The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-29
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 Mrs. weed. wife of Right Rev. Edwin Gardner Weed. Bishop of the Episeopai Diocese of Florida, whose deatn or Sunday morning at her home In Jack. sonvilie, Fla. caused such univefsa. sorrow, was well-known and belovea in Montgomery. She was sister MT. T. Gardner Foster of this city ana frsausntly visited him ct his home The Jacksonville Tines-Union of Sunday had picture of her ana says of her:
 Mrs. Edwin Gardner Weed has been foremost fin all good works ana nAs never spared herself when puone VI private need called her
 s.As directress of the children's aux Hilary to the Board of Missions and as President of St. Johns Guild. Mrs. Weed has accomplished great deal TOT the Episcopal Church; and mas snssstsS ,s % these organizations, But 1t IS not alone In church work but in every charity that called upon her that neI sympathy and generous heart we're deeply touched.
 rIn 1901 when Jacksonvuie was oe- tive ability and resource of Mrs. Weed was most evident She was at iunch- con when the fire started and at once got in her carriage. and. in full dress. started out to find her friends in dis tress. By nightfall thirty or more per- sons had been gathered under the & nos pitable roof of the Bishop and Mrs. Weed. Mrs. Weed not only served snp- per to her houseful of guests but sent buckets of coffee and sandwiches by the gardener. This hospitality was kept up for weeks.
 when the Florida division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was formed in July, 1906. Mrs. Wed consented to become the President of the five chapters forming the division, and held that office for two and haiI years. St
 At the Richmond convention of the general organization of the D q, in November, 1Ss9, Mra. Weed was unanimously elected President-General of the organization. then numbering over 25,000 registered members. For two years Mrs. Weed held the ofice of President-General and at the close ofs the period she was elected by the Jefferson Davis Monument Associaticn as Vice-President of the Association. the office being created for her. Mrs. Weed was as unsparing of herself In her new duties as she had always been in her public trusts. and gave out o7 her own purse $500 to the monument fund. being the largest personal com tribution made. She also made and
  articles as her personal contribution,
 Beside the excellent work on con- stItutions and bylaws for general State and chapter Us D. C., Mrs. Weed was chairman of the cotnmittee for the inscriptions for the monument to President Jefferson Davis, which was erected at Richmond by the people of the South. This was most import ant and exacting piece of york; to be scanned and criticised by the entire country, and the lofty and beautiful lines on the monument prove the lite- rafy ability, wisdom and judgment Of Mrs. Weed and her committee.
 Mrs. Weed has taken a prominent part in the organization of the Colonial Danes resident in Florida and m church work In her native State of Georgia as well as Florida. Known to friends and acquaintances in nearly eWary State in the Union, Mrs. Weed was indeed one of the most prominent women in the South. and will be great ly missed and widely nlourned. Her example will always live in the hearts ofNan who knew her and the memory of her good deeds will only pass with the passing of a generation.
 "A more perfect example, of Chris tiap life 1t would be hard to find. and ali who knew Mrs. Weed are better. men and better women for having known her. Just. honorable. consid- crate, doing as she would be done by, living on a plane far above any small thought or deed, a Christian woman of the highest type, yet a broad and cul- tured mind not narrowed to a small line by her virtues, but taking her rec ligion in her social life, Into her public life, into the homes of her friends. and as n constant example. living the Chris, tian life day by day.
 ssSucIl Is the woman we mourn.
 MISS .RuFLEDGE ENTERTAIHs.
 Miss Rebecca Rutledge entertained number of friends at bridge yesterday morning at her home on Alabama Street. when she complimented Miss Nellie Beard of Troy, Miss Minnie Reese Richardson of New York, Miss Nell Rainer of Union Springs and Miss Elizabeth Wiggins of Sewanee. Tenn. Two handsome prizes were awarded, to Miss Nell Rainer, the first prize, a beautiful gold belt buckle and to Miss Taylor Beale the consolation. pair of silk stockings
 At the conclusion of the games a de- licfous course luncheon was served. Among Miss Rutledge's guests were: Miss Gertrude Johnstone. Mss Taylor Beale, Miss Jean Lahey, Miss Sara Halls Miss Annie Gaston. Mss Flor erIce Davidson, Miss Mildred Andrew. Miss Clara Ellen Forbes, Miss Jean Burke. Miss Annie Chandler Miss Maude Howe, Miss Mary Metcalf. Miss Georgia Saffold and Miss Ethel saf- fold of washingtcn,
 HAY RIDE AND WATER
 MELON CUTTING A party of young people, chaperoned by Mrs. John Zimmerman and Mrs. T. E. McDonald, enjoyed hay ride yes- terday evening when they went out on the Norman bridge road. When the ten mile post was reached the party halt cd and enjoyed a watermelon cutting. Among those who enjoyed the affair are: Miss Ellie Barnett, Miss Lida Bar nett Miss Elizabeth Barnett. Miss Ma bel Collins. Miss Gertrude Busch. Miss Lottie Busch, Miss Jean Garrett, little Mss Margaret Mcdonald, Master John nks Mcdonald. Mir. Earl Bristol, Mir. Jehn German. Mir. Matthews Harris. MT. James Webb and MT. Grover GrIf- hth.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Newon will en- certain this evening at lawn party and water melon cutting in compliment to Miss Gertrude Johnstone and her house guests, Miss Elizabeth Wigglns