The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-04
DANCE NEW YEARS EVE.
daughters of Confederacy viii Thus
Watch the Old Year out.

Watch the Old Year out.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
Will give their annual military ball. at
the Guards Hall, New Years Eve. The
glowing success of last year has en-
courased the Daughters to a second
effort and that the ball shall be held
was unanimously determined at a
meeting of the chapter held yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. A. B. Hull, president of the Sa-
Vannah chapter, presided at the meet
ing, which was largely attended. There
was some discussion of the details, but
the consideration of these was finally
postponed until a special meeting of
the chapter. which will be held next
Monday afternoon. Then full arrange
ments will be made
There is no doubt that the ball will
be complete success and one of the
delightful social functions of the win
ter season. That of last year linger
yet in the memory of those who at
tended and the members of the chap
ter are determined that the ball Of
New Years Eve shall surpass it's pre-
decessor in every particular.
The proceeds of the ball will be de-
voted to the advancement of the sew
eral patriotic works in which the
Savannah chapter has already so gem
erously contributed. The great work of
the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy is the erection of the jefferson
Davis Monument at Richmond, which
it was decided at the last general con-
Vention shall be unveiled in 1903. This
is an enterprise of great magnitude
and large funds are imperatively need
ed to carry it to success.
In Georgia the state division has in
hand the erection of the Winnie Davis
Memorial. in the shape of a dormitory
annex to the State Normal School, at
Athens. The dormitory will be for
the use of the daughters and other lin
cal female descendants of Confederate
soldiers.
In both of these enterprises the Sa-
vannah chapter has already manifest
ed it's interest substantially, but Mrs.
Hull and her enthusiastic co-workers
hope to accomplish much more in the
future than has been possible in the
past. Then, too, there are local works
of charity in which the chapter finds
Good use for the expenditure of mon
ely, and for all of these purposes money
must be raised. Hence the ball of New
Years Eve.
chapter was that of Mrs. ]. A. G. Car
son, chairman of the committee in
charge of the booth at the State Fair
AS a result of the ten days work Mrs.
Carson turned over to the chapter a
check for $4S599, the net profits of the
enterprise.
A rising vote of thanks for this ex-
cellent showing was extended Mrs. Car
son and the members of her commit
tee, and votes of thanks also to the
following persons and corporations, for
courtesies and valuable assistance
rendered those in charge of the booth:
A. M. & C. w. West, Lindsay & Nor
gan, Allen Bros, Standard Oil Com
pany, Southern Cotton Oil Company,
through Albert King; NJ. K. Fairbanks
Company through e. A. Booth: e. &,
w. Laundry. F. E. Purse, j. M. Ber-
nard, the Morning News, the Savan-
nah Press. the Savannah Fair Asso-
citation. Miss Bessie Garden, the Con-
federate Veterans Association and the
Sons of Veterans.
vote of thanks was also returned
Capt. u. H. McLaws, who made the
presentation speech when the chapter
recently conferred the Southern Cross
of Honor upon the veterans of Liberty
county, at Hinesville.
The new bylaws of the chapter were
adopted practically in toto, though
some amendments were suggested and
the final determination of these fea-
lures was left to a future meeting.
The chapter had as it's guest at the
meeting Mrs. James Henry Parker.
president of the New York chapter,
who was introduced by Mrs Hull.