Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-18
DIR. CURRY SELECTED.
Alabama Legislature Will Put His
Statue in Statuarv Hall.

A resolution has been passed unanimously
by both houses Of the legislature of Ala
bama naming the late DR.. ]. L. M. Curry as
one of the two men to represent Alabama
In Statuary Hall. In the national Capitol
The other has not been selected
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry soldier,
statesman and educator, was born in Lin
coin county, Ca, June Is, 1925. When he
was thirteen years of age he moved to Ala
bama. and in 1868 went to Richmond, Va,
which he afterward made his home He
was graduated from the Georgia State Uni
versity in 1S43 and from the Harvard Law
School in 1915. His taste for political life
was fostered by early and steady prefer
ment.
In 1s47 he was elected to the ,eetslat,re
OF Alabama and returned for three ses-
slons. At the end of that time he was
elected to the House of Representatives
and served in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty
SKIN congresses. When Alabama seeded
Mr.. Curry resigned and was elected to the
nrst congress of the confederate states,
where he served with distinction. His high
sense of honor. experience eloquence and
aolilty gave him a great influence among
the legislators. He served in the Mexican
war and also with the confederate army as
lieutenant colonel of the 9TH Alabama cav
airy. After the close of the war, in 1866.
Mr.. Curry assiduously devoted himself to
the educational, moral and religious in
terests of his state
He was in 1865 made president of How
ard College, and in 1868 was appointed pro-
lessor of the English language and Of phi
losophy in the Richmond College For a
period he lectured on constitutional and in
ternational law. During these years he re-
ceived the honorary degrees of D. D. and
LII. ID. from several institutions, north as
we'll as south. At the death of Rev Barnas
Sears. D. D.. the trustees of the Peabody
fund at once called Prof. Curry to the re-
sponsible position of general agent. DR..
Curry threw himself enthusiastically into
the work He was not a mere theorist, but
a thorough practical worker. a master of
details. analyZed systems and applied prin-
cfples with skill and industry
When Mr.. Cleveland became President in
1888 and sought the cooperation of lead
ing southern men, DR.. Curry was among the
nrst upon whom his choice fell
He was given the position of envoy ex-
traord1nary and minister plenipotentiary to
the court of Spain, and remained abroad
three years. The trustees of the Peabody
fund refused to fill the vacancy caused by
his absence, and recalled him to this trust
In advance of his return to America
In 1880 he was elected a trustee of the
John +. Slater fund, and appointed chair
man OF the educational committee, so that
ne became member and practically the
responsible manager of both trusts. When
Alfonso, the young king of Spain, attained
his majority DR.. Curry was sent to Madrid
as special envoy from this country
DR.. Curry won distinction as an author
Besides numerous published addresses and
magazine articles, he wrote "Esta blishment
and Disestablishment in America" Con
stitutional Government in Spain,'' Glad
fruit Of well-trairfed and cultivated mind,
broadened by travel, and intimate acquaint-
ance with men and things. His death oc-
CURED a few months ago.