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Newspaper Page TextOrigin of the Margaret Jones Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy—lts Accom plishments in Memorial and Historic Work (Mrs. C. L. Rowland and Miss Carrie Dent) MARGARET JONES CHAPTER, U. D. C. More than a quarter of a century ago, the Margaret Jones Chapter, U. D. (J., was brought into existence. Mrs. Helen Plane, of Atlanta, president of the Georgia Division of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy, visited Waynesboro February, 1896, in the hope of organizing a Chapter here. An invitation was Bent out to meet with her at the residence of Mrs. J. J. Jones to formulate plans for Baid Chapter. By her earnest enthusiasm, she was not long in convincing the women it was time to arouse the patriotism which had been Blum bering for bo many years in this grand old county of Burke. Thus the foundation Wus laid. On February 13th, another meeting was held at the home of Mrs. S. A. Gray, at which time Mrs. E. C. Blount was made chairman. The object of this organization was discussed and made plain to all, and as a proof of the interest taken, 18 names were enrolled as charter members, which were as follows: Mrs. E. H. Calloway President Mrs. W. L. McElmurray Vice-President Mrs. E. 0. Blount Secretary Miss Mary Toombs Jones Treasurer Mrs. Susan Shewmake Historian Mrs. S. A. Gray Miss Georgai Garlick Mrs. M. Q. Sandford Mrs. Nancy Thomas Miss Della Sandford Mrs. E. F. Lawson Mrs. J. D. Munnerlyn Mrs. Louisa Roberts Mrs. J. J. Reynolds, Jr. Mrs. R>. C. Neely Miss Philo Sturgis Miss Mary Dye. Mrs. Edward Hack In addition to the above, two other ladies were present, but as they never filled out their papers, they are not members of the Margaret Jones Chapter. The Chapter was named for Mrs. Margaret Jones, a member of one of the pioneer families of Budke Coun ty. the grandmother of Mrs. George Cox and sister of Mrs. Helen Plane, who was the instigator of the first meeting. It is known in the Georgia Division as Chapter “E," and in tfie U. D. C. as “27.” Mrs. E. H. Calloway was our first presi dent and was the wife of Judge Calloway of Augusta, and was an ideal leader. From the organization of the Chapter to her removal from the city, she was ever ready to lift her hand for the cause she represented. She was a faithful, loyal Daughter of the Con federacy. She passed away December, 1901. The following ladies have served since then as presidents of this Chapter: Mrs. R. C. Neely, Mrs. E. C. Blount, Mrs. Mary Milledge, Mrs. George F. Cox, Mrs. Cal lie Wimberly, Mrs. W. M. Fulcher, Miss Car oline Dent. Mrs. Sam Story, Mrs. Rosa Me- Master, Mrs. Oallie Wimberly, honorary president. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MARGARET JONES CHAPTER, UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. In writing of the work that has been done by the local Chapter, too much can not be said in praise of Mrs. R. M. McMaster, our presi- MUSE ■ LEE AND JACKSON ARE MARCHING ON STONE MOUNTAIN Stone Mountain—now a name to conjure with. Now more famouc than the Rock of Gibraltar or the Lion of Waterloo. Let us lend our efforts, untiringly, to this great venture that is to permanently symbolize the bravery of the men who fought with Jackson and the men who followed Lee. The Stone Mountain Memorial is one of the wonders of the world; and what a privilege it is to have a hand in it. For centuries to come this immense work wall amaze and remind the generations of the gallantry of the gray—the uncon querable spirit that os our heritage. Let us all join in, enthusiastically and untiringly—and glad to. ■ GEO. MUSE CLOTHING CO. “The Style Center of the South” ATLANTA, GEORGIA dent, whose untiring efforts have stood be