The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-13
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MRS. HENDERSON WRITES
 oEr MRS. GIELOW,s WORK.


 sent by Mrs Lizzie George Henderson, President General of the United Daugh- ters of the Confectionery, to all oI the chapters composing the various State Divisions of that Association.
 Greenwood, Miss, May, 1906. To the United Daughters of the Con-
 federacy:
 Having during the last two months received several letters asking for in- formation with regard to the statements contained in the message" to the b. D. c. and U. c. V. from Mrs. Martha s. Gielow, President General of the Southern Industrial Educational Asso- citation, with regard to tho Chapters and Divisions of the U. D. c. becom- ing auxiliaries to that Association of which Mrs. Gielow Is President Gen. eral, am sending you this. Because, first, her statement is calculated to mis- lead the U. D. C. into the belief that she has the approval of the U. D. c. in urging the Chapters Nand Divisions to become auxiiiaries of the Association. find that all hear from nave gotten that impression, and so I must write to disabuse your minds of It. Then be- cause I regard it as very unwise for our Association to go into her work at all.
 As to my first reason for writing to you. She has misunderstood the action
 
 U. D. C., and has been so informed by them sometime since as I am off. cially informed by that Division, but has not yet corrected her mistake. They carried the motion at the meeting be- fore which she made her talk. contain ed in the following extract from their minutes of the meeting.
 "* - So few delegates being present (after recess) the President gave Mrs. Martha s. Gielow of Alabama the privilege of addressing the Conven- tion before the meeting began. Mrs. Gielow spoke on the movement known as the Southern In0pstrial Educational Association of which she was Pr 0;ident. Dr. McKim, Judge Seth Shepard and other trustees. Miss Virginia Miller and Mrs. Ludlow spoke Tn favor of this work of Mrs. Gielow Mrs Covine ton moved that the D. c. Division give 5000 to Mrs. Gie1ow's work. Motion seconded and carried; and Treasurer in- structed to send 5000 to the Secretary of the Association" The Secretary of the Division writes me that Mrs. Gielow is excusable for her misunderstanding as there was much confusion. Mrs. Giclow understood 1t to mean that she would get 5000 annually from the D. c. Division as an Auxiliary of her As- sociation. This Is, you see, was an entire mistake, as they only wanted to contribute $10 to her work, not $10 a year. The Corresponding Secretary was instructed to correct the mistake by writing to Mrs. Gielow. This she did, but Mrs. Gielow did not receive the let ter so she was written to again, but so far as heard from, has not corrected her mistake. so 1t becomes my duty to do so.
 Mrs. John P Hickman informs me with regard to the claim of Mrs Gielow A AI.A %yA vile came into her Association as an Auxiliary. Mrs. Gielow went to Nash vile, and meeting of all the Chapters in Nashville Ca joint meeting) was call ed for. The Wm. B. Gate Chapter was the only one which had a quorum pres ent at this meeting, and they voted to recommend their Chapter to join as an Auxiliary upon Mrs. Hickman's recom- mendation. Mrs. Hickman, when she l reached home and thought calmly over the matter. knew 1t was not the thing for U. 0. c. Chapter to do, so she went to see Mrs. Gielow that night in order to get to her before she left Nash vile and told her she thought they had made a mistake and would go before the Chapter at It's next meeting and tell | them so and try to keep them from joining her Association as an Auxiliary This she did, and the wm. B. Cato | chapter Is not an Auxiliary either. It l would seem that after Mrs. Hfckman's | interview with Mrs Gielow she should have waited to hear that 1t was an | assured thing before she published her statement that the Chapter is an Aux | Hilary of her Association. The Rich mond Chapter refused to go in, but voted to undertake the education of one Of tho children from the ilIiterate whites in the Southern Mountains. l So you see Mrs. Gielow has not suc- | ceeded in getting these Chapters to
 join as Auxiliaries. I don't doubt sh 8
 is sorry for this, but in justice to the | U. D. c. in whose welfare she says she
 is interested. she should have correct
 ed in all these weeks, these miste kes | and not let it be necessary for tn C.
 D. c. to correct them.
 Now, as to my second reason for
 sending you this letter. believe 1t 1 would be a most unwise thing for the | II. ID. C. either as Chapters or Dir!s-
 ions to go into her Association We
 have an educational clause in our ob-
 jects. and all the money we have to
 educate with should be spent on tho
 children whose education Is the special | business of the IT. D. c. those children
 who are descendants of Confederates. I In the first place, our Association IS | Confederate Association with Con-
 federate objects. and our energies and | funds should be spent on those ob- | jects Many descendants of Confeder- l ates need educational advantages which l they cannot get for lack of money; let | us concentrate our attention on the | education of these children. descen-
 dants of those men and women who
 fought and suffered for us. The
 States and the Churches are seeing to the others. and I hope this new Asso- | citation will do much in that line But let us keep to the ways marked out | by our constitution. The Georgia Div | ision is doing much in the educationa, | line and the Mississippi DivisiSr is starting in that direction. I have in- | tended. and will do so, to say much along this line in my report to vou | at our next Convention. And 1t docs
 really seem absurd to me to speak of
 a large Association such as the United | Daughters of the Confederacy becom- | ing Auxiliary" to the new Association | of which Mrs. Gielow Is head, with the great privilege of calling on "The | Mother" Association for help when we need 1t for educational purposes. I think you have a keen sense ot
 the ridiculous, and I will not enlarge | on this point. As to, this question,
 which Is of much importance. For I want every child in the world 70 have
 chance to be educated, being the most important movement before our | much importance as our own business | at the U. D. c. Convention in Novem- | ber.
 | hope we will not ever forget that we are all Confederate objects. And
 when we are ready to be-. n educational
 work, let us begin to educate the de- | gcendants of Confederates. Some of