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ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1907.
PPTm?. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS.
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Ceremony Witnessed
by Thousands of
Persons.
GENERAL EVANS
DELIVERS SPEECH
JEFFERSON DAVIS. HIS MONUMENT AND PLACE OF INAUGURATION
United States Court
of Appeals Affirms
Decision.
JUDGE DISSENTS
FROM OPINION
ALABAMA STATE CAPITOL
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
He wit first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
At Montgomery, whera Jefferson Davit was inaugurated president of
the Confederacy.
T I II
President Was Deeply
Touched by the
Incident.
MONUMENT TO JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The urtveiling of this (haft took place Monday afternoon at Richmond, Va.
Parade Is Feature of Exer
cises of Day at the Big
Reunion.
Richmond, Va., June 3.—This was
Jefferson Davis day In Richmond.
2 o'clock the monument to tho only
president of the Confederacy was un
veiled and not only in Richmond, but
generally throughout the South, the re.
quest of General Stephen D. Lee, com-
mander-ln-ehlef of the United Confed
erate veterans, the wheels of industry
were stopped and the whole South for
five minutes did honor to Mr. Davis.
, Despite the rain and the fact that
many Of the veterans who were In at
tendance on the meeting of the veter-
: n had gone home, there was a big
•pfcrade and the ceremor'
veiling were impressive.
A unique feature of the parade was
the fact that nearly everybody In It
bore a miniature Confederate flag.
Noted Women Present,
i Ajnong the noted women present be
aides Mrs. Hayes, daughter of Presi
dent Davis, who unveiled the monu
ment, were
Mary Custls Lee, daughter of
GenarpJ H. K. Lee; Mrs. "Stonewall"
Jackson, widow of General Jackson;
Mr*. V.\ II. F. Lee, widow of General
Lee; Mrs. Braxton Bragg, widow of
General 'Bragg; Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart,
widow of General Stuart; Mrs. William
Mahone, Widow of General Mahone:
Hire. A. P.» Hill, widow of General Hill.
Other ladies who graced the occasion
with the presence were;
Mias'Lucy Addison Hayes, of Colo,
rhdo Springs, COIo.f Miss Vnrlna Davis
Cook, of Arkansas; Miss Mary Oliver
Ware, Miss Mary Gillespie, of Birnt-
—-- -- Ediut-y.
Atlanta Union Urges
Appropriation of
Half Million.
Ingham, Ala.; Miss
Hayden,
Iprlngfleld, Mo.; MUM Julia. Jack-
son Christian and Miss Helen Bridges,
of Charlotte. N. a: Miss Mary G. Kyle,
of Rogersvllle, Tenn.; Miss Thores Mc-
Gavock, of Franklin, Tenn.; Miss Eva
Comer, of Birmingham, Ala.; Miss Sal-
lie Person, of Jackson, Tenn.: Miss
Bertha Waddlll, of Jackson, Tenn.;
Mlsf Glenri I.oulke Hamburger, of Mo
bile, Ala.: Miss Ella Hargrove Sayre,
Montgomery, Ala.; Miss Susie Lee Mc-
Elroy, of Jackson, Tenn.; Miss Lor
raine Wisdom, of Jackson, Tenn.; Miss
Mary McGrow, of Braden, Tenn.; Mrs.
Charles G. Brown, of Alabama; Mrs.
Thomas J. Latham, of Tennessee; Miss
Mury Hall, of Augusta, Gn.; Mrs. Geo.
S. Holmes, president of the Jefferson
Davis Monument Association; Mrs, Al
fred Gray, acting president of the C. M.
■ || ” Kounsavtlle, of Rome,
Unveiling Ceremonies.
The ceremonlos wero opened with
prayer by the Rev. J. William Jones,
of Rlchmopd, chaplain general. The
first address was by Governor Claude
A. Swanson, of Virginia, and he was
followed hy Mayor Carlton McCarthy,
of Richmond, who Introduced General
Evans as orator of the day.
At the conclusion of this address, the
mayor spoke briefly, accepting on be
half of Richmond the aacred trust Im
posed upon It by the whole South. Mrs.
J. A. Hayes, of Colorado Springs, Colo,,
daughter of Mr. Davis, then pulled the
cord that held the canvas shroud that
covered the bronto statue. Her two
sons, the grandson of the Confed
erate president, caught the two cords
Used to complete the unveiling.
General Evans' Address.
