Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-09

the uniform of the republic, at
their various posts during the World
war.
The most serawny negress YOU
papers, out of her stocking, in ref
| erence to an unrecorded title. She
says she is Sally, Jims daughter,
and Mr.. Adair recalls Jim as an old
employee, who he describes to the
| daughter as "a very good niger
| the opening of the probate court
| the next morning to straighten
out the entanglements. He cares for
his negro employees in most pa
trent way, building little houses for
the aged in their declining years,
troll of their affairs. But he does
not want political equality any
more than he does social equality
and he does not like the type of
negro who is clamorous for a larg-
er measure of rights" He likes
our own DR.. Bumpsted with grea t
approval, but is a little apprehen-
sive that the present regime at
Tuskegee may not be so much to
his liking as Booker Washington's
Mr.. Adair's view of the race ques-
ton is the southern view, easily
comprehended and definitely ex-
pressed.
The Stone Mountain Panorama
In much more affectionate recol-
lection the south holds the partici-
pants in the Civil war than do our
own people. 1 have often wondered
why this is. Perhaps a lost cause
appeals to certain chivalrous ele-
ment in human nature. Goodwin
Smith in his constitutional history
of the United States, tells of the
injustice, from his point IF view,
with which Major Andre was treat
ed, Executed as a spy, when he
by American invitation, the great
historian thus explains the memo
rial in Westminster abbey: Since
his enemies gave him less than a
soldiers death, his country gave
him more than a soldiers grave"
Something in this feeling may ac-
tuate the southern mind in it's de-
votion to the Civil war. Get this
distinction clear: The Grady cele-
bration last Tuesday was as ma
tionai in it's scope and American
in it's point of view as it would
city been celebrating the birth of
famous orator. The buildings of
Atlanta were draped with the stars
and stripes. 1 saw no Confederate
cluded the singing of America
and the Star Spang'ed Banner. -
World war veterans were conspic-
uously in evidence. Among the bou-
quets, an occasional one from a
Confederate veteran post, brought
by an aged and decrepit man in
gray, bore the colors of his serv-
post of Atlanta, made up Of Union
veterans, sent a wreath, too. Moth
ing in the occasion suggested its
being held south of the Mason aad
Dixon line. We were all glad to see
these Confederate veterans ascend
to the platform with their contri-
button to the memory of one who
had done so much to interpret their
point of view to the world as had
the gifted orator and editor of the
Constitution.
But underneath all this, and
underlying 1t all, the south holds
in peculiarly affeCtionate admira-
her battles. Atlanta is about to put
through a memorial which prom
Uses to attract the tourists of the
world. Sixteen miles from the city
there is a natural wonder, known
as Stone mountain, said to be the
largest rock in the world, not ex-
cepting Gibraltar. I hesitate to ac-
cept superlative. The Matterhorn
is pretty big piece Of rock; but
however comparisons may be, this
is certainly a very large stone. And
on a sheerly precipitous side, 700
feet high. half as high again as the
Washington monument, Gutzon Bor-
glum contemplates carving, with
sand blasts, a panorama OF the
Confederacy on a scale so large that
the head of General Lee, its fore
most figure, will measure 10 feet
fro.A chin to forehead. Sculptors all
over the world have applied for a
chance to join in this work, be-
cause of it's predestined Importance.
1t will cost a couple Of million dol
lars, according to present plans.
The rock itself the owner. has al
work will be years in execution.
1t ought to be very impressive. To
the Lion of Lucerns people go from
great distances, and that is just
one figure. This will include a thou
sand.
We spend millions of dollars
s4O,OOO,0OO at st. Louis-on fairs,
which today are here, and tomor-
row are cast into the oven. Why
should we not spend half that sum
the generations of the future would
beat a track to see, just as they
go to the Tai Maha! at Agra. and
to the great pyr tIat IL; we nave thi
country. Washington, of course, con-
tains three notable artistic triumphs.
The dome of the capitol, the monu-
ment to the father Of his count y
and the new Lincoln memorial. But
we have not often built in any che
place a striking work of art that
Iantians may do this at Stone Noun
tain through the conception of the
great sculptor. They seem disposed
to make the try. The mountain is
very fortunately placed. If it were
Ilnc from pitV the nr01Pot
would die a-borning, but it happens
to be just near enough a great,
thriving center to serve the great
DurpOSe in view.