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NATIONAL OFFICERS
HONORARY PRESIDENT
MRS. WILLIAM RUFFIN COX
PRESIDENT
MRS. JOSEPH R. LAMAR
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
MRS. HAMILTON R. FAIRFAX
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
MRS. GILMER SPEED ADAMS
THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT
MRS. E. H. PRINGLE
SECRETARY
MRS. BARRETT WENDELL
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
MRS. W. H. WILMER
TREASURER
MRS. FREDERICK A. PACKARD
REGISTRAR
MRS. FRANKLIN B. DEXTER
HISTORIAN
MRS. WILLIAM TODD ROBINS
OFFICERS ELECTED MAY 3, 1922
STATE OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
MRS. ALFRED MOORE WADDELL,
120 South Fifth Street, Wilmington, N. C.
VICE-PRESIDENT
MRS. WILLIAM LATIMER,
126 South Third Street, Wilmingtori, N. C.
NON-RESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENTS
MRS. C. F. HARVEY,
Kinston, N. C.
MRS. EDWIN PEARSON PARKER,
Ontario Road, Washington, D. C.
RECORDING SECRETARY
MRS. F. B. GAULT,
305 South Third Street, Wilmington, N. C.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
MRS. W. N. HARRISS,
"The Carolina", Wilmington, N'. C.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
MRS. W. B. THORPE,
209 mm Street, Wilmington., N. C.
TREASURER
MISS JENNIE A. MURCHISON,
316 South Third Street, Wilmington, N. C.
REGISTRAR
MRS. WALTER WILLIAMSON,
602 Market Street, V/ilmington, N'. C.
STATE CHAIRMAN COUNTY COMMITTEES
MISS SUE M. McQueen,
318 South Front Street, Wihningtoii, N. C.
COMMITTEE ON MEMORIALS
MRS. E. T. TAYLOR,
509 Orange Street, Wilmington, N. C.
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS
MISS MARY S. KINGSBURY,
211 South Fifth Street, Wilmington, N. C.
ST. PHILIPS' COMMITTEE
MISS SUE M. McQueen,
CUSTODIAN OF REGISTER
MRS. J. D. TAYLOR,
620 Market Street, Wilmington, N. C.
LIBRARIAN
MRS. P. W. DELANO,
Carolina Heights, Wilmington, N. C.
BOARD OF MANAGERS
TERMS EXPIRE 1923:
MRS. H. C. PRINCE
MRS. WALTER WILLIAMSON
MRS. WALKER TAYLOR
MISS ELIZA MEARES
TERMS EXPIRE 1924:
MISS JENNIE MURCHISON
MRS. DONALD MacRAE
MRS. W. B. THORPE
MRS. W. N. HARRISS
MRS. LOUIS T. MOORE
TERMS EXPIRE 1925:
MISS EMILY KENAN
MISS SUE McQUENN
MISS CARRIE MOORE
MISS JANIE STRANGE
MRS. F. B. GAULT
MINUTES
The Twenty-eighth Annual Meethig of the North
Carohna Society of the Colonial Dames of America
was held on Wednesday, May 3, 1922, at 10:30 o'clock,
in the Parish House of St. James Church, the Presi-dent
presiding.
After reciting the Lord's Prayer, the roll was called,
and forty resident and five non-resident members
responded: Mrs. Latta C. Johnston, Charlotte; Mrs.
Margaret K. Abernathey, Charlotte; Mrs. F. S.
Spruill, Rocky Mount; Mrs. R. W. Powell, Goldsboro
and Mrs. J. R. Chamberlain, Raleigh.
The Secretary read the Preamble and Article 2 of
the National Constitution.
With deep regret the Dames learned through the
President of the death a few hours earher, of one of
our oldest members, Mrs. Annie Meares Baltzer, her
number in the Society being i~.
Regret was expressed for the absence of the follow-ing
officers owing to a recent sorrow: Mrs. WiHiam
Latimer, Vice-President; Mrs. W. B. Thorpe, As-
sistant Secretary; Miss Jennie Murchison, Treasurer;
Mrs. Phillip Delano, Librarian.
Telegrams and notes of greeting were read from
Mrs. Joseph R. Lamar, National President; Mrs. C.
F. Harvey; Durham County Committee; Mrs. Mar-garet
S. Griffin; Mrs. John H. Anderson and Cumber-land
County Committee.
Reports of the officers were then read and passed
upon.
Miss Sue McQueen, Chairman of St. Phillips'
Committee, reported Tissues in the walls of the old
church caused by trees, spoke of vandalism, of tomb-stones
down and broken, and of the desperate need
of prompt action if the old ruins are to be pre-served.
Report of the Committee on Necrology was read by
Mrs. Walter Williamson, all members standing.
There were no reports from Cabarras, Forsythe,
Vance and Washington Town Committees. Durham
regretted that no member of that very new Committee
could attend.
Report of Aiecklenburg County Committee was
read by Mrs. Latta C. Johnston; Nash County Com-
mittee by Mrs. F. S. Spruill; Wayne County Com-mittee
by Mrs. W. R. Powell and Wake County
Committee by Mrs. J. R. Chamberlain who having
written and illustrated the History of Wake County
referred to showed a dummy copy and pen and ink
sketches. Upon motion a rising vote of thanks was
given Mrs. Chamberlain.
State Chairman of County Committees, Miss
McQueen, read reports from Buncombe, Craven
and Lenior.
Report of the Custodian of Register, Mrs. H. C.
Prince was read, and attention was called to the
revision of the Register which is now in progress.
Report of the State Chairman of Preservation of
Existing Records Committee.
Mrs. Waddell said that for one reason or another it
had been impossible to secure a State Chairman of
Historic Research until late in the year, when the
position had been accepted by Miss Delia Hyatt of
Kinston, she having taken up the work with much
interest and enthusiasm, and though unable in such a
short period to have accomphshed much worthy of
report, will soon have the work co-ordinated and in
proper form.
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Mrs. W. N. Harriss, Chairman of the American-ization
Committee, gave a verbal report, outlining
the work being done by these Committees in various
states, and read portions of the Illinoise circular
letter dealing with this work.
In the absence of the Librarian, Mrs. Phillip Delano,
her report was read by Mrs. E. L. Prince.
Announcement of the arrival of the beautiful
American Sampler Book, the gift of the Massachusetts
Society to the North Carohna Society, was made.
Mrs. Waddell spoke of the library and called
attention to the privilege of the County Committees
to obtain any books upon request.
An invitation to attend the North Carohna Fed-eration
of Women's Clubs being held at Greensboro
was read by the President. Motion was made by
Mrs. Walter Wilhamson, seconded by Mrs. E. L.
Prince:
"That the Dames in session send a telegram of
greeting to the Eederation".
Mrs. Wilhamson and Mrs. Donald MacRae were
named a committee to send this telegram.
Mrs. F. S. Spruill, Chairman of Limitation of
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Membership Committee, read the following report:
"Madam President:
Herewith I hand you report of the Committee
appointed to investigate the matter of hmitation of
membership in the Society of Colonial Dames.
For the purpose of advising the Committee, in its
dehberations, I secured from the Presidents of the
Societies of the Thirteen Original States, and the
District of Cohimbia, information as to what they
were doing upon this question. I enclose a synopsis
of their several repHes.
To ascertain, as nearly as might be, the attitude of
the North Carohna Dames, I wrote to each County
Chairman inviting a free expression of their views.
With this data in hand, I called a meeting of the
Committee at Goldsboro Friday, March 24th, to
consider the matter. After full deliberation, it was
decided that the Committee should adjourn to meet
again in Raleigh, April ist, to formulate its final
report. This meeting was held, and the enclosed
document is the concrete result of its deliberations.
With assurances of high esteem, I am
Very respectfully,
(Signed) ALICE WINSTON SPRUILL,
Chairman.
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Madam President arid Members of the Board of the
North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames:
The Committee appointed to consider the question
of limiting the membership of this Society has the
honor to present the following:
This organization differs from purely historic and
patriotic societies, in that only those should be ad-mitted
to its membership who are descendants of
distinguished ancestors, and who have fully hved up
to their high descent, and upheld the traditions of
their forefathers in their lives and standing in the
community.
It is desirable to place such a value on membership
as to make it an honor not hghtly esteemed.
To avoid admission of persons who, while eligible
by descent, would yet be undersirable as members,
this Committee deems it necessary that the Board
should have fuller information regarding applicants
from a distance than is contained in the formal letters
of the proposer and seconder.
They recommend that a committee of members of
the Society, residing in or contiguous to the Cities of
Asheville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Raleigh and
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Goldsboro be appointed by the President, to serve at
the pleasure of the Board, or until the next annual
meeting.
To this committee shall be referred all applications
for membership from persons resident in or in the
vicinity of these Cities, and no such apphcation shall
be acted on by the Board until the report of such
Committee shall have been received.
Immediately upon receipt of an application for
membership from a person residing in or near these
Cities, the Corresponding Secretary shall notify the
Chairman of the Committee and await its report
before bringing the apphcation before the Board.
In addition to the above, there should be mailed to
each County Committee the names of candidates, with
proposer and seconder, whose applications are to be
considered by the Board. These names should be
read at the monthly or called meeting of the County
Committee, and an invitation extended each member
of the Society to write personal letters to the Board,
setting forth reasons for rejecting candidates regarded
by them as undersirable.
The individual Dames should feel in honor bound
to inform the Board as to every matter affecting the
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qualifications of any candidate whose name is under
consideration. The writer's name will be known only
to the President and Corresponding Secretary, to whom
all letters should be addressed.
The Board of Managers should require detailed
statements, or proof, concerning the ehgibihty or
quahfications of the proposed member, and should
have exclusive power to determine the same, and
admit her to membership.
Before the apphcation of any candidate for admis-sion
to the Society is considered, the Board of Managers
should be informed fully as to the candidates oc-cupation,
general standing, and personal character,
and each candidate must be personally known or
vouched for by at least two members of the Board.
A candidate, against whom there is nothing except
that she is not known to two members of the Board,
may be carried over until the next year, or until
such time as the Board may elect, pending further
investigation.
If it does not contravene the constitution, this
Committee suggests:
(i) That no new member should propose or endorse
a candidate until she has been a member of the Society
two years.
