The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-11

SOC from the FIRST one. read Before nc
Galveston convention in 1897 that Suggest
that We we're but Loosely organized ~ tunt
time Mrs. Currlc. from her Blindness OF
heart, could GOT entertain the idra " ~.
n sing q TAX upon the chapters wishing
~ Their revenues 10 be ievuted 90 thc'r
iruiidua grnwth. aud everything was n
rs Infancy then We had IN feel the nc
rcasty Of thing IN order TO kruw what
vas needed This was our condition when
Mrs, CniTie was called upon to accept me
iilehesi honor within the gift ~ INC
i'Eifcd Daughters Of rho ConfedrracG aud
wHs promoted to the general presidency
ihCn came Mrs. Stone. With the grasp
OF the horn organizer she took tho reinS
of government True, may have made
hcr some suggestions was In. a position
10 do So; she had lust come into ofhce;
without knowledge Of tho division. and ]
was fnmillar with the state of affairs and
realized we must have money 10 accom-
90 tell her all ] knew; bnt II | helped her
once. She returned II TO me sevenfold.
Raincs Of Georglg. who at that time. "
remember correctly Tor II may have been
preYlouslyl WAS the Vice president Of the
general association. who had In charge the
last letter In the hands Of Mrs. Stone
ana Immediately the reconstruction Of the
Texas division began.
She ordered 500 application blanks az
her own expense dndeed. shc constituted
herself banker for the divisions a1ynnc'
ing money for the publication Of NE min
uies Of two conventions and mr. consflfn-
. -.
tlcn. besides giving from her bounty the
crcdCntial cgrds, the publication Of the
constitutional amendments and notifications
thai were necessary TO be sent ont before
the convention Of 1898 and NV supply OF
United Daughters Of the ConfedcTacy sta
tioEcry), for there WAS not one cent In the
treasury except few dues paid In at the
GniytstOn convention.
The blanks Mrs Stone sent me 10 he
sold To- the chapters az ~ cents per 100 .
hlt% to 80 gratis TO eyery new chapter
applying through the State secretary for
ltn charter
/ WIN now quote briefly from my report
"rhe Wllliam p Rogers chapter of Ne
iorla came hravely to the rescue. as be-
htted The unmesake Of that distinguished
9ih,er with the proposition that the back
dues. dating from the Victoria convention
OF lSb: be collected. and followed UP the
suggestion by sending dues for three years
Lamar Fontaine chapter of Alvin was tho
first to follow up this gallant lead, and
gradually the other chapters came into
llhc, not without demur on the part of
some. however. But by many earnest let
tcrs from the president and secretary these
cnme In time to see tholr duty. and now
dues. except one-the Sui Ross loss Of Lab
9ock..,and that. It's ex-secretary reports, is
love to look back upon that year. Mrs
stone, Mrs, Rosenberg who was then
state treasurer. and | worked together rs
one person in the most complete harmony.
lfcre was no thought of selfaggrandiZe-
meni. for the one thing that animated us
was the good of the cause we served Mrs
Rosenberg and myself composed the com
mlttee ON constitutional amendments and
the present amended condition of sections
ana : OF article VI was our work
though the Houston convention reduced
our ~ cents tax on charter members of
new chapters to , cents (Which I have al.
ways Thought was a mistake for with this
10 cents tax we had estimated all add.
tlohaL legitimate expense of the new chap.
tiers could be men, ana claim that the
pItseht sofa financial condition OF Gus