Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-06-25


able for preservation, and for the
purpose of handing them. The
rest will be furnished in time.
| lave sent so our division his
torlan original articles prepared by
Mrs. Hols.en, Mrs. Calhoun, Mrs.
w. L. Duuovant, Mrs. B. E. Mich
olson and your historian. I have
also furnished by special request
from Miss Rutherford, our historian
general, three articles for the his
tory which she is preparing and
which will be published by the gen.
eral U. D. G. These articles were,
The Edge6eld Signers of the Or
dinance of Secession, "Wayside
Hospitals and Relief Associations
and the Flags and Seals of South
Carolina" The latter paper was
sent, FIRST. to our division historian
for her criticism before being sent
/ to Miss Rutherford.
Miss Washington complimented
the Edgefeld chapter very highly
upon the class of work which it was
doing, and spoke we'll of the paper
on the Flags and Seals" offering
to have it typewriter tor me,
which she did, sending me two cop
| les, one of which / sent to Miss
Rutherford, and one to Mrs. Hol-
stein.
In December I was honored by
being sent by you as delegate to
the State convention in Charleston,
where I did all I could to serve
your interests, making the report
from our chapter before the con-
vention, and bringing to you full
report of it's proceedings on my re-
turn.
For the last three months | have
been away from Edgefeld, but my
labors have not tagged. have
kept in touch with our president
and have been able to assist with
the monthly programs. l appre-
ciate more than l can tell you the
support you have given me and in
accepting the Office for another year
i pledge you the faithful perfor-
nance of its every duty. wish to
thank each and every one of you,
and to remind you and assure you
that, while l have been absent per-
sonallY, my heart and mind have
been with you at every meeting,
and that / have served you better
in my absence than in my presence,
because in the quiet of my sons
home have been able to accom-
plish more, and to write better ar
ticles than when I was in Edgefeld.
Now that have returned to Edge
field I hope to carry on this work
that is 80 dear to our hearts, and
may we not rest until our history
is placed before the people of our
county, that it may stand as fit
ting memorial to all of our boys
yho wore the gray, both the rank
and the file.
Ishall, as heretofore, always EN-
phasize the work done by the men
of E1gefeld. Thus shall our chap
ter stand by our own mer, and, as
is right and proper, your historian
will be foremost IN showing up
their mighty deeds of valor, so that
all men will look upon our county
with respect and admiration. Let
us always remember that an Edge
field man made the first Secession
speech in the South Carolina legis-
lature; an Edgefeld man was the
author of the Ordinance of Seces-
sion; an Edgefeld man got mp the
first company for the war; an Edge
field man led the first regiment to
the war; Edgefeld gave the two
war governors and Edgefeld had
within her borders at least two un-
reconstructed rebels who never
signed the oath Of allegiance to the
United States government.
In conclusion, / want to say to
you that in a letter from Miss
Washington she gave me the infor-
nation, that we would have with
US during our convention Miss Mil
dred Rutherford of Athens, Ga. ,
the historian general. 1t will be an
unusual honor thus accorded us,and
hope and know that you will give
her every attention in your power.
She is occupying an office superior
even to the president general. She
is woman of great personal
charm, besides being of very bril-,
liant intellect and it is unnecessary
to assure you that you will be de-
lighted with her. I am glad to
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