The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-14
ADDRESS BY MISS TAYLOR
MARY CLAP WOOSTER CHAPTER HAS INTERESTING SESSION.

Report of Groton COnventiOn-EIoquent
 Tennessee Lady Makes Charming Ad-
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 It was an elite gathering in the Church of the Redeemer parlors yes- terday afternoon. The occasion was a meeting to hear the report from the Groton conyention-the annual session of the Daughters of the American Rev. olution of nnecticut-October Il, 1905, and to hear an address by Miss Margaret Taylor of Tennessee on. the '>Mountaineers of the South"
 There were present perhaps 15O la dies, and after the session all were in- vited to luncheon.
 The meeting was opened with the Lords Prayer and then followed the reading of the minutes of the last meet ing. The report of the Groton conven- tlon was read in sections. First the morning and then the afternoon ses- sion's work was reported.
 The state regent, Mrs. Sarah T. Kin ney, was introduced and told of the splendid effort of the D. A. R. society in Connecticut. She reported that the Connecticut branch had forty-six chap ters in the state, that there had been given fifty memorials and fountains which mark historic spots in our states history; that in the United States some 51,OOO names were on the rolls, with a fair constituency beyond the Atlantic. Said she in conclusion Tt is not enough for us to have the proud blood of Revolutionary ancestors cOursing through our veins, but we must be mindful of our true mission to make good, pure homes, and in thai way render our services toward mak- ing a good country with patriotic ideals"
 Miss Margaret Taylor, lady oi charming personality and pleasing ad' dress, and one who had devoted hel life to the upbuilding of the people ot the mountains of eastern Tennessee | was then introduced.
 It was eveident from the beginning that the grace of speech and delightful strong southern accent of the speaker had won the chapter assembled.
 In part she said, You are proud 0, the Revolutionary blood that courses through your veins. So am l, too. My | ancestors were of the rugged Scotch 1 Irish type that mae the defeat of the | British at Kings mountain possible.
 Who were the early mountaineer' | of Tennessee, North Carolina. Ken lucky They left the original thirteel states to carve out a home and for tune from the rugged mountains. The! ] left with high purpose. It took con 1 siderable courage to leave the planta | tions of Virginia and begin anew I They were pious, stopping on thei | journey westward for Sunday service Many were well educated and in ITS Washington college was founded, tn first educational institution in the Mis i sissippi valley.
 Tn the Civil war these mountain eers were loyal to the Union when i was possible. In my home county Loyal Bent county, during the Civl war these people were divided in al | legiance.
 We have not kept pace with intel 1ectual New England. How coul we Away from commerce and the outsid world-hemmed in by the great noun tains. We as a people gradually re progressed during our 100 years of Tiff in natures world, Schools were neg lected; we had the itinerant preacher
 But through all this, an infidel is ; natural curiosity; and they still pos sess that characteristic hospitality that attends the southern home. Wha we do need is the elevating infiuenc of education, and, in turn, northern philanthropy. We appeal to the Nortl to join hands with the South and hell these sturdy mountain American char ]