The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-04

whom there were none faircr under
thu sun.
What manner OF men were they!
Look at their LADDERS, Ashby. the
knightly Bayard Of the South; stuart
bold as n lion; Forrest, born genius
of warfare; the Lees. Johnsons and
many others. Look ut Jackson, who
down into history grandly rides. calm
lord unmovc0 as wien In battle he sat.
In song and in story, legend and lore
Will ever stand our own and our peer
less Lee. No more Is tlle grand oil
man from the banks Of the MississiED,
| IN whose honor we, celebrate to-day,
I.undismaSed by the cruet and cowardly
attacks OF his enemies. u man who gave
the full powers OF his prime and OF
bis declining days to the defense Of tire
South and the right for wtifchit fought.
The world is coming more and
| more TO see and to acknuwledge that
such leaders could not Boz moved by
any insufficient cause. These men
sought in every way long and ear
nestly and peacefully to secure their
rights and only when all else failed
stood to their arms and made fight
the world Will never forget.
Brnve Conduct Afterstvnr.
When the long, hard fight was done,
with every gun silenced. what OF their!
conduct on returning to their homes?
1t Is known to all OF you how they
were followed and prosecuted anI3
| harassed. not by their soldier foes, sui
by a horde of schemng politicians.
/ And yet these men so worked as to
change speedily the wreck and ruin
lof war into the prosperity which we
see to-day In our Southland Tile
record of the last thirty years won
derful as 1t has been. is chiefly the
achievement Of old Confederate sol
diers.
But back of it all were the noble
women of the Southland. It has been
said there can be no heroisnl without
self sacrificc. Then were the sacrifices
Of the Southern women more sublime
than those OF the men who carried tho
flags and faced the shot and shell OF
battle Theirs is and ever should be
the greater honor. When the sun went
down at Apponla ttox, we could not
have faced the future with all Of de-
spair and appointment it had in
store, without the courage and devo-
ton of our loyal women. We do not
propose to live in the past. but we do
propose that the principles of that past
shall live in us; and still these dead
whose graves we decorate to-day, ride
on with Stuart and Lee and stonewall
jackson down the years. Time shall
not dim their memory, but future ages
will be telling of their loSe of truth
and freedom. while stands this sacred
hillside. or rolls this shining stream
Davis Section Decorated.
Elaborate decorations of the Davis
section in HOLLYWOOD where lie tho
bodies of President Davis and the
members of his family. We're taste.
| fully made under the direction of Miss.
Z, Matte P. Harris and a committee, the
grave OF General FitzLugh Lee being
decorated by n committee headed by
Miss Kathleen Anderson. Flowers were
| sent for these sections from the Senior
land Junior Hebrew Memorial Associa-
tons: from Chesterfield Chapter OF the
Daughters Of the Confederacy: from
Museum, and from Mrs. H. r. Bride
well.
The figure Of Mr.. Davis was drapea
with a confederate flag. his statue
being festooned with peoples and
daisies and wreathed with laurel. The
grave of Miss Winnie Davis was mark
cd with Red Rambler roses.