Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-12
Plan to Convert Davis Home.
stead Into Confederate Home
FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Movement IL Endorsed by the Daughters
of the Confederacy. Mr.. Jefferson
.. Davis Offers to Sell the
Place for $4,000.
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(By Tclegraph.)
RICHMOND. VA, Nov. 11.-At the
morning session of the convention Of
the United Daughters of the Confeder-
acy the following letter was received
from Mrs. jefferson Davis:
ITO the Daughters of the Confedcr-
acy. My Friends and Countrymen: Ac-
cept nay grateful Acknowledgements and
those of my daughter. Mrs. Hayes. for
the splendid manifestation of your love
short remnant of life left NE it will be
L ncverLfailing source OF happiness to
me and to her sister.
Anutn er and over-recurring source
OF satisfaction TO US is that YOU have
gra 2iously assumed the controlling and
active interest in the effort to build
the Confederate monument to my hus-
bands memory.
THE RICHEST HERITAGE.
*sE:h a manifestation of approval
from mis- own beloved people will be the
richest heritage You could confer upon
his child and her descendants.
''Whother Your noble efforts are
crowned with success O., not. we shall
Know your patriotic hearts are in the
work. and love YOU for what you have
striven to accomplish.
II t.ank YOU with all my heart fer
your loving welcome and hospitality
during out visit here. and beg you to
believe me With cordial appreciation"
etc.
TO BUN "TaEAJJVOnR"
The convention endorses the move
mens- of several gentlemen to buy
'Beauvoir' and turn it into a home
Cor Confederate soldiers and sailors.
Mrs. Davis offers to sell '.BSauvoir'
for that purpose for $4,000. The IDEA
OF the promoters of the scheme Of sew
eral purchase is at present to issue Ger
titica'tes' of one dollar each and sell
them throughout the South 1t is prob
III tbf,3tt +71,,1
eral Joseph Wheeler or some ether dis
tinguished Confederate, will be asked
to accept the position of president Of
the association, which Will be known as
The Southern Home Association for
Confederate Veterans and that vice
presidents will be appointed in each
State.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
Mrs. Parks offered the following,
which was adopted:
Il move that each State division Of
the United Daughters of the Confeder-
acy appoint a museum committee of
three. of which the State president
shall be a member eX-otticio: the State
regent shall! be chairman. and the other
two members shall be appointed by the
State president. This committee shall
have charge of the interests of the 1nu-
scum and keep it before the State di-
vision.
u move. further, that each State
matter to her State convention. reccn-
mend the appropriation Of "a sum of
money. varying according to the fnan-
cial condition of her treasury for the
running expenses of this sacred Treas
ure house. which expenses has hereto-
fore been borne by the Confederate
memorial literary society alone.
II further move that each State pres
ident shall recommend that each chap
ter in her division set apart annually
81 ,t1>t1 ~
ma intenance and enrichment Of th2
room appropriated to its own State"
MFRS. WEED ELECTED.
Mrs. John c. Brown moved that Mrs.
F. G. Weed, of Jacksonville. Fla, wife
of Bishop Weed. Of Florida. be elected
president of the United Daughters by
acclamatiOn. This was done amid
great enthusiasm.
The other officers elected are:
Mrs. William Reed. New York, first
Stanton, Va, second vice-president;
Mrs. John X. Hickman, Nashville.
Tenn, recording secretary; Miss Mary
+. Msars, North Carolina. correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Jefferson Thomas,
Atlanta. Ga. treasurer.
Montgomery, Ala, is to be the next
meeting place.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy at their final session to-
night. which did not adjourn until
midnight, rescnded with great I'M
arimity their action or the morning
in regard to purchasing the Beauvoir
estate. and requested the newspapers
throughout the country to make notice
of the fact.
The Daughters voted $500 from their
treasury to the Davis Monument fund.
The monument committee, consisting
Of one member from each state. held a
meeting and decided TO constitute a
sal! working executive committee to
be located here, which can cooperate
with the Davis monument association,
and the matter Of raising funds for
the monument is to be vigorously
pressed.