The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-27
State Regents Report to Seventeenth
 Continental Congress

State Regents Report to Seventeenth Continental Congress. In the American Monthly Magazine for September Is the last of the official report of the proceedings of the 17th Continental Congress. And in it is given. among the State reports, that made by our State Regent, Mrs. Me- Clellan, with picture of this beloved officer.
 The following is the~report made by her:
 Alabama.
 Madam President General, officers of the National Society and Daughters Of the American Revolution of the 17th Continental Congress:
 Alabama brings out of a full treas- ury, freshly-coined greeting!
 The tacit, yet potential recognition accorded the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution as sponsors of her citi- zenship. and conservators of the ves- tiges Of her earlier civilization, in- spired the initial act of the present regency-the creation of additional committees. In the interest of the first. are those on Legislative Aid and Patriotic incentives to Education" Child Labor Legislation" and the
 Proper Observance of National Annf- versarfes." On behalf of the trust re- ferred to. are those on the Jones Val Icy Memorial Road" the 'eNatchez Trace" and others known as Jackson Roads, The local labors of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution in the State are enlisted In the interstate movement to mark the historical high way Of Mississippi, Alabama and Ten nessee, and graves of illustrious deal whose fame is their joint heritage.
 The new committee on the .Cultiva- ton of Fraternal Relations with the Sons Of the Revolution and the Sons or the American Revolution" has pro- posed an alliance with them that will lend strength and distinction to the celebration of all national events and the perpetuation of patriotic shrines 10 whose ennobling history they have and hold in fee simple a common title.
 Alabama has seventeen chaptefs The advent of the Cherokee and Col pert in sections without, unknown in our state records. and the rapid crys- Iallzatlon or a third organization at year Is cause for congratulation.
 Ihe regents appointed at SyIacauga and Alexander City report an advan- eed stage of development in their chan
 The increased enrolment in old and new fields attests a perceptibie broad ! ening of the horizon of the Dau@b- = ters Xhn or the American Revolution in 4, An enlarged membership augment the contributions to Continental Hal and add vigorous fiber to the society
 The chapters have placed the name or Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, Honorarv Pres,daeFF Prfs Regent of Alabama and Vice society in the Memory Book, and Ina s contributed to Continental Hall fund 1907-0S. $345.55. N
 The reports forwarded to the Treas urer General will sustain the claim that the Society in Alabama has entered upon a period of growth which is root ed In an abiding love of our country. its patriotic institutions, and those who shape their enlarged spheres Of action and influence
 Respectfully submitted.
 Aurora Pryor Mcclellan.
 State Regent
 The President General: This is, as far as I know, the first committee re- ported at this Congress to establish fraternal relations with the Sons It IS very gratifying to know that. and we will carry that message to them to- night the patriotic meeting.