The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-23
LITTLE ROCK IS SELECTED FOR THE NEXT CONVENTION
 IN 1910.
Meeting Adjourned with the Election of Officers-Mrs. Hall of Arkan- sas Is Elected First Vice
 President.

Houston, Texas, Oct. 22.-With the selection of Little Rock as the con. vention city in 1910 and the election of the general officers for the year, the sixteenth annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy adjourned sine die tonight, closing the sessions in Houston an hour before midnight.
 The following general officers were elected:
 President general, Ms. Virginia F. MeSherry, of West Virginia
 First vice president general, Mrs. L, C. Hall of Arkansas
 Second vice president general, Mrs. M E. Bryan of Texas
 Third vice president general, Mrs. Thomas F. Stevens of Georgia.
 Recording secretary general, Mrs. A. L, Dowdell of Alabama.
 Corresponding secretary general, Mis Childress of Louisiana.
 Treasurer general, Mrs. c. B. Tate of Virginia.
 Registrar general, Mrs James E. Ganntt of Missouri.
 Historian general, Mrs. J. Enders Robinson of Virginia.
 Custodian of cross of honor, Mrs. L. H. Raines of Georgia.
 Custodian of flags, Mrs. F. A. Wal ker of Virginia
 Honorary president, Mrs. J. W. Trench of Florida.
 Honorary president, Mrs. N. B. Ran- dolph of Virginia
 In contrast to general expectations no contest developed over the cleo ton of general officers
 A tenseness was discernible fol lowing the reading of the delayed re- ports as the time for the election ap- preached. As the gayel of the presf- dent general fell for calling of the election, Mrs. Lizzie George Tender son of Mississippi. past president general. secured the floor and nomi- mated Mrs. I. w. Faison of North Carolina, a former president of that division and the motion was seconded by Alabama, Arkansas and Tennes- see. Immediately following, Mrs. Tate of Virginia obtained the floor and placed in nomination the name of Mrs. Virginia Faulkner Mcsherry of West Virginia, Maryland, Florida and the District of Columbia second ing the nomination
 Short addresses were made in the interest of each candidate and then the roll call sy states was begun Of the general fficers voting, Mrs. L. c. Hall. third vice president general, yot- cd for Mqs. Faison, while the others supported Mrs. McSherry, The vote stood S54 for Mrs MoSherry and 44G for Mrs. Faison, Mrs McSherry being declared elected Upon motion b Mrs. Edison the election of Mrs. Nc. Sherry was made unanimous A telegram was read from President Taft at Corpus Christi in which he expressed regrets at being unable to attend the sessions of the convention es he would not arrive in Houston until tomorrow morning, after the ad- jomnment of the convention. How ever, the daughters in body will re- main over until tomorrow and greet the president
 The Shiloh Monument Associations report was read by Mrs. White of Tennessee and it showed that over $20,000 had been donated during the rslst year. The report by the treas. urer of the fund was read by Mrs. Roy Mckinney of Kentucky and show. ed a balance of s5.420 for the erec- tion of the monument
 On motion on the floor of the con. vention s1.O0o was appropriated from the general treasury to the Shiloh fund.
 The afternoon was given over to