The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07
CHAIRMAN or COMMITTEES.
A Tribute to a Southern Woman.

A Tribute to a Southern Woman. "A Southern woman" "-ay. what worth implied,
 What loyal lines of true nobility! Product of pride and sweet humility, Grace that hath lowered and long defied The red-rude hands when other graces died;
 Modesty born of higher laws and free, Spirit as placid as the unruffled sea. From coarser wi dds it's destiny denied. From cultured acres of ancestral worth There springest now the lily of the soil The blossom of the land that gave thee birth,
 The alabaster box of precious oil Live, that the beauty of your bloom may Till all the world a sweeter fragrance know.
 A Summer Hymnal A Loss to The Alabama Division The removal of Mrs. P. H. Nell from Auburn to Clemson, s. C., where Dr Nell has been most worthily honored witt the presidency of Clemson College, takes from the Alabama Division, U. D. C.. one of It's most efficient workers and en' thusiastio members. Her departure will be an irreparable loss to the Raphael Semmes Chapter, of which she is a charter member. In the broader field oi the State Division work, where Mrs. Mel was twice unanimously elected treasurer and faithfully served the two terms, hsi wise counsel. broad. intellect and con. servative views upon all questions will be sadly missed Not alone in U. D. c work will Mrs. Melfs absence be keeniy hui tfa unhA of a,xts work, in which she has been pre-emlnent. ly leader.
 Many Daughters of the Revolution ars indebted to her careful research for theii ancestral records and membership in tha sister organization of patriotic women To her painstaking and careful research | into history is due the great interest tha centers in the 1ealogical department o the D. A. R. columns of The Montgom | cry Advertiser While we. of Alabama deplore and be moan her loss to our State, we con | gratulats the South Carolina Daughter, | Of the U. D. C., in having this splendiS | addition to their ranks. We wish for pr and Mrs. Nell pleasant sojourn in thei, | new home.
 Dear Mrs, DowdelI, President Alabama U. D. C.:
 In the March Veteran Is an article writ ten by F. D. Harrison, asking for in formation about flags and especially Con feiei ate flags. Would 1t not be well t, ask the Daughters to send him any in formation especially of any deed of bray cry We all declare one of the purpose, or the U. D. c. is to see that histor, Is true, and now this history is bein, compiled make strong appeal for al h.. IA
 warded to P. D. Harrison, P. o, Bo, No. 1H. Manchester, N. H. See the ar licie Ill veteran March number. page 134 Sincerely,
 Nelly Elmore
 We publish below a com nunicatio anc circular from Miss Russell, Presi. dent of the Winchester Ladies' Memoria Association. We trust all chapters anS individual members will read carefuli, these worthy appeals that come to us ai dinerent times, and are published in these coiumns, and if found practicable you wIl please make such response to the prope, source as you may deem expedient. It !, not Tor lack os patriotism or love fol our noble and silent heroes that Alabama n, nas not responded to liberal appeals of |; similar nature that have come to her but because the faithful women are (, | earnestly at work within our own Stat, and the purse Is weak, hence we canno speak from the abundance of the heart Winchester. Va, Sept. 1. 1902 Mrs. A. l.. Dowdell, Pres. Ala. Div U. D. C.:
 Dear Madam-I have determined tc make an effort to have erected in ou Stonewall Cemetery a monument to the Alabama dead. am encouraged in this work by the fact that we have succeeded in this past year in placing two monu. ments, one each in the Florida and Ten. nessee lots, which were unveiled June sth Cour Memorial Day) Of course nothing can be done without help from Alabama. We invoke the aid of your Chapter and the State, and ask if you can't put in motion some scheme by which sufficient money can be raised to accomplish this desired result. To erect a monument and place headstones in the Alabama lot sim liar to those in the other lots, will cost about $750.
 The enclosed circular will explain itself. Hoping to hear from you soon, I am,
 Truly yours,
 (Miss) Lucy w. Russell.
 An Appeal to Alabama.