The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-12-03
Daughters of the Confederacy End 7th
Annual Convention.

In spite OF bad weather and muddy
streets the tin annual Convention of
the L. ID. &. has passed into history as
highly important and satisfactory oc-
caslUn to the noble women who were
present as delegates, and as Il social
event long to be remembered by All
..ersonIans. The weather was not per-
mitted to interfere in the least with
the work i'll hand nor with the program
OF entertainment decided upon by our
appreclative citizens.
Wednesday morning broke clear and
bright ns II casting n bencdictiOn upon
the work of love which had begun un-
der such unfavOrable conditions. BY
II o'clock the convention had assem-
blcd III the Court room and entered
upon the discussion of business mat
te"s. Reports were received and dis
posed OF with prOinptncss, interesting
papers were read and appropriations
made for various purposes Miss Mary
poppenheim. chairman of the State
Historical Committee, q gifted lady,
read to the Convention a carefully pre,
pared address teeming with matters Of
interest anu Importance Oh the work
being done by herself and associates in
collecting historical data covering the
period OF the COnfcderacy This ad-
dress was referred 20 by many who
heard 1t as being the best delivered
during the Convention. The session
lasted until after the luncheon hour.
There was much important business TO
GERS for another year and the majority
were determined to finish it. Motions
to adjourn were promptly voted down.
Ihe hour approached very nearly to 8
O'Clock when III adjournment was
reached.
The result of the election of new otii-
GERS was MS follows:
President, Mrs. James Conner, of
Charleston; First Vice President, Mrs.
Second Vice President, Mrs. J. H.
White, of Johnston; Third Vice Presi-
dent. Mrs. Robert Wright, of New
berry; Fourth Vice President, Mrs.
Lula Aver Vandiver. of r. E. Lee
Chapter, Anderson; Recording Secre-
retnry, Miss Margret Evans, X. E. Lee
Chapter, Anderson Corresponding
Secretary. Mrs. j. G. Shannon, Jr., of
Camden; Treas lrer, Miss Eulalee Izler,
OF Blackyilie; Auditor, Mrs. Rufus
Fant, OF Dixie Chapter, Anderson.
made: For Woman's book, 500; for
Wade Hampton monument, $50; for
Jefferson Davis monument fund, $40.
Ihe closing event was a banquet at
night by the Dixie Chapter, to which
the Convention, the r. E. Lee Chapter,
tho Veterans and the Sons of Veterans
We're invited. 1t was held at the old
building on the crest of University hill,
which became 30 closely identified with
the history of the Confederacy during
tho last years of the war and the first
OF the reconstruction period. In this
building the dies and machinery for
stamping Confederate money were de-
posted fol- safe keeping when the
enemy was OH the eve OF invading the
State, and from this building they were
taken by the enemy and shattered and
scattered over thesurrOundlng grounds.
IL WAS in this building the enemy was
quar.ered Immediately after the sur.
render. whose presence was intended
To lntimidAte aud awe our people into
submission TO conditions they were too
weak to avert. More than genera
tion has passed since then and this
same building becomes q banqueting
hall 0t the wOrshipers of the dead and
living heroes Of the Southern Confed-
eracy. In 1865 hostile force with
Federal, decorations. in 1902. q recon-
blems on every. side, and rho memory
OF its dead and living heroes the one
idea that thrilled and inspired the as
semblagc. A wonderful change, but
one which, while affording an oppor-
tunity for noble men and women to
apOtheOsize the dead and honor the
little remnant of the living heroes there
gathered, was free from the slightest
trace Of animOsity toward those who
opposed them in thnt remarkable strug-
gle, which has become and will con-
Time to be the most interesting and
thrilling chapters of the worlds his
.Ury.
The banQneting hall was beautiful in
Il. cOrati0ns. The walls presented q
gallery Of pOttiature of dead and living
heroes Of the Confederacy. above and
around e0ch OF which dropped the
folds Of Confederate flags. the stats of
hich. where they crossed. were con-
fined and ornamented with large
ton bloom, full blown, the emblem of
the Dixie Chapter. At the end of the
hall, almost enveloped in United States
flags. was the likeness OF Washington,
while the five windows, which light
the rostrum here situated, were also
lavish'y decorated with United States
flags, white bunting being the bach
ground. On either side from these,
extending to the entrance, were groups
OF Confederate ftags tastefully arranged
and made more attractive by the like.
nesses of Confederate heroes, among
them being Robt. L. Lee, Stonewail
jackson. Gen. W. w. Humphreys,
Gov. J. L. Orr. Judge j. =. Reed, Col.
J. N. Brown, Col. u A. LedDetter, Col.
H. r. Vandiver and others, and q copy
of the ordinance of secession and the
charter of the Dixie Chapter. a row
of four cOlumns extend the length Of
the hail and between the two center
columns was suspended frame cover
ed with scarlet bunting, the two sides
of lint cotton, the word Dixie. )"
Through the center of the hall, the en-
tire length, four tables were spread
and brilliantly lighted with wax can
dies in rosy red held in improvised
candelebra; plates for $50 were spread
and all were taken. The decorations