The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-27
CITY TO PAUSE IN MEMORIAM Tribute to Memory of Dead Admiral EXERCISES AT THE GRAVE Patriotic Organizations Haye( harge Ot ihe Program. Paintin. win He Presented To the
 Girls High school, Gift os
 Mobile Woman. This Msrniss.

Exercises In commemoratfon of the tooth anniversary of the birth of Ad.
 niral Raphael Semmss will bs held al the Grand Tneater thus lnorninK at Il ociock.
 Local chapters of the various organ. izations or the Southern Confedsrac, Will participate in the celebration. In addition to the exercises at tht | theater, a feature incident to the ceie. bratlon will be the presentation or | portrait Of Admiral Senimes by Mrs Electra Semmes Coistoh, of Mobile. tc l the Girls High School. at o'clock this morning The speech of presentat.o or will be made by sajor W. W. Screws. Miss E. Nj. Bullock. principal of the Girls High School, will receive 1t. The following program will be car ried out at the theater:
 Call to order. The presiding officer
 Dr. Thomas M. Owen. Director of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History. Montgomery. Invocation, Rev. Edward Ellebre Cobbs. rector of St. Johns Protestant Episcopal Church, Montgomery.
 Introductory remarks. The presiding officer.
 Song "Dixie,," by selected echoir of students from the Barnes School. Mont- gomery.
 Oration. Captain Fred s. Ferguson Past Commander of the Alabama Di- vision. United Confederate Veterans Birmingham.
 Selection. The band. Recitation--"The Dream of the Ala bama"-a poem written by Mrs. Vir- ginia Frazer Boyle. Poet Laureate uf the Confederate Southern Memorial Association. Miss Julia Taylor. Mont. gomery.
 Ss~ q Quartette. Pianist. Professor Thomas c. Galloway, Montgomery Address. General John w. A. San ford, Brigadier-General commanding
 1st Brigade. Alabama Division, United Confederate Veterans. Placing of wreaths on portrait oi Admiral Semmes. Thirteen girls, rep.
 resenting the J. E. B. Stuart and the
 Winnie Davis Chapters, Children of the Confederacy. During this exerciss there will be medley of Confederate selections by the band. Benediction. The Rev. A. F. Dix, Chaplain Camp Lomax, United Confed. crate Veterans. Montgomery.
 The joint committee in charge of ar Irangements Is:
 pr. Thomas M. owen. chairman.
 Blount F. Davidson. secretary.
 Mrs. J. C. Lee, vice president for Alabama of the Confederated South ern Memorial Association.
 Mrs. Mary A Arlington Ladies Memorial Association of Montgomery. Mrs. John ". A. Sanford, White House Association of Alabama.
 Mrs. John A. Kirkpatrick. Sophie Bibb Chapter. U. D. c.
 Mrs. Cad. H. Beaie. Cradle of the IConfederacy Chapter, U. D. c.
 Mrs. J. A. Reeves. Secession Chapter, IU. D. C.
 Mrs. L. S. McKerall. Dixie Chapter. u. D. c.
 Mrs. E. R. Holt. J. E. B. Stuart Chapter. Children of the Confectionery.
 Mrs. Thomas F. Stephens. Winnie Davis Chapter Children of the Confed- eracy.
 Morgan S. Gilmer, Camp Lomax. U. C. V.
 Judge John Purifoy. Camp Jeff Faik- ner, U. c. V.
 John A. Fillmore, Camp Holtzclaw. U. S. c. V.
 Miss Mary Burnett the "Yaller Hammers"
 In addition to the joint committee special committees have co-operated in the preparation for the exercises They are:
 Committee on Program--Mrs. J. c Lee, chairman; Mrs. J. A. Reeves. Mrs w. W. Screws. Mrs. Thomas M. Owen Mrs. A. E. Bowling, Mrs. Wilsie L. Durr, John A. ElmoTe. Maj. A. c. Sex on, Judge Wm. B. Thomas.
 Committee on Schools-Mrs. J. A. Kirkpatrick. chairman; Mrs. William A. Gayle. Mrs. Frank Stollenwerk. Mrs. John w A. Sanford. Mrs. J. Y. Brame, Mrs. T. H. Mabson. Capt. Wm B. Jones. William c. Fuller, W. Hard wick Ruth.
 Committee on Place--Mrs. Cad. H. Beale, chairman: Mrs Jesse Lamar, Mrs. Alfred Betha, Mrs. Lewis Cobbs. Mrs. Frank P. Chaffee, Mrs. Emmett Siebels. Judge John B. Fuller.
 Committee on Decoration-Mrs. Mary A Arlington, chairman; Miss Toccoa Cozart. Mrs. George Raoul. Mrs. E. R. Holt, Mrs. Thomas F. Stephens. Mrs. J. E. Andrews. Col. Paul Sanguinetti,
 Committee on Invitation-Mrs. L. s. chairman; Miss Mary H. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Mary " Gessner. Mrs. E. M. Trimble, Mrs. Clifford A. Lanier, Mrs. Frank H. Fillmore, Cad. H. Beale. Capt. Will T. Sheehan.
 Committee on Music--Mrs. J. A. Reeves. chairman; Mrs George H. Mo Combs, Mrs. Mary Phelan Watt, Miss Olivia c. Arlington, Mrs. Belle Allen Ross, Miss Bettie Bell, Col. Bent. M Marshall King.
 Committee on Finance-GeorKe W. Halls, chairman; Morgan s. Gilmer, John Purifoy, C. L. Ruth, B. A Tay- Tor, John A. Fillmore, Blount F. David son.