The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10
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 ury. There are many of them proud, and their real necessities are not known. The weary days before them are so very few now, could we not seek them out and brighten these last Christmas even ings? The time has come when we must have central relief fund for needy Con- federate veterans everywhere in Ala hama. It is our duty and the need of the hour. Here is Birmingham few days pass that we are not called on for help by helpless veterans The camps or vet erans see the need, and are loking 10 us to provide Arrangements are on loot to perfect a central relief fund.- All chap- ters in the state are earnestly begged 10 send something toward this fund to our treasurer. Mrs. I. H. Crenshaw, stating it is for this specific purpose. The chap terss in Jefferson county will immediately begin to provide for this relief fund, which will be sent to the Alabama di- vision treasurer. who will return the same to a committee of veterans ap pointed to receive it and distribute to the most destitute and the most urgent cases of this district. The contributions given to this fund by other chapters in the state, say, for example, Mobie will be distributed in the same way by their local camps, who are not only more con versant with the needs. but also better qualified to know who are deserving this help than the daughters themselves. Let every chapter do something for this fund and help in this systematic way, counting it a happy privilege to alleviate suffering of the men in gray during this Christmas tide.
 The next consideration at this time is the saleo of Confederate seals. Surely there iseno need to tell the Alabama ,-gf ifs x1rhv ic Alabama should do more toward this sale than any other state-yet Virginia and our sister state of Georgia are away ahead of us. Remember the lofty ideals of our departed daughter, Mrs. Edgar James of Florence, whose design this seal is; remember the Alabama soldiers who sleep their last sleep by the quiet Po- tomac; remember the green mound in Arlington with never a word in that wonderful city to tell our wonderful story; remember that this monument IS to be one of the most beautiful in all the world. Some day we shall be very proud that. an il1ustrious Alabama soldier was at the head of this tribute to our southern soldiers, that an Alabama wom- an led the forces to victory which made iI U. D. c. work that an Alabama wom- an is the able secretary of the Arlington association at Washington; that an Ala bama man is the treasurer, and that an Alabama woman designed the Deautlrul seal which will be sold before Christmas in every division of the U. D. c.
 Next year at our annual convention at Washington the corner stone of that monument will be laid with imposing cer- emonies. Let us not be ashamed of Ala bama's gift toward this monument as it is read out that day.
 There is no animosity in this monu- ment, let no one believe it. The United States government gave us this Confed- crate section in Arlington and beautified 1t. The northern soldier loves his coun- try; he, too, is proud of what the south did, and he desires the great world re- volving about Washington to know that he had foemen worthy of his steel. And when some people who do not know our works tell you we are flaming the flick ering flame, and that we are doing wrong to record the glorious deeds of your fathers, tell them it is not true, and cite them to the fact that many of our most appreciative buyers of the Confederate seals last year were men who wore the blue. Here in Birmingham these seals can be found at any time at Patton Pope's and at Norton's drug stores, and in the book department Of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb.
 3qA MRS. CHAPPELL CORY.