The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
incident in General Lees Ilife.


 Who pillows. too. our aching head,
 Upon her loving breastT
 Incident in General Lees Life.
 At a meeting held in one of our Southern cities to do honor to the memory of General Lee. 1t was said an
 offer. originating in Georgias be- lieye. was made to him to place an immense sum of money at his disposal if he would consent to reside Tn the city of New York and represent South arn commerce Millions would have
 flowed to him, but he declined. lie
 said: .No. am grateful. but l have a self imposed task, which l must ac-
 compiish. have led the young men
 of the South in battle; I have seer
 many of them fall under my standaro f shall devote my life now to train
 ing young men to do their duty in
 life" H. W. Hilliard.
 Report of Historian of Dixie Chapter
 Ns (Mrs. John Gindrat Winter.l
 The annual meeting for the election of officers and transaction Of other Dus. mess. was held at the home or the
 President on Monday. the 18th. The
 of1cers were all reelected. Mrs. Den
 made a charming address In whicn sn' thanked the chapter for their unans' nous cooperation and stated tnat ex erv financial obligation had been duly natd. Ten dollars was sent for tne
 Confederate dead at Arlington, tna'
 we might do our part, and Hisn, pc
 fore them all. general tomp, pc rais' al" sunday, the 18th, being the birth,
 dav of General Lee, 1t was ftting thai we put fresh garlands on our: victor. Oi race perfidious, who would torge' to do him honor and to bless the oaS
 vhen he was born! That grand eulogy
 of Benianin H. HilI, tribute Wnici bespoke for him all. yet not too much
 was read by Mrs. w. Jones' ana - ' cannot be too often brought neso.e tn. minds of the public, we pupnsn !. again as a mighty stone upon the psF'
 sH,id of General Lees greatness. when the future historian shall coms road only after long deliberation, ane 10 survey the character Of Lee. ne WI fsnd If rising like a huge mountaln aboye the undulating plain of humani' ty. he must lift his eyes IoWaLu' heaven to catch its summit Tie poe' sessAd every virtue of other great com,
 manders. without their vice. Tie ,,, W@s foe without hate, friend witnoul treachery, a soldier without cruelty, 2 victor without oppression, a victin without murnnuring. He was pupns officer without vices, private citi1eL without wrong, a neighbor without re- proach. a. Christian without hypocricy and a man without guile. lie va Caesar without his ambition, Frenet ick without his tyranny. Napoieol | without his selfishness, ana WaAnins @ | ion. without his reward. He Wal l ohsdient to authority as servant, ans l royal 4sa authority as a true King. n. was gentle as woman In Ites modss' and pure as a virgin in thought. watch fiil as a Roman vestal in duty, sub missiye to law as Socrates, and grand in battle as Achilles. An interestlhs paper was read before the chapter by Mrs. w. w. Screws. in which snt cs,ofas from The Columbia State. mak- fne the statement that General Leo was not the only one among our lead CTS who had the presentiment or dls- aster that was to be our fate, but tnt foreboding was shared by AIexanool Stephens, vice-President of the Con federacy. The fact of his conscious ness that he was engaged in a strus gle, the success of which, he felt to Dc | impossible, makes his great career. as inc Columbus paper says, the most nobly pathetic in the world-tragedy of war" General Lee in letter te l his son, tells him that duty l is the most sublime word IT the English language" Thus ht stood to his command, with the thun, der of war in his ears, and the rec hot shot, like lightning, revealing the shade of gloom spreading all too fast upon. his beloved Southland. The | Christian soldier knew that Iris mans bold task, the generous strifes to try but in the hands of God, is Victory. And so may generations yet to come
 ever keep htg memory green
 A soul as full of worth, as void oi pride,
 Which nothing seeks to show or needs to hide:
 Which nor quill, nor fear, it's caution owes,
 And boasts a warmth from no pas sion flows.
 A face untaught to feign; Judging s eye,
 That darts severe upon a rising He l And strikes a blush through frontlesi flattery;
 All this thou were; and being thii before,
 Know, kings and fortune cannot make thee more.
 Proper Courtesy.
 Birmingham Ledger.
 Judge Jones says it would be inde-