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tVi r,' IN. ,V LVIFE OF GENERAL JACKSON PASSES TD GREAT BEYOND 7Jil IT At- tifl ft-t-L r si!.- nuvninff (in. r5 aivd SlvrubB I saw the dead Christ glorified ! His body Lice the risen sun. Was all too bright to look wponj , The blue sir burned About Him: In His side And hands and feet there shone (Thro' stabs and gashes raping wide) The golden glory of His bloods The gilly stood Upon His right hand: At His feet The fishers, Peter, James and John, Knelt worshipping - With outstretched arms, md eye To heaven turned: And Maria, His mother sweet, (The partner of His fiiystcrie And Magdalen and Salome Canie. thro' the doorway of the day Behind Him, weeping. Then a cloud time o'er , My senses and I saw and heard no morel Their Care aivcl CuKivaftorv. WAS. FIRST LADY OF THE SOUTH AND REVERED BY WHOLE NATION. MANY ATTENDED FUNERAL i f J Body Was Carried to Lexington, Va., and Laid By the Side of Her Lov ing Husband. Charlotte. Mrs. Mary Ann fackson, better known as Mrs. "Stonewall" Jackson, widow of the great Southern oMeftaln and the woman whose name Is a household word throughout tho Southland the first lady in North Carolina and the cherished of all those "Who claim Charlotte for their home passed away at her residence, 306 West Trade street at 4:20 a. m. after an illness that had been serious for the past several months. She was 83 years old. The immediate cause of Mrs. Jack eon's death was pneumonia -which was contracted three days before. It was the result of a cold contracted 10 days ago while she was seated on the front piazza of her home. Heart tftiuble, aggravated by age and attendant in firmities, were , contributing and fun damental factors. .This trouble had been, occasioning her physicians un easiness for several years but it did not assume a serious form until about eight months ago. Last August she had an acute attack at Walter's Park, Pa., near Philadelphia, and was taken to a hospital in the latter city for treatment. When she recovered suffi ciently she was brought home but she never regained her full strength al though -she -undertook to atend to her ddjrfestic '"and other duties until last fpllwhen her health again failed. Mo-Tre than once since the incipiency $j;her illness she had suffered at tacks which had caused her life to be $elSpalred of, but each time she had been able to rally her resources. .. tier death was very easy simply St-Bleep and a forgetting." She re trained conscious until the afternoon before her death. In her last con . rcIous moments her thoughts were of -Ettkers. At her bedside when the final moment came were Mr. and Mrs. E. "EL Preston, the latter a granddaugh ter of Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Laura Mor rison Brown, sister of Mrs. Jackson, Iter, D. H. Rolston. D.D., pastor of the Irst "Presbyterian church, and the 'family physician. Dr. William A. Gra "h'ani. a kinsman of the distinguished tfatiejit The news of Mrs. Jackson's death in a. shock to the entire South, which J,a -cherished with sincere ardor the helpmeet of him who in his life-time was the powerful right arm of the embattled Southern nation and the Idol ; of his soldiery. Throughout the decades that have elapsed since the ciofe of the great civil conflict. Mrs. Jackson has held unchallenged the po sition of primacy in the affections of this people. Jackson, when told by his wife that "before the day was over he would be with the blessed Saviour in His glory," said, "I will be an infinite gainer to be translated," So with the wife of the soldier and saint, from whom he Was torn by the tragedy of war on that bright Sabbath morning of May 10, 1863 she is "an infinite gainer to b- translated." Mrs. Jackson passed to rest and her Infinite reward with the halo of a na tion's love and reverence around her be.d. The South bends over her with hearts ladened with crief and eyes filled with tears. Mrs. Jackson's body was taken to ILexlnglon. Va.. and there laid to rest by the side of her illustrious husband. Th? funeral was held at 5 o'clock from the First Presbyterian church and was conducted by the pastor. Rev. Dr. . D. II. Rolston. He was assisted by Rev. James B. Smith, of Rich mond, Va. Three favorite hymns of Mrs. Jackson were sung. They were "How Firm a Foundation," "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say," and "My .Faith Looks Up to Thee." The tribute of respect that was paid at: the funeral was one of the most elaborate nad impressive in the his tory of Charlotte. The members of Mecklenburg Camp, United Confeder ate Veterans, whose reunions here Mrs. Jackson has so often graced with tier presence, attended the service en masse and a detachment from the . cstmp accompanied the body to Lexing ton as a guard of honor. The members of Stonewall Jaek on Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and of Julia Jackson Chapter. Children of the Confederacy attended in