Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-12-11
Notes on the U. D.. c. conven
ton Held in Charleston Last
Week. ,s

tom, Held in Charleston Last
Week. 5s1a q
) Edgefeld should be proud Other. her
young contingent in Charleston at:
the Confederate Home College
Misses Mary Strother and Elise
Lake are Seniors in that noble luffl
stitution and are officers in the new.
ly organized chapter U. D. 8Gt
Both of these young ladies were
delegates to the convention, Miss
Strother reading the report. The
Charleston News and Courier
speaking of this report says. Cons
federase Home College Chapter,
Charleston probably received the
greatest amount of applause. The,
two young ladies who were there All
delegates attracted wide .attentioa3
as much for their own. PERSONAL
charms as for the interest attached
to the institution they represented
an institution which is very dear to
the hearts of the South Carolina
division. Miss Strother made thts
report for the college chapter say;y
ing that the chapter had ffteeTg
members, and had only just begas
work, but that they hoped to have
a good report to make at the next
annual convention sss
These young ladies were also
honored by being with the receiYs
ing party at the very beautiful res
ception rendered the Charleston5
chapter and the convention by the
Confederate Home College.
An interesting event of this occas
sion was the reunion of some of
the old girls" Two of these had
lost sight of each other completely
in the thirty-six years since they
had met and had worked through
the convention in the same hall not
knowing each other by their present:
names and it Vas happy hour for!
these two girls of forty years
ago when they were brought to:
gether by another odd girl, heA
noble woman to whose mother fhisE
institutio lis
two s al
field chapt sr historian aid our hoS
ored 3rd vice Preside dent, ffs. j. Us!
Nc Whirter Of onesville, formerly
Miss Hattie Fripp of Charleston
Edgefeld was honored in the choice
of one Of the two new officers cho-
sen for while she is now in Colum-
bia, yet Mrs. U. R. Brooks still
claims her birthplace as home.
Mrs. Brooks was made auditor, re-
ceiving l24 of the 1877 votes cast.
From q very small beginning
sprung the great Louise Home"
in Washington, Home for the
Widows of Confederate Soldiers.
This Historian is proud to chroni-
Gle the fact that when w. w. Cor
coran visited Charleston in 1878 or
1874. At an enter Uain ment
given by the Confederate Home
School an Edgefeld girl was 80 for
tunate as to attract his notice suf-
fciently by a recitation, as to have
a check for a thousand dollars hand
ed through her as the beginning OF
the endowment of the Confederate
Home College. On leaving Char
lesion, Mr.. Corcoran was so i'm
pressed that he founded the Louise
Home and on his death left a legacy
of $4,000 to the Charleston Home
and sum to the beloved Amy
Snowden. founder of the institution.
If only Edgefeld would entertain
the convention next year! AS yet
no place has been assigned. Why
not beg tor this honorI Ii EdRe-
field can put on such an attraction
as our fair and fair parade, surely
she lis public spirited enough to
have this splendid body of women.
Mrs. White of the Johnston chap
ter, which belongs to Edgefeld soil
offered the beautifully gotten up
resolutions of thanks at the con-
vention.
The Edgefeld delegates Mrs. j.
D. Holstein, Mrs. Mamie Tillman
and the writer were royalty enter
tanned and for two days after the
their time was taker up
with delightful social engagements.
A. A. w.
I Underwent SURGICAL Oneratiou.