coin Farm Association will turn.
over the farm and the memorial
( building which has been erected at
! a cost of $112, 900, and $4,000 for
maintenance, to the federal govern
ment and it will be formally received
by the president.
| chiseIed into the granite on one
side of the building is the following
4 Inscription:
.eHere. over the log cabin where
( Abraham Lincoln was born, des-
tined to preserve the union and free
the slave, "a grateful people have
I dedicated this memorial to unity,
peace dpd brotherhood among these
states"
! When the memorial farm and
building are accepted by President
Taft the entire military establish
ment OF kentucky, several regiments
Of the regular army Of the United
/ States and many encampments of
| the Grand Army OF the Republic
and many of the Confederate veter~
ans will salute More than score
of special trains will be run from
Louisville to carry the thousands
who will be present.
/ The Lincoln Farm Association, I'M
der the auspices of which the work
of erecting the memorial has been
done, is composed of some OF the
most prominent men in the country.
4 The president is former Governor
] Joseph w Folk, of Missouri. The
other officers are Clarence III. Nc
| Kay, treasurer: Charles r. Miner,
assistant treasurer; Richard NJ.
Jones. secretaryS and Robert j. Col
Her, chairman OF the executive COM
mittee.
The members of the board of trus-
tees are President Taft, Cardinal
Gibbons, General Horace, Porter
1 Joseph Choate, Oscar S. Strauss,
Governor Augustus e. Wilson, of
Kentucky; Supreme Court Justice
y Charles sE. Hughes. Lyman j..
Cage Miss Ida -Tarbell. Col. Henry
\ Watterson, August Belmont, Jenkin
Lloyd Jones, william Jennings
Bryan, Charles A. Towne, Thomas
Hastings, Samuel Gompers. Norman
Hapgood, William Travers Jerc e.
Robert ] Collier, Albert Shaw and
Charles L. Miner.
The late Mark Twain was mem
Der Of the board, as was the late
Edward NJ. shpeard.
I The memorial building stands on
little hill, at the foot Of which is
the spring which attracted Thomas
Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, Lincoln's
father and mother, and caused them
to settle there. 1t was on the site
of the present building that the
newly welded pair built a crude
cabin Of rough, unhewn logs in the
center Of the 10 acres of poor land.
This cabin was just like the other
cabins on the frontier at that time.
lIt had only one room, with a small
loft. big outside chimney and n
huge fireplace, a rough door which
swung on leather hinges and, when
they moved into it, not single
window.
The farm and the old cabin were
not set aside to form patriotic
shrine until the centenary of the
birth OF the great -emancipator two
years ago. On that day prominent
men and women from all over the
land, made pilgrimage to the lit
tie place near GIodgenviIle. With
patriotic addresses the Lincoln
Farm Association took over the
place and began the work of raising
the funds with which to erect the
proper memorial. Until the associ-
alton took it over the title of the
farm had only changed twice pre-
lviously. 1T had taken Robert J.
I Collier four years to clear Llncoln's