The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-08
STATE u. D. G. CONVENTION.
Mrs. r. D. Wright, President State
u. D. G. Enters a. Protest Against
Membership of Wives Of Vet
erans Regardless Of the
Place of Birth.
News and Courier.

ed Daughters Of the Confederacy OF
South Carolina convened in Ahbevllle
on Tuesday evening. On that even
ing the convention was called to order
in the opera house by Mrs. R. D.
Wright, Of Newberry, the president.
Addresses Of welcome were delivered
on the part Of city council by DR.. G.
a. Neufer; on the part Of the local
chapter by Miss Rosa Maxwell, and
on the part Of the Civic Club by Mrs.
NJ. T. Coleman. Mrs. II. G. Evans, of
Edgefield, responded to the addresses
for the Daughters.
Miss Sallie Yates Faison, Of Char
aotte, n. c., president Of the North
Carolina division, was present and ex-
tended greetings from that division.
Mrs. Moultrie Bratton, of Columbia,
extended greetings from the D. A.
RS. Addresses of Mrs. Evans and
Mrs. Faison were Of the highest Or
der, and were received with much ap-
plause by the audience.
At the session Of yesterday the fol-
lowing was the programme:
Convention called to order, prayer
by the Rev. Mr.. Kennedy; report Of
credentials committee continued.
Report of committee on rules and
regulations.
Roll call Of officers, standing COM
mittees and chapters.
Report of the president, Mrs. Rob-
ert D. Wright, Newberry.
Report Of recording secretary, read
by Miss Poppenheim.
Report Of corresponding secretary,
Mrs. NJ. J. Perry, Lancaster.
Report Of treasurer, Miss Mary Nc
Michael, Orangeburg.
Report of auditor, Mrs. T: II. Dre-
her, St. Matthews.
Report Of registrar, Mrs. C. E. Gra-
ham, Greenville.
Report Of recorder Of crosses, Mrs.
W. L. Fowler, Yorkville.
Report of executive committee; re-
ports from chapters.
LOO p. m. luncheon.
2.30 y m. reports from chapters,
continued.
Report of United Daughters of Con-
federacy convention, Norfolk, Va,
November II and II, 1908. |
The evening session was held in the
opera house and was well attended,
many visitors being present.
The following was the program Of
that meeting:
Report Of historical committee,
South Carolina Division, y. D. c.,
Mrs. Harriet P. Lynch, Cheraw, chair
man 7~-T9EK
A poem, "The Martyrs Of the Lost
Cause" written by Xii Courtland,
Dixie Chapter, Anderson, recited by
Mrs. Rufus FAINT, Of same chapter.
Reading ''The Southerner's Fare
well to Liberty" written in 1865,
at the close Of the war, by DR.. J.
Lowrie Wilson, Miss Mary Claud
Scully.
Paper, jefferson Davis as a
Statesman,'' written and read by
Miss Eliza L. Mabry, Of Abbevil1e
chapter, Abbeville.
. A poem. "a Legend Of the Seal of
the Confederacv,' written by Kill
Courtland. Dixie Chapter, Anderson.
read by Mrs. A. NJ. Sharp, Of same
chapter.
Quartette. 'Good Night" from
Martha, Flotow.
Paper, "Washington in the Fif-
ties," written and read by Mrs. Jane
Covington Rast, Dixie Chapter, An
derson.
Chorus, "Dixie," by orchestra.
The Daughters met again this morn
ing taking up the unfinished business.
At this afternoons session, the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
"That the vice presidents Of the
division be directed to visit all Sec
tions of the State for the purpose of
organizing new chapters, the State be- |
ing divided into sections for this pur-
pose. That the annual dues be paid
each year in the month Of March, in
stead Of in October as now. A new
bylaw was passed to the effect that
each chapter Of the organization is
authorized to organize auxiliary chap
ters among the children, who are eli
gible.''