The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-15
ORGANIZE DAUGHTERS
OF CONEEDEIsAC1
Urges Establishment of These
Throughout the State.

To the Editor You will please al
low me through the columns of your
PAPER to appeal to the ladies of every
town in this State in which there is no
chapter of Daughters of the Confed-
eracy to organize one at once. lnere
are now in North Carolina sixty-onc
chapters and thirteen children'S chap
ters, and there ought to be one In
every town, certainly in every county.
The objects of the Daughters of the
Confederacy are.
l. To give assistance, when need
ed. to survivors of the war and those
dependent upon them.
=. TO honor the memory of those
who fell in the service of the COnfed-
crate States, and to remember CRATE
fully those survivors who have served
faithfully and suffered and remained
loyal to the Confederate cause.
3. 10 collect and preserve relics,
incidents and objects of historic value,
to record deeds of heroism of South
ern men and women, and to unite with
the Confederate veterans in the deter
mination that the portion of American
history relating to the late war shall
be properly taught in the public
schools of the State, and to use it's ill.,
f1uence towards this object in all pri
Vate schools.
Those women entitled to member
ship are "the widows, wives, mothers,
sisters, nieces and lineal descendants
of such men as served honOrahly in
the Confederate army, navy, or civil
service; or Of those men unfit for act
i've duty VINO loyalty gave aid TO the
cause; also women and their lineal de-
scendants, wherever living, who can
give proof of personal. services aud
loyal aid to the Southern cause dur
ing the war
Seven or more ladies who are elig-
ible to membership under the above
list shall meet, name chapter desired
to be chartered sign their names to
the paper as charter members" and
send it with $500 to Mrs. Henry A.
London. State president. She will en-
dorse it and send to the proper au-
thorties for the charter. With the
charter will be sent 100 membership
blanks to the new chapter president.
The organization must be perfected by
the election of officers, and their
names must be sent to the State pres
ident and also to the recording Secre-
tary, Mrs. F. M Williams, of Newton.
Every application must be signed by
| a Confederate veteran who knows of
| the services of the soldier un'lcr whom
| the lady is joining. Each chapter shall
decide on it's own entrance fee aGd
yearly dues.
There are many &oniF.l"late Nelel =
ans who performed wonderful acts Of
valor but in our eyes every man who
| wore the gray was hero. We honor
| them all while living, and mark anC
! decorate their graves With flowers
This chapter of Daughters of the
| Contederacy will assist the veterans iii
| having their county reunions, give
them Crosses of Honor in remem-
brance of heir brave deeds and give
&elp to the sick and needy. The
| Daughters OF the COnfederacy will en-
| courage the veterans to recount then
experiences and to tell the young gen
| Grafton the truth about the war ard
| the causes that brought it on And
| they will gladly listen to the veterans
For mot many years shall pass ere the
| last Of those who followed the for
tunes of Lee and Jackson, of Johnson
and Forrest, shall have set sail on that
! shoreless sea, and the last tread of the
old Confederate regiments whose
march shook a continent shall be
echoing in eternity"
| MRS. HENRY A LONDON,
| Pres n. G. Div. United Daughters OF
| the Confederacy.
| Pittsboro n. c., Aug 81, 1905.