Books
To Littleton School Library
Mias Panthea Anne Twitty
president of the North Caro
lina Division, Children of tht
Confederacy, presented six vol
umes to the Littleton High
School Library on Thursday
afternoon of last week, and
spoke on the History of the
Children of the Confederacy,
its aims and accomplishments^
In addressing 40 members of
the library Club, Miss Twitty
said that the first chapter to
be chartered was the "Wash
ington Grays Chapter" in
?Washington, N. C., Oct. 19,
1897. Dues were one cent per
month, so the group gave an
original play called "The Qu'L
ing Party." The $65.00 which
they earned was used to have
a life-size portrait of General
Bryan Grimes painted and pre
sented to the Confederate
Museum in Richmond, Va.
This was the first appearance
of the C. of C. representing
their own work in the South.
Outstanding memorials erect
ed by the C. of C. in North
Carolina include a memorial at
Washington, N. C., in memory
of 17 soldiers who were killed
Sept 5, 1862 defending the!
town. In Tarboro, on the j
Town Common, a large foun-.
tain was erected in 1910 at a
cost of $100.0 to the memory,
of Henry Lawson Wyatt, the j
first soldier killed in the War j
Between the States. A drink-1
ing fountain was erected in;
Lincolnton also. .
In 1938 the State Division,
erected a bronze memorial!
tablet to Confederate Women;
of North Carolina in the House I
of Memory in Raleigh. The
most outstanding gift of the
Division was S3.800 for the j
bronze doors of the Memorial
Building in Richmond, Va
which was completed in 1957. |
The C. of C. in North Caro-|
lina also gave a handsome love |
seat to the building in honor,
of Mrs. William Dickens of En- j
field, who was Director-Gener-j
al of the Children at the time |
The objectives of the Chil- (
, of the Confederacy are: j
jorical, Benevolent, Educa-,
nnal, Memorial, and Social, j
The North Carolina Division,
of C of C. gives two scholar
ships each year ($150.00 eachi
which have been given annual-!
ly since 1931. A Warren!
County student, Freddie Bar j
tholomew, received one of
these scholarships for two j
years several years ago. The ?
proceeds from the little Con-1
federate Flags, sold during the
week of May 10, go for these
scholarships.
Tray favors, cards, gifts, and
magazines are sent and taken
to the U. S. Vetereans' Hospi
tals.
Books, flags, pictures and
magazines are given school lib
raries. Essay prizes are offer
ed as an incentive to do his
torical research. In 1939, the
ij James H. 1 .ane Chapter in
Charlotte gave a glass eye for
a young boy of a needy family.
The Children of the Confed
eracy is the auxiliary of the
United Daughters of the Con
federacy, and cooperates with
their work and projects. They
contribute to the UDC fund
which maintains four beds
(one in each of N. C.'s State
Sanatoriums) for TB patients,
and to the fund for needy de
scendants. They send cards,
gifts, and favors to the ladies
in the Confederate Woman's
Home in Fayetteville.
Although chapters were- or
ganized and working 65 years
ago, the N. C. State Division
was -Organized 25 years ago.
and will celebrate its 25th An- j
niversary June 7-8 in Salis
bury. j
There are ? 30 chapters in
the State Division with over!
700 members. In the General
Organization, 16 states have j
Divisions, and there are chap-'
tors in eight additional states, j
and in Paris, France.
The first General Convention j
was held in Atlanta, Ga.. in
1955. and have been held since |
in Memphis, Tenn., Washing
ton, D. C.. Montgomery, Ala.,
Charleston, ? S. C., Houston,
Texas; and Biloxi, Miss. This
year the Convention will be in
Richmond. Va., and next year
it will be held in North Caro
lina.
Miss Twitty was introduced
by Miss I.ynne Mincher. Books
presented to the library were
Letters and Addresses of Gov
ernors Luther Hodges. Mm. B.
Umstead, W. Kerr Scott, Jos
eph M. Broughton. Robert G.
Cherry, and John C. B. Ehring-|
haus.
One out of every five stu
dents in higher education at
tends a landgrant college, such
as North Carolina State Col
lege.
For Your . . .
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Rt. 2, Warrenton
Children Of The
Confederacy Meet#
The Warren County Chap
ter, Children of the Confeder
acy, met at the Episcopal Par
ish House, Friday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock with ten children
present.
The program on "The Origin
of Memorial Day" was given
by Miss Panthca Anne Twitty,
who stated that on April 26,
1866, some ladies in Columbus,
Miss., gathered flowers with |
which to decorate the graves
of the soldiers who had lost
their lives in the War Between
the States. Following the Bat
tle of Shiloh in 1862, Colum
bus was a Confederate hospital
center and in its tranquil |
Friendship Cemetery nearby
had been buried some 1500
Confederate and 50 Union sol
diers. To this cemetery the
ladies went laden with the
fragrant blossoms.
Showing no distinction be
tween the resting places wf
friend or foe, all graves were
decorated with flowers?an act
of forgiveness which is immor
tal. The incident was report
ed to the press and the news
papers throughout the country
carried the story. The people
of the North were touched by
this act of kindness. Francis
Miles Finch, a native of Ithi
ca, N. Y., was inspired to
write the renowned poem,
"The Blue and the Grey." In
the poem, Finch pays tribute
to the brave Southern women,
who, after four years of war,
by their deeds of living kind
ness?
". . . banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves
of our dead.
. . . Love and tears for the
Blue,
Tears and love for the
Grey."
The seven verses of the
poem. "The Blue and the
Grey," were published in The
Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 1867,
and the poem was soon print
ed and recited everywhere in
both the North and the South.
The North thought the idea of
a "Decoration Day" so com
mendable that a National Day
af observance was begun. Be
cause the flowers In the North
bloom so much later, the day
was changed to May 30.
In North Carolina, May 10
is oficlally Confederate Mem
orial Day as sot up under the
General Statutes of the State.
Miss Lucy Banzet, chapter
president, signed two sets of
application papers for Misses
Helen Holt and Harriet Ben
ton.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. H. F. Twitty, chapter
leader.
Carl Bunn Joins
Radio TV Center
Carl Bunn, formerly of Dur
ham, has recently joined Radio
TV Center as head of the re
pair department. He has had
15 years experience in electri
cal repairs, Allen Tucker, own
er of the business, said.
Mr. and Mrs. Bunn and
three daughters are making
their home in the Read Ca^in
off the Norlina road.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mustian
and Mrs. R. M. James spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Les
lie Weaver in Albemarle.
Mrs. A. C. Blaloek, Sr., spent
the weekend with relatives in
Henderson.
Mister PART-icular says.:
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