Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-04-24
LOCAL u. D. C's.
MAKING DRIVE
FOR MEMORIAL
Is Your Name Written There? Roster
Being Made for Stone Mountain
Memorial

join the children of the Confeder-
acy in making the Stone Mountain
Memorial one for your own Confed-
crate heroes, for his name should be
written on that everlasting roster now
beng gotten up by the Stone Noun
tain Memorial Association with the
help and cooperation of the children
OF the Confederacy, through the Chill
drens' Founders roll Every child of
the south under eighteen years of age
can have his or her name placed in
that great book, which will be
kept for all time as a record of their
love and admiration of the heroes of
the Confederacy and the principles for
which they fought and died.
lhe local chapter of the Daughters
OF the Confederacy are making a final
drive this week to enlist every child
IN Ben Hill County in this laudable
Memorial and it is hoped that every
one who can, will send one dollar to
the committee of ladies in charge of
this undertaking.
Each child making a contribution
will receive bronze medal, design
ed by the Sculptor Gutzon Borg1unl.
as an evidence that she or he is one
of. the founders Of this greet
memorial. When the book is COM
plete each contributor will also re-
| celve certificate, stating just on
which page and which line their nam
es appear and the name of the Con-
| tederate soldier selected by them for
this undying record of the old South.
Will you not help to secure the
enrolment of the children in such ov-
erwhelming numbers as to demons
trate to the world at large (and to
the veterans of the Confederacy in
particularly that the children of the
South have not forgotten the history
of the sixties and that their love and
devotion belongs to the heroes of the
Lost Cause?
| The Book of Memory will be the
greatest volume that the world has
ever known, not only because it will
lnclose the sentiment of peoples
heart, carried down to generation aft
er generation, but because in actual
size it will be the largest volume ever
made. 1t will be volume of the heart
and memory, the beautiful token of
the love of little children for the men
who wore the grey 1t will perpetu-
ate from age to age the memory of
the men who fought, bled and died
Tor truth, honor and Anglo-Saxon civ
ilization. 1t will be the link that binds
the heores of the past to the children
OF today-to the hero-worshipping
children of all ages and all nations.
From all countries of the globe will
come the pilgrims Of mankind who
reverence courage and honor, noble
and heroic sacrifice; and their eyes
VIII lind the names of the children in
the children's Book of Memory.
t. And think of this Those enrolled
IN that great book will have achieved
the miracle of eternal youth-at least
within its pages. Always it will be
the children's book and those whose
names appear therein will be lowered
: with Peter Pans immortal gift of child
hood. And later, when Age has grey
ed their hair and dimmed their eyes,
they will come back across life's Bit
ter years to find themselves children
still in the Book of Memory
:, Every child covets the privilege of
t such an enrolment and not a name
should be omitted. Will you join with
the Association in making success
of this Memorial Day enrolment of
the children?
In sending in the names write each
name plainly. Give child's age, name
of parents, complete address, name of
Confederate soldier to be memorializ-
ed and state what kin the soldier is.
Application blanks may be had by
applying 10 the u. D. C's. of this
city or to the committee in charge.
Mrs. w. H. Lasster, Chairman.
Mrs. ]. A. Dorminey.
Mrs. w. E. Halle.
Mrs. H. NJ Warren.