The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05
LOg Shack In Which Great Emancipation Was Born Now
 Enclosed In Walls of Mag niilcent Marble.

Eedgenville. Ky, Sep. 5-The hum- hIe little log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln wa.s born and the farm of 110 acres about which he played during the early years of his boyhood today became the property of the American people as the gift of the Lincoln Farm Association.
 After suffering the vicissitudes of neglect and decay of nearly a hun dred years the cabin, once in the pos session of a travelling snowman, is back on It's original site, sheltered within the walls of magnificent granite memorial hall.
 Aoeofnpanylng the title to the farm and ouhtn ts an endowment fund of tS0,o0e for the maintenance of the grounds and the memorial hall. Gen. John B, Castleman, of Loufs- vtlle, . man Abraham Lincoln once stood ready to save when he was in danger of being condemned to death, by a Federsl court martial. was to in troduce former Gov. Joseph w. Folk. of Mlssourt president of the Lincoln FArm Association. the first speaker at che ceremonies at which the title wss tT~nsrerred.
 Younx .CastlemAn, then a lieutenant In the Confederate army, (his title of xener1l dates from Spanish war days) was arrested in Chicago during the closing months of 1884, while on a ssoret mission in connection with . x propossd attempt to Hberate south eru soadiers held as prisoners of war ar> A~e A<,tvS Ia civlliani clothing. using an assumed name and hls friends feared he would bs condemned to death as a spy.
 They appealed to President Lin coIn and he heinz put into possession q all the facts in, the case gave to Judre S M. Breckenridge, of St. @Louis, through whom the appeal was made, . letter forbidding the execu- ton of Castleman. in the event he wan sentenced to death by court martial This letter written Nov. go, 1864. was not to be used unless a sentence of death was passed against Castleuan .and unless such an emer- Z gency did arise the fact that it had been written wne to be kept secret. Castieman was released on parole at the close ofsthe war. ri
 F'or1ner Gov. Folk was followed by Senator John sharp Williams. who, like General Castleman. vas q Con- federate soldier. Senator Williams took IS his subject Abraham Lin coin and the South"
 The presentation of the deed of Eft to the Lincoln homestead was to b erpade by Robert J. Collier. of New York. Secretary of War Baker was on the program to make the speech Of acceptance.
 The final address in connection with the ceremonies was made by President Wilson who followed Sec rotary Baker, s
 Early in 1906 Robert J. Collier lezrned that the farm upon which Abraham Lincoln was born was about to be sold at auction to satisfy claims against the estate of A. W. Dennett. a New York restaurant owner, in >whose possession 1t had been for sev- era1 years. l According to the in- formation reaching him several per- sons, among them a man with big biIling interests, were anxious to ob- tain possession of the place. intend ing to use it in exploiting their wares. Al
 He at once sent MT. Richard Lloyd Jones to Kentucky to acquire title to the property, if possible Mir. Jones on his arrival found the estate still involved in court procedure and left, first arranging with local attor- neys. to notify him when the case was finally ad1udicated-
 In August of the same year came word that the farm had been ordered sold at the court house door of Larue county, and MT. Jones again came to Kentucky, arriving in Hodgenvilie somewhat in advance of those most keenly interested in securing it for commercial exploitation. It was sold to him for $s,60o.
 After his return to New York, MT. Jones again acting as MT. Golfers agcnt, set out to obtain possession of the Lncoln cabin which had been removed from the farm by travelling shownnan who 6bok it about the coun- try exhibiting 1t. The dismembe timbefs of the cabin were found in a cellar whore they had been stored by the shown1an. and were purchased from him.
 Soon afterward the Lincoln Farm Association was organized and title to the cabin and farm was turned over to f1aa4 0rgamizat1on by MT. Collier.
 Jossph W. Folk. then governor of Missouri was president of the organ izatAon: Robert Collier. vice-presi- dent and chairman of the executive committee: Clarence H. Mackay. trsaSursr ,and Richard Lloyd Jones. Gecretaxy.
 Immedfa4ely upon the formation of tho assoc1at1cn a campaign for funds with which to build Lincoln Memor- ia1 Hail over the original site of the Lincoln caiyin was begun
 The response came quickly from all sections of the country, and from no section more quickly or readily than rom men and women of the south, who vted with the. citizens of other parts of the United States in tho de- Grs to pay tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
 The corner stone of the memorial hail was laid by Theodore Roosevelt, Fob, IF. 1909. on the hundred anni- versary of the birth of the Great Emaneipator," On Nov. 9, 1911, ii was formally dedicated by President William H. Taft. Today it became tine property of the whole American people,
 To it's construction more than 27o.000 persons contributed amounts ranging from twenty-five cents to 126, ,006, which totaled approximately e383,000, The balance from this fund after paying for the construction of the memorial hall and for the pre- limiHaFy work of turning the farm