Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
DAUGHTERS Of CONFEDERACY
THEY MEET AT ROCK HILL IN THE FIFTH
ANNUAL CONVENTION.
VERY Representative DELEGATION.
A Delightful Lunch Served by the President
Of the City Union Of Women's Ciubs-A
Profitable and Harmonious Meeting.


Profitable and Harmonious Meeting.
The fifth annual convention of the
South Carolina Daughters of the
Confederacy was held in Rock Hill
last Wednesday and Thursday
Most of the Chapters throughout
the State were represented and the
visitors were entertained in the
homes of the Rock Hill ladies.
The convention was held in the
Sunday school room of the Presby-
terian church which was artistically
decorated in the Confederate colors.
Pictures of Confederate command
ers were hung on the walls and a
handsome banner of the Catawba
Rifles occupied a prominent place.
The convention was called to order
Wednesday morning by Mrs. Thomas
Taylor, of Columbia, the President
VI VIC oiSaulHaLlOu.
Miss Pauline Davis, one of Rock
Hills most charming young ladies,
made the address of welcome, which
was responded to by Mrs. James
Conner, of Charleston after which
the usual routine of a convention oc-
cupied the attention Of the ladies
assembled.
at ] o'clock the ladies were in
vited to the home of Mrs. A. t.
Smith, the President of the City
Union of Womcn's Clubs, where a
delightful lunch was served. The
rooms were decorated in the colors
of the different clubs in the Union
and the ladies were received by the
charming women who make up the
Club life of Rock Hill.
+ In the afternoon many interesting
reports of the Chapters were made
by the Daughters.
a Committee on Historical Re.
search made an interesting and elabo.
rate report which was read by Miss
Mary Poppenheim. The object O.
this committee is to gather together
"reminiscences, personal experiences
during the war, the story Of wayside
hospitals, &C., and when enough ma.
terial has been gathered up to pub.
lish in substantial book form. The
object is a most worthy one and will
be successful one.
Mrs. Norman V. Randolph was ir
attendance upon the convention anc
was accorded the privilege of the
floor. She is chairman of the Cen.
tral Committee of tho Jefferson
Davis Monument Fund, and sht
comes to South Carolina in the inte
rest Of the monument. Two years
ago this work was turned over to the
Daughters of the Confederacy by the
veterans with the sum of $4,000 a,
a nucleus.
The South Carolina Daughters
have already contributed 1920 from
the different Chapters and the State
Division appropriated $50, whicl
puts us third in the line Of the larg
est contributors.
The Central Committee at Rich
mond has gotten out a Confederate
calendar which is quite handsom,
affair, TO be sold for the Davis monu
ment.
Mrs. Randolph spoke teelingly o
the prison dead being buried at thu
North and sum of money was ap
propriated to remove their bodic,
to Hollywood Cemetery at Rich
mond.
The next convention will be hclt
at Sumter. Anderson and Spartan
burg extended invitations from th,
Veterans, the Sons Of Veterans, tn,
Business League and the City Coun
Gil. Sumter was represented a
Rock Hill by Mrs. Altamont Nose.
and Miss Graham.
Among the social features of tn,
convention was a reception by th,
cam White Chapter" at the HON,
of it's President, Mrs. r.. II. Fewell
which was delightful affair. Mrs
Fcwcll wore handsome pink drcs
and was assisted in receiving by Mrs
ii. b. Buist.
Thursday night reception wa
rendered the visitors by the Win
thror College Faculty and the Col
lege Chapter. The spacious parlor
were opened and a splendid musica
programme was rendered by way o
entertainment. Supper was served
in the dining rooms, the young ladic
OF the college making charming
mattresses in their white dresses ant
dainty caps. Souvenirs of bunchc
of holly, tied with the Confedcrat,
colors, were given the guests. Th,
young ladies of the College Chapte
wore dresses of white with rec