The age-herald., 1900-11-15
DAUGHTERS OF THE COBFEDERACY
 ASSEMBLE IN HISTORIC HALLS
Seventh Annual Convention of the Association Meets in the State
 Capitol at Montgomery

In the name of the thousand Daughters of the Confederacy who compose the division of Alabama, the speaker bid the visitors welcome, in the name of every Confederate, and in the name of those southern heroes who sleep their last sleep. "Our hearts are yours, our homes are younrS and to us you must not and shall not be strangers within our gates.'
 Mrs. Weed, the president, delivered the response to the welcome in behalf the gen. eral organization. Mrs. Weed Is a woman of commanding presence and magnetic per- sonality, and Is delightful speak CT Her reply was brief. She said that when at the Richmond convention last year the invitation was extended, and &C., cepted by the U. D. c. to meet in Mont gomery, and she felt that they knew all the promise of hospitality the invitation carried.
 She referred in beautiful terms to the fact that when the seven first seeded states were homeless, Alabama extended them a welcome with open arms. She dwelt interestingly on Montgomery historic con- nection with the names of some of the great men of the Confederacy, and on the names, too, of those who contributed to the list of honor in 1861 by other states. She named the first cabinet of the Confectionery, and spoke of the fact that Hon. James Rea- gan of Texas, the Confederate postmaster general, Is the only one living now.
 The afternoon session was consumed in a discussion of the report of the credentials committee, which was not ended at the hour of adjournment. They will meet again tomorrow morning. Tonight eVeral receptions are being given to visiting Daughters, one of them at the first White House of the Confectionery. The House of Representatives adjourned | this morning to allow the first session of 1 the convention to be held in the capitol. The only business of importance was the of aI,o fnr hn a m
 delegation Much interest was felt in the l matter.
 After the exercises the Alabamians ad- | journed to the Exchange Hotel, where | Mrs. Ellen Peter-B Bryce of Tuscaloosa was elected chairman, the other candidate hay ing been Mrs. Virginia Clay Clopton.
 The officers of the United Daughters of | the Confederacy are: 1 Mrs Edwin G. Weed, president. Mrs. w. A. Read, first vice president. | Mrs. s. V. Mccullough, second vice presi- l dent.
 Mrs. John P. Hickman, recording secre- l tary
 Miss Mary F. Mears, corresponding sec | retary.
 l Mrs. J. Jefferson Thomas, treasurer.
 The officers of the Alabama division arc:
 Mrs. John A. Kirkpatrick, Montgomery. 1 president.
 Mrs. A. L. Dowdell, Opelika, first vice | president.
 Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce, Tuscaloosa, sec- i ond vice president. Mrs. R. A. Lee, Greenville, recording sec- l retary.
 | Mrs. P. H. Nell Auburn, treasurer. l Miss Annie Hobson, Greenboro, historian. 1 Miss Annie Clisby,, Montgomery, corre- l spending secretary 1 Miss Mary Clayton, Clayton, registrar. Mrs. William A. Gazel of Montgomery is | chairman of the credentials committee of | the national organization. Mrs J. D. Beals Is regent of the White | House Association. | Mrs. M. c. Goodlett of Nashville Is the 1 life honorary president of the U. D. O. l She was the organizer of the association, having called six chapters then in exist
 ence together in 1894, and was the first pres | ident.
 The presidents of the Montgomery chap 1 ters are;
 Mrs. L. G. Dawson, of the Sophie Bibb | Chapter.
 Mrs Chappell Cory, Cradle of the Con- 1 federacy Chapter. Mrs. Robert Grigg, Secession Chapter l Mrs. E. P. Glass, Dixie Chapter.