The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-04
AN HONORABLE SOCIETY.
The Daughters of the Confederacy in
Nashville This Week,

Nashville This Week.
The Daughters of the Confederacy will
hold their first convention at Nashville
this week. Savannah will be represented
by three delegates. 1t is the purpose of
the convention to adopt measures that
will put the society on firm footing. A
badge will be selected and a basis of rep
resentation will be fixed for future CON
ventions. Measures will also be taken to
contine the organization to the south 1t
is not the purpose of its founders that it
shall extend into any state beyond the
south.
The Savannah society was Incorporated
at the June term of the superior court
with II charter members, Anna Daven-
port Raines, Margaret Dickerson Branch,
Mary Appleton, Marie E. Branch, Pa
mela Lamar, Matte Stone Raines, Caro-
Lamar duBignon, Mary Huger, Georgia
Malone, Cynthia NJ. Withers, Cornelia
Jackson Barrow, and Elizabeth Church
Barrow, The society has since increased
its membership to 20.
Membership is acquired only by invita-
ton. The sanction of the membership
committee of twelve is necessary before
any new member is admitted and even
then the qualifications for membership
laid down in the constitution must be
strictly fulfilled. One of the require
ments is, that the member mist be the
mother, sister, daughter or lineal descen-
dant of a confederate soldier: The officers
Of the Savannah society are:
President-Mrs. L. H. Raines.
Vice President-Miss Mary Appleton.
Treasurer-Miss Meta Branch.
Secretary-Mrs. F. G.. duBignon.
The Savannah society is the first or
ganized in Georgia, and will be the
mother society of the state As soon as
possible after the Nashville convention
and the details of the state organization
have been completed the work of estab-
fishing branch societies throughout the
state will begin. These will probably be
designated by letters, the Savannah
society being known as branch A. These.
however, will have to be determined
later on When these details have been
accomplished the real work Of the society
will be undertaken That is the collec-
tion of records and incidents of the con-
federate war, the preservation of the
truth Of its history, the perpetuation of
the memories of the men who lost their
lives In that struggle, and TO lay before
the rising generation an impartial
and just account of their deeds
The particular business it proposes to
carry on is TO collect documents and other
things relative TO the war, to establish a
museum Of relics of published records
ana narratives, engage lecturers, and in
general, TO do what is necessary to put
into lasting form and proper shape. the
scattered memories, narratives and his
torical incidents of the great con fiict.
The society has received from the Con-
federate Veterans Association hand
somely engrossed set Of resolutions and a
letter OF fraternal greeting. The two or
carnations have similar purposes, though
that of the Daughters Of the Confederacy
is If anything more far reaching in its
scope: One Of its special purposes is to
exercise its influence in the selection Of
text books for the public schools to
guard against improper books being in
troduced containing statements that mis-
represent the south and its people.