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(i) As there are no members at large, in the National
organization, so there should be no mem.bers at large
in the State, each individual being required to be
affihated with some County Committee.
(3) No candidate should be proposed or endorsed
by her mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt
or niece.
The question of a high standard of membership for
the Society remains with those who are already mem-bers.
This Committee recommends that these women
acquaint themselves thoroughly with the aims and
objects of the Society, and tha.t they emphasize the
fact that connection with the Society is by invitation
only. The desirable candidate is not the one who
seeks admission.
This Committee does not favor Hmitation of mem-bership
beyond the restrictions now imposed by the
Constitution and By-laws. Limiting the members
will not of itself affect the quality of the organization.
All these provisions would act as a bar to too rapid
growth which is undesirable. It is possible to keep a
small society witliin definite conditions and restrict-ions.
It is difficult to maintain the membership of a
large body to the high standard originally intended.
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This Committee does not favor an increase in dues,
which, if effected, would not decrease membership,
but would debar many desirable gentlewomen.
Respectfully submitted,
ALICE WINSTON SPRUILL,
ATHALIA LORD,
MAMIE L. HEARTT HARVEY,
MAMIE ELLIOT LONDON,
HARRIET B. LANE HYMAN,
Committee.
Upon motion, duly carried, the report was voted on
phraze by phraze. After a very thorough discussion,
the report as accepted reads as follows:
(i) That no new member should propose or endorse
a candidate until she has been a member of the Society
three years.
(2) That each member of the North Carolina Society
be recommended to affiliate with some County Com-mittee,
preferably her own, if one exists, or with the
nearest.
(3) No candidate should be proposed or endorsed by
her mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt or
niece.
(4) That a committee of members of the Society,
residing in or contiguous to the Cities of Aheville, Char-
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lotte, Winston-Salem, Raleigh and Goldsboro be ap-pointed
by the President to serve at the pleasure ol the
Board, or until the next Annual Meeting.
To this committee shall be referred all applications
for membership from persons resident in or in vicinity
of these Cities and no such apphcations shall be acted
on by the Board until the report of such Committee
shall have been received.
(5) Immediately upon receipt of an apphcation for
membership from a person residing in or near these
Cities, the Corresponding Secretary shall notify the
Chairman of the Committee and await its report
before bringing the apphcation before the Board.
In addition to the above, there should be mailed to
each County Committee the names of candidates,
with proposer and seconder, whose apphcations are
to be considered by the Board. These names should
be read at the monthly or called meeting of the County
Committee, and an invitation extended each member
of the Society to write personal letters to the Board,
setting forth reasons for rejecting candidates regarded
by them as undesirable.
(6) At the decision of the Board the name of a candi-date
may be carried over until such time as the Board
may elect, pending investigation.
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The meeting adjourned at i -.^o for luncheon, con-vening
again at 3:15 o'clock.
Motion was made by Mrs. F. S. Spruill and seconded
by Mrs. E. L. Prince:
"That the sympathy of the Dames be extended to
Miss Annie Baltzer and Miss Carrie Meares, and that
upon the conclusion of the meeting, some of the
flowers be sent to them and to Mrs. T. C. James, she
being unable to attend the meeting on account of
illness.
At 4:00 o'clock the meeting adjourned untii 8:30
p. m.
NIGHT SESSION.
At 8:30 p. m. in the Assembly Rooms, the meeting
was called to order by the President.
A letter was read from the Secretary of the National
Society notifying the Corporate Societies that at the
next Biennial Council, the following amendment to
the Constitution will be submitted for ratification or
rejection:
Resolved:—That Article 5, paragraph 2, line 3,
(page 8 of the Acts for 192 1), be amended by in-serting
the words "or more" after the word "two"
and before the words "Vice Presidents", so that the
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clause as amended will read:—"consisting of a
President, two or more Vice-Presidents."
The Corresponding Secretary was instructed to
write Mrs. Wendell that this Society accepted the
amendment.
Mrs. Waddell read the following resolution offered
by Mrs. C. F. Harvey:
"That the North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames
establish at the University of North Carohna a prize
or medal to be given annually for Patriotic Research
work."
Upon motion made by Mr. W. N. Harriss, seconded
by Mrs. Walter Williamson, an amendment was
offered using the word "Colonial" in the place of
"Patriotic", and the resolution thus amended was
carried.
Motion was made by Mrs. E. L. Prince, seconded
by Miss Kingsbur}^:
"That the above recognition take the form of a
medal". Carried.
The following motion made by Mrs. W. N. Harriss,
duly seconded and carried:
"That this Society give the sum of $120.00 to the
Near East Rehef Fund for the support of two children,
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as a memorial to those members of ours who have
died during the past year."
Report of the Nomination Committee as follows:
For President: Mrs. A. M. Waddell, 193; Mrs.
Louis T. Moore, i; Mrs. Wilham Latimer, i.
Vice-President: Mrs. Wilham Latimer, 189, Mrs.
George Rountree, i.
Non-Resident Vice-Presidents: Mrs. C. F. Harvey,
179, Mrs. E. P. Parker, 133, Mrs. Latta C. John-ston,
55; Miss Violet Alexander, 4; Mrs. John Ander-son
I.
For the Board: Mrs. J. D. Bellamy, 95; Mrs. Geo.
Rountree, 92; Miss Janie Strange, 97; Miss Carrie
Moore, 85; Miss Sue McQueen, 104; Mrs. Creasy, i;
Mrs. F. B. Gault, 32; Mrs. Lovering, i; Mrs. Gabriel
Holmes, 72; Miss Carrie Meares, i; Miss Emih'
Kenan, 54; Miss Lila Bellamy, 14; Mrs. D. H. Lippitt,
29; Miss Sarah Lippitt, 42; Mrs. J. L Campbell, 16;
Mrs. E. T. Taylor, 11.
The President requested Mrs. W. N. Harriss to
take the chair.
Upon motion by Mrs. E. L. Prince, duly seconded,
it was,
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Resolved:—That the Secretary be instructed to
cast the vote of the Societ}^ for the officers and members
of the Board receiving a majority vote.
The motion carried and the election resulted as
follows
:
Preside7it—Mrs. A. M. Waddell.
Vice-President—Mrs. Wilham Latimer.
Non-Residerit Vice-President—Mrs. C. F. Harvey,
Kinston, N. C.
Non-Resident Vice-President—Mrs. E. P. Parker,
Washington, D. C.
For the Board—Miss Sue McQueen.
The President then resumed the Chair and the
meeting proceeded with the election of four members
to complete the Board, as follows: Miss Janie Strange,
Miss Carrie Moore, Miss Emily Kenan, Mrs. F. B.
Gault.
Mrs. Johnston expressed her appreciation and that
of the out-of-town members for all courtesies shown
them.
The President thanked Mrs. Johnston, and then
expressed her appreciation of the co-operation which
she had received during the past year.
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BOARD MEETING.
Following the Annual Meeting a brief meeting of
the Board of Managers was held
:
Roll was called, nine members being present.
Registrar's report as follows :
—
Names presented for first reading:
Mrs. James D. Proctor; proposed by Mrs. E. L.
HoIIoway; endorsed by Miss Athaha Lord, Mrs. F.
A. McNeill, Mrs. N. A. McLean, Mrs. Blanch Wilham-son
Spencer.
Mrs. Ernest Heap Graham; proposed by Mrs. C.
E. Wilkins; endorsed by Rosa Battle Miller, Mrs.
Marshall Wilhams, Mariana Cobb Gareissen, Mrs. W.
W. Walton.
Mrs. Eugene G. Hines; proposed by Mrs. James
Kyle; endorsed by Mrs. C. E. Wilkins, Mrs. W. J.
Jones, Mrs. C. F. Harvey, Mrs. Marshall Williams.
Mrs. William McKoy Bellam}^; proposed by Mrs.
George N. Harriss; endorsed by Marj^ S. Kingsbury,
Susan Meares Lovering, Virginia Taylor Oliver, Mary
Bolles Harriss.
Miss Mabel Claire Belk; proposed by Julia Irwin
Roddey; endorsed by Margaret Kelly Abernathey,
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Estelle R. Miller, Mary Johnston Clark, Jean W.
Henderson.
Mrs. George Robert McKewn; proposed by Mrs. G.
A. Rose; endorsed by Mrs. J. D. Rose Mrs. A. C.
ZoIIicofFer, Mrs. Sidney P. Cooper.
Mrs. Pauline Bernhardt Woodson; proposed by Mrs.
Margaret Overman Gregory; endorsed by Mrs. Janet
Quinn Getling, Mrs. Sallie Barlow Bernhardt, M. O.
VanLandingham, Susan G. Mallet Holmes.
Mrs. Robert Aubrey Parsley; proposed by Mrs.
Philip Warland Delano; endorsed by Minerva J.
Thomas, Betty H. Bridgers, Alice London Calder.
Non-Colonial Nominations presented:
Mrs. Lane Knowlton, Perthshire, Miss.; Pvlaggie
Chisholm Martin, Albermarle Plantation, La.
Pedigree papers presented:
Mrs. Collier Cobb, Chapel Hill, N. C; Mrs. Henry
Walter Lilly, Fayetteville, N. C; Mrs. P. B. Manning,
Washington, D. C.
Supplemental paper presented:
Mrs. George N. Harriss, Wilmington, N. C.
Names presented for second reading and accepted
by the Board
:
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Mrs. John Victor Grainger, Mrs. Marsden Bellamy,
Jr., Mrs. Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Miss Susan Collier
Fulghum, Miss Mary Pickett Ward, Mrs. Walter L.
Parsons, Mrs. E. L. Yarborough, Mrs. Edward S.
Povi, Mrs. James H. Cordon.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIZA BELLAMY WILLIAMSON,
Registrar.
The election of the Board of Managers, resulting as
follows:
Recordiyig Secretary—Mrs. F. B. Gault,
Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. W. N. Harriss.
Assistarit Secretary—Mrs. W. B. Thorpe.
Treasurer—Miss Jennie Murchison.
Historian—Mrs. Donald MacRae.
Registrar—Mrs. J. Walter Williamson.
There being no further business, upon motion, the
President declared the Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting
of the North Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames
adjourned.
RespectufuIIy submitted,
SUSIE BELL LaMOTTE GAULT.
