The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-05
MEETING OF DIXIE !.

- n'1s e CHATTER. U. D. c.
 The members of the Dixie Chapter.
 IT. D. O.. met with the President, Mrs.
 W. A. Gayle, yesterday afternoon. when
 the occasion was a delightful one. It
 was the last meeting of the Chapter
 to be held until fall. Mrs. J L. Cobbs
 made a report of the convention in
 Union Springs. and an interesting dis
 cussion of the important measures that claimed attention at the convention fol- lowed.
 Miss Frances Grifin who was a
 guest of the afternoon. was requested to give some personal "reminiscences of
 Jefferson Davis. She gracefully con-
 sented. and in referring to the visit of
 Jefferson Davis at the time, some twen-
 ty years ago. of the unveiling of the Confederate Monument on Capitol Hill:
 Miss Grifin recalled few little in-
 cidAnts connected with the coming of
 Jefferson Davis, at the time of the
 laying of the corner stone of the Con-
 federate monument on the Capitol ter
 race. Tt was." she said, ".ach time
 for tears and memories too tender to
 be uttered, that words are poor vehi-
 ~les to bear testimony of the day. :"
 She remembered standing near two
 men. tanned and scared and rough
 who clasped each others hands, looked
 into each others faces. while tears hand played Hail to the Chief" and
 Mir. Davis advanced towards the Capi- tol steps, when the men spoke. One | asked. Whats your name. and what country do you come from" and what regiment did you belong to-" betraying
 the fact that they had never set eyes
 on each other before.
 As MT. Davis sat waiting until or-
 der was restored to something like
 quiet, looking forth on the wide ocean
 of faces all upturned to him. he must
 shave read love profound in every
 countenance. It ought to have been repaid him for having his hair cut in prison and the brutality of the chains riveted to his limbs and the hopeless ness of that unspeakable time. Just as he was ready to rise with his manu- script in hand. for so misquoting was the time that he did not speak except what was first written. basket con- taining at least a hundred jasdueminot roses. was passed forward to the ta- ble before him. Surely they were the most beautiful roses ever seen. A | note for him lay upon the top and Mrs. Virginia Clay. who with the me- mOrtdl association sat on the platIorfn near him, leaned forward to whisper | if she might read the note to him. It proved to be from Mir Boiling Hall, whom a recent wrench of his ankle had rendered ''hors du combat" and who | was consoling himself by sending this | love letter. He stated that he had seven sons in the Confederate Army, I along with himself. and that If patri- | otic devotion could have saved the | Confederacy. 1t would have survived MT. Davis took the note. thrust it l in his bosom and while those of us who had listened to the reading were greatly stirred in admiration for the
 beautiful words he said, What a great nobleman Is that" His words are like his roses" I saw my opportu- l nity to drop q word and I timidly ad- | ded the remark. Yes, his sons were brave and fine, and his two daughters would have gone to the front as well | if women had been allowed" I got | a smile from the hero.
 This is a work of the entire Alabama l Division, U. D. C., and the committed | in charge of it is composed of: Mrs
 w. A. Gayle, Chairnai, Mrs. J. H. Kirk patrick, Mrs. Frank Fillmore and Addie | Beaumont of Union Springs. These la l dies visit the hospital frequently and Mrs. Gayle made a report of her recent visit to the hospital at the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek. The State