The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-25
HAVE A HIGH DUTY
SOUTHERN WOMEN MUST RE-
MOVE ALL EFFECTS OF WAR.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels Tells e. D. c.
to Teach Their Sons the Love OF
United States Flag.

Southern women should recogriz,
and more fully accept the part the!
may play in eradicating any linger
ing animosities between thS Nortt
and the South, declared Mrs. Jos
ephus Daniels, wife Of the secretar,
Of the navy, in an address at the
opening session st Savannah recently
OF the annual convention of the Unit
ed Daughters Of the Confederacy
Mrs. Daniels. as a delegate from
North Carolina, spoke in response te
an address of welcome.
"I.et those of US who know Of the
travail of the sos keep alive the
glory of sacrifice and the valor Of the
vanquished to the latest day OF ou1
lives" said Mrs. Daniels. But let us
mot look mournfully upon the past,
but ask ourselves the question: How
can Southern women Of the goth cen.
tury prove worthy Of their lineage
and transmit to their children the
Sraces and virtues which were incaf.
mated in the Southern women OF the
war and Reconstruction periods
First Of all, We must know that
love is greater than all besides. Our
children must be taught TO love the
flag Of their country, and sons and
daughters alike given to see the pa
triotism Of those who wore the blue
as well as those who wore the gray.
1t was said that Henry Grady died
loving the country into peace
THE first duty of the Daughters is
to love all men, and illustrate the
best traditions of the South by per-
hitting no seed Of bitterness to mar
or narrow our OWN lives or the lives
of our children.
Second, to preserve the history
the home life history Of the South
during the War Between the Sections
Southern histories in plenty tell OF
the glorious conflicts on land and sea.
But there is a history of those days
not yet fully written. There is un-
touched q history of heroines. There
was stimulus to men who went to
death marching to martial music,
under inspiring banners. cheered by
their comrades. Women poured out
their lives in apprehension and labor
and sacrifice and unutterable loneli-
ness. Many stories of their deeds
have been written but more have been
buried in the hearts of heroines who
never tasted honor or fame. But
their daughters owe It to coming gen.
erations to illumine the pages OF
literature by collecting and printing
in permanent form these deeds.
Third, the duty Of the Daughters
OF the Confederacy is to keep fresh
the memory of the brave men who
wore the gray. Let them be cheered,
now that the snow that never melts
has fallen on their heads, by the
knowledge that sons and grandsons
hold them in honor and point to their
service as illustrative Of the noblest
knights Of the race
Mrs. Daniels paid tribute to Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson as "the best type OF
Southern womanhood."
when the whole nation mourned
her untimely DEATH" she said, there
was solemn pride in the South that
the home Of her youth was selected
for her last repose. Her memory will
live in the hearts Of all her country
women, but here in the South 1t will
be our privilege, as we decorate the
graves of Southern heroes, ever to
keep green her last resting place. and
emulate her virtues, her graciousness
and her practical belpfulness."