Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-04-26
Daughters American Revolution

last Tuesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. D. B. Holling>wos'h Ih"r"
are twenty-one members or TINS
chapter. and usually most OF them
are present. There is charm about
the meetings Of n different kind
from that surrounding other organl-
zatio s. and the programmes are
always very interesting and in
structive.
In a cosey corner of the spacious
versrda. delightful frult nnnch was
served as the guests entered,
Mrs. y. q. Evans, regent. presld-
ed over ;he business session, ana
among other things announced tha;
s17Oo had bnen raised hv the sale
of flags for Belgian relief.
Daring the past year, Miss Sarah
Co}|ett On request of state regent,
prepared very valuable paper on
,ar!, h.::ar!,...d history. lh'S was
read before the chapter, ana after
wards published in the county and
state papers. When the years work
was ho;no closed up copy OF this
paper was sent to the Smithsonian
Institute in Washington and being
examined, ;;,rre I.y a national "f'cer
Of the D A. r. mas been requested
for ,,bl;.otinn and will appear III
9, earlv issnA Of the Daughters OF
tbo A,no,;..sr Revolution Magazine
with illustrations.
A cold medal has also been Of
fered for the best paper on tn" toar
decades of E4gcG"ld history from
1855 to 1925. The faculty OF the
High Snhon, has taken great inter
est in this and Miss Lallio Peak has
heen given that sutiec; as her grad
pa,iu,.. r.per "a !,p Rad commence
ment. Rv these re'h"ds OF research
and pn.lic,ty, me D. :. 4. is beng
Instrumental IN making ma'y val
uab!e historical discoveries ana re-
cnrd;ny manv facts which would
otherwise De !us;, as many nave a.
ready u4cn lost. ;,
The probate judges a"d clerks
Offices cnn,air information among
the r1o., valuable in RI" state. c"h-
tanning very early wills OF IL" ear
liest settlers Of this his ORC c"uii'A'
recorded a< aavlv as l7S2. ano the
local chapter hopes 70 get COPIES "'
all thee hi>;ori. paners and have
them recorded IL Washington.
As the roll Of members was call
eG raci, rrsrordod with some cnr-
rem, went rf national hearing !nlS
was intnr.,,i. o. hnrausp It indicated
the individual and varied tastes of
those who respon led, and anything
;"r ~ personality adds 4
charm to the occasion.
Mrs. Tillman in'"odurrd Mrs.
George Strother of Ridee Spring.
Regen, OF the Michael Watson
e4Aapter>cf -.hat place, who respond
ed very graciously, and said their
charter wr..h t. composed for III"
most par, of the descendants "i
MirhapI Watson, q distinguished
-"~ Inflow, s"'A'"r. wnn!d cr"t:t
q monument in his memory.
One Of the r,nSt iustrnc';ve and
at the san tim" fascinating f"a-
lures Of the programme WAS ~,
rer on the early his'nrv # the
eastern part Of South Naco';":.
'The Old CherlwS" read by Mrs
n. G. Evans Hqvin r',d som"
very inspiring events of tie Iif'. Of
F,ancis Marion whn WAS "f tha:
section. the poem. The Song Of
Marion's Men" was vary aprroHrl-
ate v rtcite,l BIZ Miss Frame" J"n">,
who is weaving opportunities for
herself in his dirnc ion by her gifts
as we! as h"r graelnns sponSe.
Mrs ] L. Mrns. or r,qa'$t Of
the historian, red evc"r t. from
Presidents Wilson's address before
the Na.ioual D a Z Congress
then in ,sSion in Washington.
A paner of much loca! interest
was read far Mrs. w. c. T"mrk'n>
by Mrs. Susan Hill, on III" lie and
ancestry O. Benjamin Hatcher wh"
lived ne," Trenton, tn" a"cn-'or OF
MANY o. the m 81 prnm'nent resi-
den.s af tia. section. anh WINS" re.
mains lie in >n'n" nnknuwa Trlre
whpr" he was killed in & skirmlSh
of the Rev,'lti"n
At the conclusion Of III" pro.
grammr, il was announced that The
meeting w,.uId take place with Mrs
Maggi. HE III May, the exact dat
to he arnruncad later.
Refreshments OF ice cream and
cake of severa! kinds were served