The National tribune., 1906-08-30
SpectaCles Can Be Abandoned

National Tribune and a Washington
correspondent of note. and nine Assist
ant National Press Correspondents. OF
Mrs. Ball she said:
Most fortunate for our work was
the acceptance of Isabel worrell Ball
of the Office Of Special Assistant Ma
tionai Press Correspondent. She has
| rendered me valuable assistance in con-
necton with my work for The National
Tribune. and her personal work for our
Order in that paper. especially for Me-
| mortal Day and Flag Day. is worthy Of
the highest commendation. Her coun-
sci is also much appreciated
She also spoke in high praise Of the
work Of each and all the assistants.
Mrs. Berry recommended that Corps
and Department Press Correspondents
report on specially prepared blanks. and
the recommendation WAS adopted. She
| also suggested that Corps provide their
Correspondents with scrap-books for
their clippings.
The AndersonviIie Prison Board.
The report Of the Chairman of the
Andersonvills Prison Board, Mrs. Liza
beth A. Turner. always of paramount
interest, was more than ever welcome
this time because of its instructive fea-
lures. Mrs. Turner reported in part:
THE Woman's Relief Corps has taken
a iOnS Step lOTWdTu lHe past year, dIOn9
the line OF improvement of the Ander-
sonville Prison grounds. Our one great
difficulty has been lack OF water there,
as all water for use on the place had to
be drawn by hand from a well 80 feet
deep. and We had to be economical in
its use.
"By the vote of the last National Con-
ventiOn and a generous donation from
Mr.. Dempster, of the Dempster Wind
~ ~ ah
have put In a windmill plant that gives
the much-needed supply. We have q
large well, 80 feet deep. terra Gotta
lined and with steel tubing that draws
the water 100 feet from the surface,
clear and cold. The pump forces the
water into a large tank, from which 10
is piped into the kitchen sink, to the
the rose garden. There Is also hand
pump for pumping water for drinking
and cooking purposes.
THE house and barn at Anderson
Vile have received fresh coat Of paint.
Every window in the house has been
new puttied. The hot sun dries the oil
out Of the putty, so that in few years
the glass gets loose. New timbers have
been put under the tool house. fences
mended and other repairs made. The
house has been built 10 years and need
ed all that has been done.
Our rose garden in its growth and
beauty is a wonder. I expected it to
do we'll. but It has outgrown all my ex-
pectations. as wild as some Of my
friends thought they were. We have
nearly 400 rose bushes in bloom. and
many of the roses measure more than
five inches across. One pink rambler
has entirely covered its trellis in one
years growth. and this Spring mock
ingbird built its nest in the branches
and reared two songsters for the prison
grounds.
Prison Park Is growing to be the
Show place in southern Georgia. Where
one person used to visit tho place now
come daily carriage loads from many
miles away to see the roses and monu-
ments. Old soldiers and their relatives
who visit the South visit AndersonviIle
On their way home. The pecan trees
are doing finely, and last year few
nuts matured just to show us what they
can do when they are older.
1--WE have been favored with generous
donations this year. First came Mr..
Dempster with the machinery part foF
the windmill. Then when the Wiscon-
sin Monument Commission came down
to locate the site for their monument
in Prison Park they brought their wives