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of Kaleigh, ^. C. ; Dr. J. Elmer Dellinger, of 

 Greensboro, 1^. C. ; Dr. P. S. Lewis, of Char- 

 lotte, I^. C. ; Dr. A. M. Moore, Dr. J. E. Jack- 

 son, Prof. W. G. Pearson, and Mr. John Mer- 

 rick, of Durham. An original poem was read 

 by G. W. McCorkle, and among the songs, one 

 that he loved so well, a solo, 'Tlee as a bird to 

 your mountain,^' by Miss Maggie Poole. We 

 shall never forget the scene as the remains were 

 borne from the church, eighty young men rep- 

 resenting the Baraca Class, of which he was 

 teacher, with bared heads, each bearing in his 

 hand one of the many floral designs. Ere the 

 grave was reached the shades of night, as if to 

 give their share of gloom, had settled down on 

 all. AYith torches in hand, the vast throng gath- 

 ered around the last resting place of the dead ; 

 and after a fervent prayer was offered and the 

 burial service was read by Rev. Dr. Jackson, of 

 the St. Joseph A. M. E. Church, all that was 

 mortal of Augustus Shepard, the distinguished 

 pastor of the White Rock Baptist Church, by 

 gentle hands was laid to rest to await the resur- 

 rection morn. Every heart was touched to 

 tenderness as they heard so distinctly the clods 

 of cold clay as they fell upon the metal coffin; 



