The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02
UNITED DAUGHTERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACY.

ment, the hours sped by too quickly. Tn,
 snaoows of evening were falling whei
 the guests departed.
 Mrs Clayton, a typical Southern wo
 man of the old school" possessing tha- happy faculty of making her guests fee
 at home. which is the acme of hospital.
 ny: Miss Clayton. inherits this warmth
 in a hostess. The lovely nieces of Mis-. Clayton, Misses Lizzie Mary and Tadt
 Merril1 and Miss Maude Miller, grace.
 Iuily assisted in serving the guests. We
 earnestly. hope that this long to-be-re.
 membered meeting of our chapter will be succeeded by our monthly meetings oj | readings, etc, with regularity through | out the year.
 Hurtshpro. Ala.-The regular meeting ot the Jefferson Davis Chapter of the IT. n was at the home of the President. mIs; N. ". E. Long. Business occupied A motion was put before the chanter 70 observe Memorial Day with appropri-
 ate ceremonies. The motion was carried
 ana committee appointed who promise
 narmonious and interest fncreases. Mise
 wary E. Reese Of Auburn. Ala. and
 Mrs. R. P. Dexter of Montgomerv or
 sanized our chapter June 3, 1901.
 To, o1 ,oo. Hattie Head Owens.
 Ihe Mobile Cha pter observed the birth
 ninht nay or General Robert E. Lee on Monday
 nignt: January 20. as the eventfuI day of
 ms pirtn. came on Sabbath, with an in
 teresting ceremony at the armory. when crosses or honor were presented to one
 Irea vetnra ana twenty-nine Confederate
 veterans of the Raphael Semmes camn
 ans veterans marched into the drill hail
 % uhuer command of Colonel Irwin. and ls Mnen formed for the attention of the la
 : dresseI whp p,, had n preceded them. were ad-
 .ne Fresident of this chapter. We re, gret that space forbids the nrint,no ,,
 nuil the beautiful address of Mrs Col. orw % of so tbnspp inspired was she with the mem or our beloved Southland. and love 1ou a ehose who survived the brave conflict nr hue iong years; hence we select a few Srass Sau''Iai M. gems from this eloquent ad-
 troduction: Commander and Veteran. ot the Raphael Semmes Camp: had nor .nougnt to say word tonight. but stir- Mohi,s 6he sne earnest welcome given the your commander will speak my little speech and will say something of inc Daughters of the Confederacy ana their Work. this thought being suggested by the recent utterances of a professor in ons of the Tennessee universities ,vbn naS characterized our work as Urea son ourselves as worse than Emma Gold man man. She proceeded in eloquent and well chosen words to show the nurnoses of the grand organization of the Daugh- ters of the Confederacy. and the good work they have even now accumulated @ mnen said: Tt Is in pursuance of this Work tha s, that on this night that represents the birthday of Robert F. Lee, the Pal | adin Of chivalry, the Sir Galahad worthy | 10 see the vision of SangriaI, the peerless | Lee, than whom no braver soldier nor truer patriot ever breather the vital air | or life. on this his birthday we present | these crosses of honor to those vetrans. tnose heroic survivors ns four long years | or fnternicene strife" Mrs. Colston | b% Reag to al%ded to the pilgrimage silence sleeps our heroic dead, in the | sacred visit the veterans of Raphael | semmes Camp and other friends take a | part. Ine laurels must not all be press | ca upon the cold. dead heroes, and so we | the women of Mobile Chapter U. D e, wish to pay our tribute. slight as 1t may | seem. to you. heroes who fought at the | sloe or those who fell, to you heroes who | and humiliation of defeat to you the | living heroes of the war between the | states, When the list of numbers of the | camp had been called. the ladies passed | a cross on the breast of each It was an erecting scene. for many of the old | soldiers could scarcely express their | thanks as they felt this honor so deeply. | Ana the ladies remembered that those | men before them had breasted the storm | Of battle at Richmond Chickamauga. Gettysburg and in the Wilderness
 At the conclusion of the presentation of crosses the veterans gave three cheers Tor the Daughters of the Confederacv | and Comrade Price Williams. being call cd on by the commander, expressed the | thanks of the veterans for the honor | done them. Ranks were then broken. and | refreshments were served in the Rifles | room. Later in the evening the ladies were | invited by Mir. Simon Kloskv to par- | take or an oyster supper at his restau- | rant. They repaired there. escorted hv | the officers and some other members of | the camp. and very pleasant time was | had enjoying Mir. Klosky's hospitality.