The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
THE MoNTGoMERY ADvERTIsER.

at Mountain Creek. No action was taken upon the matter at the close of Colonel Faikner's address but Mrs. Cory asked that 1t be made the special order or business for the afternoon, and when The question was called in the afternoon many Chapters made donation, the Cradle of the Confederacy Chapter lead ing with donation of $50. commit tee was appointed to confer with the Veterans in New Orleans in regard to changing the words of Dixie The cleo ton of officers was next in order. Mrs F. s. Wood of Troy was elected Presi- dent. All the old officers were reelected except the corresponding secretary. who .e term of office had expired. Mrs. James Alfred of Troy was elected to this ofice When the report of the White House Committee was called for, the Chairman being absent, it was read by Mrs. Cory. The principle work of the convention was the disposition of the founds in the hands of the White House Committee. The delegates seemed to have gone. to the convention with their minds made up as to what they woud do with these funds and that was to turn them over to the White House Association. Some discus sion arose as to the proper legal form in which thi: should be done. Finally the following motion was made by Mrs. Alberta Taylor of Huntsville, seconded by Mrs. L. G. Dawson of Montgomery and unanimously adopted by the convention. sThat the funds in the hands of the White House Committee be given to the White House Association to be used in the purchase and preservation of the Jeff ferson Davis home in Montgomery, and in case the work was ever abandoned to be returned to the Alabama Division" Much applause followed and, general good feeling prevailed. During the dis cussion of these funds Miss Julia Clark. delegate from the Selma Chapter. arose and said she had been instructed hy her Chapter to ask what had become Of S3O sent by her Chapter to assist in the White House work of the Alabama Division. Mrs Lanier- as treasurer of the White House Committee answered that 1t had never reached the hands of the White | House Committee and she hoped 1t had assisted in carrying on some other good work of the Alabama Division. Alter the adjournment of the convention the mat ter was investigated and on page eleven of che minutes of the Birmingham Con- yention, Mrs. Cawthorn as Treasurer of the Alabama Division reports the dona- ton of the Selma Chapter sent to the Division Treasury. He balance in bank at that convention including the donation of the Selma Chapter. was $7S.17. A year later at the Selma Convention. as shown on Page 10 of the minutes of the Selma Convention. the balance in bank is exact ly the same, $7s.17, showing that the Selma donation was still in the Division Treasury. Continuing the investigation through the minutes of the succeeding conventions up to the present time, 1t seems to be clearly demonstrated that the Selma donation is at present in the Division Treasury and the question arises whether the Division will include 1t in the gift of the Division to the White House Association, or return it to the Selma Chapter, Invitations were extended by Mrs w. B. Folmer of the Troy Chapter and by Mrs. Charles G. Waller Of the James D. Webb Chapter of Greensboro, to have the next convention meet in one of these two chies. The vote was taken and Greensboro was chosen. The invita- tion was accepted and the sey,nth annual convention adjourned, sine die
 After considering the details of an en- tertainment to be given by the Chapter on Monday afternoon of June 1st, the meeting adjourned to assemble again at the call of the President.
 Mary Phelan Watt,
 Acting Recording Secretary.