Show LINCOLN CABIN J. J NOW A SHRINE len n Memorial 1 Hall Which Shelters Shel Birthplace to Be BeI nIt I Dedicated Tomorrow DIL 1 IS s GIFT TO COUNTRY COUNTR COUNTRY I io O Task of Raising Funds and 5 Constructing Memorial l f I. I Hall Finally Ended ij I K Ky Ks' p. p Sept 2 The Thc Tho Lincoln Lin Un l coln farm Carm of ot acres the little Io IoL log L 11 cabin In which Abraham Lincoln was waa 3 J born orn a magnificent memorial hall hail WhiCh shelters It and an endowment r Frund f md of ot for tor Its maintenance will o presented as fiS a girt gift to tho nation t Monday by the Lincoln Farm as- as rl o ceremonies at nt 4 Which will bo present man many of or the most important figures of ot the nation end nd state Including President Wilson t It ii and Secretary of ot War Baker will mark cu the occasion Th They Thoy y will be opened b by or Ti an Invocation by tho Rov Rev Charles R. R Iff it r Hemphill of ot Louisville president of ot tho the thoI 1 I t Presbyterian Theological Seminary of oC Kentucky Tho first address will bo made by b former Gov GoY Joseph W. W PoUt Folk of or Missouri president of ot the Lincoln I Farm arm association Ho lie will bo introIt Introduced Intro Intro- 1 It b. b bv by Gen John B. B Castleman of ot o. o Louisville ulc Mr Folk will bo be followed lOt b. b bv by Senator John Sharp Williams of ot Mississippi who will deliver cr an address address address ad ad- dress on Abraham Lincoln and tho South Bouth l The Tho presentation of ot the deed of oC gift girt Iii 1 to the tho Lincoln farm will then than be bo mado Pt 1 by Robert J. J Collier o of oC New York and 0 it St will be accepted by Secretary Baker Balcer Ii t An address by President Wilson will follow tho the acceptance acceptanceS tr t f Tho arrangements for tar tho the ceremonies e have beon been In tho the hands of cf a committee fr I made up tin of ot several se hundred citizens of ot otal oft Louisville and tho the state Henry Heno Wat- Wat Watterson al t terson teron Is tho the honorary chairman Wil- Wil llam Marshall tl Bullitt former solicitor tJ I general of oC the tho United States Is the act active ac- ac t thc tive chairman and Arthur B. B Krock 1 I managing editor of ot tho the Jour Courier 1131 is secretary I f Tho The presentation takes tithes place a little more nore than years since Thomas Lin- Lin II coln eoln Abraham Lincoln's father first laid claim to Its title w r In March 1806 Thomas Lincoln with his bride Nancy Hanks Lincoln took OJ possession of ot a farm on the banks of ot 11 creek In Larue Lz county then a apart apart jj part of or Hardin county Hero with his hi 1 own wn hands ho he put up a n rude lo log cabin j constructed of logs the chinks t. t daubed with clay and in it Abraham Lincoln wa was born February l 12 1809 1309 c. c t Here ner Emancipator Horn Born orn r. r I Hero Here during the next nine years cars he who ho was to be bo known as the Great i- i Emancipator enjoyed tho the on only real bo boyhood that ever came carne to him for tor forwith torO O with the tho removal of or Thomas Lincoln it i with his family to Indiana and later to Illinois many of or tho burdens of ot man- man i mod were thrust upon the childs child's shoulders Tho Lincoln farm remained in the hands of Clr the family of ot tho first purchaser pur- pur chaser for about seventy years ears although al- al though gh they thoy considered it to bo ho of oC but little value alue Then it was sold Bold to A. A W. W Dennett of New v York a a. wealthy res- res ta owner who purposed to convert con- con vert It into a public park Financial reverses made It impossible for tOr him tc to out his intentions tt t The Tho farm had constantly declined t and presented a woeful scene of neglect r and deca decay So poor was It that a carer caretaker caretaker care care- r tal taker er Into whoso hands It was given in inconsideration inconsideration 1 consideration of oC his agreement to po pay the tho ho taxes was considered by his nel neighbors neigh neigh- h- h bors jors to tei ha have hae e made mado a 3 bad bargain becaUse bo- bo cause causo the land would not produce enough h of ot value alue to pay the taxes es and the value or of his labor F A short time timo later the tho little log cabin which Thomas Lincoln had built for tor Q his ils bride and in which Abraham Lincoln Lin Lin- coin coln was born was sold to a traveling showman Ho He took I It t a about bon t the country country coun coun- try exhibiting It and ana finally stored the dismembered structure in a a. celler from which It was rescued at the in instance instance In- In stance of or Robert J J. Collier who purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased the showman's claims In 1906 1900 Mr Collier learned that the Lincoln farm wa was about to be sold and was in danger of ot falling Into tho the hands of ot persons