The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-24
GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON.

mont for the crowds this evening. The
kalinh. In oriental magniiccnce. moved
through the streets followed by fioats filled
with Enthusiastically dressed subjects. Red
IRE in abundance was burned and there
was plenty of music and the grotesquc pas
sengers on the floats were disposed to he
amusing, the sight furnished a pleasant
hoqrs diversion, There were thirty 1oats
IN line, many Of Thorn elaborate.
The third annual convention OF the Con
federated southern Memorial association
was opened at the Cumberland Presbyte-
rian church, corner Of Harwood and Com
mercc streets, yesterday afternoon. The
organization is made up Of the Ladies' Aid
and Memorial associations, organized dur
ing the war and Immediately thereafter. In
1851 the women Of the South sewcd for the
Confederate soldiers aud associations were
formed by degrees, for the purpose OF sup
plying food and clothing and to look after
the wounded and sick, aud they continued
their work by caring for the graves Of the
Confederates lis work Is now strictly me.
mortal ana historical its purposes being to
unite in one general confederation all
southern and Confederate memorial asso-
Citations In existence and hereafter to be
formed. Three members of tine orgHnila-
tlou are Mesdames Samuel ASTON Arcai-
-. l. +
whom we're charter members of the Ladies'
Confederate Memorial association organ
i1od la New Orleans Ia 1861. This memorial
association unveiled the first Confederate
monument on April 10, 1874
The officers of the Confederate Memo
rial association are as follows: Mrs. w
j. Bchdn If Whitecastle, La, president.
Miss Daisy ". H. Hodgson Of New Orleans
recording secretary. Miss Sue II. Walker
of Fayetteville, Ark corresponding sccrC-
tary, and Miss Julia A. Garside OF Faycttc-
willie Ark, treasurer
The annual address Of tho president was
read aud WAS In part as follows:
we have Increased IN strength and mum
bers and now have thirtyhv associations
enrolled There seems to be revival Of
interest in all Confederate work This is
shown by our increase in tho membership
VI the different associations aud the or
gHulEgtlon OF many others, particularly ia
missouri, whore he women are So loyal
ard So jealous. We must preserve I'm our
Efforts to interest Other memorial associa-
lions and tt IS recommended that each Vice
president undertake this work. which is IN.
decd duty that we owe to the women VINO
worked and suffered and prayed dnring tho
-four Ncnrs OF our heroic struggle for right
and Justice"
The president said that during the past
year she had received letters from Hugh
Lewis and Alujor Ua6lCy, two generous and
warm hearted Union soldiers who for the
inst few years have cared for tho graves
ot lal Confederate soldiers buried In Mahi
son WIS; that for many years these gen
iyemcp aad assisted Mrs Alice Whiting
Waterman in her work 81 love and that
since Mrs. Watrrmun's death had continued
To carry out her wishes Mrs Waterman
was native nj Baton Rouge, La, bur re
sided IN Madison, Wis, for Iupnv years
since Mrs Waterman had been called to
her reward thr president said that the
question was MS 10 the future care of Those
graves Communications ON the subject
she said, had been referred to tho Ladies'
Memorial association uf Alabama f0r the