The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
HELP FOR THE HOME
MAJOR HANDLEY GIVES s1oo TO
 SOLDIERS HOME.
In Patriotic Letter to Captain Falk- ner He. Suggests That 1000 Men Each Give
 $lOo Each.

In letter to Capt. J. M. Falkner, Major W. A. HandIey suggests that 900 men in Alabama who are able to do so give Sioo each to the Mountain Creek Home for helpless Confederate soldiers His letter was acom- panied by his personal check for Sloo.
 Major Handley is himself soldier of the Confectionery with distinguished record. He Is and has been for the past ten years com mander of the Akin and Smith Camp of Con- federate Veterans. No. 2e3. He is devoted in his loyalty to his comrades and his letter to Captain Falkner breathes his affection and solicitude for the helpless old heroes of the grey. a Major Handley's services in civil life have been no less distinguished than his career In the war between the States. In private life he has been remarkably successful. He has sew eral times represented his county in the Ala bama Legislature. He is now one Of Randolph Countys representatives in the lower House. where he is Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. He was member Of the con- vention which framed the Constitution. At all times he has stood high in the esteem and confidence of his fellow men.
 Major Handley's letter is as follows:
 Roanoke. Ala, July 25. 1903. Hon. J. M. Falkner.
 Montgomery, Ala: My Dear Sir-Inclosed find my check for { % for your Confederate Veterans Home. Our dear old soldiers, who are indigent. ought to have a comfortable home in their old age. Let one thousand men in Alabama who able give Si00 each to the home. and then you can make 1t home worthy of the grand old men who should occupy 1t.
 We owe to them what we owe to no other men on earth. These old men. when they were strong young men, at our country's call left home mother. wife, children and all else, and went to the battlefield for our honor and our interests. Was there ever an army of uobler patriots any field?
 Hundreds and thousands of the fathers of these days said. Ntgo ahead. boys, and your wives and children shall never suffer-" They did go ahead, but those promises have not been we'll kept. The fathers who made those prom lses have gone to their reward. but their sons are here and you are one of them, and honor you for the noble effort which you putting forth to keep the promise of the fath- CTS for the protection of old veterans
 Let repeat that long to see thousand men in Alabama give a hundred dollars each for our veterans home. Let us not look to poor men and women to establish the home. for they have their hands full without this. Let us not look to the state-we have looked there long enough-but let our men who can afford 1t give the Siooooo which l indicate. and do it at once. We need 1t now, right now The State is enjoying great increase of wealth; let one of the expressions of this prosperity he the giving of SIoo,o 900 to take care of old soldiers. Heaven grant 1t! am commandant of the Akin and Smith Camp of Confederate Veterans. No. 293. and have been during the past ten years-the largest in Alabama Annually, hold a reunion of the veterans of the camp, and have free barbecue and all of them are grand occasions. My heart Is stirred to it's very depths when ever I meet these old patriots and long to see the home which you have started be- come a little city of homes for our indigent soldiers. Let it have all the appointments which 1t needs for the comfort of our grand old veterans and it will be digniaed and glorious chapter of the history of our great Southland.
 Excuse the length of my letter. but want ed to say what I have. and more. too.
 I very truly.
 W. A. Handley.