The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20

State Recorder for Cross of tyonor 1anc ;. A. Rountree. Birmingham. ''oV II Avenue S Birmingham.
 ., Notice to Contributor.
 mi1ss ucies intended for puolica tion th ne accompanied by the name of the msraer' mans and written on one side of Correspondsdts desiring W tc Rsve 1 % extra c9p.es of the paper mailed to them viii to The Advertiser once as tb csdsescuy ssstarys II tnis department have no authority m such matters. "
 Attention of Chapters ,nro,.hou. the State Is called to the presidents request that names of directors and delegates to the May convention he sent to the assistant editor for publi- cation as soon as elected.
 Tuscumbia, Jan. 1s. 1907. My DearCo- Workers:
 Mrs D. A. S. vauSht, Preside,t A, Louisiana Division, U. D. C.. has sent 70 us number of copies of a pamphIet containing the subject matter proposed Tor the Lee Memorial service nrop ra n, today. These were distributed to each chapter through your presidents. Iii is indeed courtesy from Mrs. vaught highly appreciated, more partieularIv when in small communities. inc ma, teriai for slated programs is difficult to procure.
 It IS hoped that the suggestions made by General Johnston relative -to the U. D. C.. contributing pictures of General Robert E. Lee to every school m our state and land will interest our chapters and the plan be consummated before January, 1908.
 The chapters are requested to keen in mind that all proposed amendments to our constitution and bylaws shall be in the hands of the Recording Sec retary. Mrs Cory, thirty days previous to convention dete.
 As soon as chapter directors and del- egates to the May convention arc elec- ted you are requested to send the names to Miss Andrews, Assistant Edi- tor They will be printed from time to time. (
 A Correction.
 We have been reminded that our lit- tie notice of the tree-planting at Beauvoir was like the play of Ham let with the part of Hamlet left out" inasmuch as the important service rem dered by Mrs. E. N. Christian of Mo- bile was omitted. It was she who car ried the tree from Mobile to Gulfport and was untiring in her care till it was safely planted in Beauvolr soil We gladly make this acknowledgment, since to her was committed the most important part of the program, with out which the planting could not have taken place at all.
 HLeat We Eorget.-
 With the present issue is concluded the publication of the historical papers read at the literary entertainment du- ring the meeting at Union Springs. : But it is hoped that interest in the Shiloh Monument will not end with them. Rather let each Chapter bestir itself to more active efforts, Test we forget" Never had any people greater cause to glory in their past than we of the South. and if we could rear our monuments as high as heaven. they could net surpass the deeds of the men who have made our annals forever glorious. Success Is not the only cri- teriofl of worth, and 1t is one of the compensations of defeat tn 1t brings into clearer relief than the most bril- liant trinmphs could do. whatever of true greatness Is in a man or people. The glory that crowns the head of our immortal Lee would be robbed of half its spIendor If the magnificent courage with which he faced disaster were plotted from the record of his life. And so 1t was with all the heroes. liv- ing or dead, who staked their lives on a cause that could offer them no re- ward but the loving memory of gener- ations to come. That memory is com mitted to us as a sacred trust. Let us not only embalm 1t in our hearts, but engrave their names on monuments of brass and stone. lest others forget,
 E. F. IA