The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16
DAUGHTERS Of .CONFEDERACY
la1'o'c women OF the South Are Now Hold
ing Their Annual Convention IN
Raleigh.
BUSINESS SESSION WEDNESDAY MORNING

shenandoah, upon the money we use. and
oeny the ground for a Confederate monu-
nlent where our dead are resting in
->orlhern soil; with you and the grand
daughters of the Confederacy-all is
safe. Children who nestle about your feet
Wiil not call US traitors. Cornelia. the
mother O. the Grachi. you are here.
Mary, the mother Of Washington YOU live
again IN these of the workers of the Me-
mortal Association.
And you, oh sister of tombstone Petit.
grew, whose presence was healing TO the
WOUNDED and deSpairing in the sad hospi~
Iala OF Virginia. You live always in these
gracious daughters of the Confederacv.
Dear guardians Of the fame Of YOUR
dead, let not North Carolina be the least
III 'hlS' though greatest IN every other
page OF Southern history. More and more
with the passing OF years, did Mr.. Davis
come to know and love our people. in the
last days CT his life. Almost the final
sentences from his pen before the an.
proach Of death. We're those addressed
through Col. Wharton Green and his COM
mlttee, to the people of our State at Fav.
etteville's centennial of the adoption OF
the Constitution:
Without diminution of regard for the
SASo dlii eoOu Mon OIL OC1er colonies. |
have been led to special veneration for the
men OF North Carolina as the first to
distinctly declare for State Independence
and from first 10 last, to uphold the right
OF a people to govern themselves. < Z .
She gave her sons a sacrificial offering
on the altar of the liberties their fathers
had won. and had left as an Inheritance
TO their posterity. Many sleep for from
the land Of their nativity. Peace to their
ashes! Honor to their memory, and to
the mothers who love themi'
To these noble words, your RESPONSE
Will be a ut tribute to him who lay in
darkness and the shadow OF death. Spoken
when more than four score years had laid
their weight upon his gray head, they
sum up the judgment of history upon
North Carolina. You are the heart of
Carolina, and as you erect this shaft to
the soldier, the statesman, the orator, the
i patriot and the Christian, you will, in the
beautiful language Of another
TO the dust we give his body; the
ages receive his memory"
A vocal solo was most skilfully rendered
by Miss, Alice Jones. "Marsa's in the
cold, cold ground Miss Waddell Off
ciated as pianist, and the song was keenly
appreciated.
W Il. V lIdI eau Tic lcDOl |
CT the Committee on Jefferson Davis
Monument, which shows that eight chap
terS have reported. The Jefferson Davis
fund sent in is as follows:
Salisbury, $265.31: Newborn. 500; Con-
cord, $50; Wilmington, SIS; Kittrell, s29;
Winston-Salem, $50; Washington, SIS;
Raleigh, $50; Greensboro, $40; Hillsboro,
$75; Goldsboro, $1O0; contributed, S11;
P~ittsboro, s.; Wadesboro, SO; Charlotte,
500; Vance county, $12. Which gives a
total of 1852.
\ Confederate calendar was shown that
is being prepared by some Virginia chap
ters to be sold for the Davis monument
fund.
Miss Cowper, then rendered a vocal
solo Dixie, tune "Annie Laurie" accom-
panied by Miss Alice Jones as pianist.
Mr.. Oscar w. Blacknall, of Kittren
made a short but very effective speech.
Governor Jarvis. amid applause, wa
called on for a short address.
A vocal solo was then rendered by Miss
Eliza Busbee-"Sing me a song of ths
Sunny South" with Mrs. Woodell as
pianist.
The regular sessions business was re-
sumed. A telegram from GENERAL ). )
Carr, congratulating Miss Rodman on the
splendid work of the North Carolina dlVl-
sion C.. d. c., was received.
Reports of chapters and reports OF com
mitteeS followed.