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in ilemoriam
MISS MARY ARRINGTON,
GOLDSBORO
DIED AUGUST 3, 1921.
MRS. A. B. ANDREWS,
RALEIGH
DIED DECEMBER 29, 1921.
MRS. NAPOLEON HILL,
MEMPHIS, TENN.
DIED JANUARY 1922.
ASSOCIATE
MRS. LOUIS HENRY DE ROSSET,
WILMINGTON
DIED MARCH 31, 1922.
MRS. J. W. MURCHISON,
WILMINGTON
DIED APRIL 9, 1922
ONE OF THE INCORPORATORS OF
THE SOCIETY—JUNE 29, 1894.
MRS. ERNEST V. BALTZER,
WILMINGTON
DIED MAY 3, 1922.
President's Address.
Ladies:
Once more the seasons in their rotation have brought
in the merrie month of May, and it is again my priv-ilege
and pleasure to welcome j^ou to our Annual
Meeting, and to render to you an account of the way
in which I have administered the trust you repose in
me.
A special word of welcome is due those who have
come to us from other towns, and to our recently
admitted members. We are more than glad to have
them with us, and beheve that they can contribute
materially in efforts to uphold the distinctive features
of this Society.
I pause for one moment to render tribute to those
who have gone before; we miss them, and we are
grateful that they should have been permitted to
dwell among us for a season. We mourn for them,
but not as those who have no hope, "for the souls
of the righteous are in the hands of God".
"If you look for a good speech now you undo me,
for what I have to saj' is of my own making, and what
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indeed I should say will I doubt prove my own mar-ring
.
The duties of a President sound very simple as
defined in the Constitution and By-Laws. To call
meetings and preside at the same; appoint committees
and fill vacancies on same; what can be easier! But
if there be a lurking suspicion in the minds of any
that in thus functioning she is meeting all expectations,
a year in office would speedily convince them of error.
I have learned that a President should be an agile
genealogist, famihar with family records all over the
country, and able to fink up two or more parrallel lines
with perfect ease. A historian of tried ability; a
diplomat of many years experience with the wisdom
of the serpent and the guilelessness of the dove.
How well I measure up to these simple requirements
I leave to others to say.
The honor you bestow upon me brings both priv-ileges
and responsibilities. Among the former are the
many invitations to represent the Society extended by
other organizations, all of which are deeply appreci-ated
and accepted whenever possible, for not one of us,
can live to herself, but each needs the stimulus of
another's viewpoint, and the inspiration gained through
knowledge. The responsibihty of worthily repre-
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senting you weighs heavily upon me, but thanks to
the unfailing kindness and cordial co-operation evi-denced
the task is greatly hghtened.
In our Society I have endeavored to make each
member feel that she is responsible for the regard in
which we are held, and wherever possible to give her
something to do, for we all know that what we work
for we care most for. That was the great idea in form-ing
County Committees, not for one instant to break
the unity of the whole, but to give groups of Dames
the opportunity to meet together for pleasure, study
and work all tending to unity of interest and greater
progress in carrying out the program of our State
Society, which in turn is largely determined by the
National Society of which we are a unit.
Our work touches both the past and the present and
future; for the former it is commemorative, restor-ative
and preservative; for the latter it is covered by
the one term-Americanization which takes in both
educational and patriotic effort. The reports of the
various offcers will show what we have done along
these respective hues, and I leave the recital to them.
With two big objects staring us in the face, I would
like an expression of opinion as to the way in which
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these can be accomplished. Shall we for a certain
period give up all other work and concentrate on Valley
Forge and Roanoke Island? In both cases we would
co-operate with the other patriotic and historical
organizations.
In these busy days when each one is drowned in a
tidal wave of meetings, and over-organization threatens
to smother output, we are in danger of forgetting one
of our distinctive features, and in this particular we in
Wilmington, at least, are put to shame by the County
Committees. I refer to social features. We should be
proud of the fact that ehgibihty is based on social
position, this taking precedence even of genealogy, to
the extent that while ancestry of a particular and
definite nature is essential, it alone does not entitle
one to membership, any more than does social position
based only on the possession of riches!
Fellowship means so much that it seems a pity
that women of culture, refinement and sympathy
should not enjoy the benefits derived from mental and
social contact. Once more we will try to attain that
object.
Those of us who attended the Plymouth Com-memoration
exercises last November, when the Canopy
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over the Rock, the gift of our National Society, was
dedicated and presented, can never forget the charming
hospitality and courtesy of the Massachusetts Dames,
nor the marvellous manner in which their well planned
arrangements were executed. Our Society is indeed
indebted to the Massachusetts Society for much.
I want to express my appreciation of the many court-esies
extended to me by the County Committees.
The gatherings at which I have been an honored guest,
with the delightful social features, still linger in my
heart and mind.
With the hope that each one of us will receive some-thing
from this meeting which will increase our zeal
and interest both individually and corporately I again
bid you welcome.
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Report of Corresponding Secretary.
Madam President and Ladies:
Owing to the absence of tlie corresponding secretary for
three months during the past winter other officers have been
kind enough to perform many of the duties of her office, for
which service she is greatly indebted to them. But not-withstanding
this absence at the busiest season of the year
the work of the Society has increased to such proportions that
she has personally written one hundred and fifty-seven
letters, most of which were announcements of acceptances
of nominations and pedigree papers.
Annual reports, year books, lists of officers and circuLar
letters have been received from a number of the State So-cieties,
for which we wish to express out cordial thanks and
appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCES LATHAM HARRISS,
Corresponding Secretary.
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Report of the Assistant Secretary.
Madam President and Ladies:
Since the Annual Meeting of 1921, the Assistant Secretary
has sent notices each month to the Board of Managers,
these numbering 94, to the General Society 88.
Each month have sent to the Chairman of the County
Committees the minutes of the previous months meeting, a
total of 72 copies.
Have mailed 343 copies of the Annual Report of 1921,
also 305 copies of the new By-Laws and Constitution.
Sent 419 invitations to the Presentation of the Memorial
at Plymouth; 63 invitations to the 1922 annual meeting;
420 blank ballots, and 200 mimeograph letters.
One (i) admission slip.
Five (5) bills.
This making 2010 pieces of mail sent out during the j'^ear.
Last but not least have made numerous telephone calls.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET MEARES THORPE.
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Annual Report of Treasurer
Receipts.
Balance on hand May i, 1921 $1,407.48
Interest 46.53
National Society for expenses of Delegates
to Biannial Council 109.38
Mrs. Henly—Refund for China i9-70
Mrs. R. S. Young—Life Membership 75.00
Annual dues from 394 members 818.85
Plymouth Memorial Fund 355.60
Initiation and dues for 44 new members__ 748.50
Initiation fees from 14 Associate members-. 210.00
For two certificates at $6.00 1 2.00
Mrs. Streeter—Americanization 150.00
Total receipts $3,953.04
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Disbursements
Funeral Design $ 5.00
Mrs. W. A. Wright—initiation fee refunded. 15.00
Capitation Tax on 421 members 315-85
Publication of Janet Schaw Diarj^ 431.13
New record book 1.50
Subscription to N. C. Booklet i .00
Plymouth Memorial Fund 300.00
Tiffany—2 certificates at $6.00 1 2.00
44 copies of "Lady of Quality" 1 20.23
Refund to Buncombe County Committee. 2.50
Tablet in Craven County 280.00
Bailey, Banks & Biddle 84.00
Miss French—copying minutes of monthly
meetings 41 .00
Rent of rooms 1 54.00
Mrs. Henly for China 20.00
Luncheon and Garden Party 343-73
Expenses of Delegates to Council 109.38
Hauling 7.00
Miss Kingsbury—Examining 52 papers 104.00
Yates & Co 8.70
Tide Water Power Co.—Connecting Stove. 2.50
Northam's 60
Jackson & Bell—Printing 12.00
Wilmington Printing Co 225.10
Harriss Printing Co 18.90
Total Disbursements 2,669.32
Balance in bank April 30, 1922 $1,283.72
Respectfully submitted,
JENNIE MURCHISON
Treasurer.
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Annual Report of Registrar.
Madam President and Ladies of the North Carolina Society
Colonial Dames oj America:
It gives me pleasure to present to you the report of the
Registrar for the year ending May i, 1922.
The membership of the Society is increasing at about the
same rate as last year. Forty three new names have been
registered, and nine others have been finally accepted. These
have not had sufficient time since acceptance to pay their
initiation fees to the Society Treasurer, but should be counted
with the total number of admissions, as it will only be a mat-ter
of a short while before they can be given official numbers
and registered. This makes the total of fifty two (52) new
members. In addition, the names of forty (40) applicants
passed the Committee on Claims and are in the various
stages of consideration by the Board of Managers. So you
can see that in all the Registrar has handled ninety two (92)
applications for membership during the year. The corres-pondence
in connection with these applications is very
extensive along with the routine duties of this office, such as
the making out of reports, the issuing of pedigree blanks,
recognition pin and insignia permits, and much other corres-pondence
of a varied nature. One supplemental family
history paper, that of Mrs. Boiling Whitfield, was presented
and accepted by the Board in December. One member has
been reinstated and one member dropped during the year.
The Society has lost by death six, one an associate member
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of Tennessee. Twenty one (21) permits have been issued
for insignia of the Society, and thirty five (35) for recog-nition
pins.
The Registrar finds it very difficult to record accurately
the marriages and deaths which occur among the members
of the Society, as they are seldom reported officially. It
has come to our attention, in accidental ways, that some time
in the last year or two Miss Jane Evans Williams has become
Mrs. J. S. Cobb; Miss Sallie Sims Kirby has become Mrs.
C. E. Wilkins; Miss Mary Irwin—Mrs. J. H. Roddey;
Miss Janet Quinn—Mrs. A. N. Gething. However, with
assured accuracy, I report the marriages of Miss Charlotte
Christine Nelson, an Associate of Mississippi, to Mr. Harold
I. Randby, of Chicago, III.; Miss Eugenia G. Clark to the
Rev. John Allen McLean of Morganton, and Mrs. Pembroke
Jones to Mr. Henry Walters, of Baltimore, Md.
There are at present four hundred and thirty eight (438)
members in the Society and two hundred and twenty" four
(224) associate members, making a total of six hundred and
sixty two (662).
