The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-12
DAvIS'S BIRTHDAY
FITTING OBSERVANCE IN CRADLE
 OF CoNFEDERACY.
Confederate Organizations Met and Prepared for . GeneraI Observ- ance of June g, Birthday of
 r Davis.

At a meeting of representatives Of all the Confederate organizations or Montgomery yesterday elaborate plans were set on foot for an imposing eel ebrstion of the anniversary of Jeffer- son Davis's birthday, June 3. The meeting was. held at noon yesterday in the City Council Chamber. having been called by Mrs. M D. Bibb pres ident of the Ladies' Memorial Associa- ton. of Montgomery
 A committee was appointed to ar- range for what 1t is believed, will eclipse the efforts of all other cities in the past to commemorate the life of the dead president of the Confed. eracy. This committee is composed of the heads of the various organizations In Montgomery devoted to the memory of the Confederacy. Dr. Thos M Owen. Director of the Department of Archives and History. was named as the chairman of the committee and Capt A. c. Sexton, Commander of the Alabama Division of the United Sons of the Confederate Veterans. was elect ed secretary.
 The committee will arrange. as one of their acts, for the permanent mark ing of every historic spot in the city of Montgomery which is associated with the memory of Jefferson Davis. This may be done with bronze tab- lets. That the committee will decide today as the members have already been called together by Chairman Owens.
 Chairman Owens wired yesterday Gen. stephen D. Lee. Commander-in- Chief of the United Confederate Veter- ans, inviting him to come to Mont gomery to address a general assem- blaze of Confederate Veterans. Sons. Daughter and other citizens on the af- ternoon of June 3. Word from Gen. eral Lee is expected right soon as 1t is thought he will be in a position to accept the invitation to come to this city en route to Birmingham where he will certainly go to attend the reunion only a few days later.
 But another perhaps more impressive part of the celebration will be the presentation exercises to be conducted In each of the public schools of Mont gomery. This will consist of the form al presentation of large pictures of Jefferson Davis, magnincently framed behind glass. to the various schools ten in all. These exercises will take place in the forenoon of the third of June and the details will be announced later.
 The presentation. however. 1t Is known, will be made by an especially appointed representative of each Con- IeueTate OTBaHlIdtlOH III AouIBOIneFys one to each of the ten schools. The pictures of Jefferson Davis will be en- graved types.
 The committee which has the details of the program for June in hand will meet at noon today in Carnegie Li- brary.
 The movement which has led to the determination of local organizations to permanently mark various historic spots in Montgomery Is without pre- cedent in the South, it is believed. Among the spots to be marked will be the Exchange hotel. the Clancey ho- tel. the rotunda of the Capitol. the halls of the House of Representatives and the Senate. the building at the corner of Dexter and Court Street and other places.
 The idea of holding the presentation exercises in the schols of the city or- iEinated with Mrs. W. J. Behan, pres ident of the Confederate Southern Memorial Association. who issued circular April 6. en1bodying tentative plans for such a form of celebration of Jefferson Davis Birthday anniver- sary.
 Those who were present yesterday from the several camps of Veterans. Sons of Veterans, Daughters of the Confederacy, Memorial Associations etc.. were: Mrs. M. D. Bibb, Mrs T. M. Owen. Mrs. Frank Stollenwerck, Mrs Geo. Stowers, Mrs. Warren Dent, Mrs. Bibb Graves. Mrs. Hausman, Mrs c. H. Beale, Miss Tuccoa Cozart, Mrs Jamie l.. Reeves Gen. John A. Sanford, Judge John B. Fuller. Dr. Thos. M. Owen, and Capt. A. c. Sexton.