The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-17
UNITED DAUGHTERS
OF the C0NfEDERkCy
or TIE kNNlVER.
sARN or GEN. LEES BIRTHDAY
ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

ON TUESDAY NIGf '.
The program of thc Daughters of
'hc Cour,dcracy is in preparation for
Tuesday uight. when thc birthday
anniversary of that immortal leader.
Robert T. lee whom l'l the world
.h.nors. NOT So much for his prowcss
us soldier. 1s for tha, hudIiu,ss of
heart which led him to lay the stern
o-r order hc ever ISSUED upon his men
700 regard tu the treatment they were
'o aucuyd those through whose terri
tory the, marched. "lct us see shat T.
our own uflcrurs cause us 10 rc- .
member only that We must 500 tu as
possible. avoid nrlictur similar pun.
i~hmcnt upon our opponents Tha'
sentence should be- written in lcucrs
of fIrr over every barracks
The people of Nrdmoro will hc glad
/ to know that hy request the address
of Mrs Nddiugtou upon the occasion
of The last hcstowal of crosses. will
hc read by Miss lizlic banks The
crosses of honor will bo given 10y the
Daughters 10 those veterans who
have sent in applications. pixie
will be- sung Immediately afterwards
. bloying ms . bcautiDp rocu.
"Thc Little Bronze cross viii ho
read bN Miss Sophie ) Reader, Of
Kansas CITY Othcr selections will
be- gwen. The veterans will have
' their program They are expecting
/, t1 Civ, the audience something worth
remembering
BY request Of the president OF the
local chapter H. ID. G., an earnest call
is issued TO every southern woman in
Ardmorc. i'm Carter county to claim
4, the privilege she iuhcrits 20 become
"a member of the Daughters This
. bond is like unto no other Those
who have formed societies to com.
mcmmatc departed heroes have done
p So in honor to victors We. the de.
4 coudauts of southern soldiers. honor
, those who fought for what men call
a Lost Cause. We do not hold 1t lost.
s. We believe that while there beats a
heart that can feel generous emo
=, tion. IL must stir at the thought Of
the dcathloss devotion Of the ragged.
, starving. bleeding heroes Of the six.
ties Each man or woman In Amerl-
:. ca has a right to his own views in
regard to the political questions. We
., women are not thinking of these
things. We are thinking as We pin
, the little crosses upon the breast of
our poor worn, SCARED, manned
poverty-smitten veterans, of the brave
spirit that fought not for politics, not
for pay. but strove until death ended
the contest for the protection of home
and loved ones from invasion. We
arr thinking of countless graves unon
Nirgiuian hillslopes, Of bones that
bleach in long trenches around Get
tysburg Cf wild rushos into the arms
Of death I'm sunny Tenncssee-a above
all we think OF the remnant that
came hOmo-camc home 10 ashes aut
' ruins TO starvation and penury. And
We think not only of them but oi
our mothers who had fought their
fight at home. of our mothers who
y welcomed the ragged, filthy soldier
" as though he were king; and a Nnl
' he is to us today, the uncrowno,
king who reigns in a few faithful
hearts higher than any monarch eartl
can show, subject only TO his Maste
and ours. So his cause is not lost
not while a Daughter lives TO cherisl
him Women of the south answe
the call of another southern woman
and claim your right to say: "Thi
her of the Cofederacy was IN
father. my grandfather, my ancestor.
BE sure the time will come when you
children will say. How could 20
have that right and not claim 1t
Why there was never such a stor
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