Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-04-07
Large Delegation of Women In
Conference Here Reception
AT Elegant Home of Sen
atOr and Mrs. st. Clair.

The meeting of the Division Chap
ters OF the United Daughters of the
Confederacy of Southwest Virrin;n
opened here on Tuesday morninr in
the High School chapel, following
the reception given OH Monday even,
ing, an account of which appears else
where in this paper.
The morning session was oponod
by Miss Lyde Tynes, President of the
Iazewell Chapter, and Mrs. C. W.
sumter, of Christiansburg, presided
during the day.
The day was taken up largely Inv
reports from the different chapters
offered by delegates present.
This division, as we understand
includes the territory west of and in,
cluding Roanoke. A few of the chan
ters only, were not represented.
In addition to the reports and gen
eral routine business, there were n
number of addresses from visiting
daughters. Mrs. Norman V. Randolph,
of Richmond, President of the Rich,
mond chapter, made touching ap-
peal for help from all the Chapters,
for the Confederate women Of the
State. widows of old soldiers, a cause
to which she is devoting her untiring
energies. She has been for a number
Of years n familiar figure before the
Legislature and Senate, pleading
for appropriations for these help
less old women of the State.
An interesting statement was made
by Mrs. Merchant, representing the
Shiloh Monument Association. A
cut of this monument is found on the
first page of this paper. Mrs. Mer-
chant stated that there were more
than 100 federal monuments erected
in memory and honor of the union
soldiers who fell in the notable and
bloody battle of Shiloh on the plain of
Tennessee, April, 1862, and only two
or three cheap monuments erected to
the memory of the Confederate SOL
diers who fell and are buried there
The women of the South, in the year
1905, formed the Shiloh monument
association, their object being to erect
a monument there to cost $4,000
and discharge long neglected duty
! and service. OF this amount $780,
600 has been raised, and the remain
ing $4,000 must be securel by ucro-
Der 1st next. Mrs. Merchant is treas
urer of the Association and is making
her touching and stirrii E. appeal to
the women of the South. She makes
a strong and stirring speech.
The Evening Session.
The High School Chapel was filed
to the doors on Tuesday evening with
representative audience. The large
stage was tastily and appropriately
decorated with ferns and potted
plants, Confederate flags. Large por-
traits of President Jefferson Davis
and General Robert e. Lee hung upon
the wall, and looked down upon the
scene, and were a source of inspi-
ration to the speakers. .s.nAnoi. q.
Mrs. Geo. w. st. Clair presided
with marvellous dignity and grace
during the evening session. On the
platform were seated, Miss Lyde
Tynes, President Of the Tazewell
| Chapter; Mrs. Norman v. Randolph,
of Richmond; Mrs. Judge A. A. Camp
bell, of Wytheville; Mrs. Merchant of
Chatham; Mrs. Sumter, of Christians
burg;.
The evening program consisted of
songs, vocal and instrumental; ad-
dresses by home people, papers read
and an address by Mrs. Campbell,
Mrs. Merchant and Mrs. Randolph.
The first number was song by 20
pretty school girls.
Miss Ella Bowen, of Tazewell, read
a paper, in which the lives and deeds
of Tazewell soldiers was vividly re-
cited. Then followed solo by Mrs
A. S. Higginbotham. Mrs. Merchant,
Treasurer of the Shiloh Monument
Association, read paper which was
highly entertaining.
Mrs. Barns Gillespie read q selec-
tion from the Confederate Veteran,
contributed some years ago by the
late Capt. A. j. Tynes.
Mrs. Judge Campbell discarding
her manuscript, told graphically Of
General Toland's raid into Wytheville
in July, 1868, and of his being killed
in Wytheville, the burning of the town
and the rout caused by an attack of
Confederate troops, and many other
interesting facts about her great
county, when Fincastle county 1includ-
ed all that territory. This address
was followed by a violin duet by
Miss Louise Witten and Miss Hall,
young pupils of Miss Blanche Hur-
1ey's class.
| OF much interest was an address
by Mr.. L. A. Tynes, on General Lee,