The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-16

-, bodv Of women OF Al chapters
III oiqht children's chapters, mem
,,a.ebin of 1000, with proportionatc
-t-a,rtb TO any State division. We
bovo much to congratulate ourselves
mon that has been perfected. The Sol
diors, Home in the capital city, Raleigh,
is monument of love, and it is with
hateful hearts that we remember the
cbaerful and ready responses that came
from appeals over the State for the
confirming and furnishing of this memo
.;ai ia our brave soldiers, and that
N.or,b Carolina gave so generously
thro,,qh her Legislature, not forgetting
bor soldiers who so CALAMITY ana brave
~ fought for Southern Independence,
homes. honor and firesdes during the
dark DAVIS of the sixties. The North
C,oroIina soldier is a colossal statute 20
bravery ard we dare not forget. Having
oompIeted this duty to the living we can
turn our attention TO other obligations.
We should be careful along the lines or
history. To my mind, Ihis question OF
the PRONUNCIATION and preservation Of
tho truth Of the days of war should be
the earnest effort of every nj 'nber Of
the Daughters of the ConTcderacy. 1t
cation. preserves the truth-in that les
tho vindication of our brave men and
faithful women of the South l COM
men this to the consideration OF every
bapter in HAPPIER work and to our his
torian and to assist our historians would
saw that the greatest honor has been
conferred on them in their selection and
appointment as historians Of the Daugh-
tors of the Confederacy Of North caro-
lima:
IAN angels heart. an angels mouth,
Not Homer's an alone for me,
Hymn forth the great Confederate
South.
THE great Confederate South, whose
soldiers poured out their blood on On
hundred battle fields. What honor.
What distintion TO write their history.
The children of America have always
been patriotic to their country and
tins summer while in Quebec. that
city of strong fortification and rich
history, in doing the town we came to
the spot where the American General,
Montgomery, lost his life, being shot
and falling over Daffern Terrace down
a steep precipice on the noble St Law
renee river. On this pot has been placed
a tomb and we were struck with these
words: Within lie buried thirteen brave
soldiers who fell with Montgomery; this
tomb erected to their memory by several
children of America" My heart He'd on
wings of love 10 the Old North State as
] thought of the children of the Con
fedcraCy, who with their pennies and
patriotic hearts, are keeping inviOlate
the history of the Confederate soldiers
and making glad the last days Of the old
veteran. AS the hope of the church lies
in the children, so the hope of our organ
iation rest with the children of the Con
federacy-our heirs and Successors The
children of the Great Confederate
South have an heritage not surpassed
III glory. Children, Christ is your
! heritage"
I'm the State contributions to the JEFF
ferscn Davis monument fund North
| Carolina stands first Through our dis
tinguished State Director, Mrs. Jno. p.
Allison, we have been placed in this dis
tinGuished position 1t has cminently
lead and it is the duty of every chapter
and every member to assist Mrs. Ali
son to hold North Carolina in this same
distinction-ftrst The Virginia Division
asks our help in marking the graves OF
North Carolina soldiers in a Virginia
cemetery. 1.-THE oldest religion of the
ages is the worship of the dead, as old
| as sorrow, and as certain as death
These graves are ours by inheritance
and it is our privilege to look after
j them. During the summer l made pill
grimage to Arlington, that magnificent
home of our great Robt E. Lee. i went
n ora or nt1p
} Confederate soldiers buried there l did
not obtain the information or the COM
fort l sought. but this [ did learn
as to the history of the cemetery
that the first grave ever made
there and the first interment was that
of a Confederate soldier. 1t is a har-
rowing spot to visit and ones heart cries
aloud in utter helplessness: but to an
Allwise Ruler of the Universe we com
nit this great sorrow and burden of
injustice"
This years work has been pleasant
and encouraging. We come to you with
the addition of ten new chapters, organ
lied since the General Convention in
Wilmington last summer. These chap
ters are the Red Springs. the Louisburg
the Warsaw Faison, Chapel Hill, Mt
Airy, Rockingham. Weldon. the D. H
Hill Chapter of Raleigh, Rutherfordton
and Windsor"
The wonderful numerical development
Of our division in the past two years is
most gratifying. We have doubled our
members with the addition of the ten
new chapters. This increase in numbers
gives encouraging opportunity for in
creased activity in all lines of work, and
it also brings in proportion to their OPP
pOrtunity administrative responsibility,
making the duty of studying needed
aids to simplify the work necessary AMI
important. My work has been simplified
and lessened by my able committees,
all honor | give to them, and 10 my able
and efficient cabinet officers. BY their
aid and watchful help my work has
been greatly facilitated and dispatched
My profound gratitude is to them The
North Carolina Division has in it's men,
bership the most distinguished woman
in the United States. Mrs Stoncwau
JaksOn. Great in herself because in her
gentleness and purity; great because
the great Stonewall Jackson loved her,
his love letters to his sweet young gir.