The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-30
HELM AT HOWARD
DELIVERS THE AD-
DRESS TO GRADUATES.
President Montague Announces That
Seven Of Young Men Who Re-
ceived Diplomas Are VOlun-
teers as Foreign Mis-
ai0mePfen.

Birmingham, May 29.-(SpeciaL)-
Fourteen young men graduated at the
Howard College, the Baptist institution
at East Lake, near here, this morning.
The exercises today were interesting.
In addition to the grafton by Rev. j.
A, Cook, one of the graduates, Hon.
J. Thomas Heflin, of the Fifth Con-
gressional District, delivered the bac-
calaureate address. Both addresses
were masterful.
Congressman Heflin spoke on "The
Story of the South" and he was given
the strictest attention throughout. The
graduates were presented with their
diplomas by President A. p. Montague
who announced that seven of the young
men had volunteered to go as mission
aries to the foreign field. Those re-
ceiving diplomas were ]. T. Atkins
David Bryan, Charles Hasty. j. A.
Cook, c. E. Grassland, I. H. Dykes
H. H. Hagood. 1. L. Jordan. l.. p.
Burns, A. P. Lohgshore, w. S. Hen
bricks, w. C. Wilson. A. E. Page
and K. w. Smith.
In opening his address Congressman
Heflin stated that IL he were to take
a text 1t would be GLORY in Thine III
heritance" He spoke without manu-
script and at times when relating some
especially humorous anecdote or reach
ing some well rOuHuto ptTlOu was ms IL
ly applauded, Mr.. Heflin told in
beautiful manner the story of the
South and the part played in the ma
tionaI life by Southern men and wo-
men.
He recounted the deeds of Washing
ton, Patrick Henry, the Lees. Madison
Jackson and many others and traced
the influence of Southern thought and
Southern manhood and womanhood
throughout the national life. He said
that the Iirst tea party was given in
Wilmington and not in Boston; that the
first shot fired in the Revolutionary
war that was heard around the world
was not on the plains of the North
but on the battle fields of Carolina.
Southern men, he said. wrote the de-
claration of Independence, fought the
battle of New Orleans, followed Scott
into the land of the Montezumas and
made illustrious the greatest country
upon the nap.
Speaking of the Civil War he said
that the idea of State sovereignty was
the golden thread running through the
fabric of the United States constitu-
ton Great jurists agree on the right
Of the States to sccede. Many held
that in a conflict between States and
the national government allegiance was
due the State.
The speaker lauded the men of the
Southern armies who had so stubborn
ly contended for their rights and so
bravely borne The brunt of battle With
SOC, 900 men pitted against 100000. for
four years victory rested upon the arms
of athe South, he said.
The speaker gave the history of re-
construction days and PAID an eloquent
tribute to Southern womanhood. He
eulogized the private and said that
were he a poet he would sing the story
of the private soldier WHIP had fought
throughout the four years of blood and
carnage.
Turning to the graduating class he
said: go, young men, and tell the
railroads that under the PRESENCE of
love of development are unloading the
scum of foreign countries upon our
shores that such things shall not be.
Go and tell them that we will keep