The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-02-06
CONFEDERACYS DAUGHTERS
Honor Deeds of their Fathers
sand Want History to do
the Same.

the Same.
Not all the ladies who were dele
cages in attendance upon the State
Convention of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy last week were in
reality daughters of the heroes who
fought under the Stars and Bars Of
the COnfederacy. Any one looking
in on the convention could see that
some of them were widows and that
they were contemporaneous with the
men and events of those stirring
times. Like the veterans themselves
the ranks of these noble women are
fast being thinned by the grim reap
will it be truly the daughters who
/. will carry on the work.
Many of these elderly ladies are
living in the past. They love to re-
count the deeds of husband, father
and brother. Most of them are for
getful of self; of the part they played
in the awful struggle; but that is the
unselfishness of noble womanhOOd.
When veteran soldiers get together
Ehe story is what We did; that is a
part of the selfishness of man.
Patriotism springs from the home
Men will fight for home, but what
is home without MOTHER wife,
a sister? 1t isn't worth the name
let alone fighting for.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
is an organization of women to per-
petuate the memory of the Confede
rate dead; to see that history deals
Justly by them; to see that their
graves are marked and to watch
over them. The incentive to the or
ganiZatiOn was love. and it's work is
labor of love.
The legislature, through the i'm
portunities of this organization, has
appropriated $4,000 to assist in erect
ing monument to the soldiers who
fought under Colquitt at Olustee,
Fla.
The organization is building a
Florida shaft at Winchester, Va
and has the money ready for its COM
pletiOn.
1t is asking the privilege of con-
gress to be allowed to care for and
mark the graves of southern soldiers
buried in the north.
1t is bestowing crosses OF honor
upon all living Florida veterans. All
this, to say nothing of the work OF
local chapters at home in building
monuments and caring for soldiers
graves.
Palatka is glad these noble ladies
held their convention here. 1t was
an honor to the city.
The convention closed on Friday
when officers We're elected for the
ensuing year. They are as follows:
Honorary president for life, Mrs.
Patton Anderson, PaIatka; presi-
dent, Mrs. r. G.. Cooley, Jackson
vile; LIST vice-president, Mrs. Lykes,
Tampa; End vice-president, Mrs. W..
l.. Parramore, Madison; recording
secretary, Mrs. H. H. McCreary,
Gainesville; corresponding secretary,
Miss Sallie Holmes, Jacksonville;
treasurer, Miss Anna LeBarrOn,
Pensacola; registrar, Mrs. S. j.
Hilburn, Palatka; historian, Miss
Caroline Brevard, Tallahassee.
The date of the annual conventions
was changed from the last Wednes-
day in January to the first Wednes-
day in May, beginning with May,
1903. The next meeting will be held
in Madison.
The state organization numbers
of $50 women.
During the visit of the delegates
they We're the guests of the Patton
Anderson chapter of this city. There
were about 30 delegates present. On
Thursday the ladies were given a
ride on the river, the steamer La
Reve having been graciously tender
ed them by the owner, Mr.. John G..
Tnghman. Capt. Henry Y. Snow
and Major Holmes Erwin had charge
of the party. On Thursday evening
they were given a reception at the
home of Mrs. Gen. Patton Anderson.
About 100 invitations We're issued
and the reception was brilliant So
cial function. On Friday evening
the young society people gave a
grand ball in honor of the visiting
delegates at the armory, which, dur
ing the sessions had been beautiful
ly decorated with the Confederate
colors and evergreens, together with
pictures Of many leaders in the Con-
federacy.