The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10

hptter informed ss to the pffvaieges
 AkA duties bsionrinx to each chapter than herssif She, organised the Jonn
 T. Morgan Chapter and has the conn- dsnce and esteem of all.
 (Sigped.) Member. Tsiiadesa, Ala -5t s Alabama Daughters:
 with the New Year let us undertake
 great things for our Division. II nave
 been so deeply grateful for the re-
 sponse to my appeal for our old men
 at Mountain Creek. Never before have
 they been 70 generously remembefed,
 Scholarship Committee asks that aii
 Chapters not having paid ,their con
 tribution to this fund please do SO Please notice that by action of last convention in Atlanta the price
 of certificates is fifteen cents each.
 In writing to Recording secretary
 General. bear this in mind to avoid
 delay and confusion.
 Below publish in full letter ot great interest from our President oen-
 May the New Year bring to each Of you, Peace Health and Happiness. Mary BIliingsley Brown. s Pres. Ala. Div. U. D. c. Ire the UsItea Daughters ef the Confederacy
 The fifteenth year of our organiss zation was completed at the aeneIai Convention, held in Atlanta, Georgia, and was celebrated there with all the pomp and splendor befitting this "crys- tai Anniversary"
 The reports all showed gratifying | progress along all lines of work. botn | in the general Association and in the State Divisions. The entire corps of general officers were re-elcted and three new ofices were created. These were. Third Vice. President. Mrs. L. l c. Hall, DardaneIie. Arkansas. electedi Historian General, Mrs, J. Enders Rob inson, Richmond, Virginia, elected Registrar General, Mrs. James Brttton
 Can't, Jefferson City, Missouri. eiect- I ed. as
 and By-Laws," which came by inheri- tancs from the last to the present aa' ministration, was carefully recpnsid- cred by the Committee on Revision, tc (which mbership Mrs. Alexander B White, of Tennessee, had been appoint ed, Mrs. Nelson Poe, Jr., having re. signed. This was again printed and | sent out in the requiste time befors lthe General Convention, and was acted Eupon by that body, in detail and adopted in the form recently sent out ! to you.
 | Much misconstructlon has arisen ir eligibility of wives of Veterans IThis remains unchanged. and just as Il | has been since the organization Of tn | United Daughters of the Confederacy An amendment was offered on the no0l of the convention, restricting the eligt | bility of "wives'' to women of South ern parentage.p but this was lost bS lmore than a two-thirds majority. Bul
 the clause giving eligibility to niece'
 of Veterans was amended so as U giving it to nieces and grand-nieces | of every degree, not only of veterans | but of "women of the Sixties" whose lpersonai service and material aid tt | the Confederate cause can be proven. | Change was made in the date fo pSyfnent of annual dues to the Gener' al Association, U. D. C. fixing this or
 March 1st, Instead. Of October. There fore, the dues for 1908 having beer paid October, 1908. the dues for iso. will be maid on the first of next March and on that date for each succeeding
 The nnion of the Indian Territor, and Oklah oma divisions was harmoni ousiy accomplished during the year and this married couple now takei the name of the aokhhoma Division A Division was formed in the State O. IWashineton, where the requtstte pum her of Chapters and existed for som ttime. A new state was entered D,
 the efkanization efsas Chapter in Min Issapslis,. Minness1G su Mrs. Josepf | Johnson. of St. Eouis. F
 Reports swere InadS Of the wide I spread abeervanes of fhe centennia year of 2he blrsh of President Jener'
 son Davis. ana the splendid ceremonies had by the Chapters, on June 3rd, tht l Chieftain's birthday, together with tht
 earnest study in the public and pri' vaye schools. and by the people al large, of his life, service and character all giving expression of the love, hon. 1 or and confidence of the people of ths South. Portraits of Jefferson Davii and Robert D. Lee were placed in the schools throughout the year, and 1t ii again urged that the work of so plac. | ing the pictures of Southern heroes | shall be continued during the coming I year, as c stimulus for the youth oi the South, to nobility of character and U zGA .tn