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and mechanic.THE ASHLEY HORNE MONUMENT .,rTO THE NORTH CAROLINAWOMEN OF THE CONFEDERACYinThe Group and the Sculptor.The main group In the monument lo the North Carolina Women of the Confederacy to be erected in the city of Raleigh during the coming spring, the gift of the late Col. Ashley Hornee-;nt he ng nd its lari ts he im he If on, nd m-.tio 'he the sti-ur-of 70 hisescoreofarsofperer-ianwasto the State of North Carolina. Its cost was $ll,000. The sculptor of the group is Mr. Augustus I.ukeman. a native of Virginia, now living in New York city. The figures will be of bronae, 7 1-2 feet in height, resting on pedestal of It. Airy granite, -1 1-2 feet in height, t )n each side of the pedestal will be a has relief, one representing the women of the South bidding the soldiers good-lvye and God-speed on their departure for the war; ihe oilier representing the women of the South welcoming them on their return home at the close of the war, cheering and sustaining them in this defeat.The woman in the . group is narrating to the boy at her side, who found the sword of his father, who has fallen in the war, the story of the Confederacy, and inspiring him with an ambition to do something for his country worthy of the deeds of hi* ht-roic Confederate father. The monument will stand in ihe Capitol Square immediately in front of the new State Administration building.The Sculptor.Augustus Lukeman, sculptor of the group to the North Carolina Women of the Confederacy, soon If. be erected in Raleigh Mr. Lukeman is a native of Richmond. \'a., now a resident of New' Voik City. Among his best known works are the statue of William McKinley at Adams, Mass.. the Soldiers’ Monument at Somerville.■ingthe100 rch the 314 ;hip LS tithe the 81Augustus Lukeman, the Sculptor of the Group to the North Carolina Women of the Confederacy.Mass.. an equestrian statue of Kit Carson at Trinidad CaJ.. the Straui Memorial to the victims of the Titanic disaster, soon to be erected ir New York city. He is now engaged on a statue f Franklin Pierce, to b* erected at Concord, X. II.crease has been only 36 per cent to this* cause, the per capita increase in contributions to general benevolente by this church in the South has been 255 per cent and in the North it has been lt;nly 2 5 per cent increased ♦luring this time. Wealth, upon the average. has grown more rapidly in the South than in the North during these years, and the percentage of increase in contributions to benevolences isil i il 1\* 1 -j r*WKKC’KAGK VXD INJURY. Runaway Horse or W. F. BcUh Throws Grodolt I.as-licr and Ie-luolishcs Wagon.V\ hile doing all in bis power to stop a runaway horse which he was driving. Grodott Iriissiter, a young man about 17 years of age, was dashed toih.- asphalt pavement and painfully injured last night, when the frighten'd horse ran into a telephonepole
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The Farmer And Mechanic
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Tue, Jan 06, 1914
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