The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-05
WANT THEM HERE
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERATE
FOR GENERAL CONVENTION.
DELEGATES ARE INSTRUCTED.
TO DO ALL POSSIBLE TO SECURE
1T IN 1902.

The Annual Convention of tn
United Daughters of the COnfeder
acy Is to he Held in That Cit!
Hope of the Local Chapter Is Il
Secure the Next Annual COnven
tiOn for Savannah-New Bylaw
Are Ready and VIII De Acted Up
on at Next Meeting-CrOsses %
Honor to Be Presented to Liberty
County Veterans.
The quarterly meeting of the Savan-
nah Chapter of Daughters of the Con-
federacy was held at Confederate Hall
yesterday Afternoon. Mrs. A. B. Hull
president of the chapter presided. The
chapter decided to invite the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
national organization, to meet here in
regular annual session in 1902.
The next meeting of the national or
ganization will be held in Wilmington,
N. c., Nov. Is, and at this meeting the
invitation to hold the annual conven-
ton of next year in Savannah will be
extended. The Savannah chapter is
particularly anxious that the meeting
of 1902 shall be held in this city and
the delegates of the chapter to the
Wilmington convention were instructed
to use every effort to secure favorable
action.
The chapters delegation to Whining
ton consists of Mrs. A. B. Hull, chair
man; Mrs. H. NJ. Branch, Mrs. L. H.
Raines, Mrs. George w. Tiedeman,
Mrs. ]. A. G. Carson, Mrs. Margaret
Branch Sexton. Mrs. R. H. Maxwell,
Mrs. ]. S. Wood, Miss Nanine Bradley
and Miss Abbie Orme. 1t is not prob
able that every member of the delega-
ton will find it possible to attend the
convention, but because of the propos-
ed attempt to secure the convention of
1902 for Savannah each delegate will
make a special effort.
Under New Laws.
The report of the committee on revis-
ion of the bylaws of the chapter was
read at the meeting yesterday. The
chapter has now outgrown the set of
bylaws with which it started its life
of activity and usefulness, and new by
laws were found to be necessary. The
report was submitted by Mrs. T. S.
Morgan, chairman of the committee.
The suggested bylaws were read the
first time and, under the rules, were
laid on the table until the next meet
ing.
The chapter passed a vote of thanks
to Miss Cecilia Mclaughlin for type
writing the bylaws, and to Mrs. Nor
gan and the other members of the COM
mittee for their preparation.
complete roster of the Savannah
Volunteer Guards Battalion, during it's
recent war service, was received by
the chapter. 1t was the gift of the
Guards and for this vote of thanks
to the battalion was returned.
1t is possible that something will be
done by the chapter towards the
restoration of the library in the Sol
oiers' Home, which was destroyed
with the rest of the building in the
recent fire. The library was the gift
of the Savannah chapter to the Home,
and by everyone who had an opportun-
ity of inspecting it, it was conceded 10
be the handsomest and best arranged
room in the building. Some part of the
fund originally raised for this purpose
is still in the possession of the chapter
and 1t is possible that the chapter will
- " - thoL the ilDi dry Is restored.
The Crosses of Honor.
On Nov. 20 fifty-five of the Southern
Crosses of Honor will be conferred upon
that number of members of the Lib
erty county camp of Confederate Vet
Grams at Hinesville. The presentation
will be made by a committee of the
chapter, of which Mrs. l.. H. Raines is
chairman. 1t is hoped that as many
members of the chapter as possible will
make 1t convenient to attend at Hines
Vile on the day named and participate
in the ceremonies of the day.
The crosses were to have been pre-
scented some time ago, but they did not
arrive in time and the presentation to
the disappointment of the members of
the Savannah chapter and of the vet
Grams at Hinesville, had to be post
poned. The crosses have now arrived,
the certificates which testify to the
fitness of those upon whom they are TO
be conferred, have all been made out,
and the presentation will now take
place as formally arranged.
When the last meeting of the Geor-
gia division of Daughters of the Con-
federacy was held at Columbus, Mrs.
Hull, president of the Savannah chap
ter and chairman of it's delegation
pledged S. from the chapter towards
the erection of headstones to mark
the soldiers graves in the cemetery in
Marietta. This pledge was approved
by the chapter and the treasurer in
structed to forward this amount to
Mrs. r. L. Nisbet. who is taking an
active part in this work.
The chapter heard read a tenderly
appreciative letter from Mrs. Margaret
Branch Sexton, its former president
thanking it for resolutions in her honor
that the chapter had passed. The ad
Journment was taken until the first
Tuesday in December, at 8: 80 o'clock in
the afternoon.