The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-19
SOUTH T0PAY
 FULL HOMAGE T0LEE TODAY
Many Notables To Join Atlanta In Unveiling
 Of Great Monument
TO BE MEMORIAL OF
 THE LOST CAUSE
Huge Granite Converted Into Likeness Of Con-
 federate Commander

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 1S.-With notables from many southern states already here and others arriving on late trains, the south was preparing tonight to pay homage tomorrow to the memory of Gen. Robert F.. Lee. commander in chief of the armies of |. the Cenfederacy
 The committee in charge of the pro- gram of ceremonies to be conducted at Stone mountain tomorrow afternoon. where the head of General Lee. carved in stone on the face of the mountain $ precipice. is to be unveiled, announced tonight that everything was in readi- ness for the event.
 Final touches on the carving of Zee $ head. about which will oe hewcd T panoramic group of the sonth's :E,- mOrtals, to compose a memorial to tho lost cause" of the Confedefacy. wnrc completed by Gutzon Borglum, sculp- tor in charge, late this afternoon.
 Governors Present
 Among distinguished southerns al ready here are Gov. Lee M. Trinkle of Virginia, Gov. Pat Neff of Texas, oON ". W. bGuuuOu Ol anu ex-GOv. David R. Francis of Mis-. souri, Governors of other southern states or their representatives are ex- pected to arrive early tomorrow.
 Mrs. c. Helen Plane, pioneer At lanta woman, who conceived the idea of carving a Confederate memorial on the granite sweeps of Stone mountain will unveil Lees head, and visiting dignitaries will participate in the cere- monies.
 Tomorrow, the anniversary of Lees birthday, is legal holiday. throughout the south. Monday is the anniversary Of the birth of Stonewell Jackson, one of Lees generals and a historic south ern figure.
 Business Forgotten
 Today, the south will pause in it's new era of prosperity and business rush-the whirring of wheels and the cycle of trade and industry that moves on. A pause to pay respect to the memory of the leader who has been sung in song and story, history and biography since the close of the war for states rights.
 Atlanta is today the shrine of the south's revival of the spirit of the Lost Cause and of the illustrious leader. Unveiling of the Lee memo rial statues head, chiseled into the granite sides of Stone mountain, just without the gates of Atlanta, is today attracting the attention of the new south, reminiscent in the memory of its heroic leader of the past. Robert Edward Lee was born in Virginia in 1907, the son of Gen {. ...Lighthorse" Harry Lee, of Revolu. . tionary~ war fames .Ins 1829, Robert Edward Lee left the Military acade. my at West Point with rank as sec ond lieutenant and 20 years later as captain in the Mexican war, his brilliant leadership won him national recognition.
 From 1852 to 1857, he was superin- tendent of studies at West Point and in 1862 he resigned his colonel's com mission in the federal army and fol- lowed his native state, Virginia, in se- eession, a year later taking command of the Confederate armies.
 A brilliant record of history making battles followed in the next three years. Lees strategy, his kindliness, his bravery, his leadership in the fol- lowin years of the war between the states won him a place beside the great generals of all history.
 At the close of the war, on retire ment to private life, he was elected president of Washington college at Lexington, Va. He died in 1870