hind our undertakings and who has personally accomplished many hard tasks. We deem ourseh-es fortunate in our leader and feel that she and her earnest coworkers will carry us into wider fields of activity if we but put ourselves into the rank of willingness; there fore, we predict a bright future for the Mar garet Jones Chapter, but feeling that the past years have been filled with deeds worthy n ? te ’ we will make a brief summary for the benefit of those not familiar with what weare doing. R T^®L l92 J’ Wltb th « Following Officers: resident, Mrs. R. M. McMaster; vice president, Miss Annie Burton; recording Bee retary, Mrs. J. A. Redd; treasurer, Mrs. H J L° i r n t r; T reg k St^ r ’, Mrß -„ C - L ' Rowland; t rian, Mrs. G. F. Cox. We have enrolled 116 members, and our monthly meetings are well °T Dg i° the fact tha * different committees have them in charge, thus vary- j ,'? g program and bringing out different lines of study. This year we have paid spe rnl attention to Southern writers and have become more familiar with those who, in our aear Dixie have been ispired to write of her charms and resources. Our Chapter has sent in sixty-six World ar records, which work required much time and effort, but of which we are very proud. inoo U 8 ! ake a S lance at the work done during 1923 when we spent $307.75 for the follow ing causes: Jefferson Davis monument SIO.OO, Weorgia Room Confederate Museum $lO 00 Helen Plane scholarship fund $15.00, Emily Park Memorial Library SI.OO, Cunningham Memorial Scholarship si.oo, Lee Memorial Chapel $2.00, Soldiers’ Home $25 00 World \Nar Memorial Fund, for education $3.00, I'ranees Bartow Memorial School $3.00, Alex ander Stephens Memorial School SI.OO. Ma sonic Temple SIO.OO, amount raised for me “tonaj, dinner $125.00, publishing Miss Ruth- ! erford s literature SIO.OO, for Children of I the Confederacy $12.00, one year’s subscrip tion to The Confederate Veteran, for the I^ r n a n ry T Stone Mountain monument ?» i- # ”®net Randolph Confederate Women’s Relief Work $10.00; helped bury a Confed eiute \eteran $17.85, paid state and general dues $44.40. Number of papers in historical essay contest 18, number of prizes 3. Gave 175 books to the Waynesboro High School Library. The historical work was as fol lows: Located several battle sites in Burke to be marked. Placed a memorial in Geor gia Room, Confederate Museum, and in State Library, Atlanta. Made President Davis’ birthday a legal holiday. Local Work —A committee secured help from the city council to pay for a librarian at the Waynesboro High School. The Confederate women have been shown many attentions during the year. Report for 1924 with the following officers: President, Mrs. R. M. McMaster; vice-presi- Mrs. J. A. Redd; treasurer, Mrs. H. J. Mor ton; registrar, Mrs. C. L. Rowland; historian, Mrs. S. C. Bates. Chairman of Soldiers’ Home, Mrs. M. G. Milledge; Mrs. Norman Randouph, Confederate Women’s Relief Work, Mrs. W. M. Fulcher, chairman education and historical essay; Mrs. R. E. Fulcher, World War Records; Mrs. Fannie Nosser. Member ship, Mrs. B. J. Hatcher; Marking Historic Georgia, Mrs. Julia Garlick; Scrap Book, Miss Caroline Dent. All of these officers and chairmen have served faithfully and have helped to make tin year’s work a success. On roll 121. The chief activity has been working for the wonderful Stone Mountain Memorial, which will tell the deathless Btory of Confederate heroism. The Margaret Jones Chapter has made its annual deposit of S2OO on the Founders’ Roll, having pledged $2,000 j towards the completion of the work. Miss ! Caroline Dent had charge of the Children’s! Founders’ Roll, and a great many have nl i ready joined, placing their names in th. f lily , . /'"s -? .v ' - • Mrs. McMaster is now President of the Daughters and is miking an actwe and energetic worker in the cause-she is ably assisted bt an 6fficient corps ofworkers among the officers and membership* clm°n°w 0f but the list will not be compiete until every child has had his share tn eav ?F g of the Memories’ Wreath, so r hen g ? eat book at the mountain shaU d ho° Pei? f -° r world t 0 Bee - not a name shall be missing from the Roll of Fame ,y ur Chapter has also been active in edu in?