a body each wearing a bow of red and white ribbon, the Con federate colors. Mecklenburg Chapter, Daughters of th .American Revolution, of which she was a member, and the Cranford 'Book Club, of which she was a charter member, attended in a body. The cadets of Horner Military School, led by Colonel J. C. Horner, marched to the church to attend the funeral. The members of the Charlotte Woman's Club of which she was a member, also stteded. C MRS. "STONEWALL" JACKSON. The two military companies of the city, the Hornets' Nest Riflemen, un der the leadership of Captain John A. Parker, and the Fifth Company Coast Artillery under Lieut. Hudson Millar, acted as an escort of honor at the service here and a deputation from each accompanied the body to Lex ington. The. Southern Railway through Mr. R. H. DeButts tendered a special fu neral car which , was attached to north bound train No. 32, leaving Charlotte at 9:30 p. m. A baggage car was pro vided for the casket and -the flowers aid a special Pullman for the mem bers of the funeral party. No. 32 took these cars to Lynchburg where they were shifted to the C. & ; 0. line by which they were taken to Lexington. Biographical. Mary Anna Morrison, wife of. Stone wall Jackson, was. born in Mecklen burg county, a roll e or so north' of Charlotte, in .the" manse of,:$ugar Creek church. The house, still; stand ing, is on the Derita road, and isVown ed by Mr. Frank. Johnston. The date of her birth was July 21, 1831 Her father was Rev. Dr. Robert Half'Mor rison, a distinguished and learned minister of the Presbyterian cjh'urch, who was pastor of historic andj belov ed old Sugar Creek church, when then numbered 500 members, and luring this pastorate Dr.. .Morrison organized the First Presbyterian church of Char lotte, and to both churches he minis tered with ability and . eminent ' ac ceptability. Founds Davidson College , . Being deeply impressed by the fact that so few candidates for the- minis try came from the State University at which he graduated, he, in 1835, at a meeting . of Concord Presbytery brought before the Presbytery a reso lution for the establishment of David son College, and became the founder and builder, and first president 'of this eminent institution of the church, from which have gone forth hundreds of men who have become famed as ministers, lawyers, physicians and one now fills the highest office in the gift of the American people. Mrs. Jackson's mother was Miss Mary Graham, of a renowned family, her father being General Joseph Gra ham, of illustrious Revolutionary fame and her brother. William Alexander Graham, successively governor of North Carolina, United States senator and secretary of the .navy .under Fill more's administration, and! who-' -secured the "open door" for Japan. Dr. and Mrs. Morrison had ten chil dren. Three of their sons-in-law be came generals in the Confederate army Thomas Jonathan Jackson, D. H. Hill and Rufus Barringer; a fourth, Judge A. C. Avery, of the. supreme court, a colonel in the army; a-fifth, John E. Brown, colonel of the 42nd North Carolina Regiment. Three sons, Major Wm. W. Morrison,-. Capt." Jo-, seph Graham Morrison, and Pr. Robt. Hall Morrison, all served valiantly for-, their country, the " youngest brother-' of Mrs. Jackson, Rev. Alfred Morrison, a most gifted orator on whom the maa-T tie of his honored father fell being called of God into his ministry, was translated to higher service while pastor of the First . Presbyterian '; church of Selma, Ala. . . ; Of Mrs. Jackson's brothers and sis'-' ters only two now survive' Mrs. Laura Morrison Brown, wife of the lamented. Col. John E. Brown. 'and Dr. Robert Hall Morrison, the latter -of Moore's-, ville. - . ." Mrs. Jackson's Childhood. ... . Mrs. Jackson was but a child when the family left , the manse at Sugar Creek church, which still stands as a monument to the first pastor and his great work, and which, as the birth place of the wife qf-, Stonewall Jack son, must ever be a shrine for the Vet erans, Daughters and Children of the Confederacy. Moves to Lincoln. At Davidson the greater, part oL Mrs. Jackson's childhood was spent. Her father's health failed while presi dent of Davidson- Colege .and he re signed and subsequentlymoved-to Lin coln county where he ministered to three churches. There he and his wife reared their large family of ten children. i i X . -A, 'tfv V1 -i.'