General Evans began his address
with a tribute to the women of the
South, through whose efforts the
statue to Mr. Davis had besn erected.
Taking up, then, the Influences which
had moulded the life of the future
president of the Confederacy, the
•peaker traced his lineage from Eng
lish ancestors who migrated to America
,B 'o generations before his birth, set
tling in the South. His father and
grandfather, on his father’s side, had
fought In the Revolutionary War and
thre older brothers had borne arms
In the War of 1112. Mr. Davis appoint
ed to the National Military Academy
by President Monroe, graduated In
1*23, receiving appointment aa lieuten
ant. At once he was assigned to ardu.
ous service In the great Western coun
try. to protect settlers against Indian
Incursions and attacks. After a serv
ice of seven years, during which he
' w on fame In which his country gladly
Buve him then and should not forget
now," Mr. Davis returned to his Mis
sissippi home,.from which he was sent
Immediately to. congress. Two years
later the Mexican War threatened and
resigning his place In congress he led
a regiment of Mississippi rifles. He
rendered brilliant sendee at Monterey
and Buena Vista and returned once
more to his Mississippi home. He re
turned his political career In congress,
being elevated to the United States
•enaie and to the cabinet of President
Pierce as secretary of war.
Outlived Sectional Feeling.
With the cohafderatlon of Mr. Da
vis' political career the speaker dis
cussed at some length the Issues which
fd to the Civil Wur, mainly tile right
>f secession. He said:
"Mr. Davis accepted the Ideas of the
Organised labor has not weakened In
Its tight since the announcement that
organised employers will raise millions
to light the .unions. Atlanta has taken
the first step in a battle of men and
money .against manufactmSOc* and mil
lions, and the battle may be a long and
fierce one.
At the meeting of the Atlanta Typp
graphical Union, No. 4S, Sunday a re«-
olutlon was adopted calling upon the
International Typographical organize
tlon to set aside (500,000 to bo used as
defense fund against the proposed
warfare on union labor. A resolution
was also adopted urging other bodies
belonging to the American Federation
of Labor to take similar steps.
The Typographical Union alone has
already spent more than 24,000,000 In
the past two years In establishing the
8-hour-day rule In printing establish
ments, and Is not apt to weaken In the
face of the manufacturers' action.
In The Georgian has been published
the action of the National Manufactur
ers’ Association of America, which has
pledged Itself to set aside annually
1500,000 to bo used In fighting union
labor. This has called forth a strong
protest from unions throughout the
country. The Atlanta Typographical
Union Is the first to. take a definite step
toward preparing for defense.
At the meeting Sunday the old offi
cers of the local union were renomi
nated, and their election la assured.
They are: Wade P. Harding, president;
J. J. Hobby, vice president; Walter H.
Grant, secretary-treasurer; W. 8.
Wardlaw, recording secretary; Dan W.
Green, arbitrator.
The following Is the text of the reso.
lutlons adopted:
"The Atlanta Typographical Union,
No. 48, In meeting assembled, do here
by take cognisance of the following
facts, towlt: That,
"Whereas, Tho National Manufactur
ers' Association of America, at their
convention In New York city recently,
did pledge themselvea to appropriate
annually the sum of 8500,000 to be
spent In a warfare against organised
labor and the principles of unionism,
and by so doing Juts thrown down the
gauntlet as a warning to organised la
bor bodies that they Intend to use their
corporate wealth In a warfare that
means the life or death of the rights of
the working people of this country to
rganls* for their mutual benefit and
protection against the 'organised,'
•trust-combined' and 'tariff-protected'
Industries of the United States: there
by denying the working man his rights
to demand a fair and equitable share
PLACED GARLANDS ON SPOT
WHERE BA VIS TOOK'-QA TH
: - - Montgomery, Ala., June 3.—In Montgomery, the "cradle of the Confed*
> eracy,” the observance of General Lee's request..to suspend business dur-
'Ing the UnVelllUg of the Davis monument Is being generally observed.
The steam railways and surface lines halted operations for live minutes. >
At the capitol brief exercises were held.
This morning a group of gray-Halred veterans placed garlands of
flowers about the gold star between two Grecian pillars which marks the
spot where Jefferson Davis took hts oath as president of the Confeder
ate States of America.
SUNDA Y AT PONCE DE LEON
ROUSES MINISTERS' PROTEST;
ROAST FOR CITY COUNCIL
Adopt Resolutions
Turning Down In
vitations.
