The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-12-09

The Annual Convention Held in
AbbCvillG Il Gratifying Success.

hc AUnlial convention hclu
Ahhcrillc Gratifying Success.
The A@oevillc Medium gives an in
tcrcstiug account of the convention of
the State Chapter Of the Daughters Of
tho C0nfCduracy which met w runcsday
in their third annual session, in the
court house at Abbevillc, and the meet.
ing was ~ most pleasant one, the Abbc
vile chapter taking pleasure in doing
everything for the comfort Of the visit
ing daughters.
In tho absence Of Mrs. Ellison Capcrs,
who is the State President, Mrs. w.
{. MCGOWAN, the lst vice president,
presided.
The meeting was called to order at
eleven o'clock ard Hon. w. G. Me
Gowan madc the speech Of welcome for
the city and the chapter. Rev. De.
Cnl;0n made Il short earnest prayer
and then the meeting was ready for
business. The report Of the last meet
ing OF the State Chapter was read by
Mrs. Sallic t.hNorc Taylor and adopted
after which the usual routine business
OF the meeting was gone through with.
Reports OF the different chapters were
read and from these it seems that in
point OF membership Abbcvillc stands
third. Charleston and Columbia coming
first
Mrs. McGowan read the report Of
Mrs. Capcrs in which she sent greet
ingS and regrets that she could not be
present. The report dealt with par
lisan school books now used and con
talncd some @! the reviews OF Goldwin
Smiths History by an "ex-confrd
crate The history must be most
abOminab.c one. Mrs. Capcrs also had
something TO say about the monument
"hlch the veterans propose to erect to
the women Of the Confedcracy. At
the end Of her report Mrs. Capers re-
signed AS Presidcn. Of the Chaptcr.
Mrs. ~. i. Smythc as chairman OF
the auditing committee reported So
in the treasury.
Rock Hlli's report was mulc by Mrs.
Hugh l5. Buist who is Il woman famous
for her executive ability. She re-
ported only il small chapter beca .sc it
i 50 youn". The chapter here is uirer-
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
ny by resolution from Ms. Smytuc
| The discussion WAS one Of some length
and the question is still open as no
| decision was arrived at. Mrs. Smythe
thinks that no stone or brass monu-
mcrt should be erected to the memory
| OF the Confederate women as self abnc.
| CATION WAS more the wutcE-woru Of
| those days. Discussion was invited and
Mrs. Franz Is. Gary and Miss Alicia
! Hayne. AS preSentativcS 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. Buist, NJ lss
De Lormc, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Taylor,
Mrs. Evans and Miss Ucmphill were
the others who took pnrt in the dis
cusSiUn. The conScnSuR Of opinion is
against the mOlumcnt.
| During the discussion Of school his
! tories. each chapter was asked to sec
! the Legislators from thcir:countics per-
| SOnally and request them to look well
after the interest OF the South in this;
matter, at the next legislature. Last
year the General Assembly was memo.
rializad by the State Cnapt1r and Mrs.
Hugh B. BuiSt 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.
ibis with some minor business maGG
up the program OF the morning. At
|
ladies to u lunch at the home OF NJ les
Mamie Lon Smith. This was u most
delightful affair and greatly enjoyed
The Smiths have lovely home aLJ
the rooms were prcttily decorated
with palms and house ants 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 Oliccrs for tho ensuing year was the
NEST important feature. Mrs Capers
resigned the presidency, and Mrs. w.
G. McGownn was unanimously elected
president. Other officers elected arc
First vice pre- Csdcnt, Mrs. II. b. BUST,
of Rock Iiill; second vice PRESIDENT
Mrs. g. II. Holmes, Of Charleston
third vice president. Mrs. james
Evans, OF Florence fourth vice prcsi,
dent, Mrs. Nandivcr, of Anderson
secretary, Mrs. Thomas Taylor. OF
Columbia: treasurer, Mrs. ;5. T.. Dur
nam, OF Marion. In response to an in-
vitatiOn from the Grcenvillc Daugh.
tcrs, made by Mrs. w. II. Williams, OF
that city the State Convention decided
to meet in Grcenvillc next year. The
convention closed sine die.
Az night very interesting lecture
was heard from Col. Leroy f.. You
mans, of Columbia. n good crowd was
present and the singing arranged for
the evening was exceedingly fine.
Mrs. Kennedy, OF Grccnvillc, had
charge Of the stage grouping. The
young ladies were swcetly dressed in
white, with broad red sashcs across
their shoulders, each carrying II blue
Nag with ''singlc star" Miss Mamie
Lee stood in the centor of the stage,
holding large palmetto flag while on
each side s.ood Misses Fiordc and
| Willie Calhoun, holding crosswisc two
smaller flags while kncoling down were
the two little MCGOWAN boys, holding
| ilags also.
II. r. IIcmphill was called on to in.
| troduce the speaker and he did SO
bRRlly. Gen. Youmans spoke for an
hour and the constant applause show
ed that what he had to say was apprc-
ciated. After the speech there was