The following is a list of members admitted to the Society
since the last Annual Meeting:
763—Miss Christine G. Memminger, Asheville, N. C.
764—Mrs. Walter Smallbones, Wilmington, N. C.
765—Mrs. W. Borden Cobb, Goldsboro, N. C.
766—Miss Ester White Springs, Charlotte, N. C.
767—Mrs. N. A. McMillan (Associate), St. Louis, Mo.
768—Mrs. William T. Ward, New Bern, N. C.
769—Miss Lizzie Craig Young, Davidson, N. C.
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770—Mrs. Henry Hyman Philips, Tarboro, N. C.
771—Mrs. Robert Simonton Young, Concord, N. C.
772—Mrs. Frank Preston Brooks Pegues, Rockingham, N. C,
773—Mrs. Henry Otis Hyatt, Kinston, N. C.
774—Miss Marjr Erwin Young, Davidson, N. C.
775—Mrs. Gaston Drake StoIIenwerck (Associate), Alabama.
776—Miss Katherine H. Edwards (Associate) Tennessee.
777—Miss Mary Gilchrict McNeill, Lumberton, N. C.
778—Mrs. Thomas Davis Warren, New Bern, N. C.
779—Mrs. William R. Crawford, Goldsboro, N. C.
780—Mrs. Jere Perry ZoIIicoffer, Henderson, N. C.
781—Mrs. Jeremiah Goff, Charlotte, N. C.
782—Mrs. William H. Twitty, Charlotte, N. C.
783—Miss Drusilla Lanier Cravens (Associate), Madison,
Indiana.
784—Mrs. John Douglas Taylor, Wilmington, N. C.
785—Mrs. Robert E. Calder, Wilmington, N. C.
786—Mrs. Charles W. Johnston (Associate), Alabama.
787—Mrs. J. Holmes Davis, Wilmington, N. C.
788—-Miss Bernie Peyton Palfrey (Associate), Louisiana.
789—Mrs. John Lewis Cobbs, Jr. (Associate), Alabama.
790—Mrs. Walter Lyford Griffith (Associate), Nebraska.
791—Mrs. James Alexander Graj^, Winston-Salem, N. C.
792—Mrs. William Rogers Robertson, Asheville, N. C.
793—Mrs. Robert Bryan Cassell (Associate), Tennessee.
794—Mrs. Lawrence Lee Simpson, Wilmington, N. C.
795—Miss Nannie Carrington Dinwiddie, Raleigh, N. C.
796—Miss Columbia Crudup, Louisburg, N. C.
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797—Miss Elizabeth Williams Isler, Goldsboro, N. C.
798—Mrs. Robert Scott Dilworth (Associate), Texas.
799—Mrs. Edward Morris Sweeny (Associate), Texas.
800—Mrs. Duncan Partrick (Associate), Florida.
801—Airs. Edwin Robeson McKethan, Fayetteville, N. C.
802—Miss Esther Exum Harriss, Wilmington, N. C.
803—Miss Marguerite Lane Walker, Wilmington, N. C.
804—Mrs. S. Ruffm Home, Fayetteville, N. C.
805—Mrs. Franklin Price Hall, Belmont, N. C.
Mrs. Justin S. White, Fayetteville, N. C.
Mrs. William Beverly White (Associate), Mississippi.
Mrs. Pope Webb Oden (Associate), Mississippi.
Mrs. Robert E. Gofer (Associate), Texas.
Mrs. Herbert V. Jones (Associate), Missouri.
Mrs. Clifford Meigs (Associate), Alabama.
Mrs. M. B. Frost (Associate), Tennessee.
Miss Nancj' R. Hooper, Mississippi.
Mrs. Robert Jemison, Alabama.
Names finally accepted but not registered begin with Mrs.
Justin S. White.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIZA B. WILLIAMSON,
Reaistrar
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Historian's Report
Madam President and Ladies:
In viewing the work of the North Carolina Society for the
past year we may well say, "Something accomplished, some-thing
done".
First in importance should be mentioned the financial aid
given in behalf of "The Journal of a Lady of Quality". The
publishing of this diary has for a number of years been dear
to our hearts, and our first ambition was for the Society to
undertake the work, the loan of the original manuscript with
accompanying sketches having been promised by Colonel
Vetch of England. As early as 1910, Mr. Rutherford, a
decendant of the Rutherfords mentioned in the diary, came to
Wilmington in interest of this work. However, this was all
postponed during the war to be revived at a later date when
Professor Charles M. Andrews, of Yale University, having
discovered a copy of the same diary in the British Museum,
came to familiarize himself with the region of the Lower
Cape Fear and to confirm or search certain records. Also
Professor Andrews hoped to co-operate with the Society
in executing it's plan. After an interview and later an ex-change
of letters we agreed to make a contribution of nearly
one thousand dollars with the assurance that the name of the
North Carolina Society be placed on the title page. Tho
dissapointed in yielding it's original plan the Society felt a
great satisfaction in knowing that the work was in the hands
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of one whose wide experience and eminent position would
give the volume the value and prestige to which it was
entitled. The letters of appreciation from the Corporate
Societies expressing their regard for the book are very gratify-ing.
Our next important work is the History of Wake County,
which has been written by Mrs. J. R. Chamberlain, of Raleigh.
It is interesting to learn that the author is the grand-daughter
of Elisha Mitchell, discoveror of Mt. Mitchell. The man-uscript
is in the hands of the publisher and will soon be in
book form. Great credit is due Mrs. Chamberlain for her
work. Dr. Archibald Henderson, of the State University,
has said a complete record of each County is needed before
a perfect history of the state can be written. It is a pleasure
to report that the records of Rowan County have been
compiled and that the Granville County records are three-fourths
completed.
We now pass on to the educational work. This includes
the presentation of tableaux, relating the story of Virginia
Dare and the early history of Roanoke Island, and our co-operation
with Sorosis in presenting its "Pageant of the
Lower Cape Fear." Also through our County Committees,
we have been instrumental in having a film of the Lost
Colony shown in a number of different cities in the State.
To celebrate the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims
interesting May Flower Posters, gotten out by the Con-necticut
Society, were placed in the Public Schools. The
Society was, indeed, fortunate in Iiaving a representation of
five resident North Carolina Dames for the celebration at
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Plymouth. These were our President, Mrs. A. M. Waddell,
Mrs. Frank Spruill, Mrs. Hardin Hairston, Mrs. W. H.
Belk and Mrs. Westray Battle. The North Carolina Society
takes this opportunity to thank the Massachusetts Society
for the many delightful courtesies extended to them. The
Prize Essay Competition offered by the Americanization
Committee to public school pupils is still a part of our pro-gram.
Each County Committee has the privilege of further-ing
this work.
A notable achievement during the year has been the plac-ing
of a tablet on the remaining wing of Tryon Palace at
New Bern, N. C. This makes the last home of North Caro-lina's
Colonial governors.
Before closing this report which even now may seem too
long, I feel that we must say that it is with special pride that
we note the interest taken by the County Committees in
their Study of colonial characters, buildings, historic trees,
etc. The enthusiasm of several of the committees is doubly
evidenced by the interesting little pamphlets published,
giving their years programme. The Society was pleased to
receive from it's Mecklenburg County Committee a photo-graph
of the Cornwallis-Burr oak and one of Governor
Graham. Copies of these were also sent the National Society.
Now that we have added something worth while to the
past, already notable with achievements, may the members
of the Society feel a just pride in their work and an enthusiasm
for futher accomplishments.
Respectfully submitted,
FLORENCE K. MOORE,
Historian.
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Report of St. Phillip's Committee.
Balance reported June i, 1,21 $424.74
Interest 12.82
Interest Second Liberty Bonds 8.50
Cash balance to date, May 2, 1922 $446.06
Respectfully submitted,
SUE MOORE McQueen.
Report of the State Chairman of the Plymouth Com-memoration
fund.
Balance reported June i, 1921 S305.63
Assessments during year 330.00
Sale of Liberty Bonds—Cash 50.00
I nterest 3.07
Total $688.70
Disbursements
To National Treasurer . $385.70
Amount on hand May 2, 1922 $303.00
Respectfully submitted,
SUE MOORE MQcUEEN.
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Report of Committee on Claims.
Since May i, 1921, the "Committee on Claims" has
examined fifty-one New Pedigree papers and two Supple-mentary
ones. Also the Application Slips of sixty candi-dates
for admission. I am glad to state that there has been
some improvement during the past year in regard to the
authority being given on the Pedigree papers for the line of
descent of the Candidate from each ancestor used, but some
papers still come in without any reference whatever given,
and it is now against the law of the Society to accept them
until proper proof is given. I again ask, as I did last year
at the Annual Meeting, that the Chairman of each County
Committee impress the importance of this upon each and
every one of their Candidates.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY SUMNER KINGSBURY,
Cbair77ian.
Report of Custodian of Register.
A^adam President and Ladies:
As Custodian of the Register of the North Carolina Society
of the Colonial Dames of America, I wish to state that I
have 91 copies of the Register on hand, and a balance of
$77.09 in Bank.
Balance in bank June i, 1921 $70.90
Interest 2.19
Sale of 2 copies of Register 4.00
Balance in bank March i, 1922 77-09
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. H. C. PRINCE.
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Report of Memorial Committee.
Madam President and Ladies:
Since our last Annual Meeting, we have lost by death
six members:
Miss Mary Arrington, Goldsboro, N. C, Died August 3,
1921.
Mrs. A. B. Andrews (Helen Sharpless), Raleigh, N. C,
Died December 29, 192 1.
Mrs. Napoleon Hill (Mary Norton Wood), Memphis,
Tenn., Died Janurary 1922.
Mrs. Louis Henry DeRosset (Jane D. Cowan), Wilmington,
N. C, Died March 31, 1922.
Mrs. J. W. Murchison (Lucy Haynes Atkinson), Wil-mington,
N. C; Died April 9, 1922. One of the incorpora-tors
of the Society June 29, 1894.
Mrs. Earnest V. Baltzer (Annie Meares), Died May 3,
1922.
Respectfully Submitted,
MARY A. HILL CRONLY.
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Report of the Americanization Committee.
