Show confederate DAUGHTERS MRS JIRS GOODLETT of 01 NATIONAL oliell strove for years to unite various southern state organizations active worker in many charitable institutions few have accomplished more for living patriotic mil ns well LII ni it ing tin the memory of tile heroic kiil bend of the alio southland than mrs M C goo sooil d lott lett of nashville toini tenn alie founder nud and first president of the united 0 00 0 J ain inq lal IV aix 1 41 M S b sins M C GOODLETT Preal president dent united unite 1 daughters of the confederacy daughters of tile the confederacy no our one but a woman of such force of character united to the lucial training that comes froni from through a long line of ancestors together ether with etli parliamentary experience could have hae conceived and firmly est in so short a time a society that now numbers number members mrs goodlett la Is very ery modest lu in speaking of this child chiai of liori birth has haq given morill mm invites annl and loving tributo to ball living and alia lend dead southern heroes iler iier object lu fit uniting tho the women of tile 1 south was to bring thorn them together to pull lull shoulder to shoulder with tho the confederate veterans in III extending all noc lacoa omary ury aid to tin the noody survivors of the lie war between tin the states to protect historic plans places or of the confederacy to record the part taken tails ni by southern women as well tit in untiring effort after the war lu ili the reconstruction of tho the I 1 south mouth as aa in III patient endur of hards lill and patriotic devotion during the struggle glo to honor tho the memory of ahu foil fell in tit the service of the confederate states find and to cherish ties of friendship among tho the bembera of the society aliu hl worked for years striving to orga the united daughters of tho the confederacy before even her own association of which sho she was prest dept would eu co operate with her in III culling calling W it 11 convention nud and inviting other dal I 1 gl berg of the confederacy to unite in forming it 11 nat ionnI association at this time besides being president of the tennessee daughters sho she was a member of the national conference of charities and corrections the association and tho the national Ilu humane niane association and was educated up to the iho point where she could see sec the advantage of consolidating the scattered forces of confederate workers who were few and far apart tier iler work with the national associations showed her the great possibilities in concert of fiction action nud find having time Ille means alls fill and 1 I rocial influence to back her in III the work sho she determined to carry out lier her plans anil unflinchingly fought opposition front from start to finish tho result was that on oil september 10 the society of tho the united daughters of the confederacy was organized at Nasli nashville ville tenn when alif announced a little over it 11 month ago that they proposed to have it a portrait of sirs mrs goodlett painted and placed in the museum at richmond va appeals camo came at once from froin the chapter of tile the states requesting that they might also contribute toward honoring their founder the requests were compiled with and the portrait was unveiled billed at nashville tenn juno 8 WOO |