The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-29
DAUGHTERS OF
CONFEDERACY
ARE CALLED UPON TO TAKE
ACTION
IN A COMMEMORATE CAUSE
For Which the Historian of the Mis-
sissippi Division Offers a Prize
Contest Should Appeal to all
Alike.

I know OF no better way to reach
all the chapters Of the u. D. c. Of
the Mississippi Division than through
the columns of our popular news
papers.
| would like for you all, my dear
friends, to know | have sent to each
Chapter three "Year Books. di-
rected them to the presidents, as
did not get the namesof the newly
elected officers.
| took tn Chapters from the BIZ
1oxi Minutes, as our last convention
book has not been distributed. One
of these intended for the president
Of the chapter, one for the Historian
and one extra one. On the blank
side of the one for the president is
the subject for the "Prize Essay"
The contest is open for the there
highest grades of the Public Schools
of the State, Or equal advancement in
other schools.
This effort on the part Of the Mis-
sissippi Division u. D. c., through
the Historian and Historical Commit
tee, trust shall mette with a
ready response from all OF our
schools throughout the State
of Jefferson Davis birth, the subject
of the essay will be, Jefferson Da-
Wis, Citizen, Soldier, Statesman, un-
bending Patriot and grand Christian
Man
As an intense American, and yet
more intensely, a Mississippian, tell
Of him. First, in the services he
rendered his country, the United
first and last President of the
Southern Confederacy." It is earn
estly hoped that the boys as we'll as
the girls of Mississippi schools will
take heartfelt interest in this SUBJ
ject and as many as is possible en-
ter the contest; and that the tech
ers cooperate with the y. D. c. by
assigning the subject as a compost
ton theme, giving talks on the var
lois phases of our hero's (the great
Mississbppian character, and the
condition of his time which brought
them into service.
Let every school offer its separate
prize and invite the patrons and
teachers and boards of trustees and
the public generally, to the contest,
and have a committee to- select the
best essay; then send that one to the
Division Historian to enter the State
Contest.
The following rules must be OBJ
served:
I. The essay shall not exceed
twenty-five minutes in the reading.
e. Only one to- be sent from each
Chapter
3. 1t must bear the Chapters
name, but not the writer's.
T. It must not reach me later than
March Is, 1908.
The essays received by me will be
submitted to a committee who will
not even know the name of the Chap
ter. They will be judged as to his
torical accuracy, fullness of treat
meht and literary style. The win
ming Chapter will be notified and
the medal presented at the next Di-
vision Convention, which is to be held
in Yazoo City next May, 1908, as
feature of the historical program
Now let me say here, that out of
the many who I hope will study
this subject and enter the contest,
only one will be presented with the
medal; yet everyone of these boys
and girls who write paper will have
studied hard in gathering data; then
say to each, prize is theirs which
will prove a tenfold-yes, a thno-
sandfold-more lasting one than the
medal offered, in the immense fund
of real. valuable and necessary in
formation concerning their great
State and its greatest citizen-Mis- |
sisippi and Jefferson Davis.
1S StdtSu last ySdls youi NudQtNl
Historian could, if desired, add music
and readings from popular Southern
authors. OF which there are a number. |
Let her assign to members of the
Chapter these pleasant duties. / feel
sure they will add greatly to the !
pleasure of the meetings. Treat each
subject of the Year Book either in I
single paper. or divided into topics
assigned to several members, select
ing different one each month, so that
all may participate. For instance,
take the October study: Mississippi
in the war between the States" One
member may tell Of the right Missis-
sippi knew she had under the Consti-
tuition, to secede from the Union
Another Of the part she took ii this
the greatest struggle Of modem times
and still another tell Of her sons ii
the Army Of Northern Virginia.