Continued on Paso Four.
of the profits of his labor from the
said corporate Industrial powers; and,
"Whereas, The International Typo-
granhlcal L’nlon of North America has
expended over 14,000.000 In the past
two years In establishing the 8-hour
day within Its Jurisdiction, and has
succeeded In Its endeavor, that we do
now request and petition our Interna
tional officers and all subordinate un
ions of the international Typographical
Union of North America to establish a
permanent defense fund -of 2500,000, to
be used In the protection und main
tenance of our International orgnnlza-
^•Resolved, That the delegates' of the
Atlanta Typographical Union. No. 48,
are hereby requested to present to the
next International Typographical Un
ion convention, to be held In Hot
Springs. Ark., the above request, and
petition that body to pass such law or
laws as will establish a permanent
defense fund of 8600,000."
RAC'S RESULTS.
eelmont.
First Race—' Iraculum. 4 t» won:
Sarar!n<‘! | i , a, 6 5. swwj Aktnwo,
to 2 third. Time 1:274-S.
Second Macs—Rustle, 2 lo 1. won:
Gene Russell. *i to 1> second;. Lwcci
Talre, 2 to 1. thiid.
In red-hot and slsxllng resolutions,
the Methodist ministers Monday morn
ing repudiated the Invitation Issued re
cently by the Ponce DeLeon Amuse
ment Company to the Sunday schools
of the city to visit the attractions of
the park free of charge, and denounced
the operation of the park amusements
on the Sabbath day.
The suggestion that the ministers
take some action was made by Dr. C.
Jarrell, pastor uf Groce Methodist
church.
This is the devil's bait,” said Dr.
Jarrell, "which has been thrown out to
the Sunday schools of Atlanta. They
have already got the baseball park at
Ponce DeLeon and I have no doubt
that this Invitation Id the forerunner of
an uttempt to'get baseball on Sunday.
We should take some action In the
matter, and take It.at once.”
“Draw up resolutions,” said Dr. Join-
said
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"Yes, and make them strong,'
Dr. Pierce.
"1 see they had everything going out
there yesterday," said Dr. Mays. "We
ought to take some action oh running
these places of amusement on Sunday,
as well as upon the Invitation extend
ed to the Sunday schools."
••We'll act on both,'' supplemented Dr.
Christian. ' '< •
The resolutions drawn up and signed
by Dr. Jarrell Bnd l|r. LaPrnde wero
us follows; ■< j r
"Inasmuch as the management of the
Ponce Del-eon Amusement Park Is des
ecrating the Christian Sabbath by run
ning on Sunday, and Is throwing out
an adroit Inducement- to the Sunday
school children of the city by offering
the privileges of the park an Sunday
to each of the Sunday schools of the
city In turn;
"Therefore, be it resolved, That we
Indignantly refuse the offer in the name
of our schools and that we take this op
portunity to expose this evil scheme
which alms to break dow n the Sabbath
and prepare the way tOr greater evils In
Ihe future."
The resolution was unanimously
adopted. '‘
At the meeting of. the Evangelical
Ministers' Association at II o'clock.
Dr. George II. Mack presented the came
question m thnt organization. ' '
Rev. Sa n Small, wha 1* a member of enberg. was completed this afternoon
the committee oe> the proper observance I shortly before 3 o'clock,
of the Sabbath, declared that It would! The prosecution will Immediately be-
■ no good to offer resolutions! gin presenting Its' case, which will
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thing,” raid he, "Is to get evidence and
witnesses and take this thing before the
grand Jury. There Is a law preventing
It and we. can see that It is enforced.”
"That will do no good,” said Dr.
Cleveland,' "we went before the grand
Jury last year, a case was made against
the people who operate these places and
It was put on the docket of Judge
Roan's court and then shoved aside.
"Besides, they have a sign up there
saying the park Is private and that It Is
under the protection of the city-police.”
."I don't care If they have got that
sign up,” exclaimed Dr. Small. : “Of
course they can get the permission of
the city. The city It In with this street
railway company and they are getting a
portion of the profits. This city coun
cil Is the . worst I have seen In forty
years.”
The association took no action on the
matter, but Instructed the committee
on Sabbath observance to Investigate
the matter and take whatever actlnh
Was deemed necessary.
