The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-05

linn, also AT rne oIlic1l
ATTENDED all business sessions. sne
returned from the convention on Iues-
day and in fridays paper, ner COM
plete report of the Ashev1lle coHsen-
ton appeared and was maiieo lo III
chapters All convention pledges nave
been paid.
For the first time in the history OF
our organization. we nave meHpe.
OF the board OF trustees OF the Con
! federate Soldiers and Sailors Home in
i Ia cksonville. Mira E. l.. Iandrufn, WHO
ibas fin powers on the board.
I On September first, a letter was ad
tdressed to the trustees through Col w.
\ A. Rawis urging improvements at the
home and the requests were enthu-l
siastically endorsed, the board having
spent over $4,000 90 for that purposes
tYot1r president was granted the cour-
itesy of reviewing the correspondence
| efowing out OF the decision Of the
board to place the responsibility of the
home on younger shoulders. The
board of trustees at the annual meet
ing on April 18th and 18th unanimous
| ly voted to offer to the state their
property to be used as a Confederate
Home and plans made to make this
| over during the present session of the
| legislature. also a lawyer engaged to
draw up the transfer Your president
wrote to the governor ana others urg-
| ing acceptance In reply Governor
Cary A. Hardee wrote that he had
referred the matter to the pension
| committee OF the House of Represent
| tatives and suggested that they take
the matter under consideration at
once. .~ IA *e..sas -gze.sss (
At the same meeting. Mrs. E. L.
Landrtrfn was given a vote Of thanks
for her faithful and constant work
upon the board and in the minutes
appears the following statement:
sThe Daughters of the Confederacy in
| this city and state aided us very ma
| terially by contributions of supplies
ana paying salary Of a nurse and by
their frequent visits and are entitled
to our thanks and appreciation"
| Your president made two visits 20
| the home where thirty three veterans
make their home. Two We're i'll and
/ being cared for by the trained nurse.
/ furnished by the division. Three have
passed away during the year. The
greatest need is for a new hospital.
Since Art. 10, Sec. 8 states that the
division must provide for the perna-
4 nent maintenance of a. trained nurse
in the home" the division this year
pays the full salary of $4,000 per
month. Our best efforts have been
given to the comfort and happiness
of our veterans. 4< ssss~.
Our chairman of Cook Memorial
secured results of which any division
might we'll feel proud. She gained
1 the cooperation of all chapters and
1
she has in all cases notified them how
she spent their money. giving the
daughters personal interest in the
| work. ssr ~
The legislature has just passed a bill
raising the Confederate pensions from
$4,000 to $500 per month, and in this
Florida leads all other states.
/ Our educational work shows pro-
gress. Eleven scholarships are main
4 tanned, eight by chapters, one by Chill
dren of Confederacy, and three by the
division. The general organization is
raising an educational fund of $780,
100000, designated the "1917-191s Hero
Fund" and to this end chapters were
asked to contribute s1.15 per capita.
Fourteen chapters Of the Florida divi-
sion have paid in full their quota and
seven others made contributions. You
are called upon to complete the quota
before the st. Louis convention.
i At the Houston reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans in October, your
i president was on the sponsorial staff
of Gen. Calvin b. Vance of the Depart
ment Of Tennessee and matron of hons
or for Florida for the Sons of Con-
federate Veterans.
As your representative, she was
placed on the state board of Near East
Relief and chapters have generally re-
sponded, although many had previous
ly contributed to the fund through 9TH
err channels.
A special effort has been made to
complete the funds for Mariana mon
ument, and the legislature has been
, asked to make an Appropriation for
this cause and also for the Olustee bat
/ tlefield.
!, From February Is to March II, your
3 president made % chapter visits from
4 Pensacola to Key West, addressing
4 them on every phase Of U. D. c. work,
including special appeals for our vet
{ Grams and for the Hero fund. She was
royalty received and made to realize
more than ever before the wonderful
personnel Of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy and the Importance of her
office, to which she realizes tribute was
chiefly paid.
For six months after her election she
continued to serve as president Of the
Pensacola chapter and during her term
of office the chapter grew from II to
$50 members.
The Asheville convention created a
new work in the Matthew Fontaine
Maury memorial and monument will
be placed in Richmon in honor of the
Pathfinder of the Seas.
An executive board meeting with
nine members present was held in
Gainesville in May at the close of the
convention and cooperation was
pledged Another board meeting with
six present was held in 1eesburg on
2 February 10th with the fourth vice