The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
Daughters of the
 American Revolution

of the American Revolution and Sons ol the Revolution, including the respectiv, presidents of these patriotic orsanisa' tions. Mir. William Hamilton Bayly ant MT. F. P. B. Sands, with Mir. F. D Owens as chairman. A detail of of. Men was under the command of Colone E. R. Campbell.
 The Meaning of the vlgil Flag. On the 30th of May each year the American Ambassador and Consul Gen eral in Paris repair to the historic cemetery in which rest the remains of the hero Lafayette, and replace with q new Star-Spangled Banner the flag that has kept vigil for one year over the friend of the struggling colonies This time-worn, weather-stained flag Is furled at the grave and Is sent to the United States. This vigil flag" Is in great demand by the Chapters of the D. A. R.
 On one occasion Miss M. Eleanor Ford was present at the solemn re- moval of the flag after its one year 8 vigil, and upon her return to Ameri- ca she was importuned to compose and recite a poem at the unfurling of the qua.
 Below is given the beautiful sonnet which Miss Ford feelingly recited on that occasion, and which she so kind ly repeated at the celebration of Flag Day by the D. A. R. Chapter in the City of Mexico. This literary and patriotic gem deserves to be preserved by every Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution:
 The vigil Flags Message. T come from faithful vigil proudly
 Ger grave of soldier. statesnhan-
 foremost friend
 To love our newborn nation and
 defend.
 These stripes above his resting place These stars were watchful eyes that
 And naset as the s'!Ss; Year of trust moved to
 felt the searching rains and snows One day, when sunlight played about
 My people came and reverently My faded colors; and across the wave
 I come with message from the Elder
 World
 Remember France! Remember Lafay- For loys ss, alone can pay the sacred
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 (By Mrs. Alexander Johnston. Mobile
 Chapter.)
 Among the names of the great men. and there were many, of our patriotic and beloved State, Alabama, none stands higher than the subject of this paper. Clement Claiborne Clay, the great secessionist, statesman and cit izen of national reputation, who has left behind him such deeply planted fy, hA S. 1R <haS will never be obliterated. Clement Claiborne Clay was the son of United States Senator Clement Conner Clay, eighth Governor of Alabama He was born at Hun ntsville, December 1877. and was graduated at our State University in 1854. He read law at the Univer- sfty of Virginia. and was licensed in 1S40. He began the practice of law at Huntsville. but early gave his at tered the General Assembly in 1842. In 1S44 and 1s45 he was again elected to that body, and by 1t elected Judge of the County Court in 1S46. This office he resigned two years after, and again betook himself to his profession. In 1853 he was a candidate for the lower house of Congress. but was defeated by Hon. W. R. W. Cobb of Jackson. When the Legislature met, that win ter, his party in that body nominated him for a seat in the United States Senate over several distinguished members of the party. and he was elected for term of six years. to suc- ceed Colonel Clemens, receiving S5 votes to 37 for Hon. R. w. Walker
 He at once took his seat in the fed eral Senate, where he remained nine years. He was reelected in 1859, re- ceiving every vote cast When his State dissolved her relations with the