The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
DAUGHTERS READY
FOR DIME TAG DAY
Special Day Is Set Aside At
Fair
BUILD GREAT MONUMENT
Will Be Placed in Arlington in Mem
Dry of Confederate Dead-Rules
Prepared to Govern Tag
Day Workers.
BUILD GREAT MONUMENT

ters of the Confederacy of Jefferson coun-
ty was held yesterday morning at II
o'clock, which was largely attended.
Mrs Chappell Cory, chairman, presided
and Mrs J. s. White was made secre-
tary. Plans were made for the Tag Day
at the State Fair.
A letter from Mrs. Richard Johnson,
general chairman Of place and distribu-
ton, was read. asking the chapter chair
men to have young ladies enough posi-
lively promised for all available places
and report at meeting at the Hillman
hotel on the morning Of october L at
II o'clock
1t was decided that at each place where
ladies are stationed a Confederate vet
eran shall stand with them. Various
committees were also named, which will
be published later. The following rules
were unanimously adopted:
81. That the official name of the day
so generously conceded by the State Fair
association to the United Daughters or
the Confederacy be designated as Con-
federate Dime Day.
SO. That badges shall consist of ribbon,
Confederate gray in color, upon which
shall be printed in red letters the words
Contributor to Arlington Monument
e3. That each and every young lady
who sells these badges shall ask for only
dime, she will not refuse a smaller or
larger donation should it be proffered,
and under no circumstances must she
sell more than one badge to a purchaser.
bn "
ribbon with Contributor to Arlington
Monument thereon, may not only feel
proud of his assistance to this cause, but
perfectly happy to go his way scot free.
COMMITTEES on place and distribution
will see that each chapter is represented
by an equal number of ladies', one repre-
sentative from each chapter being placed
at each stand.
"As there will be no passes given this
year. it has been thought that it will be
easy to sell season tickets to the fair
grounds, since they admit each holder to
and from the grounds similar TO the
passes of yore A good per cent will be
given the Daughters for all the season
tickets sold and also for Confederate Day
lithcts ~ PRIZE VI Slu Will ne given 10
the chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy selling the most season
tickets
1t was also unanimously decided that
in view of the fact that there is some
misunderstanding as to the origin and
purpose of this movement, that the fol-
lowing facts be given to the public:
Some months ago Col Hilary A. Her
bert, chairman of the executive committee
of Arlington Confederate Monument asso-
citation, issued a circular letter to all the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
throughout the south asking them to Sc
lect Memorial Day to collect funds for
the early completion of the monument at
Arlington. He suggested that the day
be called White Ribbon Day, or something
OF that kind
This letter was officially issued to
every state in the Confederate body. and
was also issued by order of the president
general of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone
Accompanying this was also an official
letter from the corresponding secretary
of the Monument association at Washing
ton, Mrs. Arthur E. johnson, to each state
director, as follows:
BY direction of Mrs Stone president
general of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, and at the instance of Colo
mel Herbert, our local chairman I am
writing to request your earnest co-opera-
ton with all our directors in this plan,
which we hope and believe will at once
raise enough money to complete our mon
ument. Mrs. Stone understands that many
of the daughters have other matters In
view, but as so much can be done by
this united effort and so little will be
expected of every daughter and son, she
does not doubt that all will heartily work
together In this matter
"At a joint meeting of the Daughters
of the Confederacy and Confederate Vet
Grams of Birmingham and vicinity, it
was decided to carry out the plan, select
ing some other day and June Yves sug-
gested. The proper authorities were APP
prised of this decision, and 1t was COM
mended. At the last convention of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Alabama division, it was unanimously de-
cided to observe one such day through
out the state, the selection of the date
to be sert with each local chapter.
'"rhe papers of the state, always gen.
erous, were full of these circular let
tiers, and the plans were published in
almost every daily paper in Alabama.
"Guntersville, Tuscaloosa Sheffield.
Montgomery and other cities have already
had their Confederate Dime Day. The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
would not for the world interfere with
any charity In Birmingham. They have
consulted many prominent business men
and citizens of the city and they feel
with us that no charity OF the community
can suffer injury, however many of our
people shall have contributed the small
sum Of 10 cents, only one time. to so sa-
cred movement as the erection OF a
monument in honor of our Confederate
dead"