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

The second days proceedings of thu
United Daughters of the ConfederacJ
was called to order by the president a
10 o'clock a. m.
DR.. A. D. Mcclure. Of st. Andrews
PRESBYTERIAN church, opened the exer'
rises with a prayer Of thankfulness fol
the chivalric and tender courage o.
our fathers in the past, and for guild
ance in the future deliberations of the
body. closing with the Lords Prayer in
unison.
The report of the credentials commit
fee was called for and read by Mrs
Coolie. of Florida, who announced that
the total number Of votes to be repre-
sented here is 1878, with 179 additional
not represented. The reading was fol
lowed by an earnest and lengthy dis
cussion on the subject of accepting be-
lated credentials. that is, those having
arrived after II o'clock on Wednesday.
1t was claimed on the one hand that
these credentials were unavoidably
beIated and on the other that the res
olution Of the last convention should
be adhered to to avoid confusion and
unnecessary debate.
Mrs. Story's motion hat the conven
ton abide by last years resolution was
carried by a large majority
The next question that came up was
that of proxies-upon proxies which
had to come before the convention.
1t was moved and seconded that the
appeal of Mississippi and Arkansas to
have their transferred proxies admit
ted should be accepted. The motion
was carried. The transferred proxies
of Kentucky were later accepted also.
At this point in the exercises a large
bouquet of red and white carnation,
tied with similarly tinted ribbons, was
presented to the convention from Mrs.
John Winder. of the r. E. Lee Chapter,
of Columbus, Ohio. A special vote OF
thanks was offered to Mrs. Winder,
who is a North Carolinian.
A telegram at greeting and good
wishes was received from the White
House Association of Montgomery, Ala.
The invitation from the Light Infan-
try to the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy to be present at a reception at
the armory tonight vas formally given
and accepted with thanks.
The president, Mrs. Weed, read the
following address. which was received:
United Daughters of the Confederacy:
NJ ooo1 a-J oil T avfon6 q lnuinO yUal-
come to our eighth annual convention.
These yearly reunions are replete with
both pleasure and profit to US n to
our dear organization. They bring to
our minds and hearts each year, a real
izing sense of our growing responsible
tiles, and a reminder of all the great
works to which we have pledged our
selves-the care of the living, devotion
to the dead, loyalty to the past, n a
faithful effort to instil into the young
of our country, a knowledge of our
past, and a loving reverence for the
heroism of the men and women of the
south. Men and women, who bore
themselves as true and loyal patriots
greater in adversely than in their hour
of triumph. These are the things to
which we have pledged ourselves, n
these are the pledges, which. God being
our helper, we intend to fulfill.
The growth of our organization, in
the past twelve months, has been al
most phenomenal. From New York to
Texas, from the Eastern shore of
Maryland to the Pacific coast, come
the good tidings. Everywhere south
ern women are awakening to their du-
ties, s loyal southern women. Our
lists are filling rapidly. All over the
country new chapters are being form
ed. and old ones revived and strength
ened. One hundred and thirty new
chapters have been added to u asso-
citation, and we now number twenty
five thousand women.
A few words will suffice to render my
account as our president. / have Wis
tied eleven states, been present at three
annual divisions and innumerable
chapter meetings. I have signed n
two thousand, eight hundred and sew
enty-five certificates. I have written
twelve hundred and thirty two letters
and travelled nearly twelve thousand
miles in my confederate work. In
May / was invited by DR.. McCracken,
OF the University Of New York to be
present and unveil b tablet to Gener-
al Lee in the Hall Of Fame. New York
city. The same invitation was extend
ed to Miss Meares, as u secretary.
/ was so occupied with our suffering
people in Jacksonville after u dread
full fire. that I neglected to write n
ask the different states to send flowers.
At h last minute I telegraphed them,
but when I reached New York on the
18th Of May, n a flower had arrived.
Fearing a failure. I ordered from a
florist in New York a magnificent
wreath. four feet in diameter a founda-
ton of laurel and palm leaves. with a
bunch OF red roses on one side and
white roses on the other. On streamerS
II white ribbon vas e~nscribed in red
letters. 1.-The United Daughters Of the
Confederacy.'On reaching the Hall Of
Fame, however, we found wreaths had
arrived from nearly every southern
state. and all around and above the
tablet flowers and wreaths were ar
ranged. General Grants tablet by the
side Of General Lees tablet had not a
flower until Miss Meares placed some
Of her red and white carnations there.
One Of the papers next day said: "See
how southern love remembers" General
and General Grant are the only
soldiers whose names are placed in the
Hall of Fame on a green bronze tablet.