Evening star., 1925-07-29

North and South, East and West
recognize in the Stone Mountain half
dollars, authorized by unanimous ac-
ton Of Congress, another and remark
able token of the spirit which makes
national heroes of soldiers of the South
in the war between the States.
"One of the most extraordinary of
war monuments" is the Providence
Journals estimate of the panoramic
representation of Lee and his col
leagues on the unique background of
Stone Mountain, the largest solid body
of granite rearing its bulk anywhere
above the surface of the earth" The
Journal says that North as we'll as
South will rejoice in the creation of a
memorial worthy in scope and charac-
ter of the high courage of the men
who wore the gray" 1t is q two
fold purpose that is served by the
coins, explains the Jersey Journal,
which sees in them aid for the com
pletion of the mammoth memorial and
national recognition of the vs.lor of
the Confederate soldier during the
Civil War"
Purchasers of the coins, suggests
the Daily Oklahoman, should forget
the financial aspect of the transaction
and think only of the eighth wonder
of the world now in process of devel-
opment just outside Atlanta" En-
phasizing the national viewpoint, the
Oklahoman continues: at is not the
purpose of the monument promoters
to signalize in stone the Ideals that
animated the seeding States The
one purpose is to honor the valor of
men whose heroiSm has long been the
marvel of the modern world There is
no reason why any citizen of the tri-
umphant North should fail to help
complete at Stone Mountain a memo
rial to the courage of the Confederate
soldier. There is no reason why the
sons and daughters of the Confeder-
ate South should not help build a SINH
lar monument to the supreme courage
of the soldiers Of the Union"
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The evidence of a united Nation is
viewed with satisfaction by the Seattle
Times, which observes that the
action of Congress in authorizing the
coinage of 100000 memorial half
dollars is so acclaimed through the
South" The Times speaks of the
action of the Atlanta Journal in pre-
senting several thousand Of the coins
| to representative men in the North
with an expression of patriotic senti-
ment 1.-The replies received" adds
| the Seattle paper, showed that pub
| lie opinion in the North confirmed
the unanimous action of Congress-" /"
Perhaps never in the history of the
world says the Birmingham News,
has a government, go years after it's
foes endeavored to destroy it, paid
tribute to their valor by issuing a
special coin in honor of those foes.
1t is one country, united and indivis-
ible. The issuance of these coins is
merely an instance of it. The act
typifies the extinction of the last en-
bers of hate 1t is official recognition
of the valor of the South, a con-
stituent of the United States, whose
sons at FL Caney' and Santiago de-
Tended the flag their fathers fought
against; and, who, again, on every
battlefield in France where that flag
| foated, proved again the 'valor of the
soldier of the South.
'It was a fine feeling" the New
| York Herald-Tribune remarks, that
prompted the Southern sponsors of
the memorial to rely on the good will
of the North for material assistance
| in the colossal sculpture of the
leaders of the Confederacy. The con-
| fidence was not misplaced"
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"The authorization of the coins will
result in more firmly binding North