The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03

The following poem was written by Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle for the Semmes Centenary and seems to have been used generally.
 THE DREAM OF THE ALABAMA. What spirit stirs meath her sunless keel,
 And wakes in her silent shrouds-- Oh, hearts of oak with the grip of
 steel?
 Or was it the passing clouds' She has lain 50 long by foreign shors
 with never a watch on deck: With her sunken bells sounding o'er
 and OCT.
 To the dead men in her wreck And the tides sweep over her mizen
 mast
 Through the sails that the channel.
 iaved.
 And the seaweed ciings to the thing
 of the past.
 Where the stars and bars once
 waved.
 But Hearts of Oak with the grip of
 steel.
 Wherever ve are what reck? For the spirit of chivairy stirs the keel
 <Auu tuc ad&EtSt NpN -. Full twenty fathoms below she lies:
 But she wakes tonight from the
 dead:
 Through her ghostiy rigging the night wind files
 Or was if cloud that sped? Yea. come from your graves. ye tars
 that have shared
 Her glory. her anguish. her paip! For the mystical moment of time Is barred
 And she sweeps the ocean again. Nor port. nor harbor, nor home is hers,
 As she breaks from her silent lair;
 South stirs. For the spirit of semmes is there. Yea. corsair or viking. pirate or king7 Let History, answerfng, speak! For out of the years shail her record ring.
 While honor stands at her peak The day breaks soon. and the night winds sleep. And the moon goes down. blood red; The mists of the years have yelled the deep.
 And shrouded the deathiess dead. For the night ts done. and the mellow.
 Of the past breathes out its tone; 1 But the truth of history holds its page, ] Though the sea takes back it's ownl | After the summer vacation the vir- l ginia Clay Chapter of U. D. c. met in l the parlors of the Huntsville Hotel l Sept 9th, 1909. Mrs. 4. W. Newson | e. u(av ae,,H After the transaction of much ror- tine business. a motion was made and carried to donate ten dollars to the Agnes Lee Chapter of the Children os the confederacy.
 Mrs. A. W. Newson said she heartily endorsed this action as the children were organized late in the spring and ren had spent the summer out of town, They really had no opportunity to raise this fund. however. She felt sure they would take care of themselves in the future.
 The matter of chapter members se- curing registration was discussed Mrs. Allison spoke of the difficulties attended this. The president. Mrs. Newson. comDlfmented Mrs. Allison on the good work done. stating there were now seventy-three members duly reg istered. Mrs. Allison was asked to con- tinue her efforts and try to secure reg istration for the other thirty members The work of Mrs E. W. Christian as State Registrar was highly commend ed. Delegates were then chosen for the general U. D. c. convention to meet in Houston. Texas october 18th. The following were elected: Mrs A. W. Newson Mrs. R. c. Bruckell. Mrs. M. F. Strong, and Mrs. T. W Williams. delegates Misses Edna c Rodgers. Floyd Strong and Bessie Newson. aJ- ternates.
 The Recording Secretary reported tho '. D. c. stationery recently received. satisfactory. Mrs. Newson stated that she could not accept the presidency again. She called for a yearly report from all officers at the October meet Ing at which time the election of of- ficers would be held. Mrs Newson ex- tended an invitation to the chapter to hold their next meeting at Oak Lawn with her.
 To theAlabama Division U. D. C.
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