The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

| surprising though il may seem, there are
 many cultured people even in Alabama ! who have really a most vague idea of 1 what a Daughter of the Confederacy
 means, and many more who confuse her | in the most astounding way with l Daughters of the Revolution" Indeed l the glories and the sins of one are often by that knoWable authority, the Associ- ated Press. laid upon the ''unoffendng ] head of the other A still more remark abe fact is that some of the Daughters ! of the Confectionery do not themselves
 know the origin of their organization. l There are several reasons for this. the I principle one perhaps being this deplora- ! be historic fact; that one of the most difficult dangerous and hazardous tasks ] of any mortal is to seek and publish the
 origin" of anything. Since the origin ] of man." since even original sin. this
 has rung clear and true. And so fearful
 and timorous. l approach the dangerous
 source, for everything must have a be-
 ginning.
 In 1890 society was organized in St.
 Louis under the name of Daughters of the Confectionery" for the purpose of l assisting the veterans to provide a home
 for disabled Confederate soldiers. The 1 enthusiasm spread and auxiliary socl- cities quickly organized In six years they ] had given to the veterans $3S,Ooo and | erected and equipped a hospital. About l this time, 1S90 though later there IS recorded in the |. D. C. record, that 1 memorial association of Mississippi was ! also styled Daughters of the Confed- eracy."
 Four years later, in Nashville, Tenn, on a memorable 10th of September, 1S9h was formed an order styled the Limited Daughters of the Confederacy SIX months thereafter March 90, 1895. the first convention United Daughters of Confederaey met in Nashville, Tenn,' Mrs. NJ G. Goodlett of that city presid- ing From this organization. whose be- l ginning was only two chapters, one from Nashville, Tenn and the other from Sa- l vannah, Ga. sprung what is known as 1 state divisions-these divisions being composed of chapters in the different
 towns and counties of their respective | states.
 l From the very beginning the order grew 1 with marvellous rapidity. It's sacred oD- l jects struck a responsive chord in the 1 musical heart of southern womanhood'
 Then with this glorious success there l began the inevitable discussion; Who IS l greatest in the kingdom? Some patriotic l daughters of Tennessee claimed this 1 honor for Mrs M C. Goodlett of Nash | vile, while some of the ardent Georgia
 daughters thought Mrs L. H. Raines or ] Savannah entitled to such recognition; I i both these ladies were equally responsi- 1 ble for the organization and so the con | troversy grew.
 | Meantime the Daughters of Confeder- 1 acy' organized in Missouri in 1890, be-
 came in 1897 incorporated under the state
 law as Daughters of Ccnfederaey ol l Missouri with II chapters. In the same
 fall the Missouri Division unitea l Daughters of the Confectionery obtained | ;te a,for ] the same kind, differing only in name. In 1 1902 the two bodies united, becoming the ] Missouri Division United Daughters Of l Confederacy, and therefore C part Of the l general L. D. C., making the second great Missouri Compromise"
 l In 1899 at the sixth annual convention 1 held in Richmond, Va, Mrs. Townsville of Georgia, then president of the Georgia ! division, began her report with the fol- l lowing interesting statement:
 [ T have come to this city of sad, yet 1 glorious memories, bearing to you greet ings from the state which proudly claims 1 among it's daughters one who In con l junction with our honored honorary pres- ident was principally responsible for the l movement which finally resulted in the i present grand. effective and purposeful | order of United Daughters of the Con i federacy. In the interest of history and
 for the benefit of those members not con ] versant with the circumstances attending , upon the inception of this united order ! of women, it has long seemed desirable that some more defnate and official 1 record thereof should be made. Our re- | cording secretary, as a representative
 Daughter of Tennessee, has, therefore, been requested to unite with a represen- i tative from Georgia, and one from some 1 other division in an effort to secure TOT l publication the correspondence conducted 1 in 1894 between Mrs. L. H. Raines, then | president of a local society of Daughters i of the Confederacy in Savannah Ga.' 1 and Mrs M c. Goodlett, president of an l older local society of the same name Tn 1 Nashville, Tenn. as this correspondence 1 led up to and finally eliminated in no- ] tice published in leading papers and sent ] in circular letters broadcast over the
 south inviting all southern women in- 1 terested in perpetuating the memories or l the heroes of the war to meet in the
 rooms of the Frank Cheatham Biyouac,
 Nashville, Tenn, on September 10, 1894. Upon the date of organization there were but two chapters of United Daughters of ! the Confederacy-No. l in Nashville, ! Tenn, and No. in Savannah, Ga. The 1 honor of organizing the first local soci- ! ety of Daughters of the Confectionery 1 cannot be claimed by either of these states however, since it has now been |
 Missouri had local organizations of this name many years before either Tennessee l or Georgia; but 1t is true that the organ ! ization of United Daughters of the Con- 1 federacy owes it's existence to the efforts 1 of two faithful women of these states, and that, in welding together the scat l tered local societies of Daughters of the i Confectionery they have given to each a 1 strength and permanency of organization | x1bio daf might l hope to maintain"
 The effect of this can be well imagined The minutes do not record any heated ! discussion on the important subject, but l those attending remember well the sup 1 pressed undercurrent of opinions pro and
 con. The next convention held in Mont l gomery was full of this suppressed ex- l citement concerning not only the founder
 of the Y. D. C., but also of the original
 idea of first local order Daughters of the | Confederacy Mrs. w. G. Moore of Mis-
 souri responded to an invitation to re- 1 port for Daughters of her state, while
 Mrs. Josie Frazee Cappleman spoke of ] the early local organization of that name in Mississippi Heated discussions were kept off the floor of the convention but | excitement was quite enough to be in | tensely interesting The result in con-
 vention was the following resolution: | Tn the interest of history and for the | benefit of those members not conversant | with the circumstances; also in order l that full honor may be given to those mo- | ble women instrumental in it's organza-
 tion, the presidents of the Tennessee and 1 Georgia divisions move jointly that | .,f ,1,r,,.