The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11

Madison county in 1S27; died 1900 in
 Montgomery Tex; died unmarried;
 was a lawyer,
 f5A Mary Elizabeth Davis, born in
 Madison county in 1S33; died in DeSoto county, Miss. in 1856.
 The Davis crest or coat of arms can 1 be found in "Fairnbairn's Crests," plate ninety, crest four, and consists
 of a lions head erased or ducally drowned.
 Address of Mrs. R. A. Mcclellan, Ath- ens, Alabama, to Stephens Chap ter ID. A. R.
 Madam Regents of Alabama and Stephens Chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, and our guests: This occasion is to me- the flower of the earnest efforts of band of pat riotic women. It's hospitality is the subtle perfume that thrills me with a delight beyond expression, and grati- tude would fain offer in the rose of fair speech
 The tint of the rose leaf is evolved I from it's root, and the undulant lustre of the sea shell attends its origin. If we might trace to their sources the rich currents that crimson tho cheeks
 of these descendants of the heroes and heroines of the American Revolution. the success that links itself to this and other honorable work, awakens no surprise.
 Our hostess has suggested that I bring a garland for the triumph of Peace. recall that the 25th of May Is the one hundred and eighteenth anni- versary of the Constitutional Conven- tion of 17s7 It was the crisis of our national life. But for the far-seeing wisdom of the patriots who composed this body of immortals. we would be in the condition that we find South America today. It was convention to amend the Articles of Confederation, and met in that historic City of Peace Philadelphia. Seven only of the thirteen colonies were represented in it's earlier sessions. The more bopu- lous States, Virginia, Massachusetts
 and Pennsylvania, wanted a strong Central Government. Smaller states.
 New York, New Jersey and Delaware proposed to retain the general plan of
 the confederation.
 Issues were joined by the different
 commonwealths as to the basis of rep
 resentation.
 Strange as it may appear to us, Vir-
 ginia's, great son--Patrick Henry
 hurled the thunderbolts of his elo-
 quence in antagonism to the ratifica-
 tion of the Constitution, and with
 Washington as President of the Con-
 vention, the Old Dominion was the eleventh perhaps. to ratify the articles
 of Confederation. North Carolina came in a year later, and Rhode Is- land fingered on the outside until 179o.
 This period of our history presents
 the highest ideal of fraternal loyalty and forbearance. Its spirit of brother ly love banished bitterness from its deliberations, sealed the compact be- tween the States, and laid deep on the foundations of true patriotism a last ing peace.
 If we have grievances in our great Society, may we like Rassefas, receive some solace in the miseries of life from consciousness of the delicacy with which we feel them. and the eloquence with which we bewail them" Our State Regent has related impressively the harmony that followed the stress of the events of the Fourteenth Con- tinental Congress as the glow of the sunset fingers after the April day has come to a close The fault is in us, and not our ancestors and exemplars, if we waste our powers in needless friction. Let me give you new in depreciation of a legend of the Round Table, our globe. Our country is that wondrous lake, from whose crystal depths an arm was thrust up, holding a giittering sword in its hand. The Lady of the Lake" to whom 1t belongs Is American womannood. Neither King or wizard can buckle on that teweled blade until he has promised to grant the wishes of the Lady of the Lake"
 Do we realize our mission, or like the mythic maiden, do we give the sword to our Knights. and then vanish leaving them to wonder at our child ish aimlessnessY
 The red-breasted memories of the crucial sufferlngs of our Lord fly through the ages telling the legend of the robin whose white-stoled ances- tress, while plucking the thorns from the brow of the Redeemer, pierced her own tender bosom and mingled the crimson current of atonement with the ruddy drops from her own bleed ing heart Oh, the mightiness of mothers love and influence! The mothers of a people are the sign man. uel of it's institutions, and the pledges of their prosperity. Their sons are taught fin their adle7lullabies the story of the stars, the star of Bethle- hem and the stars that illumine the flag of our country; consultations which grow brighter unto the per feet day" When under alien skies | an American sees the banner of his native land, with what Spatrlotic | emotions does he salute 1t. It is not | the proud device, nor the familiar gio- | ry of it's colors that thrills the heart | of American womanhood when 1t | greets 1t with reverential joy. It is the chivalrous protection and Chris tian estimate that it secures to woman, | that makes 1t a sacred emblem to her, |