Show i mm A moment to his memory AT ATLANTA thousands are from all parts of the country the procession ATLANTA 3 oct 21 over the last resting place of a great commoner journalist orator aad patriot the bortt and the south hands to day the north represented by the chiae executive of the greatest commercial state in the unica tha south by the chief executive of the state that of all the elates held firm and fan to the vry baat to the principles of the confederacy and before them a great aea of facet representing not only the north aad the bouth but the east and the west it was a groat tribute to one who had simply been a man of the people alie w eather is fine and the streets are crowded with citizens and visitors from cointa at least twenty and of the ettor it ia estimated have tr rived during the last two days As early as seven tho various or that were to take part in the parado began to arrive at the points as them and at ten tho booming of cannon gave a dignal for alie head of the procession to leave the t aate hudee the order of the pro was as follows northen and staff mounted fourth georgia batalion bata hion of infantry the haree guards carriages containing mra houry W grady aad bar daughter mia jessie grady and governor david B hill gen islo cuna and thereat of the new york delegation dext came cem of visiting military infantry cavalry and artillery the next division was headed by the confederate veterans who formed an escort of honor to the 0 M M ll itchell post grand amy of the republic the division to labor organizations and cibie societies was ft long one abo locomotive engineers conductors fireman branamen bra kamen switchmen and the and joiners turned out in force thus bearing new testimony to their knowledge ot the fact that henry W grady was a true friend to tha working classes the police fire de oart ment and newsboys news boys and nearly five thousand school children braueht up the rear of the procession col cala hn was marshal of the day an immense platform bad bead erected immediate y in front of the monument and upon the arrival of the procession thin was occupied by the invited guests and charles president of the monument association and afar the musical miss gussie grady pulled the cord the canvass dropped to the around amid the life like features of her dead father were revealed to the i throng and cheers of thousands of ata GOT hill of new york upon being introduced as the orator of the day was received with load and prolonged applause he paid an elegant tribute to the memory of the man whom they had met to honor and spoke at length re gardine his patriot ism his love for his native south aad bis efforts to promote peace and good will between the two sections of the country at the conclusion of the ora tion tho benediction was pronounced by rev J W lee of the park street church and the sion was reformed and marched back to town the monument unveiled today is of granite and stands on a terrace with modeled edge sixteen test square and four feet high the terrace ia surrounded by a brasi railing the pedestal proper on the terrace and is about eleven feet high it of of abreo bases the top one of which is molded and supports a polished die with a molded cornice on which stands the bronze statue of air grady the statue ia nearly ten feet in height it him in the act of addressing a public meeting big frock coat thrown aba right arm with a bunch of manuscript in the hand lying across the breast tt ia a speak aug likeness on the eastern bids c the monument is a banze statue of memory ahila OB the west ia ons representing history on the front of the bases is a large palm branch and wreath la bronze on the various sides of tha pedestal are ibe following inscriptions henry W grada journalist orator patriot born in athens georgia may uita in arlania At lania december 23 graduated at the state university in the year 1868 was editor of the atlanta constitute he never held or sought public office when he died he was literally loving a nation into peace this hour little needs the loyalty that id loyal to one section and yet holda tho other in enduring and estrangement tran gement give us the broad and perfect loyalty that loves and trusts georgia alike with Massac huetta that knows no south no north no east no west but endears with equal and patriotic loye every foot of our soil auery state in our union fram mr gradya speech at the annual bin b in ant of the boston merchants assoria ifon in december lybe the citizen standing in the doorway of his home content ad on LIB threshold his family gathered about his hearthstone while of a well spent day closes in nights aud sounds that ara dearest he ahall save the republic when the drum tap is futile and the barracks are exhausted from the addres of mcgrady Mr Grady delivered before tho societies of the Uni venity of Virginio juna the movement which culminated in the event of today was started on day following mr gradya untimely death within twenty four hours alter the organization of the aurady bonu ment association over tun thousand dol lara had been contributed to the fund much of this came by telegraph frona boston new york and other eastern pointe five hundred dollars was tele graphed by tammany hall the bab lit was open lor thirty days only and bhea it wai closed the quoted amounted to nearly awen ty five |