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■). a, ai 0 0i 1 1! 3 01 2 1i n au d ! 1 0) I lt;1► 2 1;* io 3. A W.2 3 2 (IHandsome Monument Unveiled at Isle of Wight.ENORMOUS CROWD PRESENTSix Thousand People Gathered to Witness Impressive Exercises—Detachment From Local Military Companies in Parade—Senator Martin Present,12 aBatlKi. I! IS.i] ::o 'I nti kra, eckes, a, P. 111 roc homo * Ituli-t and Time si ftix v« in-rARWhoi III?I ho It can-huicl com* Hat tiller Miar-rit ffl-Ihiy, outh-Col,Firetrill;hby‘nil. Iill Urhiiclill l(o-ilnlnmintwill is in Willf \ Hu a to , no!I hail1*0011dilngsaa— wps; it M,About six thousand people, an ciior-iiHMia crowd to bn gathered at such a JilNiro its tall? nr Wight Connhouse, wit iH'siod the mi veiling nfihe Conrodemic bn hi fora monument, ;i handsome me nwirlatl presented In Into of Wight cuiui- h Hit* lain uf Wiglu Monument pud Memorial Association as a Irilmln lutho heroism of tin- W],{, fought TorI lie Inal aiuiao, yes! onlay.Cetiifhitionla from the local uilljiary companies, commanded hy tdeut. (\ C.Monro. of the 1 lunlingloit Rllles ami uccnmpanied hy Major J. ||. CMhlimnn it ml (rialalna T. A. .1 oil D tain and Kd N Imhaiik, (if this elty, and Limit. Collier* nr I lampion, wot11 over In fcimithitobl oiiriy yesterday morning on the launch Lady hVf tyii From Hinil hlloht ihn risiliijH won* driven In Hio court house where I hoy participated in ifH* imnosing exorcises, Captain Kulgiuk onm-maii.lcd [Jar detaehmciilK frniu I ho lma| emu pan! ok ami (he tdmMhl'u id eottniuny hi lho parade, The parly from hen* relumed homo on the igtily Kveiyir last nlghi, bring nmght on I he river In Nut wind it ml ruin storm which cmuc up jitst. IKiforu dusk,1 lie * teens hm was a noteworthy one and will live long in tho remembrance or Iho ell KmiHof Isle of wight nnil the gnosis who were presold. The daVg ex ore I,sc is hegaii with tho parade a I 11 a. m. Colonel H, M. Morrison chief marshal, headed tho lino with his nltiff composed of W. I). Folk, J;Unes D. Jordon, M. F. Jordan. J, o. Thomas and A. S. Johnson. Next eame the ml! Iljiry com pa files, Iho Cnnleitei nfe veterans, proudly erect in Ihulr Hum-worn coats i»r gray, iho sport hors and invited gnosis til honor, in a decorated’wagon, members of I he nionnmnni association and lastly a long lino of public-spirited iMixcas. Aiming Hie guests of honor was Senator Thomas H. Martin, wlio was dressed In his Confederate uniform and occupied a carriage In ihe parade.ATIer the nurailu the line formed a circle around Iho luoutimonl and was dismissed. This marked the beginning of tin* unveiling exercises.Hie assembly was called to order bv i ms pres I den I of tlm association .losfuii \V. Jordan. Jtov. J. W. Ward, ehap|«fn oi Ihe iiRBncliition, ode red up an eloquent prayer In ihe Almighty. Aitor* ■my Withers, of Suffolk, briefly fmro-w ho* IiiAjii Yi('hfressr iiitViscdTsV\viiii q mince brought forlH a spontaneous mdhurst of enthusiasm for Ihe tost Confederacy, lie presented I Ins monument to flu? county in behalf of the association and It. K. * Thomas, of Smithflfdil, acceptt*d the sumo In the name of lho county.Then, to the Inspiring strains nr Dixie and nrnld tho cheering of the assembled throng, M hri Young, or SmltUnehl, ltd frill* the veil which left the monument revealed.Dinner wits then served mid the exert-Ihck of the day were over.The monument lias been eullrrly paid for, ilit? funds being raised tiy private subscription uinuiig Ihe cili/.ofls of Mic county.Those who saw I he monument il|‘-clnro Iluil. II is a credit to the Slate as well us fo laic of Wight.Miss Young, ihe pretty sponsor, was attended during Lhu exercises hy Misses Mattie (iuio, bln Roberts, Finnic Jordan, Katie Kd wards, l/m.se Holland, Julia 'I'odd and Mary Itcy-noldu.a At-
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Newport News Daily Press
Newport News, Virginia, US
Wed, May 31, 1905
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