The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-19

The morning session of the United
Daughters of the ~Confederacy was
devoted to business. The convention
was called to order at 10 o'clock by the
president, Mrs. Weed. On the rostrum,
in addition to the general officers, sat
Mrs. Goodlett the only honorary pres
ident of the organization.
DR.. G. S. Blackwell, of the First Bap-
fist church of this city opened the SEES
sion with prayer in which he gave
thanks for the women of the south who
had placed themselves between the
memories of the past and those who
would desecrate them. He asked Di-
vine guidance and care for the members
of the convention on their hOmeWard
way and closed with the Lords prayer
in unison.
The recording secretary read d por-
ton Of the minutes of yesterday; the
contents were discussed. but it was de-
cided to take no action on them until
the reading was completed.
The convention discussed the advisa-
biIity of holding an afternoon session.
owing to the press Of unfinished work.
but the motion was voted down by the
majority of the members who were
DESTROYS of enjoying the beach trip to
which they had been invited.
The president of the Virginia Divis-
ion called attention to the fact that a
statement had appeared in Thursdays
paper to the effect that the first state
division was formed in Tennessee,
Virginia, herself, claiming that honor.
Mrs. Weed stated that Virginia's posi-
ton was correct.
The report from the Florida division
postponed from yesterday, was called
for. The president, who was well
enough to read her report today, stat
ed in it that the attendance on meet
ings during the past year had been uni
form and good. the birth days of Lee
and Davis had been remembered. etc.
the Florida chapter at Winchester g
almost completed: with the help of the
Legislature they expect to erect a mon
ument to the dead who fell at Olustee.
The president requested that some pro-
vision be made for duplicating the
certificates of the United Daughters of
the COnfederacy which had been lost in
the Jacksonville fire. about fifty in all.
Reports from the children of the con-
federacy were called for.
The first to be heard from was Ken
lucky. Mrs. Reynolds, the president
told of the efforts III organizing and
chartering her association; it being q
particularly hard task as families on
this debatable ground were often di-
vided in sentiment. Mrs. Reynolds
closed by reading the charter granted
to the children of the ~COnfederacy III
Kentucky. She asked the question as
to the relative status of the children
of the ~COnfederacy in Kentucky and IN
toto W fha
discussion that enSued upon that poln,
the fact was brought out that at the
Arkansas convention three years ago
it had been decided by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy that the
order of the children of the ConfedeT
acy should not be auxiliary to this body
but should be auxiliary to the state oil
vision.
This raised the further question a!
to the prOpriety of hearing reports o
the children's work in this convention
and despite some protest, an espec1all!
earnest one being from Mrs. Call, o
Washington. N. c., who does earnes
work with the children of the COnfed
eracy in his state, further reports from
that organization were ruled out
The auditing committees report wa
next called for. The chairman an
nounced that the Treasurer's book
had been examined and found correc
in every detail.
The Treasurer gave a detailed repor
of expenditures and receipts. III
United Daughters of the Confederac
now have in the treasury S1,526.52. IN
report of the historical m wa
called for. The chairman, Miss Done
want. stated that they had sent out I
every division and chapter leaflets ASK
ing the chapters to introduce Iterar
features into their meetings, Miss Dor
ovant spoke of the Importance of his
tory. arguing from the standpoint thu
it is the mother of literature and tha