Haywood Jury
Now Complete
Boise. Idjthn. June 3.—The Jury to
ueeWe rtie milt er innocence of Wil
liam Haywood, charged with conspira
cy to murder former Governor 8teun<
Busy City Gives
Five Minules to
Memory of Davis
Busy Atlanta paid her tribute to the
memory of Jefferson Davit Monday
afternoon. For five minutes nearly
everything was at a standstill.
It Is doubtful If ever before there was
sver such a general cessation of busi
ness und traffic as there was on Mon
day afternoon. Wlieels stopped turning
In the big manufacturing plants and
employees stopped their tasks. The
offices In the city hall closed at noon by
order of Mayor Joyner and all the
banks observed the legal holiday.
Railway trains ceased running and
the trolley cars were at a standstill.
Every department of the Georgia Rail-
way and Electric Company ceased -op
erations for those five minutes while
the statue of President Jefferson Davis
was being unveiled in Richmond.
Even the elevators In some of the
buildings quit' work and bugy workers
wondered why they could not get from
the top of the tall buildings to the
ground.-
All Machinery Stops.
Not only,In the big mannfactdrlng
plants and cotton mills were, the wheels
stopped from turning, but In the small
er plants as well. The shops connected
with the railroads observed the rule as
well as the trains running on the rail
roads.
Promptly at 1 o’clock. Just aa the
bell In lira headquarters began tolling,
every wheel ceased turning In the plant
of The Georgian and the clicking of
typewriters ceased. And five minutes
at that time of the day probably meant
more to a newspaper than to the ma
jority of those who observed the rule.
Every employee of The Georgian
stopped work until the live minutes had
passed.
Had some of the trolley car motor-
men or conductors forgotten the orders,
they could not have operated their cars
for the big dynamos which supply the
current were stopped promptly at I
o'clock. Everything at the • plant
stopped except the dynamos supplying
lights to the city and power for manu
facturing plants.
Exercises st Capitol.
The ninety-ninth birthday anniver
sary of Jefferson Davla la being ob
served In the hall ot representatives at
the state rapltol Monday afternoon, be
ginning at 3 o’clock. ,
The exercise* are under the auspices
of Atlanta Camp 166, Confederate Vet-
crane. with Commander R. M. Clayton
presiding. The oration will be deliv
ered by Colonel John «.*. Reed, one of
the meet eloquent speakers In the city.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
and the ladles' Memorial Association
aid In the occasion, furnishing the
music. Though a 'uige number of vet
erans are In RJchmond. all of those in
the city will attend. The capitol of
fices will all be-closed to permit tbs of.
Uriels to be present.
Superintendent Slaton Issued orders
Monday for all of the public school
children to stand In silence at 1 o'clock
for five minutes, while the DaVIs mon
ument In Richmond was unveiled. Chil
dren In all of the public schools stood
w ith bowed heads and In perfect silence I
during the lima.
Washington. June 3.—A plate of sol
id Ueorgla gold, weighing 23 ounces,
and worth more than 1400, was handed
to'President Roosev'elt this morning by
AY- N. Mitchell, -president- ot- the-Geor
gia commission which Is arranging
the program at the Jamestown Expoal
tlon for the president's visit there next
week.
The plate Is 0 by 10 Inches,In else,
and bears upon Its face a picture of
old "Bulloch Hall,” the home ot the
president's mother, which has been
erected In duplicate at the exposition
grounds by the state of Georgia. The
Bulloch coat of arms and the coat of
arms of the state are also engraved
upon the plate, with the following In
scription:
"To Theodore Roosevelt, president of
the United States. Georgia Day, J
town Exposition, June 10. 1307. W. N.
Mitchell, president Georgia commis
sion. Joseph M. Terrell, governor of
Georgia.”
"The president said that no Incident
In his whole public career had touched
him more than the presentation of this
souvenir,” said Mr. Mitchell after his
call upon the executive.
Mr. Mitchell said that every grain
of gold In the plate had been mined In
Georgia, within 20 miles or the Bul
loch home, aiid according to the offi
cial assay of the government, it le the
purest gold that has been found In a
natural state anywhere In the country.
WIGHT ACCEPTS
FEDERAL JOB
Washington, June 3,—Pearl Wight,
of New Orleans, has consented to oc-
ropt the president's offer of appoint
ment as Internal revenue commissioner
to succeed John W. Yerkee, resigned,
with the proviso that he may wait until
next December before taking the of-
flee. The president agreed to this when
Wight called at the white house today.
