The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-11
U. D. (. IS AT MOBILE
NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION IN
 GULF CITY.
Called to Order by the President, Mira Wood, and Several Interesting Speeches are Made--Ride
 on the Bay.
Advertiser Bureau.

l Mobile, May 10.
 The annual convention of the Ala bama Division. U. ID. C., was called to order at 10 a. m., at German Re- lief Hall by the president, Mrs. F. S. Wood. The hall was decorated with palms and Confederate flags and a number of interested Mobilians, and on the platform the State officers speakers and musicians.
 The convAltion was opened with an invocation by Rev. A. c. Harte, after which the delegates in a body stood and repeated aloud Article II. of the constie1tion.
 i In the absence of Mayor Lyons, Hon. B. B. Boone welcomed the visitors in behalf of the city fin a short. grace | full speech.
 | A quarette of local artists. Miss Ruth Bush, Miss Flora Zimmeron. William Daily and Ernest Planck. accompanied by Miss Kittie Belle Sterling. then sang Dixie, the entire audience standing and applauding each verse with patriotic vigor.
 Major saffoId Befney fin behalf of Raphael Semmes Camp Confederate Veterans, made a short speech of well come. paying elaborate and deserved tribute to the noble women of the Southland.
 | Mrs. E. l.. Colston. president of the | ter of tho illustrious Admiral Semmes, made an address of welcome and was l interrupted again and again by appre- ciative applause.
 Miss Mary Clayton. who was to re- l sponde in behalf of the Alabama di- vision. not being present. Mrs. Carl 1 Tutwiler, of Troy. thanked Mrs. Col ston in a speech which was enjoyed | by the entire convention and was par ticularly gratifying to the Mobilians present.
 I Two musical numbers were next on l the program, a song, old Folks at | Home,'' by Miss Flora Zimmeron. and a plano Solo brilliantly performed by Miss Marietta Green.
 I A few words of thanks and appre- I citation by Mrs. J. D. Bea1e, of Mont I gomery, were followed by the annual address of the President. Mrs. Wood
 Miss Sallie Jones. Honorary Life I President of the Alabama U. D. C.. was present on the platform and made a very pretty speech
 Next on the program was the report of Mrs. J. A. Rountree, chairman of the Credential Committees. and fol- I lowed by the reports of the officers, Miss Kate McCa1iey, recording secrc- tary; Mrs. James Alfred, corresponding Il secretary; Mrs. Julia Pratt, treasurer; Mrs. Harvey ,Jcses, historian. Miss Mary Reynolds, registrar.
 I The report of the Auditing Commit tee ended the business of the first ses- sion and the convention adjourned un- til 2:30 D. m.
 T The afternoon session was devoted
 to the reading of the minutes of the morning session, Chapter reports and reports from auxiliaries. , At o'clock, the convention waived
 business, and with their Mobile hos
 tesses enjoyed an excursion on the bay
 on the Revenue cutter Winona, through l the courtesy of Captain Clayton. A more delightful afternoon for an out ing could not well be imagined. a
 strong south wind sending the white
 caps dancing on the bay and blowing
 away every vestige of fatigue left by
 the mornings work.
 One of the benevolent features oi the order of Woodmen of the World is the remembrance of the dead In
 granite or marble. All members, 1T
 good standing at the time of theil
 demise, are entitled to a monument
 The local camps, since their organi-
 zation, have erected and unveiled many , monuments to their honored dead Some of these are in Magnolia and
 some in the Jewish cemetery here j while a few have been erected in other
 States and one even so far away as
 Grand Cayman Island, in the Carrib-
 bean Sea.
 On Sunday evening, in Magnolia and the Jewish cemeteries ten monuments
 to members of Forest Camp, No. l, and
 Maple Camp, No. 5, will be unveiled and. through courtesy they will unvei one in Magnolia cemetery for Artesia
 Miss, camp.
 The members of the order to be thus nonored are: J. J. Anderson, H. C. Brown, E. J. Binet, F. J. Halbein John B. Malone, Daniel w. Petty Frank Petrinovich and U. ScherowskI
 of Forest: A. Cossi and P. H. David | son, of Maple; John H. Summersell, oi Artesia.
 Owing to the unusually large number of monuments to be unveiled the cere' monies will begin at 1:S0 p. m. Sev' eral distinguished members of Fores
 and Maple Camps will deliver funera
 orations and the two camps will ac jointly in the service.
 . Cold in death in a room at Klosky'i ) was the condition of Captain Thomas A
 Deering at 9:30 this morning. wheI
 found by his friend. Fred Malone Strychnine was the instrumnet of self
 destruction. Dependency is ascribeC
 as the cause of his death.
 Captain Deering was S1 years old.
 long time resident of ZundePs, Bald
 win County. on the eastern shore O
 Mobile Bay. He was one of the oldes living steamboat captains in this sec tion and a long time retired because O : his great age.
 The Captain leaves two daughters . Mrs. Shirley English of Houston. Texas , and Mrs. Lizzie McAdory of Zundels . He also has one son, Thomas, some where in the Klondike.
 When his remains were discovered i , was found that. perhaps, his last Eaz' was on the smiling face of a nttl' grand daughter, whose photograph wal lying on his breast