The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-01-31
A SPLENDID REPORT
Daughters Of COnfederaCy do
Excellent Work
new PRESIDENT SELECTED
Mrs. T. n. Randolph Writes an In
tereSting Letter.

To the Members of the Anna Jackson
Chapter of the United Daughters of
the COnfederacy-Greeting:
LadieS-In presenting my report to
YOU of the work done by the chapter
during the year 1901, feel how incOm-
Uetent l am to do this in the presence
Of so many gifted women. However
this may be, the chapter has accom-
Ulished some things upon which it can
bOk back in after years with some de-
gree of pride and pleasure. l refer,
among other things, to the securing
from the Legislature of 1901 the sum
of S2,5G0.00 toward the erection Of a
Confederate monument at Olustee, and
to the comforting of thirty-One Crosses
of Honor to the veterans of Camp La
mar ! These two efforts have been
worth while, if we had done nothing
more: but when we recall the lunch and
sumner, which, in connection with the
sale of a handsome Confederate quilt
which secured to us the sum of S41.00;
the lecture on the Battle of the Natural
Brideg by the hero of the hour Il refer
to General Miller, of Point Washing
ron). which gave into our treasury
1920: the immensely successful
nrogram on Memorial Day under the
ausDices of Mrs. Clifton B. Guynn, and
the brilliant speaker of the day, the
Honorable Dannett Mays, (the cOllec-
tion adding $31.63 to our treasury; the
aeouisition of Mrs. Smith, Miss Sue
Archer and Miss Mary Ward (the
daughter of our first Florida martyr to
the Lost Couse) as honorary members
on our roll of membership say when
we recall these items, the Anna Jack
son Chapter may look back with some
degree of complacency upon the work
Of 1901.
In recalling our roll requiem must
not be forgotten to the memory of our
two members who have been called
away TO add their names to more last
ing roll of honor. l refer to Mrs. Geo.
P. Raney and Mrs. Sallie Smith Custis.
The first to leave us, we shall ever re-
member them with love and regret.
Before Mrs. Custis was gone, l had
hoped to gather some items of interest
iF our historical records, as her huS-
band was among the sick and dying
1fHuILUS' GdIly VI SAO OOAASO
@acy, and doubtless received many
last words for loved ones far away, but
IN this prOcraStlnated.
The manner of the marking of the
graves in our City Cemetery is still an
open question, and the Anna Jackson
Chapter is still amicably divided on
this important question. My PROPOSE
ton to put a granite or brick coping
around the whole, with a handsome
and substantial inscription, has met
with some favor l would suggest
that as the veterans of Lamar Camp
donated no little toward this effort
that they have a vote in this matter
but as another takes my place today,
only offer suggestion, and leave the
honor of completing the work to her
Before l close, | would congratulate
the chapter on the accumulation of {
lew relics, viz: an account Of the cele
bratiOn of the first Memorial Day IL
Tallahassee, given by Miss Sue Archer
this association has been merged int
the Anna Jackson Chapter, on motion
OF its president, Mrs. r. H. Gamble, a
an early date in the year 1901. Othe
papers of interest consist OF the rOste
o. officers and members of Thompson B
Lamar Camp of Confederate Veterans
NO. l61; also roll of the Leon Light Ar
ullery, Co. D, 1st Fla. Inf, which wen
to Pensacola under the command o
hon. Judge Hilton as captain in 1861
These two treasures came from tn
generous hand of Mrs. G. A. Bryan
our honOred vice-president., Still othe
souvenirs are copies of hymns sung a
lar back as the first memorial service
IN our cemetery. These, with othe
newspaper articles, cullej from leadin
southern papers, and in possession
tne chapter, l would suggest be put i
such form as to be more subStantlaII
preserved than in commercial enVel
Opes.
IN regard to my intercourse with tn
members of the chapter as your pres
qent, | have much to thank you fol
IN every proposition I have made, l
every can for meeting, have me
with courtesy and gentle kindlines!
and ere We part, | would ask yOnr al
tentlon to few words of warning tina
nave sounded in my ears through ID
uOuDle of our sister chapter at BrooKs
vile. Let us be the banner chapte
not only in wrestling from the Legli
azure a sum exclusively for our COZ
.eOerate dead, but let US also be tn
gvdnner chapter for peace and good VIII
LET US ever hold up the feeble hanC
among us whenever it is needed, an
p,ay that "our Lord would direct us
al our work with His most grac1Ol
"or." Respectfully submitted,
MRS. T. H. RANDOLPH.
January 21st,. 1902.