The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-07
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u. ID. G. EXPENSES,
statement from Dick Anderson Chap
ter Showing Needs of The Organiza-
ton.

bich ANDERSON Cha apter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy an
nounced through these columns this
week that the performances at the
Rex and the Lyric Tuesday, July 6,
would be Il benefit for the chapter;
that is, that the chapter would re-
ceive certain percentage on all the
tickets sold through it's efforts. 1t
may occur to the public to ask why
does such an organization need funds
by each member. so here are few
Of the calls the chapter has for mon
ey:
Education is today getting to be
the biggest work of the u. d. c.
Through it's efforts 1876 descendants Of
Confederate veterans, otherwise un-
able to receive an education, attend
ed college last year, at cost to the
organization of $43,053.00; of these
South Carolina had II costing ST.
$3.50. Our local chapter has never
been able to raise a scholarship of it's
own, but contributes literally each
year to those raised by the State and
district. The necessity for this work
is seen from the large number Of
worthy applicants who contest for
these scholarships.
Caring for INDECENT veterans has al
ways been an important activity of
the u. d. c. There is u general relief
fund, headed by one of the ablest ex-
presidents of the organization, Mrs.
Cornelia Branch Stone of Texas, to
which all chapters contribute. Many
widows are heldped by this. Besides
this there are local calls and the chap
ters are asked to help make the Home
in Columbia pleasing. South Carolina
chapters are at present helping a poor
veteran who is stranded in Connecti-
cut, but a native Of this State. AS he
Is situated he can receive no aid from
any pension law and Connecticut is
one Of the few States in the Union
that has no chapter of U. d. c. in it.
Building Of memorials has been
from the first a work of the y. ID. c.,
as we'll as caring for the plots where
the Confederate dead lie buried.
South Carolina chapters contributed
$S,279.S4 to the cost Of the wonderful
bronze monument, the master work
OF Sir Moses Ezekiel, unveiled by the
U. ID. G. at Arlington last summer and
accepted by President Wilson on be-
half OF the country. There still re-
mains debt on this monument and
this chapter is desirious of paying the
full amount Of its assessment. The
work of collecting $4,000 for the
Confederate monument to be erected
on the battlefield of Shiloh still goes
on and each chapter must give until
1t Is completed. Besides this general
work Of various towns in the State
are continually asking for assistance
towards building their memorials
that they may be worthy the cause for
which they stand.
Other expenses that must be met
are caring for monument enclosure
and plot at the cemetery, the annual
Memorial Day observance, annual din
ner to the veterans. history medal
presented to the school, crosses of
honor presented to veterans, and con-
tributions towards keeping up the
South Carolina room in the Confed-
crate Museum in Richmond.
The u. ID. c. have of course many
other activities to. all of which ex-
penses are attached, but these are
some of the demands Dick Anderson
chapter tries to meet and for which it
stands always in need Of funds.
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