The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-22
UNITED DAUGHTERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACY
omciai organ Aiabama Divisies.

to this, spoke gratefully of the work
 being done by the children. and ad-
 monished them to smile on no young
 man who is not 6 member of the Sons
 of Veterans" am sure the member
 ship will increase and new camps be
 organized.
 Mrs. smythe, of Charleston: Mrs.
 Roupsayille. of Rome; Mrs. Henderson,
 of Mississippi, and Mrs. Raines of Geor-
 Ela, were the ex-Presiden1s General
 who spoke words of greeting at the
 conclusion of the morning session.
 A visit to the Soldiers Home was an
 enjoyable feature of the Afternoon and evening. A short impromptu program was rendered, and with many warm handshakes, and God Bless You's'' from the Veterans, the good-byes were said.
 Reading of the Presidents report, and of the State reports, consumed the entire morning. and nearly all the af- ternoon, of the second day.
 At the conclusion of the Texas re- port, Mrs M1llie Magill Rosenberg presented the general order of the U. D. C., a beautiful hand-embroidered silk flag. in .eommemoration of the tooth birthday of Jefferson Davis. Following the custom of reversing the alphabet every other year, Ala bama was called last in the roll call l of States.
 Our report, however. was by no
 means least. in it's record of good work performed and planned for the future; and only lacked the stately presence and the gentle voice of our
 dear State President, Mrs. Charles G. Brown, to read it. Many were the ex- pressions of regret and disappointment that she was not present, both from
 old friends who had hoped to see her again, and from others not so forum ate, who had looked forward to the honor of meeting her. At the conclu- sion of the memorial service In the af- | ternoon. in which memorials were read ! in memory of those who have passed from the ranks of our Confederate orders during the year, the whole con- vention stood in silence in memory of all Confederates who had, during the year, parsed over tho river.
 it was a notable fact that the portion of each report which seemed to hold more attention and inspire more ap- plause, was that pertaining to the educational work done by the Daugh- | tera in the various States.
 Kentucky and Tennessee reported many scholarships given by the Daugh- ters of those States to mountain boys and girls descended of veterans, while l Alabama reported the scholarship sup T | the Lee memorial scholarship to which l the children of our State are giving such faithful work.
 The, chair which. was reserved for
 the use4of the President-General was once the property of Jenerson Davis and now owned by Mrs. Gabbett, Hon. orary Custodian of Crosses, and loaned | by her for the occasion.
 The number of talented literary wo- \ men in the convention made most ap- propriato the resolution of Miss West of Texas, to the effect that hereafter lone session of all annual conventionl
 be devoted to the presentation of tht literary works Of Southern talent. | Five minutes were given to Mrs Al
 exander White, chairman Of the Shiloh Committee. to appeal for voluntary con. | tributions to that cause, the result be, | ing pledges to the amount of e840. Tht i total amount reported up to date ir | the Shiloh fund Is s5.600.
 Pledges were also made for the fund | for the Arlington monument, which lhas reached the sum of sSsIz2.17. <
 The revision of the congtitu ton wal the cause of much spirited debate. A propositlon to exclude from future membership inI the U. D. c. Northern
 women. who @fe now admitted by vir. ! tue of marriage to descendants ol