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_From the “Constitution,” December 21._
THE overflowing hearts of a sorrowing people found expression in words
yesterday.
Memorial services to the memory of the dead Grady were held in DeGive’s
Opera House, and for three hours eulogies were pronounced on his name.
Loving lips and dewy eyes told the sorrow of a bereaved people gathered
to pay the last public tribute to their departed friend.
The service began at 11 o’clock, and continued until 2.
At half-past ten the various escorts assembled at the Chamber of
Commerce. There they formed and marched to the Opera House in a body.
General Clement A. Evans, D.D., and Rev. Dr. J. W. Lee, D.D., headed the
procession. Following them were the speakers of the occasion,
pallbearers, honorary escort and members of the Chi Phi Fraternity,
headed by Mayor John T. Glenn.
At the Opera House the delegations were ranged on the stage. They were
Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, Dr. H. C. Morrison, Dr. N.C. Barnett, General
Clement A. Evans, Judge W. R. Hammond, Judge W. T. Newman, Mayor John T.
Glenn, Hon. John Temple Graves, Prof. H. C. White, of Athens; Hon.
Patrick Walsh, of Augusta; Julius L. Brown, W. A. Hemphill, Dr. J. W.
Lee, Charles S. Northen, Louis Gholstin, T. L. Meador, B. B. Crew,
Donald Bain, Hon. N. J. Hammond, Captain J. W. English, Governor Gordon,
John C. Calhoun, of New York; Judge Howard Van Epps, Patrick Calhoun,
Albert H. Cox, W. R. Joyner, C. A. Collier, John Colvin, Porter King,
Captain Everett, S. M. Inman, Professor Bass, Major Jno. A. Fitten,
Captain R. I. Lowry, L. J. Hill, W. H. Thompson, J. A. Wright, H. C.
White, W. P. Hill, Arnold Broyles, and other members of the Chi Phi; W.
J. Garrett, W. W. Boyd, W. L. Calhoun, Hon. T. H. Mustin, of Madison; R.
D. Spalding, M. C. Kiser, J. J. Griffin, J. R. Wyly, H. B. Tompkins, L.
B. Nelson, Charles Keith, Judge George Hillyer, Gus Long, Dr. Crawford,
J. G. Oglesby, J. J. Spalding, John J. Falvey, Clark Howell, Jr., F. M.
O’Bryan, C. A. Fouche, of Rome, and others.
The Opera House, inside and out, was draped in sable and white, and on
the stage, forming a fragrant background, was a mass of beautiful
flowers and floral pieces. In the center of the group was the lovely
offering of the dead man’s associates and employés, standing out from a
setting of palms and roses. To the right of this central piece was the
crown from the people of Boston, and to the left the tribute from the
Virginia Society.
To the front and at each side of the stage was a life-size crayon
portrait of Mr. Grady, heavily draped, and resting on a gilded easel.
Round the base of the easel were flowers and plants of delicate foliage,
perfuming the air with their fragrant breath, and seeming to send sweet
messages to the loved face above.
The galleries and boxes were all hung in mourning.
General CLEMENT A. EVANS opened the service with prayer, full of words
of sweetness and comfort, and of grateful thanks for the good already
accomplished by the one that is gone, even in so short a sojourn on the
earth. General Evans prayed calmly and simply, concluding with the
invocation of God’s blessing to those left behind, and an inspiration to
those who were to speak of the departed soul.
Mayor GLENN, who presided over the service, then arose and announced the
order of exercises. He said he was too sick of heart to attempt to offer
a tribute to the memory of his dead friend, and contented himself with a
few simple words of preface.
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Judge W. R. HAMMOND was introduced, and read the following tribute of
the Chi Phi Fraternity, of which Mr. Grady was one of the charter
members at the State University: