The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-27
PIEDMONT DISTRICT MEETS

Receives Favorably Suggestion Of Fit
ting up Hospital Ship for Present
Nar-Reports Show This Group VI
Chapters Still Leads in State.
The State.
The Piedmont district conference,
United Daughters Of the Confederacy,
had it's first meeting on Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. Herman
t Wright. welcome addresses were
made by Mayor Zach Wright ana
representatives of the hostess chap
! ters, the Drayton Rutherford and
Calvin Crozier chapters, to whicn
Mrs. C. McC. Patrick of Anderson
responded The president of the
! Drayton Rutherford chapter was mis-
tress of ceremonies. The vice presl-
dent, Miss Bertie Smith, chairman
of this district, made fine talk Oh
, the valuable work the United Daugh-
ters OF the Confederacy, and especial
! ly the Piedmont district. are doing
educationally. A musical programme
| was interspersed. An informal re-
ception was held and refreshments
, served.
First Session.
The first session was taken up prin-
cipally by chapter reports. 40 dele
gates answering the roll call. Only
| few of the 80 chapters Of this dis
trict were not represented. In her
report the chairman said that the
! Piedmont district lead in the State,
| historically, educationally, financially
and numerically.
The chapter activities mainly con-
sisted of honoring the veterans, sew
eral chapters saying that they had re-
Gently presented uniforms of Confea-
crate gray to worthy veterans to
4 wear to the State reunion in Chester
and to Washington and on other me-
mortal occasions.
Mrs. A. H. Dean Of Fort Sumter
chapter, Greenville, stressed the i'm
portance of using the State flag and
| making the younger generation IA
rniliar with it by displaying it on
school buildings.
Historical Conference.
The historical work was reported
by the district historian, Mrs. F. n.
Farr of Union. This district led In
1916, and unless they "got busy" they
all will not have as good standing
as last year. Mrs. Farr showed h
decided insight into the historical
work and she was ably assisted by
Mrs. Woodson of Edgefeld chapter,
custodian of rolls Of honor.
Hostile Books.
The delegate from the Drayton
Rutherford chapter, Mrs. ]. H. West,
said that the historical committee of
this chapter had been very Vigilant
and had found many books hostile
to the South and the Confederate
cause. They had found these books
in the public and private Libraries
and in book stores and they had also
found The Literary Digest and COL
lier's Weekly guilty. The unfair his
tories had been destroyed and true
histories put in their places.
Patriotism Expressed.
Hardly a chapter report was READ
that did not speak of the spirit OF
patriotism for the crisis of today,
showing the willingness on the part
| of the United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy to assist their country in any
way possible When Mrs. John Cart
| of Orangeburg, first vice president,
presented the possibility Of the South
/ Carolina United Daughters of the
| Confederacy fitting up hospital ship
J and Offering to the government the
| idea met with hearty Endorsement.
Mrs. Cart stated that this undertaK-
ing would require $4,000, but If
each chapter in the whole organiza-
, ton would give an apportioned
/ amount the sum could be easily
raised. This matter will be presented
| to the other conferences for their IN
/ dorsement before any active work 1s
j begun.
Children's Chapters.
| Reports were made that the chill
drens' chapters were in fourishing
! state. There are II chapters in the
| II counties represented in this dis
trict.
| Memorial to Sculptor.
Mrs. T. w. Ke:tt, who was such an
efficient chairman Of Arlington monu-
ment. presented the matter of erect
: ing a memorial tablet to the sculp-
tor, Sir Moses Ezekiel, who designed
Arlington and gave so much of his
vitality for this wonderful monument.
This was indorsed unanimously.
, Reports From Officers.
All officers in the division gave ad-
mirable reports. Each dwelt on the