. l'hoto by Franklin's Studio, Charlotte. ' Mrs. Jackson's bright intellect was noted from childhood, she always ex celling in study, but above the bright ness of an intellect but which reflect ed the people from which she came, was her quiet unostentatious piety,' and great himility of character. Those traits were the cardinal virtues, the chart and compass of her life that kind of humility which she ascribed to Jackson, as "his own predominat ing grace." Even as a girl there was about her a dignity that was as mark ed as it was gentle and attractive. Small of statute, with regular fea tures, dark brown hair and brown eyes, and with the brightness of in telligence lending additional charm, Airs. Jackson was, personally a pretty, attractive and winsome woman. V With traditions the same, with traits of character which make for truest and purest, gentlest and sweetest wo manhood, she unconsciously won the love of that man of God, man of might and valor, Jackson. ' Mrs. Jackson was Jackson's second wife, his first wife having been Miss Ellie Junkin, of Lexington, kinswo man of the late Rev. Dr. J. A. Preston and Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Allan and Mr. E. R. Preston of Charlotte. Marriage. It was on the 16th of July, 1857, that Annie Morrison and Major Thomas Jonathan Jackson, then a professor in file" Virginia Military Institute, were married. The event recorded by Mrs. Jackson 5n her life of General Jack son, reads thus: "It was a quiet little home wedding and the ceremony was performed by a. favorite tld minister ial friend of mine, Rev. Dr. Drury Lacy. My father could not trust his emotional nature enough to marry any of his daughters. Whether or not it was his usual formula, or whether he was impressed by the very determin ed and unbending looks of the military bridegroom, Dr. Lacy made him prom ise to be an 'indulgent husband,' bu,t he was equally emphatic in exacting obedience on the part of the bride. My trousseau which had been order ed from New York in ample time, ar rived only a few hours before the cer emony and I was compelled to impro vise a bridal outfit in the certain ex pectation of disappointment. The trustful major haa assured me all along that my trousseau would come in time. This was one of the 'special providences' that he loved to recount. "His bridal gifts to me were a beau tiful gpld. watch and a lovely set of seed pearls. "A few days after our marriage we set out upon a northern tour: The trip included Richmond, Baltimore, Phila delphia, New York, Saratoga and Ni agara. "A few months after our marriage my husband proposed that we should study together the Shorter Catechism as a Sabbath afternoon exercise.- He considered it a model of sound- doc trine as he did the Confession " of Faith. . "After boarding a year my husband purchased a house in Lexington. ' He afterward purchased a farm, which he sold during, the war and invested the proceeds in Confederate bonds to as sist the government. Seven o'clock was the hour of family prayer, which Major Jackson required all-his ser yantsto attend promptly and regular ly) ' He never waited for any one, -hot eyen .his wife." C It was in" this. little house that the first child, . Mary Graham, was born. .She 'lived only ,a few weeks. .. Folow ing soon upon' this, bereavement, came the death of Mrs. Jackson's sister,. Eu geniato whom she was especially de voted. She Eugenia had married Rufus Barringer (General- and 'left two children, one of whom is Dr. Paul Barringer' of Charlottesville, Va. To Major and Mrs. Jackson was born a second child, Julia Jackson. . . . . Julia Jackson. Wiitifi'g of the child and her name, Mrs. Jackson records this in her "Life of Jackson": "When a few months before his death while h was in the midst of the army, a little daughter was born to him, he wrote that he wisher her to be called 'Julia' saying, 'My mothor was mindful of me when I was a helpless .fatherless child, and j I wish to commemorate her now.' ALL SHARNN JOY Splendor of the Resurrection Be longs to Each One Who Believes. HEN anyone is read.ng a book what he is most anxious to know is: "Does it end happily?" We dislike to read a book which leaves us In gloom. There are two happy end ings to the twp great narratives of the New Testament. The first nar rative is the life of Jesus' himself. The second narrative is the life of his church. The story of Jesus' life on earth would be immeasurably sad if it left him on the cross. Thafc would in deed be the world's most rayless trag edy. Those hands eo. bu?y in useful toil and in kindly service, nailed to the rough cross; those feet which had sought out sorrow in order that relief and comfort might be brought, also pierced and torn; the ees which had looked forth with infinite tenderness and pity upon the sorrows of men and women and little children and which had revealed undreamed-of depths of sympathy, closed in death; the brow on which the light of heaven had shone, dark with the shadows of death, covered with dust and with blood from the crown of thorns; the heart that had throbbed with love for the sad and the needy and oppressed, pierced with the Roman soldier's spear. That would have been an end ing too grievous to endure. But the story does not end that way., There are no .tears in its ending.. The Savior hfet his weeping friend Mary of Mag dala. in the garden with the comfort ing words: "Why weepest thou?" Since he is risen there is no longer any reason for despair and grief. 