The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-23
.SORR0W|Ne FRIENDS
PAY LAST TRIBUTE
WITNESS IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES
AS POLK MILLER Is LSm
AT REST.
HUNDREDS ATTEND
MANY BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS. AMONG
THEM FLORAL BATTLE FLAG
OF CoNFEDERACY, sMoTH-
Err CAsKET.

The body of Polk Miller is at rest
In Hollywood cemetery. having been
the impressive Masonic ceremony by
Dove lodge. No. 81. following equally
impressive services at the Second
Presbyterian church, into which hun
dreds Of the friends OF the man had
found their way.
The service at the Second Presby-
terrain church was at o'clock. the
pastor OF that church. Rev. Russell
Cecil. d. D.. and Rev e. B. McCiuer.
OF the Bon Air church. officiating. Be
who mourn the passing of Polk Miller
had gathered and had found their
way to seats and there were many
who stood during the service because.
though all seats were taken, they
would pay their last tribute to his
memory. Both the white and colored
races. by the people of which he was
loved. were we'll represented in the
gathering, a section having been re-
served at the request OF colored citi-
Gems for them.
High Regard Shown.
The commercial and fraternal life
of the city also was well represented.
members of business firms and of sew
eral fraternal organizations with
which Polk Miller had been affiliated
being In attendance. while their high
regard for the man also was shown
In the hundreds Of choice floral pieces
The services at the church were
simple, the sermon and eulogy elo-
quent, and the music beautifully i'm
pressive of the sorrow OF the occasion.
One Of Mr.. Milier's favorite selections
How Firm n Foundation" was among
the several sung by the choir OF the
church in which he was for many
years a leading member and an elder
Hundreds stood on the sidewalk
near the church during the service.
listening. with heads bowed, for the
fragments of the words and of the
music which made the services. AS
the casket In which lay the body
which had been Polk Miller was
brought from the church and as the
funeral procession moved away to-
ward Hollywood. these bowed heads
ware barred.
Heads again were barred as the
hower-sm othered ca2ket YVES lowered
into the earth and the words COM
hitting the body into It's keeping were
uttered.
Many Floral Tributes.
Business firms and fraternal organi-
Nations and individuals paid tribute to
the memory of Polk Miller. Among
their floral offerings were some of the
handsomest seen in Richmond since
the funeral OF Fitz Lee. and'in number
they We'd with those sent In memory
OF the iamented Judge Witt.
q A number of designs were arranged
over the coffin in the home of With.
ers Miller. on West Grace street, and
with the quantity of bunch flowers
completely filed the room. The mass
covered the casket. and the many de-
signs and punches placed on the floor
were heaped high along the walls,
Most of the designs were OF the hand
soonest kind, including flags. harps
and other arrangements.
The Confederate flag, sent by the
Lee Camp OF Confederate Veterans,
was probably the most conspicuous OF
the floral designs and was accorded
the place Immediately over the head
Of the casket. 1t was handsome az
fair, the flowers being arranged In
the design of the battle flag Of the
Confederacy.
Two chapters Of the United Daugh-
ters OF the Confederacy sent floral Of
ferings, they being the Chesterfield
and the Richmond chapters Both
were delicate but exquisitely made and
both were composed of the handsom.
est of flowers.
The Elks, two Masonic lodges, the
Business Mems club and the Citizens
association of Bon Air were among
the organizations contributing toward
the memory Of the famous entertainer
and the true soldier. This designs
sent by these organizations were hand
some and several Of them were mas
sive.
Tributes FROM Far and Near.
A number Of commercial firms sent
tokens ranging from large punches OF
carnations and American Beauty roses
to large and expensive designs
Among the more prominent of these
designs were those sent by the Pow
ers-Tayior Drug company and the
Vaughan Robertson Drug company.
firms with which Polk Miller had
had business relations for years.
Hundreds OF friends In Richmond
and throughout the State sent bunch
flowers and several floral offerings
were received from cities as distant
as Washington. Baltimore and Dur
ham. II required two large wagons
to transport the mass OF flowers from
the house to the grave. They were
banked over the resting place OF the |
man who has made thousands laugh |
with him over the stories of civil war, |
camp fun and swing in time to the
rollicking tunes Of the antebenum |
days In a mammoth mound Ave feet
high, completely covering the grave |
and spreading around 1t for q distance |
OF several feet.