°(Vi, S / nVlng to help in nifl ny ways, realiz n° “° re important work can be ii««f„it han * ha L of Preparing the children for usefulness m the years to come. In connee . T lth . tb ! s Phase of activity we will men t on the Agricultural Fair that was sponsored f y „ m n V,? December when there were exhibits from all sections of Burke County, and from which we realized enough money to he able . a scholarship to the Agricultural School m Athens, which scholarship was won by Miss Ophelia Robinson This work will be continued from year to year, with, we hope increased interest. the educational work we might add that_ the. local Chapter contributed this year r 45 books to the Waynesboro High School Library; last year they gave 175, THE TRUE CITIZEN, SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH, 1921 MRS. ROSA M. MCMASTER, President making a total of 320. They also subscribed to Ihe Confederate Veteran, and Miss Ruth erford s Scrap Book,’’ both of which have been most helpful in the school work. The t liapter also gave a cot, blanket and pillow to be used in the library for the comfort of sick children. $37.00 has been spent for educational purposes in securing lecturers nnd having an entertainment at- the school house during Health Week. SIO.OO has been given “ elen Plane Educational Fund, and SIO.OO to the Mildred Rutherford Historical Association, which will be spent in the pub lishing of true history—“ History that neither daras to say anything that is false or fears to say anything that is true.’’ Our work of love has been to care for our adotped Confederate Soldier, Mr. S. C. Demp sey, who is at the Soldiers’ Home in Atlanta We send him a cake on his birthday and also at Christmas, and he is constantly remem bered with cards and other attentions. There is no more beautiful work than this, and our Chapter deems it a privilege to minister in any Way to these heroes of the Sixties. We spent $24.00 in having oxir room at the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall put in good condition, which room is now one of the best there and is much sought after, applica tions being made far ahead. It is now oc cupied by Miss Alma Sturdivant, who will graduate this year. We also contributed to the World War Ed ucational Fund,, the Georgia room at Rich mond, the Alexander Stephens Memorial School, the Park Memorial, the Frances Bar tow School, bought $24.00 worth of flags to be used for educational purposes, and also to mark the graves of the Confederate dead. We had twenty-four historical essays writ ten during the year, Mrs. Roger Fulcher having charge of this work, and the follow ing prizes were awarded: $2.50 to Charlie Wallace, $2.50 to Emma Law, $2.50 to Carr.ol Cox. $2.50 to Virginia Crowder. The subject this year was “Stone Mountain,” and the children showed a great deal of talent ni handling it. This, together with our usual work of en tertaining the Veterans on Memorial Day, sending flowers ot the women of the Confed eracy, and also floral offerings to our departed members, has constituted some of our year’s activities. In telling of what we have done our hearts are full of gratitude for the privilege of Berv ing in this cause we hold so dear, and we trust that we may catch a vision of the pos sibilities