The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-13
Address of Welcome by Mrs. Harrison and Re- . SpOnSe by Mrs.
 PickenS.
Mayors Welcome and Mrs. DOwdell'S Annual Ad-.
 dress as President.
BY MRS. J. N. DE CoTTEs.

Tuscaloosa. May 12.-(Special. .)-The the Confectionery, is holding its seventh annual convention in Tuscaloosa. The sessions are being held in the city hall. The interior of the auditorium is gaily decorated with Confederate flags which show not sign of any defeat in the past, but wave in apparent victorious flutter of the Stars and Bars. And it is a victory that the Daughters of the Confederacy have won in thus keeping alive in ten- der memory the noble struggle and dauntless courage of Confederate heroes.
 Around the hall. suspended from the balcony, Is bunting in red and white. The rostrum Is likewise decorated and Confed- crate flags, some of handsome texture in silk and gold, add the military touch, while palms. ferns and beautiful cut flow CTS in red and white, are in picturesque profusion. Besides all this pictures of General Robert E. Lee, President Jeffer- son Davis. Stonewall Jackson, group of one hundred and fifty Confederate veterans of Tuscaloosa CouRty in 1902, and General Robert E. Rodes, the last named being the noted Tusca- loosa hero for whom the hostess Chapter Is named, are personal reminders to the delegates of the cause which they them- selves are commemorating.
 The hall was filled with an interested audience. On the stage were Mrs. A. E. Dowdell of 0pelika, President; Mrs. Sal ho Ss JOHtS, SdI1Qefl, honorary l11e PreS- ident of Alabama Division; Mrs. Virginia Clay Clopton, honorary life President of General U. D. C.; Mrs. B. B. Ross, Re- cording Secretary; Mrs. W. Williams, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. J. N. Emma Holland of Scale, Registrar; Mrs. J. A. Kirkpatrick of Montgomery, ex- President, and the officers of the R. E. Rodes Chapter, including Mrs. Ellen Pe- ter-Bryce, President.
 n,l hn tee held a meeting in the Mayors office. This Committee is composed of Mrs. NJ. w. Camper. Florence, Chairman; Mrs. J. N. Thompson, Tuscumbia, and Mrs. B. B. Ross. Auburn. Mrs. J. D. Beale of Mont gomery was also a member but she was unable to be present having gone to Hen oersonvilie, N. C., few days ago. Convention Called to Order.
 The convention was called to order al 10 o'clock by Mrs. A. L. Dowdell, Presi- dent of the Alabama Division.
 Rev. l.. o. Dawson, pastor of the Ran. tist Church. led in prayer.
 The convention then joined in a song which had been composed by MT T. B. Pugh.
 Judge ", G. Cochrane. Mayor of Tus- caloosa, then made an address of well come to the visitors in behalf of the city Mayor Cochrane spoke with touching pathos of the dead heroes of the Con federacy and paid tribute to the mem- OTy OI tne nerOlneS or the COnfederaCy as well as the women of today who are following in their footsteps At the con clusion of the address the Mayor, who is himself representative of one of the old | est and hest known families in the State was loudly applauded.
 Mrs. Virginia Clay Glopton was called
 upon by the President to speak She | arose and, in her beautiful address tc the convention, she brought tears to the | eyes of many in the audience by her ten | der memories. She referred touchingly to Judge Cochrane's mother, whom she had known as Miss Eliza Perkins," and to other eminent men and women oi early Tuscaloosa, where she spent much of her early girlhood.
 Mrs. Harrison's Address.
 Mrs. J, c. Harrison followed with an | address of welcome in behalf of the mem bers of the R. F. Rodes Chapter. Mrs.
 Harrison Is the daughter of Prof. and | Mrs. w. c. Richardson of Tuscaloosa, | who were living at the University during the wRr. She has heard from them many | thrilling tales of the incidents of the war, | especially that of the burning of the col