The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-18
Tells 6. A. R. We Ignore
the Flag.
NOT ALLOWED OVER .v.-~-l.S
Northern Audience Hears Sufprisine
Transformation.
Declares Southern Women Are stin
Rebels And That Old soldiers
of This Section Are More
Kindly.


ny LORENZO y. Woodbury..
Chicago. I'LL, July 17-(Spccial)-A
Startling charges were laid before the
Southside Association OF q. A. n this
afternoon, when Mrs. Myrtle. MCGOWAN.
National Patriotic Instructor of the
women's Relief Corps. stated TO the
Veterans at a picnic held In jackson
Park that there were many schools In
the Souts where the American flag
IL not allowed to fly over the public
schools.
She said that she had but Just re-
turned from a trip to Andersonviiie,
and that the principal Of the school
at Bainbridge. Ga, had not only re-
fused the gift of flag for his school
but had vehemently declared that not
so long as should he ever be prtn-
cipal of the school would he allow
the stars and stripes to be flown from
the school mast.
But this IL not the only school In
the South that has refused to lily the
American flag" declared MRS. BIC
Gowan. Thine and again we have Of
fered flags to the schools In the South
ern States and have been told that our
fiaKA were not wanted. that their
schools did. not use flags.
"As It is my official duty to pro-
mote patriotic education. OF course y
came in my province to inquire Into
these things. You would be surprised
at the hostile spirit felt toward the
North in some of their hot blood
Southern Districts. must confess
that this unkind feeling Is felt more
among the women than Il 10 among
even the old Confederate Veterans
themselves. These old veterans have
passed upon OLD scores and are true ana
loyal citizens 1t IL the daughters
and grand daughters OF these veterans
who stir up things and hold resent
msnt still agains the North.
That wirs statue.
"This was recently nantfestsd ~
the unwilling OF Q statue. OF Wnk. W.
butcher, who was execursd
by order Of the Governor OF his own
state for his inhuman treatment %
American prisoners In the norrapFs
"The veterans and many Of the best
cftfzens OF the south have been shoes
Cd and grieved It the work 0L ines
women. who were rseponsibie xor 49,
unveilin8 o. that statute 49,
AWheh wa went down there - rsfr
yasentatiyes OF the North we reoetxtd
threats from these women that = Gus
trains were not blown up sky-hikh, tAeg
would tear away the tracks. 20 49,
we would have to walk 49,
az have also been looking over some
school books they are using aown
there, Among other things have
found a great many new incidents g
American history that never nha
heard OF before. These peculiar hiss
tories were found in Houston. Tex.
and 1t was near there ALEC that tney
declared against dying the Arssriean
dag over the schools"
Mrs. MCGOWAN said that she had an
annual fund OF $500 TO be expsndsa
solely for flags. II was In her distrl-
button OF these flags. she SAID. tnat
she had discovered the conditions
which she alleges exist in certain 20
caiities In the South.
She said that in some of the scnools
where she had offered flags, soutneln
courtesy mad In a measure taken ths
place of gruff refusal. This courtesy
she said, did not consist OF poIte7
decline of the offerSof the Womens re-.
lief Corps, but simply in Ignoring tne
communication addressed to the board.
II had been her experience, she saia,5
that when no reply was received 70 tne
letters sent out by her department the
school board to whom the letters nso
been addressed, simply did not want the
fiaEs and trusted that neglect OF an
answer would end the matter.