The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-03

man, president of the n. G. Division,
Il. d. G., to the Richmond Convention,
November 9th. 1899.
Madam President and United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy;
| bring you a cordial greeting from
the grand old State or North Carolina.
Her record from 81 to % was equalled
BY few and surpassed by none of that
glorious band forming the Confederacy.
The hills and valleys of Virginia have
been crimsoned with the blood of her
sons, layishly given to uphold the sa-
cred principles of Truth, Justice and
written i'll the hearts OF her men and
women from the earliest COLONIAL days,
that it was not surprising when the
wives, mothers. sisters and sWeethearTs
cheered and encouraged those brave fell
lows through all chat fearful time, uIl~
til North Carolina sent more men than
she had voters to fight fer the cause she
loved. One hundred and twenty thous~
and men is Il record OF which we do well
TO be proud
They bore on their shields the motto
of the State, Esse Guam Nideri, to be
rather than to seem, and truly did they
show themselves men of peerless deeds.
The mother earth OF old Virginia being
rs thickly sown with their blood and
sacred dust as the pearls that broider
the garment of Queen, as in precious
caSket rest their tenderly loved forms,
making Virginia a sacred spot to us,
and it is with a feeling Of deep rever-
ence as well as fraternity, that | ten
der this report Of the years work ac-
compliShed by the North Carolina
Daughters of the Confederacy
Cape Fear, the parent chapter of our
Division, is enrolled az No. 3, of the
United Daughters, and was organized in
1884 by our loved and esteemed first
president, Mrs. VIM. Parsley. During
the recent meeting of our State Conven-
siun she and the reyered Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson were made honorary presidents
for life, of this division.
For the past year | have enjoyed the
distinguished honor Of being the presi-
dent OF the North Carolina Daughters
of the Confederacy, and it is with crate
full emotions that tell you how joyfully
OF the United Daughters ITO care for the
living and preserve the memory of OUT
dead Confederate soldiers
North Carolina was one of the first
to establish Memorial Days and Socie-
ties, and the It. ID. G. work is but d
continuation, Of that so nobly begun,
when hearts were breaking over the de-
vastation Of a fair land.
We have eighteen enrolled chapters
with membership Of nearly seven hun
bred, this being an increase Of eight
chapters in the PAST twelve months. all
report good work of which this IS d
slight resume
Cape Fear Chapter of Wilmington has
contributed fifty dollars, with clothing.
to the Soldiers Home, has pyt stone
markers to the graves Of veterans who
have died since $685. contributed to the
Winnie Davis Monument, also have
History and Relics room with d fine
collection Of nearly three hundred arti-
cles. open once a week. General Lees
and Memorial Day are always
and beautifully observed
by this chapter To avCsd repetition /
may say the same is true of each chap
fer in North Carolina.
Pamlico Chapter of Washington re-
ports all assessments promptly paid
This is also true Of each clnaptpr), TWEEN
ty-tiye dollars sent the Soldiers Home
III November last, and a fund Of one
hundred and fifty dollars fiji the bank to
furnish a conyalesccnts room at the
Soldiers Home, contributed 70 Winnie
Davis Monument Fund. cared for an
old soldier for the past year and paid
half of his burial expenses. also con-
tributed clothing to the widow Of
Confederate veteran.
The Washington Grays Chapter Chill
dren of the Confederacy, auxiliary to
Pamlico, report through their leader,
Mrs. Margaret Arthur Call, member
ship of one hundred and ten. the graves
of thirtydwo soldiers marked, sixry-five
dollars i'll bank: have also had painted
a handsome portrait OF the gallant Gem
eral Bryan Grimes, which they will
present to the North Carolina room in
this city This being the first appear
ance of tire Children Of the Confederacy
upon an occasion Of this kind. we trust
their tribute 10 the heroism of a brave
Confederate leader will be warmly wei
coined by the II. ID. G..
The Robert f. Hoke Chapter Of
Salisbury reports splendid work; supplies
and money to the value Of one hundred
and FIVE dollars were sent To the Sol
diers' Home: sixteen and one-half dol
lars for marking graves at Winches-
ter: one hundred dollars for expenses Of
veterans to the Charleston Reunion,
dinner beingyaIso given them, contribli-
ted to Winnie Davis. Monument Fund.
The JohIStml-Pettigrew Chapter Of
Raleigh raised one hundred dollars by a
Tea, the money being given
to the Soldiers Home, also assisted in
the ], OBJ. Branch Camp in a Confed-
crate Bazaar from which was realized
sixteen hundred dollars for work among
the veterans.
The Newbern Chapter in which the
Newborn Memorial Society was merged
continues the work of marking the
graves of soldiers with BLOCKS of stone,
gave dinner July 4th. to over one
hundred veterans, contributed to Vim
ME Davis Monument Fund. sent fifty
dollars to Soldiers Home, used twenty
five dollars in charitable work among
veterans.
The Vance County Chapter of Hem
derson entertained the State Conven-
ton Of Z. y. G., with elegant hospital