The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-14

MRS. j. A. ROUNTREE holding beautiful silk flag presented yesterday by Pelham Chapter to Ala bama Division, Daughters of the Con- federacy.-Photo by Birmingham View Go.
 With the many greetings to which you have just listened, you need no ad- 6itional words to assure you of your vel come, but I bring to you from Pelham chapter a message of chapter loyalty, division pride, and united interest, as con- tained in our Stars and Bars.
 In presenting the Confederate flag to the Alabama division, United Daughters of the Confectionery, Mrs. J. A. Rountree said:
 Do you know our flag as it really is,
 And all that Its lessons teach Do you know the past and future ways
 That the, Stars and Bars must reach? Of the past this long, bright, crimson bar
 That stretches the full flags length, Is the blood that our fathers freely shed
 To give the south it's strength. And it stands for the truest, bravest men
 That the world will ever see, For it represents the legions grand
 Of our honored U. c. " And the bar at the top, the same strong
 As the one at the base you see, Stands out for our future, and all it
 means,
 The Sons of the U. c. V. And the pure white bar which stands be-
 tween
 And blends the crimson ones Is the band of the Daughters, united, you
 know.
 To honor the Veterans and Sons While touching the bars of the Daughters
 and Sons With it's base the U. c. ", This amending circle of stars, which forms
 The children of all these three. And each of us has our separate part,
 And our work that has to be, But none is complete by itself alone,
 For 1t needs the other three And our future stretches far and wide.
 And our task is just begun, For it rests to us to uphold the name
 That our Veteran fathers won A name that is honored and revered
 By all the world today, Wherever the valiant deeds are known
 Of the men who wore the gray. So today as we stand meath the Stars
 and Bars.
 And think of those long ago years, We try to forget all the sorrow and grief
 And the price we paid in tears. ts we think of country, ours today,
 To which we give our VOW Of loyal, pc .riotic love.
 For we all are Americans now. And presenting this flag, as we do, in
 faith
 With earnest hope, to you Our chapter pledges it's strong support
 To all that you strive to do. And we wish the division strength and
 growth,
 With ever increasing success, Believing that ours is a work of trust
 That God, Himself will bless. 
 of tn em, and they are all coming over here to see her and talk things over." Now, in my case, the "nicest women in the world" would be most welcome to Birmingham with Mrs. Brown. our dear Mrs. Brown. at the head of tn er,. You are thrice welcome among us, May her presence be to you, as 1t has ever been to us. an inspiration to high CT aims and nobler work, and may our "talking things over" result always in the greatest good to the greatest number. Again bid you welcome to the best within our borders to our hearts, and to our homes. When this convention time shall have passed into the yesterdays and the pleasant, profit able hours we spend together shall be numb cred with things that were. may the warmth of our greeting. the earn estness of our welcome be with you still. "I'm just that glad to see you. Daughters"
 The principal address of the morning was that of the president of the divis- ion, which was listened to with closa attention by the convention. Mrs. Brown ably reviewed the great under taken by the Daughters. made recom- mendations that were considered in keeping with the patriotic principles of the organization. and made an eloquent appeal for continued loyalty to the Confederate cause.
 In part she said:
 We could never yield our devotion to the Confederate cause yet would we rally to the needs of our national gov ernment. Work in the present that the future may have the true history of our great past Make those days so full of memories so replete in sentiment.