The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01
Keep you posted as to progress of our memorial, Yours faithfully,
 Mary c. Pickens.
4 Coincidence.

Coincidence.
 It IS the custom In one of the ChfI- dren's Auxiliaries to answer roll call by the telling of some heroic deed. either of officer or private, At a re- cent meeting. at which there were several veterans present. a bright little girl told an Incident of the battle of Franklin, Tenn. Major General Cie- burne. while riding along the line er- couragfng his men. saw an old friend, captain in his command. barefooted. and his feet bleeding. Alighting from his horse, he told the captain to please" pull off his boots. Upon the captains doing so. General Cieburne told him to "try them on," which he did. The General then mounted his horse and rode away. calling to the captain. Tt Is all right"
 The child's eyes filled with tears as she finished her recital. and said softly. He was killed two hours afterward. he did not need them again."
 Hardly waiting for Ter to sit down, an old veteran sprang to his feet:
 "It is true children, bless God, 1t is every word true. I marched by that captain. I saw Pat Cleburne wf en his last words when he fell from his horse wounded to death, I'm killed, boys. but fight it out" How small the world is after aili The tears coursed silently down the furrowed cheeks of the man who saw it." and pearly drops of sympathy welled from the youthful eyes of the children as they listened again to the heroic deed" as told by an eye-wit- ness. The telling and the hearing. both gave a sad. sweet pleasure, knit ting closer together in common sym pathy. a common sorrow. the past and the present-the veterans of the war and the children of the Confederacy. Oh. no. "hell not need them again." He falls from his horse to the ground.
 Oh ass sraos os ,Sa oh psip nsa around.
 No more will he wake from that sleep. Where he rests in his glory and While his comrades are left here to
 over cieburne. his grave and h4s fame. "A. $. T.. Birmingham. The Mobile Chapter. U. D. C., held its regular monthly meeting on Nov. IA. lsv7, with Mrs. Colston. the Presi-. dent. in the chair.
 The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The Treasurer's report of sil.z9 in treasury. was read and accepted.
 The President announced the ap- pointed of Mrs. John l.. Mouiton as Treasurer. to fill the unexpired term of Miss Molfie Thurbsr. whose resig- nation was accepted with regret. | Mrs. Stanley Finch, chairman of the enteretainment for veterans, sent In 6 report that the entertainment was quite a success and that the veterans had | cleared s100.
 The President read a note from the Treasurer-G General. announcing the req ceipt of $e.30. our per capita tax. and saying that our dues are paid up through 1908. A note was read by the Secretary from Miss McDavid. Director 3of the Florence Chapter, asking that a post card picture of Ku-KIux man be shown to members and that orders be taken for same at s cents 4piece Several orders were given. The Chap ter then was entertained by the fol- folinw literary program:
 Reconstruction In Recent Fiction'-- Miss CronIey.
 Song. "Dixie"--Mrs. Freehs
 Paper on "The Tractori'--Miss Boone.
 Reading from The Storm Centers-~ Mrs Esther Colston.
 Song, T Know Lovely ,Garden"- Mrs. Feeks.
 Meeting adjourned.