The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
U, D. (. CONVENTION
MRS. THOMPSON WAS CHOSEN AS : PRESIDENT.
State Organization Heard Reports Fron, :. Various Committees and Compli- mented Mrs. Gayle,-WiII Meet
 Next In Florence.

Union Springs. May 10.--tSpeciaI.) )-- A large audience was present in the opera house Wednesday night at the exercises O. the literary and musical evening previously announced.
 The exercises were opened with a Dixie Chorus by the children of the local chapter of Children of the Con- federacy.
 A splendid paper on General Wheeler, written by Mrs. Joe Nathan of Sheffield, Mobile.
 Mrs. Gielow, of Alabama. delighted the. audience with, the rendition of one ot her poems. and several of her best
 A beautifully rendered vocal selec- tion by Mrs. Ernest l.. Blue, was fol- lowed by splendid paper. on Colonel
 A Quarteete of male voices, Messrs Hugh Foster. Edgar and Miriam Mc- Kay and H. Rosenstihl, produced an en- core.
 Excellent papers were read on Gen James Clayton and Gen. Zack Deas, by Mrs Andrews of Montgomery, and Miss Long of Hurtsboro.
 Musical selections were rendered by Miss Tomson and Mrs. Kate Mccall.
 Mrs. J. A. Rountree. of Birmingham, gave beautiful reading of a poem on the battle of Shiloh.
 The exercises were closed with a splendid address by pr. Thomas M Gwen. commander In chief of the Sons of Veterans.
 The second days session of the tenth annual convention of Alabama Division of the United Daughters of the Con federacy convened this morning at 10 o'clock, and after repeating the Lords paryer in unison, the regular order of business was at once taken up.
 Considerable discussion was indulged in concerning the correction and adop- tion of the minutes of the preceding days session, the discussion finally I.tE 4,.f@ ~4 Aka &I declared out of order+ After the adop- ton of the minutes the report of com mittees was called for.
 Report of the Shiloh Monument Com mittee, in the absence of Mir. l.. c. Dawson, chairman. was madO by Mrs. W. A. Gayle, of Montgomery. The re- port showed that during the past year had been received to the amount of $669: this with the amount on hand made an aggregate or nearly SS.o0O, and this latter amount was quickly pledged by additional subscriptions and pledges from representatives of vart- ous chapters present. It Is the pur. pose to have the monument erected
 The historical committees report was made by the chairman. Mrs. Harvey
 Mrs. R. H. Lee, of Greenvtlle. made tension. which showed gratifying pro-
 Report of Committee cn Children of Confederacy was made by Mrs. Pick progress in the matter of organizing children's auxiliary chapters and good work being done by them.
 Creek Relief Committee which was review of the great and good work be- ing done there, for the relief and needs of the old soldiers, by voluntary con tributions from the various chapters: Mrs. Gayle made verbal supplemental report, calling attention to several needs in the hospital departmept or the Soldiers Home; She %Ss %sE give glvsn as chairman of this committee.
 Miss Addie Baumont was eulogized for her individual work at the Soldiers thanks. Her name was also added to the relief committee. Miss Baumont was asked to come to the front. where she was the recipient of applause. one to be used for this relief work between now and the first day of October.
 Mrs, Durr of Montgomery. offered Gielow and recommended that Alabama chapters become auxiliaries to the Southern Industrial Educational Asso- station, which was adopted
 The election of officers for the en- suing year resulted as follows:
 President Mrs J N Thompson. Tus- cqm62ia; prC TlrSt r.iGs WiOe, President T, Mrs Vice-President. Mrs. Louis Cobbs. Mont- gomery; Recording Secretary Mrs Chappell Cory, Birmingham; Corros. vid. Florence; Treasurer Mrs. Thomas w. Palmer. Tuscaloosa; Registrar. Mrs J. c. Lawrence, Union Springs: Histor. ian; Mrs. Harvey Jones, Mobile.
 The words of Dixie by Mrs. Ockenden were adopted as the ones to be used Inv the Alabama Division Of q. D. c.
 The three cities, Florence, Shfield place of meeting.