Barbour County AlArchives News.....Eufaula Library Given Historic Confederate Poster by Miss Annie Kendrick Walker, daughter of Captain John A. Walker November 1, 1924
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The Atlanta Constitution November 1, 1924
The Atlanta Constitution
Saturday, November 1, 1924
Page Two

Eufaula Library Given Historic Poster of Meet For Confederate Cause

Eufaula, Ala., October 31, (Special)

An interesting relic, a framed circular calling men of Barbour county to a 
meeting in Clayton in the cause of the Confederacy, 64 years ago was presented 
to the Carnegie library of Eufaula this week by Miss Annie Kendrick Walker, of 
New York who was here on a visit to her old home.  The poster had been kept 
all of these years by her mother, who died last year and was the widow of a 
gallant Confederate, Captain John A. Walker.  Miss Walker herself was for many 
years a well-known writer for a Birmingham newspaper.

The gift is on display at a local jewelry store, and is attracting much 
attention. Couched in words ringing with patriotic fervor such as "Shall we be 
led by the Abolitionists?"  "Close your business houses, leave your plows in 
the field and come" - it is signed by a large number of men, whose names are 
identified with Barbour county and Alabama history.  The name of John Gill 
Shorter,governor of Alabama from 1861-63, heads the list.  The poster was 
printed in 1860.


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