of the future: Let us then be up and doing, Counting neither cost nor time, For the heroes of the Sixties, And the Southland—yours and mine. OFFICERS OF MARGARET JONES CHAPTER, U. D. C. President—Mrs. R. M. McMaster. First Vice-President —Miss Annie Burton. Second Vice-President —Mrs. J. B. Lewis Recording Secretary—r Ms. John Redd. Historian—Mrs. Sidney B. Bates. Registrar—Mrs. Clarence Rowlandj Acton, Miss Mary Hargroves, Mrs. W. W. Anderson, Mrs. G. 0. Hatcher, Mrs. Ben Attaway, Mrs. Frances Hatcher, Mrs. L. E. Heath, Mrs. Evans Bates, Mrs. S. C. Herrington, Mrs. Capers Bell, Mrs. Emma Herrington, Mrs. I. P. Bell, Mrs. Lou Herrington, Mrs. L. Bell, Mrs. Ranee Hickson, Mrs. Hamp Bell, Mrs. Rufus Hillhouse, Miss Ruth Blount, Mrs. Arthur Hewitt, Mrs. Jack Blount, Mrs. E. 0, Hersey, Mrs. Fred Blount, Mrs. E. H. Hurst, Mrs. Frank Blount, Mrs. Carl Hurst, Mrs. Roger Blount, Mrs. Hamp Blount, Mrs. Hugh Ivey, Mrs. John Bowen, Mrs. Walter Boyd, Mrs. Percy Johnston, Mrs. Will * Brooks, Mrs. Ruby B. Jones, Mrs. B. H. Boyd, Mrs. John Brinson. Mrs. Frank Kelley, Mrs. U. H. Braswell, Mrs. Albert Kendricks, Mrs. Neb. Burney, Mrs. Frarik Busbee, Mrs. Jack Law, Mrs. Joe Burton, Miss Annie Law. Mrs. Robert Bush, Mrs. W. D. Lewis, Mrs. Alvin Lewis, Mrs. P. B. Carswell, Mrs. A. W. Lewis, Miss Lillian Carswell, Mrs. Wallis Lewis, Mrs. Jim Cates, Mrs. Sue B. Cates, Mrs. Frank McCathern, Mrs. W. W Cates, Mrs. Frank, Jr.Mcßride, Mrs. Birdie Cates. Mrs. Paul McElmurray, Mrs. J. Chance, Mrs. E. E. McElmurray .jMrs.W.M. Chandler, Mrs. Joe McElmurray, Mrs. M. Cohen, Mrs. S. B. McMaster, Mrs. Rosa Cooley, Mrs. Joe McMaster, Miss Rosa Cox, Miss Carrie McMaster, Miss Rachel Cox, Mrs. Floyd Macaulay, Mrs. Hugh Cox, Mrs. George Milner, Mrs. Kate Cox, Mrs. S. C. Morton, Mrs. Heber Miller, Mrs. R. L. Davis, Miss Ruby Milledge, Mrs. Mary Dent, Miss Carrie Mundy, Mrs. Ernest Dent, Mrs. E. G. Dent. Mrs. Harper Neely, Mrs. R. C. Durden, Mrs. Dade Ngsser, Mrs. Fannie Evans, Mrs. Arthur Palmer, Miss Anna Palmer, Mrs. Jessie Ford, Mrs. Fannie Perry, Mrs. Callie Fulcher, Mrs. Edwni Fulcher, Mrs. W. M. Quinney, Miss Mae Fulcher, Mrs. Roger Rackley, Mrs. Tom Garlick, Mrs. Carroll Rainwater, Mrs. I. W. Garlick, Mrs. Julia Redd, Mrs. Zilla Garlick, Miss Lucy Reynolds, Mrs. Angie Godbee, Mrs. Vannie Reynolds, Miss Barbara Godbee, Mrs. Sim Rowell, Mrs. R. T. Goddard. Miss Etienneßowland, Mrs Clarence Green, Mrs. Carrie Green, Miss Edwina Seeger, Mrs. Todd Green, Mrs. Hugh Scott, Mrs. John Green, Mrs. Walter Simmons, Mrs. W. W. Greiner, Mrs. Chas. Smith, Mrs. E. A. Gresham, Mrs. Orrin Skinner, Mrs. Chas Gresham, Mrs. Wylie Sparks, Mrs. Battle Guess, Mrs. Mattie Story, Mrs. Sam Sturgis, Miss REPORT FROM THE WAYNESBORO HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY. For the Year 1924. Number of books on hand last May.... 776 Number on hand now 1126 Increase 350 145 books have been given by the Margaret Jones Chapter this year. 175 were given by them last year, making a total of 320 The Chapter also contributed a cot, blanket and piilow and were instrumental in obtaining a light for the library, which has been quite a mv T n Chapter also gave a subscription to The Confederate Veteran, and to Miss Mildred Rutherford’s “Scrap Book.’’ There have been 3,126 books read by the children this year. Last year 2,209 were read. The largest number of books read was by Miss Lillian Bargeron, who has 87 to her credit. $5.00 was made during the Spring term by selling eggs. $1.50 of this was spent for 'The Life of Woodrow Wilson.’’ Balance on handf, $3.50. CAROLINE BENT, (ibrarian W. H. S.) Some of the Activi ties of the Georgia Division U. D. C. This organization is made up of 101,000 women, 1,600 in Georgia alone, who hold as their dearest heritage their descent from Con federate ancestry. Their activities are five fold in scope: Memorial, Historical, Bene ncient, Educational and Social. Memorial—Tacitus, the great Roman his torian, says: “To transmit to posterity the lives and characters of illustrious men was an office frequently performed in ancient times.” In those early seasons of virtue, men were led by the impulse of a generous spirit to a course of action worthy of being recorded: and in like manner the writer of genius undertook to perpetuate the memory of honorable deeds, without any motives of flattery, and without views of private ambi tion, influenced only by the conscious pleas ure of doing justice to departed merit.’’ So today the Daughters of the Confederacy seek to perpetuate the memory of the noble deeds of their ancestors of the Confederacy. No longer do men either North or South feel that the Confederate States sought to dis solve the Union. They simply contended for their Constitutional State’s rights when the United States Government tried to coerce them, and it was only after they had made every effort, consistent with honor, to re main in the Union that they seceded. Today in this Memorial Edition of the paper, on the anniversary of his birth, we pay honor to our one and only President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. On the seventh of June there will be unveiled and dedicated to his memory the Obelisk at Fair view, his birthplace in Kentucky. This mon ument has been completed by the love and work of the Daughters of the Confederacy and by contributions from the admirers of President Davis everywhere. It is 351 feet high, the second highest monument in the world, and the highest concrete monument in the world. Our one outstanding monument is now be ing carved on the broad expanse of Stone Mountain. It has thrilled the imagination of the civilized world. The noble head of Rob- I 4s,**. 'v- ' : w MRS. E. H. CALLAWAY First President Margaret Jones Chap ter United Daughters of the Confederacy COMPLIMENTS OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK WAYNESBORO, GA WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS COMPLIMENTS OF PALMER-LEWIS HARDWARE CO. Quality, Service and Price WAYNESBORO, GA. HARDWARE We have everything to be found in a first-class Hard ware store. Try us. WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS ert E. Lee, a portrait in stone, the first fin ished part of the monument has already been unveiled. The stone portraits stand out in full relief from the mountain. In order that one may realize the magnitude of this monu ment it is interesting to know that, on Jan uary 19th, Mr. Borglum entertained at luncheon the several visiting governors and their aides, a party of twenty, on the ledge which is Lee’s shoulder. The full figure of Lee, from the crown of his hat to the hoofs of his horse, will, when completed, be higher GILLIS’ GARAGE WAYNESBORO GEORGIA Auto Repair of All Kinds Tires and Accessories Jno. F. McElmurray Agent Chase & Sanborn’s Tea and Coffee Waynesboro, Ga. Lively & Skinner Fancy and Staple Groceries Phone 97 Waynesboro, Ga. than a seventeen-story office building, nearly 200 feet. It was the Daughters of the Confederacy, of Georgia, who took the first steps in mak ing possible this monument. They are of the privilege of contributing their utmo# to its final completion. It il not Robert E. Lee or Stonewall Jack son or Jefferson Davis who need this memo rial. Their fame is already assured. It is (Continued on page six) PAGE FIVE

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The true citizen. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1882-current, June 07, 1924, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5