The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-25
Respectfully submitted, Cor. Sec'y. and Historian.

which arrangements will be made for Memorial Day.
 Respectfully submitted,
 Cor. Sec'y. and Historian. 
 Eliza T. Porter Chapter, GreenviIIe.
 On March 3rd, 1906, the Eliza T. Porter Chapter, U. D. C.. was organ ized and It's members are composed of the young girls of the city who have entered into the work with zeal and understanding.
 At the organization the membership was sixteen, but at the next meeting, there were other names added-making now the number twenty-two.
 The Chapter feels honored to record the two names--Mrs. J. B. Stanley and Mrs. I. M. P. Ockendin as their hon. orary members. Their Director Mrs. R. A. Lee.
 Their meetings are interesting. con- ducted well. and their prospectus well carried through.
 It will be their aim and purpose to assist in proportion to their ability, in such worthy causes as the Hospital Fund" shiloh Monument" and others.
 But paramount above every efGort, will be their desire to emulate the life of the noble woman for whom their Chapter is named. And to so keep the reflection of her beautiful life before them-that its radiance and purity will not only brighten their every efforts, but their lives as we'll
 The following is a sketch of the life of one of Alabama's heroines of '61 to '65.
 One must tread softly now, and the voice lowered; for memory's pages are to be turned to the noble deeds of for ty-four years ago-and the ground is ha1lowed. For although her entire life of seventy-four years was spent in deeds of charity and bringing sunshine to others-the climax of self-sacrifice and heroism was reached during the war. in the years of '61 to '65.
 Eliza T. Porter was born November IT, lsOS, in Chester, S. C. and was the daughter of Judge John Kidd and Ade- Iaide Adair. At the age of eighteen she was married to MT. B. F. Porter Afterwards Judge) whose devoted and dutiful wife she remained for two score years
 Soon after her marriage she came with her husband to Alabama, residing at Claiborne. Monroe county. At the age of 19 or 20 she was baptized at Claiborne by the Rev. MT. Schro3eI, one of the pioneer ministers of Ala bama- After residing at Tuscaloosa, Mobile. in North Georgia and North Alabama. she came to GreenvilIe in 1860 since when, she resided until the
 
 Mrs. Porter was woman of high and thorough conception of duty. In all the relations into which the vicis- situdes of her long and varied life threw her, well and nobly did she ac- quit herself. She took up life's bur dens and through health and sickness, through joy and suffering, through sun shine and storm she bore them brave ly, leaning on the strong arm of the l Everlasting One To her keen sense 1 of duty she added untiring energy and | burning zeal No husband ever had | more affectfonate and dutiful wife: | no child a more tender and loving mo- ther. The cross of Christ never found l more faithful and unselhsh follow CT, and the grand cause of humanity a | more zealous disciple And she was a patriot of the highest type. She was such stun as warrior women are | made of. During the war between the | States she offered her services as a | nurse, and depriving herself of many | of the pleasures and comforts of the | home circle. she ministered to the | needs of the gallant men who fought | and suffered for Southern rights. Her l slender hand could not wield the | sword, but it could soothe the aching | brow of the wounded soldier and car ry the refreshing draught to his fever parched lips.
 Her life was, throughout, a beauti- | full melody-not more beautiful in its | stirring tones of prosperity and happi- | ness than in its minor notes of suffer- | ing and sorrow and womanly pity and | mercy. The sweetest strain in all this | grand melody was attuned to the key | note of charity. Her benevolence was broad and untiring. Like the blessed | dews of Heaven, 1t fell upon and made | glad earth's arid and desolate places"
 There Is now in the scrap book of | her son, Captain Dan Porter of Green | vile a permit, from the Headquarters | of the Department of Alabama issued | bv General Forney May 18th 1862, to | Eliza T. Porter to pass through the | lines to visit a wounded son. Also in | the same collection an original letter | written by President Davis to her hus- | band in regard to her offer to do hos | pital service-which will appear later, | in these columns.
 One of Mrs. Porter's daughters fs | Alabama's gifted poetess, Mrs. I. NJ. P. | Ockendon, who relates a beautiful in- | cident in the life of Mrs. Porter, whose | thought 1t was to convert the hand | some regalia of her husbands l. o. o. l F. of Alabama Into a flag, that played | a prominent part in the war. And this | Gag was made by Mrs. Porter and her | sisters and presented to the Dale | Guards by Miss Ina Marie Porter, CMrs. ! Ockendon).
 , ona of the striking incidents in the