The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
LEE CALLS ON
SOUTHRONS
Suggests an Impressive
Tribute.
TO STOP ALL BUSINESS
Brief Period Of Respect to Confed-
eracy's Late President.
Would Have Complete Suspension of
Activities for Five Minutes at
O'Clock, yune 3 Mr. Davis's
Birthday.

New Orleans. May 25,--An appeal TO
all Southerners briefly to stop business
and all moving wheels at D. m. June
8. the moment of the unwilling of JEFF
ferson Davis's statue at the Richmond
reunion of Confederate Veterans, was
issued here tonight by General Lee.
commanding the Veterans.
The order reads:
General Order No. 81.
1.-The General Commanding has no.
ticed, with great pleasure. the unusual
efforts that the survivors of the gal
liant armies of the Confederacy are
making to set foot once more on the
hallowed soil OF Virginia; and his sat
isfaction has been augmented by the
wish and determination of these old
heroes to take part in the ceremonies
incident to the unwilling of the monu-
ment to Jefferson Davis, the first and
only President OF the Confederate
States. This order is now issued In
the hope of enlisting in the movement
to honor our dead President the popu-
lation of our entire Southern country.
The General Commanding earnestly
desires and respectfully requests that
at the hour of O'Clock in the after
June 3, 1907. the Confederate soldiers
in the United States and In other por-
lions of the world, their wives and chill
dren. every man, woman and child of
our beloved Southland. capitalists and
laborers aliks, reverently, with barred
and bowed heads. unite to do homage
to the fidelity and ability of our i'm
mortal leader. Thus shall we honor
the cause for which he vicariously suf-
fered, the lofty patriotism of the men
in the ranks of our armies and the
noble women OF the Confederacy
And to carry out the purposes o.
this order more effctually, he appeaii
to the managers of all railroads. ma
chine shops, foundfies and others EN-
ploying 1aboiS toll q that all work Il
promptly suspended at this hour, an'
absolute silence observed for the spac
Of Ave minutes Let the locomotive
with It's human freight be, stopped OIL
the rails let the craft plying ou
waters be anchored in midstream, lie
the spindles in our cotton factorie
stand still; let all street car service b.
annulled; let the flywheels of all work
shops cease their revolutions and al
the operatives join in paying tribute t.
answering patriotism and unconquer
able loyalty.
such action, IL carried out with thu
concert that the generaI comHanuint
desires, will present a spectacle UNIQUE
In the annals of history, will be al
object lesson to the rising generation
as far reaching as beneficial, and will
cause the people of other countries
to admire and honor the consistency ant
devotion of men to principles, TO
which they fought against overwhelm
ing odds. with a gallantry unexcellet
In the records of war.
LAS 1t is important that the contents
OF this order be known far and wide
the general commanding makes hi
usual appeal to the papers of this en-
tire section to give publicity to 1t, anC
to ask that it be obeyed. making Bucl
other comment as they think will ali
in carrying out it's intentions.
by command of
stephen d. Lee,
General Commanding"