The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-12-07
DAUGHTERS OF CoNFEDRAoY.
Inc Annual Convention Held in
a Gratifying Success.

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AbbeViile a Gratifying C
The ASOeville Medium gives an in
terestlng account of the convention of
the State Chapter Of the Daughters Of
the C~onfederacy which met Wednesday
in their third annual session, in the
court house at Abbeville, and the meet
Ing was q most pleasant one, the Able
vile chapter taking pleasure in doing
everything for the comfort OF the visit
ing daughters.
In b absence OF Mrs. ellison Capers,
who is the State President, Mrs. w.
9. MCGOWAN, the lst vice president,
presided.
The meeting was called to order at
eleven o'clock ard Hon. w. G. Me-
Gowan made the speech Of welcome for
the city and the chapter. Rev. DR..
Clifton made u short earnest prayer
and then the meeting was ready for
business. The report Of the last meet
ing OF the State Chapter vas read by
Mrs. Sallie Gilmore Taylor and adopted
after which the usual routine business
OF the meeting was gone through with.
Reports OF the different chapters were
road and from these it seems that in
point of membership Abbeville stand
third, Charleston and Columbia coming
first.
Mrs. MCGOWAN read the report Of
Mrs. Capers in which she sent greet
ings and regrets that she could not bo
present. The report dealt with par
lisan school books now used and con
tanned some OF the reviews of Goodwin
Smiths History by a. "~ex-confed
crate" The history must be a most
abominab!e one. Mrs. Capers also had
something to say about the monument
whlch the veterans propose to erect to
the women Of the C0nfederacy. At
the end of her report Mrs. Capers re-
signed as President of the Chapter.
Mrs. A. II. Smythe as chairman OF
the auditing committee reported $57
in the treasury.
Eock HIPS report was made by Mrs.
Hugh b. BUST who is a woman famous
for her executive ability. She re-
ported only Il small chapter because it
is so young. The chapter here is offer
ing three gold medals for the best essay
on the civil war. One medal to Win
throp, one to the Boys High School,
and one to the Graded School.
The Woman's Monument was brought
up by q resolution from Mrs. Smythe.
The discussion vas one Of some length
n the question is still open rs no
decision was arrived at. Mrs. Smythe
thinks that no stone or brass monu-
ment should be erected to the memory
OF h Confederate women as self abne.
cation was more the watch-word OF
those days. Discussion was invited aud
Mrs. Frank b. Gary and Miss Alicia
Hayne. as repre- entatives Of the
younger generation, wish to see some
memorial or monument to their moth.
ers. A hospital was talked OF but this
, was objected to as so few people would
= get the benefit of it. Mrs. BUST, Miss
, De Lorme, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Taylor,
Mrs. Evans and Miss Hemphill were
the others who took part in the dis,
cussion. The consensus Of opinion is
, against the monument.
, During the discussion OF school his.
! tories, each chapter was asked to see
the Legislators from their counties per,
> sonally and request them to !ook well
after the interest Of the South in this
= matter, at the next legislature. Last
year the General Assembly was memo
rallied by the State Chapter and Mrs
, Hugh Il. BUST as chairman of that
= committee made an extended report
a resolutions OF thanks was rendered
to Hon. Thomas w. Bacot who so kind.
, ly introduced their bills.
This with some minor business made
, up the program of the morning. IT
the close Mrs, MCGOWAN invited the
ladies to a lunch at the home of Miss
+ Mamie Lou Smith. This was a most
!, delightful affair and greatly enjoyed
The Smiths have a lovely home and
! the rooms were prettily decorated
with palms and house plants and great
bowls Of beautiful roses. The rooms
were softly lighted with many candles
and the guests were received by Mrs.
w. Joel Smith and Miss Mamie Lou
Smith.
AT the afternoon session the election
OF cflicers for the ensuing year was the
most important eature. Mrs Capers
resigned the presidency, and Mrs. w.
Z. McGoWan was unanimously elected
president. Other officers elected are
First vice president, Mrs. H. b. BUST,
OF Rock Hill second vice president,
Mrs. g.. II. Holmes, Of Charleston ;
third vice president. Mrs. James
Evans, of Florence fourth vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Vandiver, of Anderson (;
secretary, Mrs. Thomas Taylor. of
Columbia; treasurer, Mrs. S. T. Dur
ham, OF Marion. In response to an 10.
vltatlon from the Greenville Daugh-
tiers, made by Mrs. w. 81. Williams, Of
that city the State Convention decided
to meet in G~reenville next year. The
convention closed sine die.
AT night a very interesting lecture
was heard from Col. Leroy f.. You
mans, of Columbia. a good crowd was
IO oiuBlhS dIIdDHCu lOT
the evening was exceedingly fine.
Mrs. Kennedy, of Greenviile, had
charge OF the stage grouping. The
young ladies were sweetly dressed In
white, with broad red sashcs across
their shoulders, each carrying a blue
flag with a single star" Miss Mamie
Lee stood in the center OF the stage,
holding a large palmetto flag while on
each side stood Misses FlOride and
Willie Calhoun, holding crosswise two
smaller flags while kneeling down were
the two little MCGOWAN boys, holding
flags also.
II. r. Hemphill was called on to n
troduce the speaker and he did so
briefly. Gen. Youmans spoke for an
hour and the constant applause show
ed that what he had to say was appre-
ciated. After the speech there was a
quartette and Dixie and the meeting
OF eighteen and ninety seven was over.