The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-12


Columbia, Nov. 9.-The State Con-
ference of the d. A. X. meets in an
nual session on Tuesday evening in the
ball room of the Jefferson Hotel. Ev
erything has been done to make for
the success of the conference and this
conference is expected to be one of
the most important in the history Ut
this great association. -
Tie credentials committee will be
session on the Mezzanine floor of
jefferson Hotel on Tuesday ev' . y
and all delegates will register a. = {
their badges before the OPEN x
ercises. The election of offie -. I'll
be one of the important fe : of
the conference. AS the pr Off
GERS have held office for tw ms, OF
two years each, the ma, time,
new officers will be chose ehis ses~
sion.
A reception on Tuei evening at
the Jefferson Hotel will be given for
the delegates, the State officers and
the officers Of the two Columbia chap
ters will be in the receiving line The
decorations will be the d. A. r. col
ors with a prOfusiOn Of cut flowers
and palms. On the stand will be
two quaint old spinning wheels kindly
lent for the occasion. Champagne
punch, ice cream and cakes will be
served during the evening.
/ The badges for the delegates and
regents are Of Colonial blue with en-
| cravings of silver held by gold bar
pin. The State officers badges, made
! by Miss Fannie McCants, of Columbia.
are OF blue ribbon with a natural Pal
metto tree design held with a bow Of
Palmetto.
The monument committee will wear
| badges of white ribbon bearing a cut
of the victory in blue and the words:
Monument committee, Columbia, s.
c., 1913" The unveiling committee
will aave badges of white with the
victory in blue engraved with I'm
yelling committee" Broad white rib
bon with Page" in letters of blue will
be worn by the pages.
Mrs. Virginia Mason Bra.ton, CT
forkNille, one of the vice presidents
general Of the National Society Of the
ID. a. r., will be one of the guests of
honor Already the reception of near
ly 130 delegates has been planned
for.
The State officers are as follows:
Mrs. r. Louis Mayes, of Greenville,
State regent: Mrs. A. c. Ligon, OF
| Orangeburg first vice president; Mrs.
George Carlisle, of Spartanburg, Sec
ond vice president; Mrs. +. H. H. Cal. .
houn, of henson, third vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Henry O. Shannon, of
Camden, recording secretary; Miss
Louise Fleming, of Greenwood, Cor
responding secretary; Mrs. Hugh l..
McCoH, of Bennettsville, treasurer;
I Miss Leslie Witherspoon, of York
Vile, registrar; Miss Marion Salley, oc
Orangeburg, historian; Miss Nenia
Evans, of Cheraw, assistant historian:
Miss Nattye iZard, of Columbia, gene
alogist; Mrs. S. c. Baker, of Sumter,
auditor.
a monument to the partisan gen.
erals of the Revolutionary War will
be unveiled here Tuesday in connrc.
ton with the annual State conference
Of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
near Sumter street, on the eastern side
of the State House grounds, and is an
imposing memorial. +. Wellington
Ruckst Ihl, the sculptor that design
ed the Hampton monument and that
to the Women of the Confederacy.
both o (which now grace the State
House grounds, was the designer of
the monument to Francis Marion.
Thomas sumter and Andrew Pickens.
the par .isan generals.
The shaft is a Gift of the ID. A. RS
TO the state of South Carolina i'm COM
memoration Of the security brought
this state by the partisan leaders in
the stirring war times
a. ,,,;l l.
behalt Of the state by Governor Cole
l.. BleaSe.
Mr.. Ruckstuhl's own description of
the memorial gives correct idea of
the design and its commemorative
purpose:
1T will be n Roman doric column
TO symbolic the Roman character
and courage of those heroic generals