Madam President and Colonial Dames of the Stale of North
Carolina:
As an introduction to what little I have to say I ask per-mission
to read to you the Circular Letter recently received
from the Illinois Society. I can think of no better way to
give you an idea of the scope and possibilities for patriotic
service under that department of our work called American-i*
zati•on.**••*•*••*••*
Our efforts toward raising the standard of moving pictures
is meeting with success. The act of naturalization in our
Federal Courts has been lifted from a mechanical and in-different
formula to a thoughtful and dignified function,
-almost over night. So far as I know Charlotte is the only
other town where our members are devoting themselves to
this most important work.
Mrs. Lamar in her very thoughtful and able address
presenting the Plymouth Memorial to the state of Mass-achusetts
says:—"America is not a race but an aspiration",
and she says truly; but America does represent the aspiration
of a race. Not the Slavic; not the Latin; not the Germanic;
but that wonderful composite known as the Anglo-Saxon.
It is to that race we owe our language, our system of law and
our religion; our passion for justice and fair play. These
are the expression of our aspiration; the fruits of the life of
a race; transported to American soil; fruits which have made
all Anglo-Saxon lands throughout the world the homes of
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the oppressed; and whose "Magna Charta" has been a bond
of liberty, under law, for all mankind.
This great State of ours is peculiarly homogeneous among
our sister states, none other is more strictly Anglo-Saxon,
nor has lived more truly by this aspiration of the race. It
is a glorious heritage. Let us pass it on untarnished by a
feverish greed and gross materialism which have bred our
present industrial and social unrest, and see to it that the
growth of our state is sane and healthy and our lands and
industrial villages manned only by those who wish to absorb
our racial aspiration without reserve, and be themselves
absorbed by the common stock. Industrialism is coming
our way. We welcome, we invite it. But let us profit by
the mistakes of others and see to it that it comes as a blessing,
and that those who ask to be counted as one of us are indeed
seeking to live by our aspiration.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCES LATHAM HARRISS,
Chairman.
Report of State Chairman of Committee on Preservation
of Existing Records.
Madam President u7\d Ladies:
The Chairman of this committee hopes to do better when
the History of Wake County is published and the responsi-bility'^
of it is off her heart and mind.
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I have in hand two (2) publications of Flora MacDonald
College, namely: Flora MacDonald and The Aftermath of
History.
The picture of the historic Oak tree in the late Colonel
A. B. Andrews yard, under which Henry Clay wrote,—^"I'd
rather be right than president of the United States."
Pictures of the famous pictures of King George and Queen
Charlotte which hung in Mrs. Steel's in Salisbury, with
handwriting of General Green on back in chalk, "O George
Hide Thy Face and Mourn."
Picture of writing desk of Jonas Johnston b. 1740, d. 1779.
Copies of inscriptions of several tombstones of colonial
times.
Copy of original handgrant.
AUGUSTA F. ANDREWS,
(Mrs. Wm. J.)
Report of Librarian.
Madam President and Ladies:
Having recently been appointed Librarian I have cat-alogued
the books and pamphlets in the Assembly Rooms,
and herewith submit the list of same as follows: Two copies
of "The Story of America", presented to the North Caro-lina
Society, by the Massachusetts Society of the Colonial
Dames.
"Travels in the American Colonies", presented by the
National Society of Colonial Dames.
"Once Upon a Time in Connecticut", presented by the
Connecticut Society.
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"Correspondence of William Shirley", "Governor of Mass-achusetts",
two volumns "Wax Portraits and Silhouettes",
presented by Massachusetts Society Colonial Dames. "Once
Upon a Time in Nebraska", presented by National Society
Colonial Dames in the state of Nebraska. "History of
New Hanover County", and "Some Memories of My Life",
these volumns having been presented by Mrs. Alfred Moore
Waddell, wife of the Author, to the Society.
"Cape Fear Chronicles", given by the Author, Mr. James
Sprunt to Mrs. Waddell, who presented this book to the
North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames. "Publications
of the North Carolina Historical Commission—the Papers
of Archibald D. Murphy" in two volumns.
"In Ancient Albermarle" presented by North Carolina
Society Daughters of Revolution", Raleigh—"The Shepherd
of the Ocean", "Forge and Furnaces in the Province of
Pennsylvania", presented by Pennsylvania Society of
Colonial Dames.
"The Register Book for the Parish Prince Frederick Win-yaw",
presented by the National Committee for Preservation
of Records".
"Virginia—Its History and Antiquities—Historic Vir-ginia—
Homes and Churches", "Letters of Richard Henry
Lee"—second volumn—the first is missing.
"Two copies Register North Carolina Society Colonial
Dames 1900".
"Register North Carolina Society Colonial Dames 19 12".
These, with the Janet Schaw Diary—"Journal of a Lady of
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Quality", our latest publication, constitute a library of
twenty-five volumns.
In addition to the above mentioned books there are a
number of iteresting pamphlets including the following:
North Carolina Booklet Vols, i to 13.
Odd numbers of the Booklet.
Annual Reports of North Caolina Society Colonial Dames.
Fort Dobbs—Historical Sketch.
"Royal Charter of Charles II, King of England to H. R. H.
James, Duke of York", presented by Delaware Society of
Colonial Dames.
"Story of the Counties of North Carolina" presented by
the Author, Fred. A. Olds to the President of our Society.
"Historic Sketch of Ann Parmela Cunningham Founder
of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association".
Miscellanious, Annual Reports, Directories, Minutes,
Eligibility List etc, of the National Society, and of several
Corporate Societies, of the Colonial Dames.
I would also like to report that I have been requested to
take charge of the Scrap Book, presented by Mrs. William
B. Thorpe, in which I have pasted a num^ber of clippings,
invitations, programmes, etc., pertaining to the life and ac-tivities
of the North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames.
Respectfully submitted,
JEAN HARRISS DELANO,
Librarian.
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Report of Lenior County Committee,
Madam President and Members of the North Carolina Society
of Colonial Dames of America.
The Lenoir County Committee takes pleasure in reporting
its year's work:
The Committee takes pride in its activities in assisting to
bring about a tree planting program in Lenior County. It
seems to be very generally acknowledged that the eflforts of
the committee were largely instrumental in what has now
become a successful undertaking in the planting of shade
trees along the county's principal thoroughfare, the Central
Highway—the trees being planted as a memorial to those
who went to serve in the World War. Each member of the
committee gave a tree.
One member has been added to our committee, Mrs. H.
O. Hyatt, whom the committee verj^ sincerely welcomes.
At the January meeting we were very much pleased to have
our State President, Mrs. Waddell, as our guest. Mrs.
Waddell talked to us most interestingly concerning the
Plymouth Memorial celebration. Mrs. C. F. Harvej' was
hostess at a delightful luncheon on this occasion.
As a part of its year's work, the committee has been very
much interested in a literary program. We have also enjoj-ed
having the minutes of the Board read to us.
At our last meeting Mrs. J. F. Parrott was elected Chair-man
for the coming year. Miss Delia Hyatt, Vice-Chairman,
and Mrs. D. W. Parrott, Secretary.
Respectfully submitted,
MAGGIE W. DAWSON,
Secretary.
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Report of Buncombe County Committee.
Madam President of the North Carolina Society Colonial
Dames:
After my election as Chairman of the Buncombe County
Committee in November, 1921, I endeavored to carry out
the following program for the year:
A Questionnaire, An Inspiration, An Exiiibit.
A Questionnaire, in order to find out just where our in-dividual
interests and tastes lay. This information later
to be at the disposal of a program, committee.
Our Inspiration, some woman, preferably colonial, who by
her life in those early trying days might enthuse us to greater
effort.
Our Exhibit, to keep us in close touch with all of the
beauty as well as the extraordinary ingenuity exercised by
those daring spirits who braved hardships to found our
country.
Our first Questionnaire, 'Which one of your colonial
ancestors interests you most and why? "brought out an amaz-ing
fund of data, which was most inspiring, and some which
was humurous as for instance, the lady who crossed in a
sailing vessel, bringing her cow and carved mahogany tester
bed, thus realizing her artistic as well as materialistic ideas;
Lord Fairfax, Elder Brewster, Sir Thomas Todd, Col Ed-ward
Mosley, Richard Lee, Sir Thomas Pollard, Governor
Johnston—in all eighteen Colonials were thus memorialized,
the Dames standing reverently when their names were called;
colonial houses, laces, heraldry, historic silver, old documents
have all taken their place in the Questionnaire. One's
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mind is crowded with the wonderful avenues thus opened
for loving work in the future.
An Inspiration, was Esther Morris, the Montana Justice of
the Peace, the first woman in the world to hold such an office,
she who rendered seventy decisions with only one reversal
—
well may our suffrage friends be thrilled!
Our next Inspiration was Patience Lovell Wright, that
dauntless spirit who became such a success in London with
her wax portraits, and who was the mother and inspiration
of her son, Joseph, the designer of our first coins.
Our Exhibit, at each meeting is compelling—rich brocades
worn by Baltimore and Philadelphia belles, rare documents,
as the original deed executed and signed by Lord Fairfax, the
lace veil of a daughter of a signer (Benjamin Harrison),
bed hangings of quaint design, silver of historic value and
colonial jewelry have all added to our enthusiasm, and yet
we have not yet touched many things.
A letter was sent to the Cineometograph asking for pictures
of educational value to the school children of North Carolina,
and we are now trying to perfect plans for the Roanoke
films to be presented in Asheville during the month of ALay.
A former chairman is now at the head of our Committee for
copying historic documents, she having visited more than
twenty court houses while on this work.
The tablet commemorating the founding of Buncombe
County which was decided upon by our President last
summer, rather than the Old Fort Memorial, is now about
completed, and will soon be erected. This work was left over
from the regime of our former chairman, Miss Lord.
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Charles Waddell, C. E., gave an illuminating talk on col-onial
influences and their effect upon the Carolinas, which
has inspired us to ask for more.
An historic gavel was presented the Buncombe County
Committee by a Dame who, when traveling abroad, secured
a piece of wood from Old St. Peter's Hospital, Bristol, Eng-land,
this hospital having been founded in 1600.
Trusting that the work accomplished by the Buncombe
County Committee of Colonial Dames, meets with your
approbation, and with expressions of gratitude for the many
courtesies extended to us by our gracious Chairman of
County Committees, I beg to remain,"
Cordially yours,
S. L. C. DAVIDSON,
Chairman, Buncombe County Com-mittee
N. C, Society Colonial
Dames.
