The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-27
ECHOES FROM CONVENTION
 OF DAUGHTERS IN TEXAS
BY MRS. cHAPPELL CORY.

almost solidly against, greater number
 of divisions voted for her, thus evidence
 ing her popularity with those present.
 Mrs McSherry Is fine woman and
 will make the general body an able off
 cef.
 That everybody was not entirely taken
 up with the election was amusingly evil
 dent when one lady from Tennessee. on
 being asked how the election was going,
 aswered: What. prohibtion? Mrs John P. Hickman's popularity was shown by the fact that she was twice
 nominated for office, once for one of the vice presidents and also for record
 ing secretary. Mrs. Odenhimer of Mary ! land nominated her for recording secre- tary. but she insisted each time to have
 her name withdrawn. Virginia has at
 present five officers ont he executive board
 and expressions of disapproval were sev-
 eral times given, which reached it's cli-
 max in a resolution presented that no
 state be allowed to have more than one
 office at a time.
 Following are the resolutions which were finally adopted concerning the Bry-
 son essay:
 "Whereas The essay entitled Robert
 D. Lee-A Present Estimate' written by
 Miss Bryson of Minnesota, was awarded
 the prize of s100, offered by the United
 Daughters of the Confederacy to students
 of Teachers college. Columbia; and
 ''Whereas, This essay contains state ments that do not convey truth of his tory; and
 "Whereas, It is the purpose of the
 organization through the prize offered
 to stimulate research regarding the war
 between the states it's causes and its
 leaders; and
 'Whereas. Robert E. Lee was a noble
 exponent of the Confederacy; be 1t
 Resolved, That we regret the award
 ing of this U. D. c. prize to an es-
 say, which while expressing admiration
 for it's subject, fails in true conception
 of the principles for which General Lee
 and his soldiers fought; petrays lack i of information as to conditions in the
 south prior to the war between the states
 and fails in comprehension of the abso-
 lute devotion of Lees army to it's com 1 mander. Bt it further
 Resolved, That we express ourselves
 in no spirit of unlxindness but simply
 declare for truth.''
 1 The dear old lady who offered the reso- 1 1utions, which were amended, read lit !, tie preamble of her own. which stated | that she allowed the modification of her 1 original resolutions simply for the sake of peace, and intimated that the young | CT generation were entirely too afraid of expressing what they felt or ought to | feel.
 Sister Esther Carlotta of Florida is one of the most romantic pictures of the con- vention, wearing the picturesque and nun-lixe robes of the sisters of the Epis- copal church, and being a really very pretty woman with black eyes and hair She is very conscientious. and brave, and 1t was indeed strange to see such char acteristics precpitate the convention into the widest disorder. It came about by her calmly asking the question whether or not it were true that Teachers col lege admitted both whites and negroes. Some of the delegates tried to parry, the question, but Miss Donovant in highly dramatic posteur demanded mo fencing; answer yes or mo-" The answer, "Yes'' l being given, Sister Esther Carlotta calm ly rejected the privilege of selecting the next scholar for this which falls to her state next time. The scenes which fol- lowed were thrilling indeed, but finally an appeal for calmness prevailed and 1t , was decided that those who so desired 1 could withdraw privately their dona- tiops.
 The selection of Arkansas was also spir- | ited but almost tame in view of the l things that had gone before. | It was, to say the least, thrilling 1 convention, but in the main. and con- 1 sdering the questions which had to be presented, the excitement was unavoid- | able. I have seen mems conventions a great deal more turbulent with far less provocation.
 A soothing resolution came in the de- | cision to have a memorial placed to the memory of Margaret Davis Hayes in | the beautiful old Church of the Re deemer at historic Biloxi. Constitutional changes were few, the most important being the date of meet ing from October to the second Wednes- day in November.
 South Carolina, as usual, brought up amendment to cut off grand nieces which was promptly tabled. Convention was in session until after 1 o'clock Friday morning. The daughters were very merry at the wind-up but the prettiest of them looked really Jaded.