The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-30
Brief Sketch Of Miss Lee.

Miss Lee, who was born shortly before
the civil war began, had innumerable
friends and was greatly beloved in every
state in the south, being a particular ia
vorite with the old veterans who fought In
the civil war with her illustrious father.
Miss Lees birthplace was Arlington, the
beautiful home of the Lees in Virginia.
At the time her father was still in the
service of the United States, and still
hoping some way might be found to
avoid the terrible clash of arms that came
soon afterward When he resigned his
commission and sorrowfully returned
home to offer his sword to his native
state in the event of hostilities, she was
still a babe In arms. The family soon
separated, and General Lee went forth to
lead for four years an army whose
achievements upon the battlefield are inn
mortal, and to win for himself fame as
a military commander that will remain
imperishable. After the burning OF their
home, Mrs. Lee and her family went to
Richmond, and little Mildred met her
father once upon the battlefield while the
armies were struggling through Virginia.
General Lee had always been devoted to
his home life. he was a frequent cores
pendent, and no letter ever went from the
field to Mrs. Lee that did not mention the.
youngest of the Lee children.
AS Mildred grew older she became a
great favorite In Richmond, and with
her sister, Mary, met many of the distin-
guished statesmen and soldiers who filled
the Confederate capital. She retained
vivid memory of every scene and incl
dent. Especially did she remember the
Gay that General Lee returned from the
war. defeated in arms, but not i'm pur-
pose. for the cause of the south still
lived. The great crowds thronged the
CIV anto nf inh nd To l,aa
| their hero their peerless one. Mrs. Lee
and her children stood behind the lat
| iced windows of their home watching
| his return. How the people thronged
around him, seeking to kiss his hand.
or just to get a glimpse of his face. At
last he reached his home, and here.
touched by the populace, General Lee
! spoke a few words, and waving his hand
alighted from his old war horse, Trav-
eler.
The people cheered. and he passed with
in his home his haven, his place of rest.
and the first to throw herself in his arms
was little Mildred.
General Lee gave his daughters most
| liberal education. They were accomplish
ed in every line. but the old home accom-
plishments were not neglected.
When Mildred Lee was In her young
womanhood death came to her idolized
parent. she WAS with MIN ana neT HOIner
and Colonel Robert Lee when he breathed
his last. Her sister. Miss Mary Lee. was
within a few miles. at Stanton, but
could not reach Lexington owing to the
floods. Shortly after Mrs Lee died Also
and then Misses Mary and Mildred Lee
travelled much In foreign lands Every
where they were received with distin-
gi;ished honors and Miss Mary Lees
scrap book shows the respect and honor
paid her and her sister by the most IL
lUstrious courts of the east.
Conner to Live Stock Men.
Hon. b. Il. Conner. president Of the Ala
bama railroad commission, addressed the
Alabama Live Stock association today
telling them that he had been trying to
secure a readjustment Of rates on the
railroads for the handling of fertilizers
End live stock. He hoped the association
at this meeting would appoint commit
tee to confer with the commission and
make known what they want In the con-
nection, expressing the belief that If they
ask for reasonable concession they Will
be made.
The Live Stock association closed up
elected: President, DIR. G. A. Cary, Au
burn; Secretary. w. i. Thornton, Tai
ladega; treasurer, ]. s. Kernachan. Flor
ence
Several interesting papers were read to-
day. c. l.. Hare of Auburn spoke on crop
rotation j. +. Duggar had paper on
Transforming a cotton farm into a stock
farm; E. Meade Wilcox of Auburn spoke