Report of Craven County Committee
My dear Madam President:
It is with keen regret that we are sending our meagre
report instead of carrying it to you in person.
Your Annual Meeting is our First Birthday—the day
you appointed me Chairman of Craven County Committee.
We began with four members but added three in 1922, an
old resident returning home.
We have not a great deal to report, but feel that we have
begun to live and move and have our being.
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A member of our Committee is writing a brief history of
Craven County and we shall be most happy to send a copy to
the North Carolina Society upon its completion. Another
member has previously sent you a sketch of our historic
trees.
I had the privilege as Chairman of presenting to the schools
of the county the Mayflower Posters, making short talks
to them upon Patriotism, and the meaning of our National
Anthems and our Flag, with all it stands for and entreating
the boys never to let it pass without baring their heads. It
is a gratification to record the manner in which this was
received by the colored school especially. Where it was not
convenient to go in person, the teachers in the remote schools
of the County were asked to present the idea with the Posters.
We are indebted to our National Corresponding Secretary
for Mayflower data.
As Is well known to every one in this company we expect
to unveil a beautiful bronze tablet on the fifth of May to
mark the remaining wing of the Tryon Palace, our most
priceless landmark. For this we are inexpressibly grateful
to the North Carolina Society and send you our thanks and
appreciation. Again we extend to each one of you a most
cordial invitation to be with us.
Hoping for a fuller and more constructive years work to
report in 1923, and with all good wishes for jou and the
Society, I am,
HARRIET B. HYMAN,
Cbair7na7i.
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Report of Wayne County Committee.
Madam President and Members of the North Carolina Society
of Colonial Dames of Ainerica:
I have the honor to present the report of the Wayne
County Committee for the year ending May i, 1922.
The regular monthly meetings, held at the homes of the
members, have been well attended, each business session
being followed by an interesting program and a delightful
social hour. All reports and communications from the State
Chairman of County Committees and the Corresponding
Secretary have been formally presented and acted upon.
Miss Marjr Faison DeVane has presented the Committee
with a Colonial History Scrap-book with the request that each
Dame bring in clippings bearing on Colonial History. She
hopes thereby to create a new interest in Colonial Research.
The Committee has ordered a copy of "The Journal of
a Lady of Quality" to be read by its members and then
placed on the shelves of the Goldsboro Public Library.
Mr. Emory, Principal of the Goldsboro High School,
has been invited to give a lecture—Constrasting the Colonial
Period with the Present. This we hope to share with the
community.
Our Committee has lost, by death, one of its most valued
and honored members, Miss Mary J. Arrington.
We have had the pleasure of welcoming three new members
into our Committee this year.
Respectfully submitted,
NELLIE WRIGHT COBB,
Chairman.
Goldsboro, N. C, May 2, 1922.
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Report of Nash County Committee of Colonial Dames.
Madam President, and Members of the North Carolina Society
of Colonial Dairies of America:
The Nash County Committee has the honor to report its
activities for the first year of its existence as follows:
The Officers are: Mrs. F. S. Spruill, Chairman; Mrs. C.
L. Porter, Secretary and Treasurer; Mrs. R. P. Holt, His-torian.
Meetings are held monthly at the homes of the members,
at which time great help and inspiration are gained from the
minutes of the monthly meetings of the Board of the North
Carolina Society so kindly and promptly sent by the As-sistant
Secretary, Mrs. Thorpe.
Nash County was honored that her Chairman was sent as
a delegate to the Biennial Council at Washington.
The County Chairman also had the privilege of attending
the exercises held at Plj^mouth, Massachusetts, commem-orating
the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of
the Pilgrims.
The Dames, working with the Woman's Club, have pre-sented
in Rocky Mount the Historical Film "The Lost
Colony" and feel that much interest has been aroused thereby
in the proposed memorial to be erected at Roanoke Island.
The Nash County Dames are ready to help in the work of
commemorating the earliest attempted English settlement
in the United States of America.
They have had a share in the Jewish Relief Drive, and
other patriotic movements.
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In the work of Americanization, they endeavor, by meet-ings
in the homes, by instruction, and friendly intercourse,
to make good citizens of the alien population. The May-flower
posters, which the National Societj^ recommended
should be placed in the graded schools of the country, have
been secured and framed, and await a visit from the honored
State President of the Colonial Dames, who will deliver
the presentation address in the near future. The book,
"A Lady of Quality", will be placed in the City Public Li-brary
by the Dames.
With assurance of loyalty to the Society, this report is
respectfully sumitted.
ALICE WINSTON SPRUILL,
Chairmati for Nash Cou7\ty.
Rocky Mount, N. C, April i, 1922.
Report of Mecklenburg County Committee of Colonial
Dames.
Madarn President and Members of the North Carolina Society
of Colonial Dames of A^nerica:
I take pleasure in submitting a report of the years ac-tivities
of the Mecklenburg Committee of the North Carolina
Society of Colonial Dames. We have completed a year of
pleasant and profitable work.
Our Meetings have been held regularly each month, on the
third Thursday at the homes of the members, and have been
well attended. The efficient Chairman of the Program
Committee, Mrs. C. W. Tillett had interesting papers read
on colonial events, and in March at Roll Call each Dame
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responded with a short sketch of her colonial ancestor.
On the 24th of March the Committee united with other
patriotic societies in giving a reception to the disabled
Veterans who were in Charlotte attending their Annual State
Convention. The Historical Research Committee, Miss
Julia Robertson, the effecient Chairman, succeeded in having
the Colonial Home of Hesekiah Alexander marked. The
old date 1774 which had been cut in the corner stone had
become almost obliterated. This was re-cut following the
old lines. A photograph was made of the historic building
showing the date. This work was begun under the leader-ship
of Mrs. W. H. Belk, who gave it her hearty endorsement.
Several members are having photographs made of their
Colonial Antiques.
A Committee was appointed to confer with Mr. W. S.
Crosby to make arrangements for having the Roanoke Island
Movie films shown in our city.
We note with pleasure the appointment of Miss Violet
Alexander as a member of the State Committee of His-torical
Research for the North Carolina Society of Colonial
Dames.
Mrs. John Van Landingham presented the Committee with
one of her Charming Books "Glowing Embers", a copy of
the diary "A Journal of a Lady of Quality" was presented
by the Committee to the Carnegie Librarj^ for circulation.
Thanking the society for the Historic Pictures, also for
the Minutes which have proved inspiring, interesting and
helpful.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. LATTA C. JOHNSTON,
Chairman.
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Report of Wake County Committee.
Madam President and Ladies:
As Chairman of the Wake County Committee it gives me
great pleasure to report that the History of Wake County
written under the auspices of the Wake County Committee
is completed.
It is written and illustrated by one of our members,—Hope
Summerell Chamberlain (Mrs. J. R. Chamberlain). Only
the fact that Mrs. Chamberlain is our delegate and must read
this report prevents my writing all I would say in praise of
her work.
We who believe in the heretage of ancestry will not be sur-prised
that the grand-daughter of the man whose name
graces the highest peak of our state (in fact the highest
peak east of the Mississippi) Mt. Mitchell, wrote this history
and has illustrated it with twenty-five pen and ink sketches.
It is a work of art and too high praise cannot be given it.
The author states, also, that it has been a labor of love, as
it is to be dedicated to her much loved friend "Our late be-loved
chairman Julia M. Andrews (Mrs. A. B. Andrews)"
whose picture is to be the frontispiece.
I have prevailed upon Mrs. ChamberLain to bring her
illustrations and a sample page of our to-be-published histor5^
The history has twelve (12) chapters, starts with begin-nings
but finishes during the Civil War. Being ambitious
for a history down to the present time, two months ago I
requested Miss Mary Hilliard Hinton to write a History of
Wake County from the Civil War to the present date, that
our history will remain the work of the Colonial Dames of
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Wake County. Altho' she has not given me a definite
answer I have good reason to believe that Miss Hinton will
take up this work conscientiously and so complete our
preservation of the records of Wake County.
Of our completed History of Wake County bj' Hope Sum-merell
Chamberlain we expect to have 75 to 100 de luxe
copies in (Colonial Dame color) blue leather with gold
lettering. The initial letter of each chapter will be illumined
by hand by our artist-author and each volume will be signed
and numbered; over fifty have already been subscribed for
at $5.00 a copy. There will be some others printed on the
same cream paper, with same wide margin and vivid black
ink (bound in buckram) at $4.00 a copy.
We were honored by our President Mrs. Waddell coming
to us and giving her sanction to our History and plans of
publication, at an autlior's reading held in Raleigh recently.
MRS. WM. J. ANDREWS,
Chairjnan Wake Couiilv Committee.
Committee for the PreservaUon of Existing Records.
Mrs. W. A. Walk Hillsboro, N. C; Mrs. T. C. Hyman,
New Berne, N. C; Mrs. C. F. Harvey, Kinston, N. C; Mrs.
J. R. Chamberlain, Raleigh, N. C; Mrs. JohnVan Landing-ham,
500 East Avenue, Charlotte, N. C.
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Activities of Committee for the Preservation of Existing
Records.
Securing originals or having copies made of wills, deeds,
Bible records, marriage certificates and samplers. Making
copies of tombstone inscriptions, old letters and geneological
records; having copies made of parish registers, court house
records for publication or otherwise, and cataloguing or
filing same. To arouse interest of civil and ecclesiastical
authorities to have all records placed in fire-proof buildings.
Historic Researcli Committee.
Miss Delia Hyatt, Chairman, 328 N. Queen St., Kinston,
N. C; Mrs. W. M. Creasy, 805 Ann Street, Wilmington,
N. C; Mrs. D. C. Waddell, ^^ Grove Street, Asheville, N.
C; Mrs. E. C. Gregory, 476 Allison St., Salisbury, N. C;
Miss Violet Alexander, 400 Trade St., Charlotte, N. C;
Mrs. Thomas Battle, Rocky Mount, N. C; Miss M. C.
Wiley, 523 Spruce Street, Winston, N. C.
Activities of Historic Research Committee.
The discovery of trails, forts, customs, Indian remains or
the histories thereof. The histories of old houses or other
buildings, diaries or compilations of letters forming the
biography of historic men and women.