who wish wished cd to use It for exploit exploiting In their wares among them being a man with bl big distilling Inter inter- cst cst ests clie f c Ho lie sent Mr Ir Richards Lloyd Jones to Kentucky Kentuck to Investigate tho possibility of ot acquiring title to the property Mr Ir Jonel Jone found l the farm tarm involved In court proceedings and returned to tc New York first instructing local attorneys to no- no UC him when the case casc was finally ad ad- In August of tho the same sarno year rear came word that tho the farm had been ord ordered red sold at auction at nt the courthouse door of or Larue count county Mr tr Jones Immediately Immedi atoo returned to Kentucky Kentuck arriving In somewhat in advance nd of ot tho those e most keenly p Interested in il securIng securing securing ing the tho farm tarm for tor commercial exploitation tion and it was knocked down to him for It was after atter Mr Jones Jones' re return return return re- re turn to New ew York that tho the Lincoln cabin was acquired b by Mr Ir C Collier Shortly after Mr tr Collier had ac acquired acquired acquired ac- ac the Lincoln farm and cabin tho the Lincoln Farm association was organised organized organ organ- i cd to which Mr Collier deeded tho the property to bo be herd In trust for the nation Joseph W. W Folk became president presIdent pres pres- ident of oC tho the organization Robert J. J Collier vice Ice president and chairman of ot the executive committee Clarence H H. Mackay treasurer and Richard Lloyd LloydJones LloydJones Jones secretary The members of ot the bo board r 1 of ot trustees wore were W William lliam IL Ii Taft Joseph II H. Choate Samuel L. L Clemens Clemen Cardinal Gibbons Albert Shaw Henry Watterson Walter Walter- son William Travers Jerome Lyman i. i Gage Ida M M. Tarbell Charles A A. Towne rowne Gen Horace Porter Augustus Saint Gaudens Norman orman Hapgood Edward M. M Shepard August Belmont Delmont O Oscar car S. S Strauss John A A. Johnson Charles E. E Hu Hughes hes Samuel Gompers Augustus E. E vi 1 1 so n William 1 I 11 I a in Jennings J e n n I n gs 8 Bryan Dryan Charles E. E Miner and Lloyd Llod Jones A campaign for funds with which to rear a memorial over oer the log cabin on Its original site was then begun and the tho response was quick and aud generous More tore than persons contributed sums ran ranging from 25 5 cents to n t total of being raised Tills This response was sas limited to no ono one section men nen and women of tho south coming for forward orward with a 3 readiness equal to that af of f the citizens of ot an any othor other section in their heir desire to pay tribute to the mem- mem orv rv of Abraham Lincoln On tho the centenary of oC Lincoln's birth February 12 12 HlO 1909 1009 the tho cornerstone of the tho beautiful granite memorial structure structure ture uIe was laid by President Theodore Theodoro Roosevelt Roose On November 9 9 1911 the tho memorial was dedicated by President t. t Taft raft Within the tho Lincoln Memorial hall resting esting upon its original site is the Lincoln cabin Surrounding tho the cabin cabinS Is S a a. heavy heay bronze chain for tor no ono one is allowed to enter it Its portals The memorial building Itself stands stal it nt head of or a a. broad flight of oC granite granto gran gran- oran oran- ite to to st steps ps th that t lead from an old spring sprin J I u or me entrance or tile 13 is inscribed in inscribed Inscribed In- In scribed tho the following Hero Here over the lo log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born destined to preserve tho the union and free tho the slave sla a n grateful have nave dedicated this memorial to unity peace and brotherhood brotherhood brotherhood brother brother- hood among these states Upon the walls of ot the tho Interior are arc cut tho Gettysburg speech and the tho Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin anc Beneath Deneath tho the building Is Isa isn isa a n basement with arrangements for tor keeping the records of ot tho the association and Its Uti roll of ot membership which In Includes Includes In- In eludes every of ot 25 26 cents or more Tho The memorial building I Is about a amile amile amile mile from the entrance gates g and Is reached b by a fine winding road The custodian of ot the farm tarm lives lI In an old lo log farmhouse near nearly as old as the Lincoln Lincoln Lin Un- coln cohn cabin Itself Tho The fari farm Itself Is divided b by a Do turnpike turnpike turnpike turn turn- pike which leads heads directly from the tho square at Hodgenville where the tho pedestal of the he Lincoln statue b by Weinman Weinman Wein Wein- man points the way to Lincoln's birth birth- place The road where it passes passos through the tho farm tarm is flanked nanke b by an old old- fashioned worm fence made of ot rails such as Lincoln himself split e |