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lowed by Senator John sharp VIII
liams, Senator Williams took as his
subject Abraham Lincoln and the
South"
Deed Is Presented.
he presentation OF tie deed Of gift
10 the Lincoln homestead was made
by Robert j. Collier. OF New FOLK.
Secretary OF War Baker was on tho
program to make the speech OF &C
cepllnte.
The hnal address in connection with
he CEREMONIES was made by President
Wilson, who followed Secretary Baker.
Early in 1906 Robert ]. Collier
learned that the farm upon which
Abraham Lincoln was born was about
to lie sold at auction to satisfy claims
against the estate OF A. w. Dcnne,t, a
New York restaurant owner, in whose
possession It had been for several
:! drs. According to the information
reaching him several persons, among
them a man with big distilling int u
osis were anxious to obtain posses.
sion of the place, intending to use 1t in
exploiting their wares.
He at once sent Richard Lloy d
Jones to Kentucky TO acquire title to
the property, II possible. Mr.. Jones
on his arrival found the estate still
Involved in court procedure and left,
first arranging with local attorneys to
notify him when the case was finally
adjudicated.
Farm Sold 10 Jones.
In August OF the same year came
VOID that the farm had been ordered
sold at the court house door OF Iarue
county. and MIR, Jones again came to
Kentucky, arriving in Hodgenville
somewhat in advance OF those most
keenly interested in securing II for
commercial exploitation, 1t was sold
to him for $4,000.
After his return to New York. Mr..
Jones again acting as Mr.. Golfers
agent, set out TO obtain possession of
the Lincoln cabin which had been re-
moved from the farm by travelling
Snowman who took 1t about the coun-
try exhibiting It, The dismembered
timbers OF the cabin were found in a
cellar where they had been stored by
the Snowman, and were purchased by
him.
Soon afterward the Lincoln Farm
Association was organized and title
to the cabin and farm was turned over
to that organization by Mr.. Collier.
Joseph W. Folk. then governor OF
Missouri. was president OF the organ
ization; Robert Collier vice president
and chairman Of the executive COM
mittee: Clarence II. Mackay, treasurer,
and Richard Lloyd Jones. secretary.
Immediately upon the formation OF
the association a campaign for funds
with which to build Lincoln Memoir
ial hall over the original site OF the
Lincoln cabin was begun.
Ready Response.
The response came quickly from all
sections OF the country, and from no
section more quickly or readily than
from men and women OF the South,
who Wed with the citizens of other
parts of the United States in the de-
sire to pay tribute TO the memory OF
Abraham Lincoln.
The corner stone OF the memorial
hall was laid by Theodore Roosevelt,
February II, 1909, on the hundredth
anniversary Of the birth of the Great
Emancipation" On November 8, 1911
it was formally dedicated by Presl-
dent William II. Taft Today 1t became
the property of the whole American
people.
To its construction more than 100000
persons contributed amounts ranging
from twenty-five cents to $4,000,
which totaled approximately $3.50, 900.