The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-03-31

THHDAUGHTERSO OF THE CONFED-
ERACY.

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Mrs. Parker's on the Evening of the
18th.
On Friday evening, the Daughters OF
the Confederacy assembled in the hospt-
able home OF Mrs. W s. Parker the pres
ident of the Vance county Chapter. The
handsome parlors were brilliantly
lighted and gracefully decorated with ny
acinths and violets. whose aroma
charmed the senses, while here and there
battle flags and other relics of the Con-
federacy stirred the pulses with the old
time patriotic fires. The organization
seems growing in numbers and strength,
not 'fair women only, but brave men,
being in attendance.
The meeting was called to order by the
president with her usual grace and charm
OF manner Then Mrs. E. q. Davis, the
secretary, with voice ever soft, gentle
and low, IAN excellent thing in woman,'
called the roll and read the minutes OF
the last meeting After this feast OF
good things was presented as follows:
Timrod, His Life and Poems, Mrs.
Pittman.
Uncle Remus and the Telephone, Mrs.
Perry.
The Life and Heroic Death of Col.
Sol Williams, Mrs. Shannon.
Vocal Duet, Mrs. Watkins and Miss
Hufham.
Recollections, Mrs Parham.
Music, Mandolin aud Guitar, MeSsrs.
Horton and Satterwhite.
The Charge ofthe "War Cadets, Capt.
". B. Shaw
Ice cream, cake and fruit elegantly
served.
The United Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy now has one hundred and thirty
eight Chapters, mainly in the seeding
States. There is one in New York City,
one in California, one in West Virginia,
one in Indian Territory, and three in
Maryland. The President is Mrs: Hattie
Cabell Curre. In 1897 Mrs. FitZhugh
Lee was President. Mrs. John P. HEX
man is secretary. President OF the
North Carolina division ia Mrs. W. NJ.
Parsley. Wilmington. President Of
Vance County Chapter is Mrs. Lucy
Gloss Parker; Secretary Mrs Marie Wat
kins Davis.
To aid our needy Confederate veter-
ans; to tenderly care for the widows and
orphans of the Confederacy; to rescue
from oblivion or from any polluting
touch the homes and graves OF our illus
trious dead; to preserve for all time by
monuments and histories the records OF
that war for independence that won the
admiration of world; to see that true
American history is taught in American
schools are the motives which prompted
the organization. The growth has been
phenomenal, 10000 names being now
enrolled.
Applicants for membership will be cor
daily welcomed. M. PARHAM,
Historian Vance County Chapter.
ANOTHERACCOUNT.
From another lady friend second at
count was sent in from which we make
the following extract:
After the usual formal opening of the
meeting by the presiding officer, and
reading OF minutes by thesecretary, Mrs.
Pittman was requested to read a poem
on the life and writings of Henry Timrod.
4 brief mention can convey no idea OF
the beauty of such a reading, the mat
ter was so good, and the manner e1quis-
ite Timrod is so little read that it was
| a revelation to the writer to know more
OF this unappreciated Southern genius
Why do staunch, h:ghly-cultured Caro-
| linans fill their book shelves with the
| works of Whittier, Holmes, Walt Whit
man and their contemporaries, and
make no effort to obtain purer and bet
| ter literature by the men and women OF
| their own section?
Mrs. Perry gave a selection from Joel
| Chandler Harris, ''Uncle Remus at the
| 'phone," and poor, broken hearted,
| Timrod was forgotten for the time, and
all laughed and applauded, and declared
that the later stories Of Uncle Remus
| are better than the first.
| A duet, 81 Know Bank Where the
Wild Thyme Crows between Mrs. Ed
| Watkins and Miss Hufham, was sung
| with much sweetness.
| Mrs. Shannon read a long and thrill.
ing tribute to young Confederate
officer, connection of hers. Col. Sol. Will
lams, who was killed in battle.
Mrs. Parham was charmingly renins.
cent. fav oring her audience with some re-
| fectiOns upon a letter, written near the
close of the civil war by a friend in Mo
bile.
Capt. Shaw read "a Charge of V. NJ.
Cadets at New Market" as written by
Mr.. Otey 1t was touching story O
slender youths bearing themselves like
veterans, and Capt. Shaw told it well
| He was himself "a member of the WaI
Corps OF the Virginia Military Institute
and a participant in that engagement.
The mandolin and guitar music of Mr.
Jno Horton and Mr. Arthur Satterwhitt
was very bright ''Leader of Co. b., ,
"Black America &C., were as much en-
| joyed as reishes at a banquet.
The exercises finished, ice cream, cakes
and fruits were served, Miss Leila Shan
non and Miss Gloss Parker making &
pretty contrast as they handed the has
| kets OF cake.
On adjournlng Miss Lizzie Cheathan
invited the Chapter to hold its next
meeting at her home April 18th.
There are not three cases in a hundred
OF WOman's peculiar diseases that DR.
| Pierce's FavOrite Prescription will no
cure. 1t saves the modest woman the hui
initiation of physicians examinations and
local treatments" Its sale exceeds the
combined sales of all other medicines fOl
women. Thousands of grateful women
have been rendered healthy and happy 10y
its use; and experience and testimony O
many of them has been included in DR.
| PierceS Common Sense Medical Adviser
Sent on receipt of 81 One-cent stamps, tO
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Worlds Dispensary Medical Association
| Buffalo, n. Y.
FitZhugh Lee.
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