The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03

reoufsite for the Alabama window, thanks to Mrs Tardy's energy and mana cement. had all been raised, and that the window would be put in dur. ing the summer. This. however. was not allowing enough time for neccs- sary arrangements. apparently. for there is, as yet, no Alabama window. are already Tn place. Three more are to be put in this fall and the rest will come fin time. There was scarcely a Southern State whose sons did not fall thickly in one or more battles which were fought around Petersburg and their bodies lie buried in the Blan- ford cemetery, or beautiful exten- sion of 1t. thirty thousand of them: their countless graves extending over an adjoining hillside, their names un- known, their fate unguessed. by the sorrowing ones at home! What pictures were brought to mind of weary walt ing. of months of anxiety and bitter disappointment in the, end! The poor suffering hearts. daily watching and looking for those who could never come to gladden. their lives again! And what of the brave and uncompiaining soldier? Cut off in the midst of life, utterine his last prayer, gasping the name of his loved ones as he fell?
 The idea of the memorial window given by each State seems an excel- lent one. It serves the double pur- pose of a monument to the fallen and the preservation of picturesque his toric church around whose time dim med walls the bloody scenes of two mo- morable wars have been enacted. When took the car in Petersburg and told the conductor where I wished to get of a gentleman sitting near me moved over, and told me that he was the su- perintendent of Blanford cemetery and would conduct me over 1t. Upon our arrival he did SO most courteously. showing me first the church which I entered with great reverence, 1t being such an antinque, as those things so fin America. as well as house of worship and one in which the prayers of great men and women of other generations have been offered up. I examined Its ancient tablets and other landmarks: read the poem inscribed upon its walls by an unknown poet so many years ago. Then I looked for the Confede- rate windows of which, as said, there are only four as yet. that of Texas being conspicuous. Texas, I notice, Is always well to the front in these comA mendable matters.
 was not authorized to choose the position of the one for Alabama, but wish I had been as there Is choice. I hope that those who nake the seiSc- ton will be of my mind about 1t. We have had the description and his- tory of Blanford read in most of our chapter circles when appeals were coming in for funds for the memorial window. so need not speak further of that. It is a sacred spot we'll worth commemorating. Associated with our colonial history. with the Revolution and it's heroes. and the scene of noted Confederate battles. Its walls were rid died with bullets, its turf trampled by the feet of beligerents-thousan of whom found their peace and their last resting place beneath 1t!
 The soldiers cemetery is beautifully located and cared for. and those who visit there will be fortunate If they manage to see MT. Hoag. the superin- | tendent who is thoroughly posted and
 an excellent guide to the grounds and 1 church