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Americanization Committee.
Mrs. W. N. Harriss, Chairman, "The Carolina", Wilming-ton,
N. C; Mrs. Wallace C. Orme, 2029 P. St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C; Mrs. Donald MacRae, 7 S. Third St.,
Wilmington, N. C; Mrs. M. C. Gareissen, 306 N. William St.,
Goldsboro, N. C. Mrs. B. L. Tyree, Durham, N. C; Mrs.
Margaret K. Abernathey, care Charlotte Observer, Char-lotte,
N. C; Mrs. W. C. Leak, Rockingham, N. C; Mrs.
A. S. Guerard, 189 Chestnut St., Asheville, N. C; Miss M.
H. Bailey Jr., 320 N. Blount St., Raleigh, N. C.
Reciprocity Committee.
Miss M. H. Hinton, Chairman, Midway Plantation,
Raleigh, N. C, Mrs. J. L. Ludlow, 434 Summit St., Winston-
Salem, N. C; Mrs. Philip Delano, Carolina Heights, Wil-mington,
N. C; Mrs. Mary F. DeVane, Goldsboro, N. C;
Mrs. John Small, Washington, N. C.
Roanoke Island Committee.
Mrs. Owen Guion, Chairman, New Berne, N. C; Miss
Lida Rodman, Washington, N. C; Mrs. Louis Moore,
308 Dock St., Wilmington, N. C. ; Mrs. F. S. Spruill, 642
Falls Road, Rocky Mount, N. C; Mrs. J. S. Watters, 63
Clayton St., Asheville, N. C; Mrs. John Anderson, Fayette-ville,
N. C; Mrs. W. H. Belk, Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte,
N. C; Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Raleigh, N. C; Mrs. Marshall
Williams, Faison, N. C.
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Valley Forge Committee.
Miss Eliza Meares, Chairman, 126 S. Third St., Wilming-ton,
N. C; Mrs. Tench Coxe, Asheville, N. C; Mrs. John
Scott, Charlotte, N. C; Mrs. R. E. Calder, 14 S. Third St.,
Wilmington, N. C; Mrs. T. W. Bickett, Raleigh, N. C;
Mrs. J. A. Cannon, Concord, N. C. ; Mrs. A. L. Brooks,
PopIar^Hall, Greensboro, _N. C.
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LIST OF MEMBERS
Allen, Mrs. James M Muskogee, Okla.
Anderson, Mrs. John Fayetteville, N. C.
Andrews, Mrs. Wm. J Raleigh, N. C.
Alexander, Miss Violet Charlotte, N. C.
Abernathey, Mrs. Margaret .K Charlotte, N. C.
Alexander, Mrs. Thos. W Charlotte, N. C.
Ashe, Mrs. W. M Washington, D. C.
Ashley, Mrs. Hal San Francisco, Cal.
Allen, Mrs. Malcom H Virginia Beach, Va.
Allison, Mrs. J. P Concord, N. C.
Bland, Mrs. M. A Charlotte, N. C.
Bagley, Mrs. M. H Washington, D. C.
Bagley, Mrs. W. H Washington, D. C.
Bacon, Mrs. Carl Newton, Mass.
Bailey, Miss Martha H.,Jr Raleigh, N. C.
Battle, Mrs. S. W. Asheville, N. C.
Battle, Mrs. Thos Rocky Mount, N. C.
Bellamy, Mrs. J. D Wilmington, N. C.
Bellamy, Mrs. J. D., Jr Wilmington, N. C.
Bellamy, Miss Olivia Wilmington, N. C.
Brenizer, Mrs. Gilmer Washington, D. C.
Brevard, Mrs. E. M Tallahassee, Fla.
Beale, Mrs. Chas Arden, N. C.
Brewer, Mrs. Samuel W West Raleigh, N. C.
Betts, Mrs. Otis A Rome, Ga.
Belk, Mrs. W. H Charlotte, N. C.
Bernhardt, Mrs. Paul H Salisbury, N. C.
Billingsley, Mrs. J. L Miami, Fla.
Bridgers, Mrs. P. L Wilmington. N. C.
Bird, Mrs. J. S Charleston, S. C.
Bickett, Mrs. T. W ..Raleigh, N. C.
Bolles, Miss Hannah Wilmington, N. C.
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BoIIes, Mrs. Charles Wilmington, N. C.
Boatwright, Mrs. J. H Portsmouth, Va.
Broadfoot, Mrs. John B Black Mt., N. C.
Brooks, Mrs. J. M Birmingham, Ala.
Borden, Mrs. John L Goldsboro, N. C.
Blount, Mrs. John G Washington, N. C.
Brooks, Mrs. Aubrey Lee Greensboro, N. C.
Brown, Mrs. Chas. H Knoxville, Tenn.
Boatwright, Mrs. S. M Wilmington, N. C.
Broadfoot, Miss Kate H Fayetteville, N. C.
Borden, Mrs. F. K Goldsboro, N. C.
Burroughs, Mrs. Wm. L Charlotte, N. C.
Butler, Mrs. Marion Washington, D. C.
Busbee, Mrs Richard Raleigh, N. C.
Brunson, Mrs. Peter C Orangeburg, S. C.
Buell, Mrs. H. E Atlanta, Ga.
Bryan, Mrs. H. T Tarboro, N. C.
Chadbourn, Mrs. Jas H Wilmington, N. C.
Calder, Mrs. Wm Wilmington, N. C.
Campbell, Mrs. J. I Wilmington, N. C.
Cramer, Mrs. Stuart Charlotte, N. C.
Clarkson, Mrs. Heriot Charlotte, N. C.
Clark, Miss Nan G Tarboro, N. C.
Crawford, Miss M. L Goldsboro, N. C.
Chamberlain, Mrs. J. R Raleigh, N. C.
Carson, Mrs. R. C Whiteville, N. C.
Cannon, Mrs. J. A Concord, N. C.
Chambers, Mrs. J. L Charlotte, N. C.
Chatham, Mrs. Paul Charlotte, N. C.
Carter, Miss Laura New York City
Clark, Mrs. Walter, Jr Charlotte, N. C.
Cannon, Mrs. J. F Concord, N. C.
Calder, Mrs. R. E Wilmington, N. C.
Crawford, Mrs. W. R Goldsboro, N. C.
Creasy, Mrs. William Wilmington, N. C.
Cheesborough, Mrs. T. P Asheville, N. C.
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Covington, Mrs. C. C Wilmington, N. C.
Coulson, Mrs. S. H Washington, D. C.
Counselman, Mrs. L. B Norfolk, Va.
Cooper, Mrs. Alex Hendersonville, N. C.
Cooper, Mrs. S. P Hendersonville, N. C.
Cooper, Mrs. Chas. M Hendersonville, N. C.
Cooper, Mrs. John D Hendersonville, N. C.
Coxe, Mrs. Tench Asheville, N. C.
Collier, Miss Susan Goldsboro, N. C.
Cobb, Miss Nellie W Goldsboro, N. C.
Cronly, Mrs. R. D Wilmington, N. C.
Cobb, Mrs. Beverly C Portsmouth, Va.
Coltrane, Miss Jenn Concord, N. C.
Cobb, Mrs. W. H Goldsboro, N. C.
Collins, Miss Alethea Staten Island, N. Y.
Coulson, Miss Margaret Washington, D. C.
Cobb, Mrs. J. S Durham, N. C.
Cobb, Mrs. W. Borden Goldsboro, N. C.
Curtis, Mrs. M. A Washington, D. C.
Curtis, Mrs. W. C New York City
Curtis, Mrs. W. G Southport, N. C.
Currie, Mrs. J. H Fayetteville, N. C.
Davis, Mrs. N. N Wilmington, N. C.
Davis, Mrs. Junius Wilmington, N. C.
Davidson, Mrs. Thedore Asheville, N. C.
Daniels, Mrs. Josephus Raleigh, N. C.
Dalton, Mrs. R. F Greensboro, N. C.
Dawson, Mrs. John G Kinston, N. C.
Darst, Mrs. T. C Wilmington, N. C.
Davis, Mrs. J. Holmes Wilmington, N. C.
DePass, Mrs. H. I Charlotte, N. C.
DeVane, Mrs. John M Fayetteville, N. C.
DeVane, Miss Mary Faison Goldsboro, N. C.
Delano, Mrs. Philip W Wilmington, N. C.
Dinwiddie, Miss Nannie C Washington, D. C.
Divine, Mrs. Morrison Wilmington, N. C.
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Dix, Mrs. Geo. E Glen Ridge, N. J.
Dortch, Miss Sallie Raleigh, N. C.
Dunn, Mrs. R. A .-.Charlotte, N. C.
Dunn, Mrs. Jas. S Winston-Salem, N. C.
Duffy, Mrs. S. B New Berne, N. C.
Faison, Mrs. I. W Charlotte, N. C.
Farris, Mrs. J. H Greensboro, N. C.
French, Mrs. Geo. R Wilmington, N. C.
Fenner, Mrs. Wm. E Rocky Mount, N. C.
Fowler, Mrs. H. B Charlotte, N. C.
Fowie, Mrs. Samuel R Washington, N. C.
Fowie, Mrs. N. W Concord, N. C.
Flower, Mrs. H. C Kansas City, Mo.
Fort, Mrs. D. I Raleigh, N. C.
Foster, Mrs. Leo. F Belmont, N. C.
Foard, Mrs. Gilbert East Orange, N. J.
Gareissen, Mrs. Mariana C Goldsboro, N. C.
Gault, Mrs. F. B Wilmington, N. C.
Graeff, Mrs. Joseph E Ogden Park, N. Y.
Graham, Mrs. Geo. W Charlotte, N. C.
Gray, Mrs. Jas Alex Winston-Salem, N. C.
Gething, Mrs. A. N Salisbury, N. C.
Green, Mrs. Wm Wilmington, N. C.
Gregory, Mrs. E. C Salisbury, N. C.
Genheimer, Mrs. W. F Roanoke, Va.
Giles, Mrs. Clayton Wilmington, N. C.
Gibble, Mrs. John Wilmington, N. C.
Gilmer, Mrs. John Washington, D. C.
Gibbon, Mrs. R. L Charlotte, N. C.
