The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-22

Confederate. veterans, was voted down. The resolution introduced by Mss Baird of Nashville, was worded go as to permit only women of Southern parentage to join the order.
 The States voting in favor Of this amendment were Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio. Utah and Mexico. Among the States which helped defeat 1t were Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, South Carolina and Virginia. Verify. change has been wrought in the feel ings of the Southland. when the ex- elusive Palmetto State and aristocratic Virginia join the ranks of those who would so widen the doors of the U D. c. that women Northern born and bred are made members and eligible to office
 in the Daughters of the Confederacy.
 Several other changes in the constttu-
 tion were adopted which VIII change materially the work of the organiza- tion. The date of meeting of the gen.
 vember to the third Tuesday of octo- Der. also.
 Each Chapter which numbers twen- ty-five members, or a fraction there of, not less than seven, shall be en- titled sh all conventions of the Gen. eral Association to ones vote, and for
 each twenty-five, shall be entitled to AHOtHEE. NOlG- HIS lc4FG8 OQN A4AS words. "or traction thereof. net less than seven," thus cutting down the representation very considerably. In large chapters this will make no ma- terial difference. but it will work rath-
 CT a hardship on the smaller chapters
 who. though they have forty-seven members, will only be entitled to one vote until their roll numbers fifty. The chairnen of all standing com- mittees are in the future to be Allow ed one vote but that vote is not 1 transferrable--that is. cannot be giv- en in proxy. The number of the gen. eral officers has been increased to \ eleven: A President General, a First Vice. President General. a Second Vice President General, Third Vice-Pres- | fdent General; a Recording Secretary General, a Corresponding Secretary General a Treasurer General, Regis | trar General, a Historian General. the Custodian of Flags and Custodian of f the Coss of Honor.
 The following we're elected to fill these offices. being elected to serve one year. At the next General Convention | the officers will be elected bf-annually. | Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone, of Gal- ! weston, Texas, was unanimously re- | elected President General; Mrs. Will lard. of North Carolina, First Vice. | President; Mrs. Poe, of Maryland. 6ec- ! ond Vice. President: Mrs. Hall of Ar- kansas. Third -President; Mrs. | Dowdeil of opeiika. Recording secre- tary; Mrs. Cooley of Florida, Corre- | spending Secretary; Mrs. Williams of Tennessee, Treasurer; Mrs. J. Enders | Robinson of Virginia, Historian; Mrs. | Cant of Arkansas, Registrar; Mrs. | Railles, of Savannah, Custodian of Cross; Mrs. Wake. of Norfolk Va, i Custodian of Flags.
 On motion of Mrs. B. B. Ross of | Alabama, Mrs. Helen C. Plane of At- lanta was elected Honorary PresiRent- | General of the U. DIG, thus Shonoring | Georgia in honoring Mrs. Plane who Il is the founder of the Georgia Divis- ion. U. D. e., and honorary state Pres iderit, a woman who rendered active service to the South during and since the war between the States.
 nean Russell of Columbia University \ was made an honorary associate mem- Der of the United Daughters of the Confeaeracy. He ia the second man thus honored- Colonel Knause of Co., Iumbus, O., being the other.
 An urgent invitation was Teaa ln m.
 vear7 The cause of Texas was ably presented by Mrs. West and on the roll call of States, Texas received the I nra3orifv of votes, and the invitation ag Houston was acepted. Miss Tim berla<e of Virginia presented gracious reaoIutione of thanks to Atlanta ana 'l the local ana state organizat lions TOT their entertainment of the conYentaoa.
 The soAlai side.
 The sociaI side of the convention iias
 been ons of incomparable bTilliancy.
 The lunch cons given each Nay oI the
 convention at the Piedmont Hotel by