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Show Monument in Milk White to a Real Hero in Black ife'lM . ' ff ft ?s&? wm 1 J Spfiuu. to Tho Tribune. COLUMBUS, Ga., April z.-Horolsm Iraowo no color line in America. Braec Smith, a negro of this city, niada a heroic attempt last September to save the life of the City Krikineci from a cavlnc excavutlon. Ho fulled and in tho effort was killed hlm3flf. At lta ntxt regular meeting tho City Council unanimously voted to erect a ault- able monument to Brasg'u memory, ll Is made of Vermont and Georgia matble. Lpon one aldo of tho inonumont Is this Inscription: In-scription: "Erected by the city of Columbus to mark tho last resting place of Brncg Smith, who died on September 30. IMS, "in tho heroic but fruitless cfTort to nave tho lifo of tho City Englnor." |