Sewickley Herald

              MAY 20    1905
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Fear no man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. II
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1905
No.   36
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Handsome Monument to be Dedicated
in Memory of General Alexander
Hays to Mark the Spot Where
He Pell in the Battle of
the Wilderness.
ALDEN F. HAYS WILL DO UNVEILING.
An  event  of  interest  to many
residents of Sewickley and vicinity
is the unveiling of a handsome and
unique    monument,    which  is  to
mark< the spot where General Alexander,Hays fell in the battle of the
Wilderness, Virginia, May 5, 1864,
the  exercise  to be  held at  noon.
Saturday,    June    3d,  the  guests
from Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania to be taken to Fredericksburg via  Washington,   D. G., on a
special train  leaving  Pittsburg at
8 o'clock a. m. of the day preceding
the   unveiling,   and   run   directly
through to Fredericksburg, arriving there  in time for supper the
same day.    The daylight ride over
the  Allegheny mountains, with a
glimpse of Washington enroute, is
one of the treats of the trip, with a
store of pleasure and  interest  in
going over the once bloody battle
fields of Fredericksburg, Ghancel-
lorsville, Wilderness. Spottsylvania.
and others around Richmond and
vicinity which are to be seen on a
side trip.    One of the great points
of interest is the National Gemetery
at   Fredericksburg,    where   over
16,000 brave men sleep their last
sleep—14,000 of  whom fill  "unknown"   graves.     This   beautiful
"God's Acre" is the largest of the
National burying grounds, and here
among those marked as "unknown"
is  Lieutenant  William  Shields,  a
brother of .Gaptain David Shields,
who gave his life  on the field of
Ghancellorsville  where,  owing to
the confusion following' that terrible fight,  his  body   was  buried
without sufficient marks to later
identify   it,     Lieutenant   Shields
was in command of Gompany G. of
the 128th. Pennsylvania Volunteers, compose of the young fellows,
numbering about one hundred, who
went out from Sewipkley.
The exercises will take place at
noon, and will be participated in by
veterans who wore the blue, and
their old enemies who wore the
gray. In fact this is the first monument erected in memory of a Union
officer on which is inscribed any
recognition of the Confederate side.
In behalf of General Alexander
Hays Post No. 5, G. A. R, and
Davis Gamp, Sons of Veterans, of
Pittsburg, Rev. N. L. Brown, the
well-known orator, will present the
memorial to the family of General
Hays, the response being made by
Mr. Thomas H. Martin, a member
of the general's original regiment,
the Sixty-Third Pennsylvania. An
interesting feature of the program
Will be the formal presentation of
the deed to the land upon which
the monument stands, by Major
W. S. Embrey, of the Confederate
army, to the Hays family, an inscription to that effect being carved
on the side of the granite base.
The honor of  the occasion, the
unveiling, will fall to Mr. Alden F.
Hays, eldest son of the general,
who, to the accompaniment of a
solo by Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald,
will pull the cord which will release
the large flag that will enfold the
monument up to this point. The
program will include-"America,"
sung by the audience, recital of-an
original poem, with an address by
a prominent member of the Confederate Veterans' Gamp of Fredericksburg.
The monument, as shown in the
illustration, is a massive granite
base, in which is set, upright, one
of the old, now obselete, siege
cannon which took such a prominent part in the Givil War, at the
trunnions of which is placed a large
bronze tablet with the brief inscription "Here fell General Alexander Hays, 3d Div. 2nd Gorps,
U. S. V., May 5, 1864." On the
granite base is carved "Erected by
General Alexander Hays Post No.
3, G. A, R, Department of Pennsylvania, and Davis Star Gamp,
Sons of Veterans." On the reverse side, "This land donated by
THEIR REGULAR SHOOT.
The Sewickley Valley Gun Club will
Hold Interesting Event at Club
Grounds:
The Sewickley Valley Gun Glub
will hold its regular Decoration Day
shoot at the club grounds. Shoot-
ins will commence promptly at 9
a. m., and no shooting after 2.30
p. m. There will be a merchandise
handicap shoot -for club members,
visitors being restricted to shoot
for targets only. There are fifteen
prizes for this event, and Gaptain
W. G. Bower would like those who
donated them to send the articles
to Mr. J. D. Miller's store as soon
as possible, as it is the desire of the,
ciub to place them on exhibition
during the week. Handicapping
will be by the added bird system.
Bring your lunch and your eagle
eye and take home a prize. The
public has a cordial invitation to
attend this shoot.
Exciting Runaway.
On Monday morning about 9
o'clock as Kennedy's dairy wagon
was turning the corner at Logan
and Beaver streets a bolt in the
gearing of the wagon became detached and dropped the tongue
against the horses' heels, which
frightened them and they dashed
down Beaver street. The wagon
was upset and Mr. Kennedy thrown
to the ground, and at this writing
we are informed, is confined to his
bed from the effects of the fall he
received. He struck his shoulder
and the jar affected his lung.
(Continued on page 7.)
Another Combine.
The latest combine in the Valley
is a "Butchers' Gombine." It is
one, however, that will not leave
any burden for the public to bear,
as the combine will be in existence
for one day only—May SO, Decoration Day—when every meat market in our borough will close
promptly at 10 a. m. Make your
purchases early and give the genial
"Knights of the Gleaver" a chance
to enjoy the day,
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