The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
National Directory.

presfdent-General - MIs. CVtneA.e
 First Vice dent-Generai--Mrs Martin s Willard. Wilmington. \. S John P. Poe. Baltimore. Md. ,
 Third Vice President t-General--Mrs l.. c. Hall. ,DardaneIis, Ark. xs Anasss mssSsdips R nowdeia. ssef.A' sOs Avenue A,
 Corresponding Secretary -Gensralt.-- Mrs. R. C. Cooley. sss E. Forsyth St.
 Trea surer-General--Mrs L. Eustace Williams, Anchorage. Ky. ,
 Registrar r-General-Mrs. Sanss Can't, Jefferson City, Mo.
 Historian-G n-General-Mrs Enders hop inson. 113 Third Street South. Hich-
 custodian Cross of Honor-Mrs l. H, Kaines, 40s Dufry Street. East sa' pannah. Ga.
 Alabama state Divisiss;;
 Honorary President--MTs SAS Clay -Ciopton, Huntsville. ..,
 President-Mrs. B. 5. Ross. Auburn I First ce-President--Mrs. A' w. Second Vice-President--Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce, Tuscaioosa.
 Recording Secretary--Mrs. L. A.
 rISs; cosrespondins sraas sssecre,arysrs Blob
 Treasurer--asrs. L. M. Bashinsky. Troy. r.
 Rsgislrar--Mrs. E. w. Christian. Mo. bile. Ronntr.e Birminsham; ,u4,h ro,,a.
 Chapiain--Mrs. F. $. Weno. ia'ia-
 Editor in -chief--Mrs. B. B. Ross. Historical Editor---Mrs. Alberta Tay- E ior, Huntsville
 Associate Editor-Miss Toccoa Co., 'Eart. Ill Monlton street, Montgomery r. BE A wOMAN.
 = Be 4 woman-brightest model -s5..', Of that high. and perfect beauty
 Where the mind and soul and body
 Blend to work out life's great duty. = Be woman-naught IS higher On the gilded list of fame: On the catalogue of virtues There no brighter. holier name
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 Owing to illness of the assistant edi- ; tor. there was no column last Sun day.
 Very interesting data has come in !. "thick and fast" concerning the R. E. D Lee Scholarship which the children of tablished at the Polytechnic. and all the chapter will read with pleasure Mrs. PickenS report. owing to una voidable absence, the president of Ala Div, Mrs. B. B. Ross was deprived of the pleasure of presiding at so im- portant a function. She however, sent the following telegram.
 ITO Mrs Mary G. Pickens.
 Care of pr. c. c. Tbach, Auburn Ala.
 Congratulations to Children of Con federacy of Alabama upon success or their efforts in this commenorating the South's greatest chieftain.
 Ms. B. B. Ross f President of Ala. Div, U. D. c. Ashe- vile N. C."
 - Mrs. Pickens arrived in Auburn on the afternoon train on Tuesday and was !. met by a committee comprising Mrs. c. c. Thach, Mrs. Clements and Miss Reese. She was the guest of pr. and Mrs Thach while there.
 The local chapter of the Children Of the Confederacy George P. Harrison is under the presidency of Miss Ma ~ : Reese, while over the Raphel Semmes ' Chapter of the U. D. c. Mrs Clements . The presentation of this scholarship to the son of the late Col. Jeff Falkner ; is of keen interest to the Ala D4xisi on and the veterans as we'll, for all hold him in loving memory for his noble work for Alabama veterans at Noun tain Creek.
 When all patroiotic business was com mpleted the cieizens of Auburn de- lighted to honor Mrs. Pic.Iens with many social courtesies A brilliant re- ception was rendered her at the home of Mrs. A. L. billiard where the decora- lions were the abundant flowers of our Southland, and the red Ad white of the -e eConfederacy. Ices were served by the young girls forming the Harrison , Chapter" of Children of the Confederacy
 List of contributions and Mrs. Mary 'Pickens presentation of the R E. Lee Scholarship found at Auburn Feb l5th. S"Thfs occasion Is full of pleasure to me. and cannot express the pride and honor feel in representing the Child sheine the bearer of the fruits Of their bin gthe bearer of the fruits of their , labor-twelve hundred and fifty dollars Ito endow this Memorial Scholarship to our great General Robert ff. Lee; a memorial while honoring him, VIII for all time be giving ald and plea .s,re to some worthy Confederate de- scendent. .r Less than four years ago l proposed to the Chil1ren of the Confederacy through their Directors to concentrate their work and establish this Scnolar- ship at Auburn, and, that they respond ed most heartily and nave worked faithfully and successfully under thelr ,splendid Directors, is needless to say. The seed was sown in hearts loyal and true. and the labor has been sweet tc them though hard sometimes and the gathering in is like the harvesting Of sweet flowers, whose seed once sown will bloom every year to brighten and give pleasure to some one.
 now place in the hands of pr. c. c. Thach, President of the Alabama Poly technic Institute, and his Committee, . tewlve hundred and fifty dollars, given Inv the Children of the Confederacy of Alabama for the endowment of this scholarship. This fund Is to be held in trust by the Alabama Polytechnic institute whose guarantee Is given for One Hundred dollars year for all
 This hundred dollars to be known as the R E. Lee Memorial Scholarship of the Children of the Coufederacy of Ala hama. ia to be given each year through Inc President of the Alabama Polv- tecbnic Institute. to the boy or girl seiected as the beneficiary by the Child ren of the Confederacy and their Di- ractors and their U. D. c. State Presi- dent
 give below a list of every con E tribution and pledge to this fund. With heart-felt and loving thanks to each child of the Confederacy and their Di- rectors to whose efforts the crown of success is mostly due, and to every one who has contributed and aided me in the work. our State Pres ident Mrs, J. M. Thompson, Mrs. Charles n Brown. and Mrs. B. Ross. lam INaath F,n1I 1Iwr