The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-04
READY FOR U. D. C.
TRI-CITIES WILL ENTERTAIN CON-
 MENTION OF WOMEN.
Party Will Go By Steamboat to the shiloh Battlefield to Unveil Monu-
 ment-The Full
 Program.

 Alabama Division, Daughters of Con- May 7th, for a three days session, will bring together some of the most dis tinSuIshed, talented and other women in the State.
 About one hundred delegates from all portions of the State will be in attend ance, and a pleasant and profitable meeting the convention promises to be. Sheffield. Tuscumbia and Florence will entertain the delegates in a right royal and hospitaole manner, characteristic of the people of the tri-cities.
 The convention will not assemble in business session until the morning of the Sth. On Wednesday, the 7th, a 5:30 a. m., for Riverton, where a steamer will be in readiness to convey the delegates to Shiloh, where the Shi- loh monument will be unveiled with appropriate and hitting ceremony. by the State President, Mrs. Joseph N. Thompson of Tuscumbia.
 Thursday morning. the 9th. the con vention will assemble for business at 10 o'clock. The program as arranged is as follows:
 Call of convention to order. Music-Mrs. T. P. Simpson, conductor. Invocation.
 Song-Dixie.
 Addresses of welcome-On behalf of the TriCities, Judge Thomas R. Roul- hac; on behalf of the veterans, Major A. M ONeal; on behalf of the Sons of Veterans, John ". Johnson; on behalf of the hostesses, Mrs. l.. T. Pride. Response to addresses-Mrs. Charles C. Brown.
 Report of Committee on Credentials. Presidents Annual Report.
 Appointment of Special Committees. Announcements
 Adjournment.
 Luncheon.
 Memorial Hour-2:So D. m. Song. How Firm a Foundation"- Convention.
 Resolutions from Chapters.
 Quartette.
 Officers Reports.
 Adjournment for Entertainment. Program. conducted by Mrs. Harvey Jones and Mrs. W. D. Proctor.
 Thursday, the 9th, 9:30 a. m. Opening Prayer.
 Minutes of Preciding Day.
 Reports of Officers, continued. Chapter Reports.
 Auxiliary Reports
 Auditing Committee-Mrs. B. B. Ross, Chairman.
 Election of officers.
 Luncheon. 2:30 p. m.
 Reports of Committees by Chairmen. Shiloh Monument-Mrs. l.. c. Daw- son.
 Historical-Mrs Harvey Jones. Chapter Extension-Mrs. R. A. Lee. State Souvenir Plate-Mrs. W. A. Durr.
 Children of the Confederacy-Mrs. Mountain Creek Relief-Mrs Frank Elmore.
 Cross of Honor-Mrs. J. A. Rountree. 8:30 p. m.:
 Music. Minutes of Morning Session.
 U. D. c. Column, Staff Report. Unfinished Business.
 New Business.
 Reports of Special Committees-Ju- risprudence, Resolutions.
 Invitations for Convention, 1908. Inauguration of Officers.
 Greetings.
 Adjournment.
 The Division Officers are as follows: State Organizer and Honorary Life President-Mrs. Sallie Jones, Camden. President-Mrs. Joseph N. Thompson, Tuscumbia.
 First Vice e-President-Mrs Charles G. Brown, Pelham Chapter
 Second Vice President-Mrs. Lewis Cobbs, Dixie Chapter. Recording Secretary-Mrs Chappell Cory William L. Yancey Chapter. Corresponding Secretary-Miss Mat tie McDavid. Florence Chapter.
 Treasurer-Mrs. Thomas w. Palmer R F Rhodes Chapter
 Registrar-Mrs J. c. Lawrence, Union Springs Chapter.
 IIistorian-Mrs. Harvey E. Jones, Mobile Chapter.
 The Presidents of the hostess chap ters, Sheffield, Florence and Tuscumbia. upon whose shoulders much of the pre- liminary work for the entertainment of the convention has fallen. are as follows:
 Sheffield-Mrs. Walter White.
 Florence-Mrs M. W. Camper.
 Tuscumbia-Mrs. O. G. Simpson. The business sessions of the conven tion will be held in the opera house at Sheffield, and are expected to be largely attended.
 Several beautiful social functions, in honor of the guests, have been ar ranged in each of the three cities, and the session of 1907 promises to be as interesting and pleasant as any session of the convention has been, wherever held
 Arrangements have been made with the various railroads in Alabama for a special rate of 13 cents plus 25 cents