The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-01
GENERAL GORDON
| AND HIS VETO.
SAYS There Can Be No Successor to
Miss Davis.
TENNESSEE FOR MISS HILL,
The Question to Come Up at the Meet
ing oftho Daughters in Petersburg
aud IL is Thought that there
May be Lively Discussion.
TENNESSEE FOR MISS HILL


con. Grand Commander Of tho United
Confederate Veterans. that there can De
20 other Daughtcr of The Confcderacy as
Miss Winnie Davis successor ADDS al-
other complication t0 the somewhat mud
uled controversy on the subject MISS
Lucy Lee Hin daughter Of General 4.
=. Hll has already accepted the tue,
and many concentrations have been sent
10 her from many parts OF inc country.
General Gordon is quoted as saying that
Miss Winnie Davis was hy reason or the
circumstances of her birth the only wo-
man who could truly represent the Con-
iedcracy in the sense in which she ola.
During the controversy which has been
taken up b. the newspapers FAR and wide
ONE interesting features have developed
A CHICAGO GIRL.
The Ohicaeo Chronicle of Thursday
ontaired two-column picture OF Miss
iill and column article about her as the
uccoSsor OF Miss Davis. The writer
avs among other things
In the death of Miss Winnie Y. Davis
. title Of Daughter OF tho Confederacy'
ls upon Chicago girl Miss Lucy Lee
10 OF i0l Lincoln Park boulevard and a
aughter Of Lleutcnant-Goneral a. p.
iIl ~ the Confederate army killed In
kae civil war. is the logical successor TO
y ss Davis. For years she has been held
affection hy veterans az the South, Who
~ gard her as a worthy successor 10 the
Bcef-feced Daughter or theConfcder-
\ cys president I'm life The strongest
-Isndship existed between the two young
q women.
Both we're born I'm tho heart ~ the
0oufederacv. The booming Of hostile
) guns roared around their infant cradles
4 In the city Of Richmond their nursery
was the armed camp. their playthings the
|. trinkets bestowed upon them by soldiers.
Both We're born within "a few months Of
8 each other 10 ives Miss Davis happ-
81 ness 20 comfort the declining DAYS of her
atner bur long before Miss HU could
81 tsp the name ~ father Dc Hdd been
sf'aid I'm q soldiers grave
MARTIAL FAME OFsaFATHTR.
"Iieutenant-Gcneral Huls valor gained
for him @ place IN thc page OF history
among the great $50 diers of the Com
fcderacy When peace was near at hand.
and the men of the Grav were making /
their last night in Virginia. General nm !
foii 40 Petersburg. ON her mothers side |
Mss Hl inncrits martial fame. Her |
mother with whom She now lives was /
Kitty Morgan. one of the famous ante |
hellum beauties Of the South. Mrs HITS 1
brother. General John ID. Morgan. gained |
fame In Southern war annals as the lead /
or Of M0rg4ns "lailers" An aunt of /
Miss Tin is The wife of General Basil /
Duke. of Kentucky. Shortly after Gen.
erai INNS death Mrs fu removed from /
Virginia ga Lexington kanfi-crv whore
Miss Lucy was reared and educated.
When the state was called upon to
name member OF tho Board of Lady |
,,eefti0r the rye,t,,,f-,. ,,,,r,t.sio.r.rs az
i-... s..s.etr,-, ~ r,9ta,,,r ror, Russali
Brown NAMED Miss MN gbo became
social fsvori+e 4roonv fnr women cone I
r..fef v.ith clio o,n,efti,., and whom bor
drIies were ended 600 sfron, WAS brr af-
tachrncrt for CHICAGO baf she took up
her residence hero a ,aa, en- Sine wa.
Appointed 10 a. position in Tho office of
ffa CIV Civil Service Commission
LOVE FOR TUr sOr-TU
Miss Hm IL. az medium HEIGHT and a
true typo Of tho Southern blonde She is
modest ana retiring and slriuks from The
prominence Fro which She SIS now being
brought But She loves tho South and IT'S
memories Never obtrusive in express
higher sentiments according fhe great
esl Ioerahty io iAe opinions of Others
she insists upon equal respect Tor her
own opinions. but with senteness.
rom an over me SCUM comes 'he
recognition Of Miss iill "s tne success
sor OF Miss DAVIS. fol many years MISS
lilll has been iht 1901 oi tine men OF me
Array @. Northern virginia ana no re-
union or ineirs is complete without the
presence of the child OF tncir command /
ar. born amid the dim Of contcnding
armies THE only ornament that Miss
Hiu wears. and she wears 10 always. Us
confederate badge Ii is OF gold show
ing the stars ana hatS OF me southland
i.' ','I7 'ei'@ '..hlo'-Ns sou 4h lle cross
ca o'a- paI'- ~ D. suspended from
C. raet-i oi boi" PA" lN. parity lhciostd