'He spent those days before his ascension in bringing. to his friends assurance .of peace and joy. And he went "back' to heaven promising that he himself in actual spiritual presence would be with them always, even to the end of the age. The happy ending in Revelation is but another part of this same happy ending of the Gospels. All. Christ's fol lowers are to share In the joy' and splendor of his resurrection. We are to come tqhim with songs and ever lasting joy upon our heads. May our faith in him, our love'for him, our allegiance to him be so strong and bright this year that of all the Eas ters it shall be the gladdest we have ever known. Christian Herald. Expensive Easter Eggs. In Austria, eggs are given as pres ents at Easter, and the emperor pre sents a great number of them to vari ous people. They are generally com posed of silver or gold, mother-of-pearl or bronze, and often contain certain useful presents a piece of jewelry or some little knickknack, in tended to give pleasure to the recip ient. Lily Typical of Easter. Easter fashions are almost as typi sal of Easter as the Easter egg and the Easter lily. The lily Is typical of Easter be cause of its whiteness and personifica tion of purity. In its natural state it blooms about Easter time in France, its native home. Resurrection mm v f; ' A" W ."VS.. ' 'J ;:-v,- a 'it- 'fs'si' v s i .1" 5 .- 7 r- UP V ' - - v , i Daisies Make a STARTING OF THE ANNUALS Many annuals can be started from seed planted now for winter flower ing, and with the use of the plants now growing in the garden and young plants raised jfrom cuttings a good display can . be obtained for house culture at a. very small expense.' It Is a' good idea to pot the plants sufficiently -early, so thel'pots can be plunged in the garden; .permitting them to remain, there a week ror two before taking them into the house. A good rule is to allow two leaves to remain on cuttings' of such plants as geraniums, cutting off the top half of these leaves with a sharp knife. Any cuttings that die or rot must be immediately removed. ' " -Y . The Rex Begonias . are, - propagated from leaf cuttings, that, is a portion of the leaf cut and stuck in the sand, f -0 (:. 5 J i ' iVv?") f ' w 1 :t'xW?:K' PEONIES . No other herbaceous' plant lives so long or produces -flowers . equal to the peony. .". . . . Peonies plantea this autumn will flower next season: The middle of September, to the middle of. October Is the best time to plant, preferably the earlier season to permit the plants ,to make a good 'root growth before' whiter sets in. The.soil must be rich as tho peony is, a gross feeder. , Remove "the" sbfl to a depth of three, feet and fill up the space to the depth of a foot with well trotted, cow manure. Spade the manure in well. If the soil is clayey, mix' with'-it equal parts of sand, leaf-ahd mold" and manure for the other half. Fill up the excavation with the prepared soil; rounding it up to the center, vJhich should be six or seven inches .above the level of the lawn. '..'.,. in setting tlie plants dig a hole from one and a half to two feet deep and two feti wids. Allow a space of three fact in diameter for each plant, pla - 11 . -s.-'f-t - -jfi;'- . -5 --7 i - rr Good Growth Indoors. or the leaves can be spread out flat on the sand and pinned down tight' with hairpins or wooden toothpicks. Keep the cuttings shaded. Another good way to make cuttings is in a small earthen crock without drain age. Fill with sand to within an inch or two of the top. Insert the cuttings and pour in water until the sand is just covered. Keep the sand constantly covered with water and the cuttings will soon root. When the cuttings are Inserted in the sand, the sand should be packed firmly about them with the hands. Insert the cuttings closely together. The foliage should be cut back on the cuttings. Plants growing in the garden, which make fine house plants include: Fuchsias, begonias, geraniums, petunias,- pinks, verbenas, arbutilons, chrys anthemums, daisies. Cut the plants back about one-half. cing the crowns three inches below the surface, firming the soil well around the roots. This is best done by the feet of the planter. Mulch well before cold weather with coarse manure and leaves. In the spring loosen the soil, after re moving the mulch, to a depth of five or six, .'inches, care being taken to stir the soil without injuring thet crowns of the plants. - -.Commercial fertilizer strong in pot ash should be used in the spring after the bed is started. SOME FLOWER HINTS Set out Iris in September and they will flower next summer. Hellebore dusted on cabbage plants while they are wet with dew will keep the cabbage worms down. ' .Late pruning induces a new growth oh plants and trees, rendering thera susceptible to injury from the winter cold.- The time for pruning Is during the winter or early spring, before the buds start. 1 i
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