The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-06

 attended to. and then the principal matter of importance to the Chapter. the Confederate Monument, was brought up for discussion. Mrs. Brown. Chairman of the. Monument Commit tee, in. her report, stated that the Conn mittee had met the Monday previous, and selected from the many designs submitted. one designed by Mir. L. N. Archer of our city. subject to the en- dorsemeft of Pelham Chapter. Mrs. Taliaferro stated. as a member of the Committee, that the selection had been unanimous. Mir. Archer, at the request of the Committee. was present to ex. hlbit the design, and give all neces. sary information. By a, rising vote, the Chapter voted to endorse the ac- tion of the Committee, and authorized them to sign the contract with MT. Archer. .4
 The monument Is to be erected on the base, which was laid by Camp Clay ton, U. g. c. V, In 1894, at q cost of $1,020. dawhich was dedicated to the Confederacy during the general re- union held in Birmingham that year, addresses being made by Gen. John B. Gordon. Gen. stephen D. Lee and Mir : Rufus N Rhodes. The design of the monument consists of shaft forty- t"o ACOt ht8hs anu IS OfhbhShhoetS VA the cavalry, the artillery. the infantry and the navy. The inscription Is to be. ITO the Confederate soldier and sailor, erected by Pelham Chapter, U. D. C." with the date.
 As the. contract has been signed and Mr. Archer Is to begin work at once, the daughters hope to have the mon- ument unveiled on Memorial Day of next year. The Committee consists of Mrs. Chas. G. Brown, Chairman; Mrs, J. A. Rountree. President: Mrs. E. T. Taliaferro, ex-President: Mrs. E. T. :. Carter, Mrs. J. N. Hardeman, Mir. Ru- fus N. Rhodes.
 N. D. Forest Chapter, Belle Nina.
 We had, during the summer months. our regular meetings. which were full of interest. We have had five addi. tions to our Chapter since my last res port. The meeting this month was at the home of our Historian. Mrs. Ran- kin. We had an election of officers. and for this reason our literary pro. gram was short, but full of informa- ton, and did credit to Misses Hayes and Eaton. The following officers were elected by exclamation, viz, Mrs. Porter Bimm, President; Mrs. John Donnell. e-President; Miss Annie D. Richardson, Secretary; Mrs. Sophie P. Eaton Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. E. P. Garrett, Treasurer; Miss Helen B. Hayes. Director: Mrs. Julia A. Ram kin. Historian.
 We have cause to be proud of our new board, but we will always remem- Der with pride and pleasure our first President, Mrs. W. N. Hayes. Mrs. B. P. Garrett. our delegate to the Nation al Convention was called upon and gave a very interesting account of the meeting of the U. D. C. at St. Louis. After the meeting delightful refresh ments were served.
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 Coffee Springs Chapter.
 Coffee Springs Chapter. after a re. cess of several months. was reorga. nized on the 18th. Officers for the en- suing year were elected: Mrs. R. A. Lee, President; Mrs. Hattie Phillips. Vice-President; Mrs. H. c. Riley, Re- cording Secretary; Mrs. John Grimes Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. J. N. Bankston, Treasurer; Miss Peebles Phillips, Historian; Mrs. R. E. Byrd. Director.
 The Chapter meets the first Friday President we have every reason to ex- pect our Chapter to do good work.
 Mrs. Hattie Phillips.
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 StOnewaH Chapter, Ensley.
 The Daughters of the Confederacy met in the Mayors office Tuesday after noon, October IS. The meeting was opened by repeating the Lords prayer fin concert. The roll was called, and eight ladies responded. There were no minutes as We have not met during the warm weather. We had three veterans with us at our meeting. We also had Mrs. Rountree with us from Birmingham. She gave us a beautiful talk on the wor-- and what we Daughters must do to make our society 8 success. She told us all about that 15c tax, and gave us some very inter- esting points on our work. We were all certainly glad to have Mrs. Roun- tree with us, and hope she may make us many visits this winter. She also told us all about their memorial fund, and that the Daughters in Birmingham would put up the monument next April MT. Arnold made a suggestion to raise for the memorial fund $25 or &30, if the Daughters would back him Mrs. Rountree was very thankful for sug- gestion, but stated that she would rather he would raise it for the Daugh- ters in Ensley, Mrs. Rountree also told us how they made their money, and many other little things of in- terest she told. We were highly enter