St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-02-25
STATUE
IS UNVEILED
Large Crowds Attracted By
the Occasion.
Public School Children As
sist In Celebration.
Presentation Was Made By
Mayor Behrman.
The Beautiful Statue is of
The Beautiful Statue is of
Bronze and Marble.

New Orleans, La, Feb. %, 1911.
With public school children so
! costumed and placed as to form a
Confederate flag as background,
and in the presence of thousands who
assembled to do reverence to his
| memory, a statue of Jefferson Davis
was unveiled at Jefferson Davis
Parkway yesterday, the fiftieth an
niversary of his Inauguration as
president of the Confederacy.
To the left Of the monument, on
the speakers stand, were Mrs. W.
J. Behan and other members of the
Jefferson Davis Monument Associa-
firing efforts for many years the
memorial to Jefferson Davis is due.
For them, naturally, the. day was
epochal. 1t marked the end of an
epoch of ofttimes discouraging labor,
and the beginning of a period of
well-earned satisfaction. They had,
at last, wrought in imposing bronze
and granite an ever-enduring testi-
monial of their love for the Confed-
crate chieftan.
Militia, in parade, and in forma-
tion about the dedication site, lent
resplendence to the event. Forming
at Lee Circle, military commands
and members of Camp Beauguard,
U. S. C. w., wound in procession
through the downtown streets the
parkway-the cold, bracing air CIV
ing swing and alertness to their
movements-and drawing thousands
Of interested spectators 10 the side
walks edge as they passed. At
Broad and Canal streets the column
was reinforced with three commands
Of Confederate veterans, which
marched the remainder of the way
to the parkway. They were the
Louisiana Division of the Army of
Tennessee, under the command of
DR.. Y. r. LeMonnier; the Washing
ton Artillery, under command of
Gen. w. ]. Behan, and the Army of
Northern Virginia, commanded by E.
M. Hudson.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY ALSO.
Being Washington's birthday, the
day had added Significance, and what
was more to the pleasure of the
Monument Association, it was holi-
day and permitted a much larger at
tendance than would have been pos
sible otherwise.
The grouping of school children,
forming a Confederate flag, on the
site of the unveiling, was strikingly
attractive. Dressed in blue, white
and red, the children were seated on
stand in the back of the monu-
ment. The field of the flag was red
and blue bars, with white stars,
crossed prettily, all being formed by
their caps and dresses. The dresses
and caps were of tissue paper, the
had been planned without any ex-
pectation of the present cold spell.
material indicating that the scheme
The coldness. however, did not dis
turb the children, for they were
happy and enthusiastic, and every
little while would give vent to their
bubbling spirits in cheers of delight.
The statue is in the center of
plateau, at what was formerly Hagan
avenue, and Canal street. 1t was
given to the Jefferson Davis Monu-
ment Association by the city.
The presentation of it formed
part of yesterdays ceremony. The
presentation was made by Mayor
Behrman and Capt. B. T. Walshe ac-
cepted for the association. On either
side, to the front of the monument,
| were stands for veterans. The
| speakers rostrum, reserved also for
| the association members and invited
guests, was behind. From this stand
| Mrs. j. F. Spearing, treasurer of the
| association, pulled the cord which
| threw aside the Confederate flag
| that covered the statue.
| The ceremony began with the call
ing of the assembly to order by Gen.
]. B. Levert. In place of Archbishop
Blenk, Father ]. l.. Kavanagh de-
livered the invocation. Gen. William
E. Mickle, Adjutant General and
chief of staff, -ead message from
Gen. George w. Gordon, commander
of the U. V. c., congratulating the
labors. Gov. Sanders paio high trib-
ute to Jefferson Davis, following
which the school children sang
Dixie" The selection, rendered in
excellent time and voice, evoked
thunderous applause, and enthusias
tic hurrahs from the veterans. AS
sistant Superintendent of Public
Schools Nicholas Bauer, who hat
charge of the school children, reae
history of the Monument Associa
ton.
i On the unveiling of the monument
the school children paid tribute tt
the Confederate President. Evelyl
Norton represented Kentucky. Ell
frieda Bornstoff, Mississippi; Velm'
Thompson, Alabama; Margaret Nc
Leob, Virginia, and Irma Carreras
Louisiana.
L Gen. Bennett H. Young of Louis
Vile eloquently eulogizeu Jefferson
, Davis. His address was one OF tn
!. most impressive incidents. and tn
i, audience gave f1attering expression
OF it's appreciation. After the schoe
children sang "America" the Re,
la. Gordon Bakewell, beloved of a