The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
TRAINS WILL STOP
 DURING UNWILLING
Southern, Seaboard and Others
 Honor Jefferson Davis
GEoRGIA'S PROCLAMATION
Governor Terrell, In Accordance With Confederate Commanders Request, Asks People to Stop Busi-
 ness Minues Monday.

l Atlanta, June 1.-The request of Gen. l stephen D. Lee that all industries be
 halted for five minutes next Monday aft
 ernoon at the time of the dedication of 1 the monument to Jefferson Davis in 1 Richmond has met with general favor- 1 able response by the railroads entering in l Atlanta. A dispatch received here today l confirmed the announcement that the l Southern railway will stop its trains and | the operation of all it's shops at the time 1 indicated President Wickersham of the
 Atlanta and West Point railway and President w. A. Garrett of the Seaboard Air Line have issued similar orders. 1t
 Is expected that all other rail lines enter ing Atlanta will follow. President Ark wight of the Atlanta Street Car company has agreed to practically stop all the
 cars on the city and suburban lines. An effort Is being made here to have all in- dustrial establishments in the city to
 observe the stoppage of active work. Governor Terrells Proclamation. ! Gov. Joseph M. Terrell today issued the following proclamation:
 The Veterans of the Confectionery have assembled In annual reunion at historic
 Richmond, Va, to dedicate to the great southern chief a monument of consecrated love as an offering from the heart of the
 devoted south, and,
 "Whereas, that splendid soldier and un-
 swerving patriot. Gen. Stephen D. Lee. commander-in-c chief of Confederate Veter-
 ans, has issued an order in which he re-
 0 d.. natal of Jefferson Davis. the third day of June, the hour set apart for the un-
 yelling of the monument erecte1 to the
 undying fame and patriotism Of this im- mortal name, all locomotives, all street
 cars, all spindles of industry, all men at
 work in the various marts of trade, stop their wheels, their spindes, stop their
 wheels and their ayocations in whatever line, for five minutes, in honor of the il- lustrious dead and,
 Whereas 1t is fitting that in Georgia, where the flag of the Confectionery still
 waves In the memory of her people, where the life and character of the souths ideal leader are esteemed as a valued part of the patriotic legacy to her sons and daugh- ters, we should comply with the request of General Lee.
 "Therefore, I, Joseph NJ. Terrel. gover- nor of Georgia, eo issue this. my procla-
 nation, requesting all the people of this
 state to take note of said order and to
 proceed without regard to class or voca-
 tion to honor on Monday. the 3rd day of
 June 1907, at the time and In the manner
 named, the memory of the great Confed-
 crate chieftain."
 Atlanta Mayors Order. Mayor Joyner of Atlanta tonight issued
 A. proclamation asking manufacturers,
 the street car system and other enter prises and the public generally to ob- serve five minutes of silence requested by Gen. Stephen D. Lee at the time of the
 unveillng of the statue of Jefferson Davis. Nashville to Observe Day. Nashville, June 1.-Mayor Morris of Nashville issued proclamation today re- question that the wheels of commerce be stopped on Monday at o'clock for five minutes in honor of the unveillng of the monument to Jefferson Davis at Rich mond, Va.
 The mayors of other cities in Tennessee and Alabama have issued similar procla- nations