Evening star., 1927-12-09
STEPHENS STATUE
IS UNVEILED HERE
Official of ConfederaCy Hon.
ored at Ceremonies in
Hall of Capitol.

Before an audience that filled Statu-
ary Hall, in the Capitol, the statue
of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, vice
president of the Confederacy, was un-
veiled with impressive ceremonies yes
terday afternoon and placed among
the imperishable reproductions of the
Nations great.
At exactly 800 boy and girl,
standing on either side of the flag
covered statue, pulled cords that
lifted the drapes, revealing the fea-
lures of one of the South's greatest
leaders, as carved in Georgia marble
by Gutzon Borglum. The boy was
Sam Venable Mason of Atlanta and
the girl. Miss Ida Stephens, great
grandniece Of Alexander Hamilton
Stephens.
The unveiling was followed by an
address by DIR. Garnett w. Quillian
of Atlanta, principal speaker of the
afternoon. who eulogized Mr.. Ste
phens as a statesman. patriot, orator
and author. DR.. Quillian traced Mr..
stephens career from his college days.
which were his happiest days"
through his long years of service as
a legislator and executive to his final
position as Governor of Georgia.
Governor Presents Statue.
The rest of the program consisted Of
short speeches by Gov. Hardman of
the United States; Vice President
Dawes. who accepted 1t for the Gov
ernment; Gutzon Borglum, sculptor
of the memorial, and Senator George
of Georgia. Rev. J. Sprole Lyons of
Atlanta gave the invocation, and DR..
Sam w. Small the benediction. Sem
ator George presided.
Mrs Rebecca l.. FELTON, Of Georgia,
the only woman ever to occupy a seat
in t., United States Senate, was given
an ovation by the audience at the
start of the exercises, and rose from
her wheel chair to wave a small
American flag in Acknowledgement.
The audience was also generous in its
applause of Vice President Dawes
when he came to the platform, and of
William Gibbs McAdoo.
The statue reveals Stephens in a
sitting posture. 1t is made of Georgia
marble given by Col. Sam Tate Of
Tate. Ga. Gutzon Borglum and Mrs.
Joseph NJ. High of Atlanta were the
diIu LIi0 ~ c0CllbdtiOH was
made through the Atlanta Chapter Of
the United Daughters of the Confed.
eracy.
Patriotic Groups Attend.
Color was added to the ceremonies
by the presence of banners Of various
women's patriotic organizations, by
the group Confederate veterans and
members of the Old Guard of Georgia
in uniform, and by the battalion Of
cadets from the Georgia Military
Academy, who were stationed on the
balcony. About o'clock these cadets,
headed by their band, paraded down
the avenue.
In the audience were Chancellor
Smelling Of the University Of Georgia
and five officers Of the Confederate
Army-Gen. D. B. Freeman, present
commander of the George State divi.
sion, United Confederate Veterans;
Gen. George w. Wells, Gen. w. D.
Harris, Col. Alexander c. Smith and
Capt. A. J. Shropshire.
An old negro nanny, once a slave
Of the Stephens family, who is said
to have been nurse for the Southern
leader when a baby, was an interested
spectator today. Her transportation
to Washington was paid from a fund
contributed by citizens Of Atlanta.
Dawes Pays Tribute.
Gov. Hardman in presenting the
work to the United States declared
that it was a great joy as chief execu-
tive Of Georgia to tender to the Nation
the statue of man who now takes
his place in Statuary Hall with a
friend and classmate, DIR. Crawford w.
Long of Georgia, discoverer of the use
of sulphuric ether in surgery, whose
statue has reposed in the hall for sew
eral years.
Vice President Dawes in accepting
the statue for the United States de-
clared that 1t represents man whose
place in the esteem Of his fellow men
was won by the force Of character
which irresistibly held him to his high
convictions irrespective of personal
interest.
Senator George said in response to
the Vice Presidents acceptance ad-
dress, that Mr.. Stephens was in every
sense the man he was declared to be
by Myrta Lockett Avary, "the one
public man Of his day who remained
throughout the war neither North
erner nor Southerner, but American"
The ceremonies were brought to a
close with the placing Of floral wreaths
on the statue by different women's or
CARNATIONS.