GrifFen, Mrs. B. H Raleigh, N. C.
Gouveneur, Mrs. M. F. H Baltimore, Md.
Goodman, Mrs. Geo. C Mooresville, N. C.
Goff, Mrs. Jeremiah Charlotte, N. C.
Guion, Mrs. O. H New Bern, N. C.
Guerard, Mrs. A. S Asheville, N. C.
Gwyn, Mrs. R. L Lenoir, N. C.
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Harriss, Mrs. Andrew Wilmington, N. C'
Hamme, Mrs. Richard Wilmington, N. C.
Hammond, Mrs. M. C Welch, W. Va.
Harriss, Mrs. W. N Wilmington, N. C.
Hall, Mrs. Louis Wilmington, N. C.
Haywood, Mrs. Hubert Raleigh, N. C.
Haughton, Mrs. Thos. W Charlotte, N. C.
Hawkins, Mrs. Thos W Charlotte, N. C.
Harvey, Mrs. C. F Kinston, N. C.
Hairston, Mrs. Harden Axton, Va.
Hall, Miss Saidy Winston, N. C.
Harper, Mrs. Jas. L Elberton, Ga.
Hardy, Mrs. Ira M Kinston, N. C.
Harriss, Mrs. Geo. N Wilmington, N. C.
Heck, Mrs. J. M Raleigh, N. C.
Henderson, Mrs. J. A Charlotte, N. C.
Henkel, Mrs. C. V Statesville, N. C.
Henley, Mrs. R. L Wilmington, N. C.
Hinsdale, Mrs. John Raleigh, N. C.
Hinton, Miss M. H Raleigh, N. C.
Hines, Mrs. W. T Kinston, N. C.
Hicks, Miss Georgie Faison, N. C.
Hilliard, Mrs. Duffield ._ Asheville, N. C.
Hill, Mrs. William L Warsaw, N. C.
Holmes, Mrs. Gabriel Wilmington, N. C.
Holt, Mrs. E. C Burlington, N. C.
Holt, Mrs Walter Fayetteville, N. C.
HoIIoway, Mrs. E. L .^Baltimore, Md.
Hook, Mrs. Chas C Charlotte, N. C.
Houston, Mrs. J. A Charlotte, N. C.
Horner, Mrs. Hamilton Helena, Ark.
Holt, Mrs. W. E Charlotte, N. C.
Holt, Mrs. R. P Rocky Mount, N. C.
Hunt, Mrs. W. A Henderson, N. C.
Hunter, Miss Claudia Henderson, N. C.
Hyatt, Miss Delia Kinston, N. C.
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Hyman, Mrs. T. C New Berne, N. C.
Hyatt, Miss Sybil Washington, D. C.
Hyatt, Mrs. H. O Kinston, N. C.
James, Mrs. T. C Wilmington, N. C.
James, Mrs. Wm. McCuIIy Ancon, Panama
Jenkins, Mrs. W. E Morganton, N. C.
Jordan, Mrs. J. F Greensboro, N. C.
Jones, Mrs. Armistead Raleigh, N. C.
Jones, Miss Mary F Asheville, N. C.
Johnston, Mrs. Wm Asheville, N. C.
Jones, Mrs. Wm Goldsboro, N. C.
Johnston, Mrs. Latta C Charlotte, N. C.
Justice, Mrs. E. J Berkekey, Calif.
Kenan, Mrs. Graham Wilmington, N. C.
Kenan, Mrs. James Wilmington, N. C.
Kenan, Miss Emily Wilmington, N. C.
Keesler, Mrs. E. L Charlotte, N. C.
Kidder, Miss Annie P Wilmington, N. C.
Kingsbury, Miss Mary Wilmington, N. C.
Kingsburj^ Miss Margaret Wilmington, N. C.
Kingsbury, Miss Maud Wilmington, N. C.
Kimbark, Mrs. F. M Toronto, Canada
Kondrup, Mrs. H. E Washington, D. C.
Kj'Ie, Mrs. Jas Goldsboro, N. C.
Latimer, Mrs. William Wilmington, N. C.
Land, Mrs. Edward M Goldsboro, N. C.
Leahy, Mrs. W. H Jacksonville, Fla.
Lewis, Mrs. Laurence St. Augustine, Fla.
Leak, Mrs. W. C Rockingham, N. C.
Lippitt, Miss Sarah Wilmington, N. C.
Lippitt, Mrs. D. H Wilmington, N. C.
Lilly, Mrs. E. J Fayetteville, N. C.
Liddell, Mrs. Walter Charlotte, N. C.
Lingan, Mrs. Archibald Charlotte, N. C.
Lovering, Mrs. Philip Wilmington, N. C.
Lord, Miss Athalia Asheville, N. C.
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London, Mrs. H. A Charlotte, N. C.
London, Mrs. Henry A Pittsboro, N. C.
Long, Mrs. J. A Kinston, N. C.
Loeb, Mrs. Henry Raleigh, N. C.
Lovelady, Mrs. J. P San Antonio, Texas.
London, Mrs. H. M Raleigh, N. C.
Ludlow, Mrs. Jacob L Winston-Salem, N. C.
MacMillan, Mrs. W. D., Jr Wilmington, N. C.
MacRae, Mrs. Donald Wilmington, N. C.
Martin, Mrs. W. J Wilmington, N. C.
MacRae, Mrs. Cameron Asheville, N. C.
McMaster, Mrs. Fitzhugh Columbia, S. C.
McAden, Mrs. H. M Charlotte, N. C.
Maffitt, Mrs. C. D Wilmington, N. C.
Mauldin, Mrs. Oscar K Greenville, S. C.
Manning, Mrs. L H Chapel Hill, N. C.
MacLean, Mrs. J. A Morganton, N. C.
Martin, Mrs. Annie Davis FLat Rock, N. C.
Meares, Miss Caroline G Wilmington, N. C.
Meares, Miss Adelaide Wilmington, N. C.
Meares, Miss Eliza Wilmington, N. C.
Metts, Mrs. J. VanB Raleigh, N. C.
McNeill, Mrs. T. A Lumberton, N. C.
McLean, Mrs. N. A Lumberton, N. C.
McLendon, Mrs. H. H Wadesboro, N. C.
Means, Miss Nannie B Spartanburg, S. C.
McNeill, Mrs. Franklin., Raleigh, N. C.
Memminger, Miss Christine Asheville, N. C.
McMahon, Mrs. John T Asheville, N. C.
Milton, Mrs. W. H Wilmington, N. C.
Mitchell, Mrs Carrie Carr Asheville, N. C.
Milstead. Mrs. A. H Charlotte, N. C.
Miller, Mrs. Harmon Asheville, N. C.
Miller, Mrs. John W New York City.
Miller, Mrs. R. M., Jr Charlotte, N. C.
Mitchell, Miss Laura M Hampton, Va.
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McDairmid, Mrs. J. C Fayetteville, N. C.
Miller, Mrs. R. B. Goldsboro, N. C.
Moore, Miss Carrie Wilmington, N. C.
Moore, Mrs. R. C Charlotte, N. C.
Moore, Mrs. Ben W Raleigh, N. C.
Moore, Mrs. Louis T Wilmington, N. C.
Morse, Mrs. L. B Hendersonville, N. C.
Miss Jennie Murchison Wilmington, N. C.
Murphy, Mrs. Thos Charlotte, N. C.
Muse, Mrs. E. G West Durham, N. C.
McCuIIoch, Mrs. C. C, Jr Chicago, III.
McQueen, Miss Sue M Wilmington, N. C.
Murchison, Miss Lucile New York City.
Nelson, Mrs. Margaret D New Berne, N. C.
Gates, Mrs. Robert M Hendersonville, N. C.
Odell, Mrs. J. M Concord, N. C.
Orme, Mrs. Wallace G Washington, D. C.
Oliver, Mrs. David S Wilmington, N. C.
Osborne, Mrs. Francis I Sewanee, Tenn.
Parsley, Mrs. W. L Wilmington, N. C.
Parsley, Mrs. Wm Wilmington, N. C.
Parks, Mrs. C. M Tarboro, N. C.
Parker, Mrs. E. P Washington, D. C.
Patterson, Mrs. R. L New York City.
Parham, Mrs. E. T Washington, D. C.
Parrott, Mrs. D. W Kinston, N. C.
Parrott, Mrs. Jas. F Kinston, N. C.
Patterson, Mrs. G. L Concord, N. C.
Patterson, Mrs. Robert B Raleigh, N. C.
Pleasants, Mrs. W. H., Jr Louisburg, N. C.
Person, Mrs. Wm Detroit, Mich.
Pegues, Mrs. F. P Rockingham, N. C.
Prince, Mrs. E. L Wilmington, N. C.
Prince, Mrs. H. C Wilmington, N. C.
Pickrell, Mrs Warrenton, N. C.
Phillipps, Mrs. C. C New York City.
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Price, Mrs. Richard Washington, D. C.
Phillips, Mrs. W. H Tuskaloosa, Ala.
Phillips, Mrs. Henry H Tarboro, N. C.
Proctor, Mrs. Ivan Raleigh, N. C.
Poisson, Mrs. Fred C Wilmington, N. C.
Porcher, Mrs. W. H Charlotte, N. C.
Porter, Mrs. Chas. L Tarboro, N. C.
Powell, Mrs. R. W Goldsboro, N. C.
Powe, Mrs. Edward K West Durham, N. C.
Plummer, Mrs. Kemp Raleigh, N. C.
Rankin, Mrs. John T Wilmington, N. C.
Rapalje, Mrs. E. H Havana, Cuba.
Reilley, Mrs. J. E Charlotte, N. C.
Reinburg, Mrs. John Canutillo, Texas.
Reynolds, Mrs. Bradford Wilmington, N. C.
Riggins, Mrs. H. L Winston-Salem, N. C.
Rountree, Mrs. Geo Wilmington, N. C.
Rose, Mrs. John D Henderson, N. C.
Robertson, Miss Julia Charlotte, N. C.
Rodman, Miss Lida T Washington, N. C.
Robinson, Mrs. H. S Mt. Washington, Md.
Ross, Mrs. J. H. E Nashville, Tenn.
Ross, Mrs. F. M Wilmington, N. C.
Rose, Mrs. Geo. A Henderson, N. C.
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