Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05
GRANITESHAFT
To MARK CRAVE
Of STEPHENS
Old Guard viii Dedicate Memo
rial to Georgia Patriot and
Confederate Leader.

on sunday morning, October 10. the
Old Guard of the Gate City Guard,
escorted by the younger company OF
the Gate City Guard. VIII leave in full
regalia for Crawfordvilir. Ca. to ded-
icato the magnificent granite tablet
which the Old Guard has provided to
mark the grave of Alexander II. Ste
phens, Vice President Of the Confed-
eracy.
The presentation and dedication of
this monument will be one of the
greatest and most lasting public seTv
ices the Old Guard has performed,
The grave of the famous Georgian,
who also represented this State i'm
Congress and resigned TO become
Governor of the State, for years was
unmarked until the CrawfOrdville
Daughters of the Confederacy put a
granite coping with an iron fence
around the spot. Forty fec. away
there stands a stone figure IF Ste
phens
The monument which the Old
Guard will place above the grave is a
massive double tablet of gray granite.
the upper tablet to bear the following
inscription, surmounted by the coat of
arms 90 the OLD Guard:
This tablet
is a tribute from the
Old Guard
Of The
Gate city Guard
To the. memory Of their departed. friend,
Alexander Hamilton Stephens.
Statesman and Patriot
| Vice President
Of the
Confederate States of America
Born February II, 1872. Died March
4. 1883.
Dedicated October 10. 1918
The program already has been ar
ranged for the dedication exercises
at Crawfordville. The Old Guard win
leave Atlanta on the o'clock train,
and will be welcomed by the Daugh-
ters of the ConfeGeracy Refresh
ments will be served, brief speeches
will mark the dedication, and the Old
Guard will return to Atlanta the same
evening, arriving here at o'clock.
Big Reception Friday.
A brilliant reception will be given
by the Old Guard at the Capital City
club Friday evening. II is the an
Hual reception of the Guard and wiz
| be most sumptuous affair.
The club will be decorated with
flags, palms and flowers. There will
be dancing and an elaborate buffet
supper will be served at II o'clock
p m. The Old Guard will appear in
full dress uniforms without chapeaus
or sabeTs.
Governor Slaton will attend with
his military staff i'm full uniform;
General Evans and his staff. of the
Department of the Gulf; Colonel Van
Orsdale and officers of the Seven
| teentn Regiment at Fort Mcpherson,
and Colonel Pomeroy and officers o.
! the Fifth Georgia Regiment.
Invitations have been sent by Colo
| mel J. f. Burke, commander of the
| Old Guard, to the prominent military
organizations OF New York, Boston
and other Eastern cities which have
| entertained the Old Guard so lavishly
| in the past, though it is not likely
| that any Of these will be able to be
present at the reception.
The arrangements for the reception
are in charge of the executive com
mittee of the Old Guard, which is
composed of Colonel j. F, Burke, Cap
tain A. Med. Wilson, Captain George
NJ. Napier Second Lieutenant Charles
p. Byrd Captain +. Coolidge, First
Lieutenant p +. Clarke, Second Lieu
tenant A. II. Davis, Sergeant Ben
Lee Crew, J. d. Cloudman, c. j. Ca
van, G. NJ. Hope, Samuel Meyer, Jr.,
Lieutenant J. w. Murrell, j. s. owens
and j. j. Woodside.
These gentlemen and their wives
also will act as chaperOns for the
occasion.