The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-04
DECORATE GRAVES OF
DEAD I'm HOLLYWOOD
Great Parade Of Military and
Citizens-Di Distinguished Speak
crs Denouiice Enemies Of
Southern Chief, Amid
Cheers from
Crowd.

III H centennial of the birth of JET
EAH ferson Davis was observed in
Richmond yesterday by the
completion Of noble monu-
nent TO his memory, a symbol In stone
and bronze to vindicate the South and
its President; by strewing with flow
crs the graves OF the Confederate dead;
by the general outpouring OF the clti-
Eens In military and Confederate
parade. and by general suspension
OF business. Services In st. Paul's
Church signified the character and
sterling qualities OF the man. while
the parade of troops and citizens was
a tribute to his military genius and
position as communicated chief OF the
forces OF the Confederacy. Veterans
In uniform, by their untirinE march to
his monument. testified the devotion
OF former soldiers OF the Southern ma
lion. the flower: :decked rows OF graves
In Hollywood showing that the Con
Icderate cause is still revered by the
people of the city.
Monument Now in City's Care.
The one c-hundredtt anniversary OF
his birth proved a most suitable occa-
sfon for the completion of the Soutn's
great monument In his honor Win
undiminished belief in the truth OF his
cause. those who through years OF
Earnest endeavor have reared this per-
u,anent memorial, giving unEtintedly of
their time and labor and means. rever-
entity turned ii over yesterday to the
perpetual care and keepins OF the
city of Richmond. and reverently did
the city's chief executive, himself a
survivor OF the immortal STRUGGLE, ac-
cept the trust to keep from vandal
hands this shaft. even as the name OF
SIR. Davis is kept unsullied by the
South.
Throughout the dag there was no
note OF bitterness nor of defeat Every-
where was expressed the belief that
the world was coming to see tho
righteousness of tho couse for whIeh
Mr.. Davis stood, and in whose name he
became the martyr; the cause In whose
battles Lee and Jackson and Stuart
and host OF others have written their
names among the heroes of the earth
Even In reciting the cruel and vindic-
tive treatment accorded Mr.. Davis, IN
violation OF the spirit IL not the terms
OF an honorable surrender. when the
nations own Chief Justice had pro-
nounced. II find no fault in him
but when hatred and passion had
IEtif sway pSel dLtt JuStlCe---
even in rectting this tale OF mans In
humanity through 1t all ran the story
OF Mr.. Davis's own forgiveness Of his
enemies
Disgrace for His Enemies.
1t was DR.. Dame, In st. Pauls
Church. who told OF the administra-
tIon OF the sacrament OF Holy Com
,nunion In the prison cell OF q strongly
guarded fortress, when. with a sub]lm-
1ty which the speaker declared made
good his title to be numbered with the
saints, he freely forgave those who
had shackled and humiliated him. And
1t was Judge Christian. the able chair.
man OF the history committee, than
whom no other man has contributed
so much to a right understanding OF
the Confederacy's cause. who told In
his address at the monument how the
prosecutors, one by one. have gone into
1gnominy and obscurity. while the
name OF Davis shines brighter with
each recurring. year. 1t remained for
DR.. Finley. in his memorial address in
Hollywood to point to the New South.
the South built in the space OF a gen..
Grafton from the ruin and desolation
of war; constructed by the survivors
of that struggle into the most promis-
ing section OF the nation, and it was
Or. Finley who sounded the final note
of hope: Eve will not live In the past.
but the past shall live In us, =
Lowering clouds throughout the day
held back their rainfall until the sS-
ercises at the Davis Monument We're
completed, and but a few drops had
fallen when the last gun was fired
over the ranks offthe dead in Holly
wood. While tho threatening after
1. <1,, n{t no
Mt the exercises. 1t also showed the
devotion to the cause OF those who.
despite the occasional splits of rain.
carried out the full program. Patriotic
men and women. not content with the
exercises OF the day, gathered in large
numbers last night in Lee Camp Hall
where. under the portraits of the dis
tinguished Southern commanders. they
heard anew the story Of tho life and
services OF Jefferson Davis from the
lips OF Judge Theodore S. Garnett. Of
( Norfolk, member of the staff Of
General J., r. b, Stuart, and the orator
4 last year when the equestrian statue
Of Stuart was unveiled.
Services nt ST. Paul's,
Memorial services at Il o'clock in st,
Paul's Church marked the opening "
R the exercises, and while tho Rev. w,
G NJ. lame, ~. llD., OF l5alttmore, war
( member OF the Richmond Howitzera,
J, delivered his tribute to Mr.. Davis
& within the walls OF tho church where
the Confed deracy's President worshipsd
and where has been placed a me-
mortal window In his memory. the
drums OF forming battaltons could be
heard Without ss the chlet marshal and
IL his aides arrasSged the line of cItizans
and military q greet the yeteranihosts,
Simple and Impressive services We're
conducted bl the recto OF t.8Paul, s.
isey.ss .Ts,.tiNY \ FORSYTH, tile hymns being
\ 4alactsd from those powerful marches