Opinion Sustained Carries
Heavy Fine with Term
in Federal Prison.
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, June 3.—Another
chapter was added to the famous
Greene and Gaynor conspiracy
case today when the United States
court of appeals in an extensive
decision rendered by Judge Shel
by affirmed the judgment of the
trial court whereby the defendants
were found guilty and sentenced
to pay fines aggregating over half
million dollars and to serve a long
term of imprisonment at Atlanta.
A dissenting opinion was ren
dered by Judge Pardee.
FINED HALF A MILLION
BY JUDGE AT SAVANNAH.
The famous case nf Greene & Gay
nor has been In the courts for several
years, It began with charges of wrong
doing In connection with the harbor
contracts In Savannah.
Greene and Gaynor fled to Canada,
where they successfully fought extra
dition for more than a year. Finally
they were brought back
for trial before Judge riino^^Rf>eeP7
They were found guilty and tinea were
Imposed aggregating about half a mil
lion dollars.
Since (hen Greene and Gaynor have
been- In the Macon Jnll awaiting the
final outcome In their nppeal.
WOULD NOT DI8CU88
COURT'S DECI8ION.
Kpertnl to Hie Georgian.
Macon, Ga., June 3.—The news of the
decision of the court of appeals was
conveyed to Greene and Gaynor In their
cells In the Macon Jail, and they re
fused to see any ono or discuss the
matter In any way.;-’ ;
Labor Unions
Suspend Work
Birmingham. Ala.. June 3.—Up to
noon today It was Impossible to fore
cast the result of the coll of the Trades
Council for d general suspension of
business by labor unions today In sym
pathy with the locked-out street enr
men. The barber* will walk out as In
dividuals aa will several others who will
adopt the same method. Plumbers, pa
per hangers, electrical ■ workers and
carpenters are most frequently men
tioned as those who would quit. Tho
printers and the union clerks will not
quit work. The situation wns too mix
ed to tell nnythlng nt noon. Gonernl
Indications were then that over twenty
per cent of the union workingmen had
quit up to that time.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records bars eaeh day seas
economic fact In reference to the onward
■arch nf th* Louth.
BY
J08EPH B. LIVELY.
suit of a steady growth during the past 16 years,
products of the'South werevalued at (38.000,000.
The exposition at Jamestown will show among other things, what the
South has dorte and Is doing In the line of industrial progress. The ad
vance made by the South, during the last decade, In the development of
her resources of water powers, forests, mineral wealth and agricultural
products, -has been at a rata which Is almost beyond belief.
To the uninitiated the natural resources of the Southern states In
cotton, coal and Iron may seem to be the strong features of .Southern op
portunity. It Is true that they are the foundations on which have been
built Industries which are among ths greatest wealth creating factors In
the world; but they represent only a portion of the South’s advantages.
It’will be found, for example, that one-half of the standing timber
of th* United States Is below Mason and Dixon's line, and that the lum-
'—‘ — -* “—**- 'nance'which Is the re
in 1880 the lumber
HP In 1868 this valuation
was Increased to 230,700,000 and In 1905 the value of lumber products of
the South' reached the sum of 8250,000,000.
While the visible supply of timber In many sections of the North
and West Is steadily diminishing, Southern saw mills are cutting great
quantities 1 of pine, and large tracts of cypress and swamp timber are be
ing »|>ened up. The timber supply has been gauged sufficiently to deter
mine Its limitations and tha effort today Is dlrecttd toward sawing all
timber economically and so conserving the supply.
As typical of the class of Improved saw mill machinery found neces
sary to accomplish this end, there Is on exhibition a band mill and saw
mill carriage of the type and method of construction offered by one cf
the foremost builders of saw mill machinery In the world at the James
town Exposition.
The band mltl waa tha latest of the principal modern developments
In the saw mill machinery, and the telescopic band mill Is the most Im
portant Improvement In band sawing. The double cutting hand mill, which
had added more than 40 par cent to the capacity of the saw mills ot
America, was first Introduced by the same company.
To furnish some Idea of the execution of which these machines are
capable. It may b* stated that a band mill, operating at one of the lead
ing mills, recently made a new cutting record for the South. Out of 162
logs, consisting of assorted hardwood, ash, oak, gum. maple and elm,
cut In 0 3-4 hours, 08.521 feat of lumber were produced.