The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-17
4 D. c. AND U.C. Y.
At LITTLE ROCK
,or Douaghty Makes Welcoming
O', .,.,..s and Accepts for State a
Monument Unveiled on
Capitol Grounds.

Little Rock NOV 80.
j and eray-haired veterans are every
y sss ere today, being lionized by the
ssndreds of delegates to the Nation
num- cSuention of the Daughters of
c !, which is in session.
while the National convention of
II y C. is in session in Little
M the annual meeting OF the state
nv. a;otion Of the United Confederate
',,orons is being held. There are
'sout 100 delegates to the meeting of
'sa veterans, and to augment this
lumber" ~ about fifty additional promi-
.sn, Confederate veterans of the state
-, come in to attend the meeting Of
~ advisory committee of the commit
- which has in hands the arrange
ma0ts for the National reunion of the
Confederate Veterans next spring.
The convention of the United Daueh-
,.rs Of the Confederacy began last
Diobt with Mrs. Orlando Halliburton.
nrasident of the state association in
,hs chair Mrs. McSherry. National
0resident, sat beside her and later in
ne evening delivered her annual adj
dress showing the growth OF the or
ganization
The large convention hall of the Ma
,oo Hotel was profusely decorated
NTH aaes and flowers for the occasion,
and fully 1000 people crowded into the
nom with many others unable to get
inside the hall.
The invocation was rendered by Rev.
BISHOP John B. Harris, after which
Gov. G. W. Donaehey spoke briefly in
welcoming the delegates to Arkanas,
having high tribute to the women Of
the South, and saying the highest tri-
bute any woman could ask was to be
known as a daughter of woman Of
the Confederacy.
This morning the U. D. C. and the
Arkansas division of the U. c. V. met
in adjoining halls OF the Marion and
both got down to business early.
The Daughters took up the morning
with the reports Of the committees,
the address Of the president general.
and the reports Of all the general of
dcers.
During the morning session the pol
tics began TO break out and workers
we're all about the hall putting forth
the advantages to be devided by the
association through the election of the
women to seek for office. Others bus
led themselves working forWashington
D. c., or Richmond, Va. for the next
meeting place, and though Washington
IS working hard, it looks as though
Richmond will come out ahead as the
Arkansas people are working for Rich
mond.
The convention will adjourn to per-
nit all to attend the unveiling exer-
cises at the monument in the state
house yard which has been erected TO
the women of the South by the MEM
bers Of the U. D. c., of Little Rock.
The ceremonies were opened by
Rev Charlie Hyde with an invocation.
Mrs. Sam Wassell, to whom credit is
due for the bringing of the U. d. G..
convention to Little Rock, introduced
llllman B. Parks, who delivered the
grafton Of the day a beautiful tribute
to the women of the South. Mrs.
Virginia McSherry, president of the
United Daughters OF Confederacy, oil
West Virginia, then pulled the cord
Which allowed the covering of the
monument to fall. Annie Parks as
sisted in this ceremony. after which
Gov G, W. Donaghey formally accept
ca the monument, pledeing tho state
% see that it be not molested. The