The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-26

~ Tor ths Nu Ia
ass,cls on oskdale, which hic %ISSloyiar,
pea from this paper in Io, ne cl,''
years ago.-The Editor. 1915 B
A bright sunny aftar..
the kind for a pleassnt" noon JUS
desire to visit OakdaIe CSeFol.
leads the feet in that CeneteHT
Passing through tbe ai[ectioQ.
trance, the eye is tjrst tnaia e.
by several splendid attract.
Magnolia, the tree 50 i,inN 4
GRATED in Southern story v"s sny ees
Beautiful are they in t5 and '9as
green foliage with lower ~i 5r.. d'3
touching the ground. Yet q3saneaa
still more delightful in ~ ,asy a.
ing season, when the deI IIg love-
GRANGE Of their giant I bjooss.t t.
strewa upon the air. ''O0ms i
Farther on, and facina a.
trance, stands a monqns me O.
scribed: ITO the Con y h.
Dead This is surmou ro1ie de-
standing figure Of a Conf.o ~ liz
soldier, in military dre alsas'aa
standing in front, righs gu
clasping the barrel and Ist. osa3
resting across the muzzIa an
figure and its natural pos .'' ~, Ih'
beginning: poem
has beat ''u Toll
The Soldiers last tattoo.
shall meet ''aOs
| That brave and fallen few,
Although m~ilitarism mrs.
tually pass away, We cannot e We,
remembering, with bride "s'
brave fight made by the so,a,U a'
Of the South against overwboIm u.sl'
odds. Half a century has ns".as
since they laid down their p srss
and a greater conflict than 4 N,
one in which they fought is ,a a'
shaking the foundations Of c; WV:
cation to their depths. 'D'
A number of well.kept ro,,.
traverse the cemetery il al ''. "
rections. Passing slowly a,o,,
first one and then another r r,s
finds much to interest and instr ".
in the Inscriptions carved nm H.,
various stones. Many of them ,,.
eloquent with humanity's bo,,
and belief in immortality. Hs,,
and there, over the grave o, N
infant, appears the touching AM
tender words: ''Budded on earA
to bloom in Heaven" and Sat-
on the Shepherds Bosom, lestss
this Little Lamb"
The inscriptions on some Of M
stones show that those lying b
meath were of foreign birth. From
distant lands they have come, ID
find a resting place here. Stranu
must be his name who can wande
here and not find it representa-
somewhere.
Over the entrance to one ac
ton, appears a quotation from
Ecclesiastes: For man goes "a
his Eternal Home. and the NOUN
ers go about the streets" This II
calls the beautiful and impreSsN,
words following it in Scripture.
"Or ever the silver cord b
loosed, or the golden bowl b
broken, or the pitcher be broke
t the fountain. or the wheel brui
en- at the cistern.
Then shall the dust return {
the earth as it was; and the Spir
shall return unto GOO Who CAV
it"
The many beautiful flower
blooming about the well-kept plO
show that spring has come, ar
also eloquently testify that L
living have not forgotten the des
The gentle twittering Of sma
birds, flittering in and out Of L
trees. and the exultant notes o.
hooking bird, singing his WELDON
10 spring make pleasing minor
The screeching and putting
locomotives, the rumble Of pa;
in trains. and the noise Of D
city's traffic. remind us Of d
nearness of life to death, and
death to life. Many Of those 10
sleeping so quietly here were on
potent n d important factors
the business, industrial, and poll
cal life of Wilmington and 81
rounding communities; ut TIT
hands have laid down their ta't
md other hands have taken me
Up. Musing in this STRAIN d
sords of Kipling come to MN
And falls the night
For you or me. Do those VINO
live decline
The step that offers. or thelf
work resign? =,
Trust me. today's most In
dispensables.
Five hundred men can take W
place-or mine" ,
But the stln is handing low I
yond the spires of the city, a
feet must be homeWard t0ros
Psusing near the entrance fol
las. look over the peaceful seer
the wish forms that every me-
Der of h e great human IAN
might so live that when me e
of life drew near. each, IN 'l
could request friends and iV'
ones to:
"Say not Good Night,
but in some brighter Cline .
Bid ME Good MornlAg'