The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
DAUGHTERS READY
FOR BIG MEETING
Six Hundred Confederate Wo-
men to Attend Annual Con-
vention This Week.
FROM THIRTY-TWo STATES
Many Important Problems to Be
Considered While in
Richmond.

ITO strengthen the bonds that unite
VOWS OF loyalty to our sacred princi-
pies. to do homa Sc unto the memory of
our gallant Confederate soldiers, and
to perpetuate the fame OF their noble
deeds until the third and fourth gem
erations" tho United Daughters OF the
Confederacy will gather In eighteenth
annual convention next Wednesday at
the Jefferson Hotel after an absence.
! from this city, of eleven years. The
quotation Is from the rital of the
opening exercises and sets forth we'll
the aims and objects Of this band of
$4,000 wives and daughters OF South
ern soldiers.
Six Hundred Expected.
Six hundren women. coming from
thirty-two States OF the Union. accord
Ing to figures prepared by the local
entertainment committeees, will at
tend what Is predicted Will be the
greatest and most important meeting
ever held by the dauhgte rs.
Last year, IN Little Rock, Arkansas
far outpost OF the Confederacy.
more than 500 delegates were register
, ed. AT Richmond. the capital Of tho
old Confederacy. rich In the scenes and
relics OF the Lost Cause, and conven-
lent to the most populous portions OF
the thirteen original Southern States,
easily double that number will gather.
Sentiment and surroundings will both
contribute TO make the Richmond
convention pre-eminent in brilliancy
and in numbers. Already q large num-
Der of delegates have reached the city.
and from. now on TIL the formal open
ing Wednesday morning. trains from
every quarter of the compass will pour
In their quota of delegates.
Met Here in 1899.
The last convention OF the daughters
In this city took place in November,
1sss-a meeting made memorable from
the fact that at this convention the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
son Davis Monument, taking IT OF tho
hands OF the veterans who had found
the project OF too large proportion to
bring TO successful completion. Since
that day Richmond had Travelled far,
and II Will be e greater. bigger. buster
Richmond that will greet the dele
gates. for many of whom II will be
the first visit since the meeting Of
eleven years ago. Every room in the
Jefferson has been engaged as well as
rooms in other hotels of the city, all
of which Will be taxed to their capac-
ity to provide accommodations for the
visitors
An unusually large number of dele
gates arc expected from the Far West
and from States commonly referred to
ms outside the pale of the Confederacy.
In addition. OF course. to the represen-
tation from the thirteen original
Southern States. which is expected to
be liberal. delegates are coming from
Washing ton, Nebraska. Oregon. Okla
homa, California. New Mexico. Mon
tana, Arkansas. Pennsylvania. New
York. the District OF Columbia and
other States not strictly Southern,
Important Questions.
While tho convention places strong
emphasis on the social and entertain
ment features and busies Itself largely
With matters of a routine nature, sew
cral questions of special importance
will this year come UP for It's consid =
GRAFTON. Chief among these perhaps.
f, Will be the question Of erecting home
! for Confederate womeu-a project
which found many advocates at the
Little Rock convention. II promises To
precipitate good deal or partisan dis
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