The age-herald., 1901-05-31
MONUMENT ID THE CONFEDERATE DEAD. Beautiful Marble Shaft Will
 Adorn Capitol Park WORK OF LOCAL u. D. c. Frank V. Evans on Behalf of Marble and Stone Company Presents the
 Immense Shaft of Marble Re-
 gently on Exhibition.
WORK OF LOCAL u. D. c.

A meeting of Pelham Chapter, daugh- ters of the Confectionery. was held in the parlors of the Florence Hotel yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, when steps were taken towards erecting monument in Capitol Park to the Confederate dead in Oak Hill cemetery.
 Mrs A. A. Clisby, the president, stated that the object of the meeting was to pass resolutions making a formal request up- on the Alabama Marble and Stone Com pany and the Alabama Fair Association for the shaft of white marble exhibited by the former at the fair last fall.
 A committee consisting of Mrs James Hardman, chairman; Mrs. Herman Saks and Mrs. Virginia Ruffner, were appoint ed to make the request and the follow ing letter was addressed to MT. Frank V. Evans representing the Alabama Marble and Stone Company:
 Birmingham, Ala, May 30, 1901. Alabama Marble and Stone Company,
 City:
 "Gentlemen-At a meeting this morning of Pelham Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, 1t was officially resolved that We petition your company and the
 
 large marble shaft donated by your com pany to the said Fair Association, as monument to the Confederate dead; that said Daughters will see that the stone is properly carved as a memorial to their buried dead at Oak Hill cemetery and mounted on their pedestal resting in Capi- tol Park: that a grant of said stone will not only be lasting monument to the Confederates and an ornament to Bir- m n oh n m b1it for oduarficana0f od n your company than lying so many months unused at the Fair Grounds.
 Through the kindness of MT Frank V. Evans We hope to get a favorable reply from you today. Yours truly,
 MRS. JAMES HARDMAN.
 MRS. VIRGINIA RUFFNER,
 MRS. HERMAN SAKS,
 Committee on Monument"
 MT. Evans Reply.
 Birmingham, Ala, May 30, 1901. Mrs. James Hardman. Mrs. Virginia Ruff ner, Mrs. Herman Saks, Committee on Monument. Pelham Chapter, Daughters of Confederacy
 Ladies-Allow me to answer through the press your communication of this date and to state to you that the Alabama Marble and Stone Company, Dr. George A. Hill, president; MT. Alexander King, vice president; Gen. Amos H. Mylin of Pennsylvania, MT. w. w. Hill and my self interested parties and stockholders respectfully state to you that the mar ble shaft is at your disposal for the pur- poses indicated, so far as we are con cerned 1 Through the instrumentality of Capt J. M. Falkner. president of the Fair As sociation and of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad, through MT W. E. Knox, superintendent of the Alabama Mineral Division. we were enabled to place this exhibit upon the grounds of the Fair As sociation, and I feel at liberty to offer in their behalf all services rendered for the noble cause which you represent, the splendid shaft of marble which was quarried in your own state, and will fitly represent, for all time to come. the valor and heroism of the soldiers of Alabama, who are buried at Oak Hill cemetery This Is the largest shaft of pure white marble ever quarried south of the Ohio or the Potomac river, and will prove a lasting monument to the Confederacy, an ornament to Birmingham and to the patriotism of the women who seek its erection in Capital Park.
 So far as the Fair Association is con- cerned, and the officers thereof, they will not and cannot object to the removal thereof for the purposes indicated in your communication of this date.
 The intrinsic value of this shaft is stated by experts to be 5000, and the whole is hereby contributed to your cause and the shaft subject to your removal at pleasure. Yours truly,
 FRANK V. EVANS. Representing Alabama Marbel and Stone Company.