The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-06
ASSEMBLING FOR
j. D. c. MEETING
Delegates in City Will Attend
Unwilling of Bronze
Tablets
SITE OF OLD LIBBY
PRISON TO BE MARKED
Memory of Mrs. Joseph Bryan
Will Also be Honored.
Daughters Open at
Academy

Many delegates to the United Daugh-
terD of the Confederacy who convene
In eighteenth annual convention here
Tuesday night will attend exercises
this afternoon incident to the unveil-
ing of two tablets conducted under the
auspices OF the Confederate Memorial
Literary Society.
The FIRST Of these exercises will be-
sin Mt 1880 O'Clock this afternoon
when bronze tablet to the memory
OF the late Mrs. Joseph Bryan, iifs
president OF the Confederate Museum,
will be unveiled in this building Mrs.
Kate Peasants Minor delivering tho
principal address. Mrs. Lizzie Cary
Daniel. president of the memorial So
eiety. will respond and formally ACCEPT
the tablet. which IL to be unveiled by
Master Joseph Bryan and little Miss
Isabel 4. Bryan, grandchildren OF Mrs.
Bryan.
At 4 O'Clock this afternoon, u SIM
liar tablet. will he unveiled on the site
o. famous Libby prison by the P'ch-
mond Chapter. Sons OF Confederate
Veterans. In conjunction with the me-
mortal society. Little Miss Wig Lila
Spotiswood Lamb, granddaughter of
Congressman John Lamb, viii pull Tie
S'i' "a NSiidts tias %abies' VA. LIZ
win 4. Gox. VIII denver the adhisss.
Open ut Academy.
Opening exercise OF tine l.. ID. c. con-
vent!on Will be heio Tomorrow night
at the kcat,ny of Music wher al
dresses Of welcome viii be delivered
by Governor Mann. Major Richa rlscn.
Colonel il hn W. Gordon. commander
. Lee Ca.nr. and MIS-. Lizzie Cary
Daniel Mrs. NirgiGia Faulkner Nc
Sherry. Of Marttnsblrg, W. Va, pres
ident- general of the u. D. C.. will re.
spend on ithslf OF the delegates
The next morning. the convention
sill get Gown TO ousisess promptly
Ut 10 o'clock in the auditorium OF tiia
Jefferson f. tel, whicn is HEADQUARTERS
for IT, Daughters. II Is said that 4
lively .hASt will iiks.r ensuc when tie
committee on credentials submits n
report at the opening session In con-
nection with the seating OF four dele
gates from Lee Chapter. OF Richmond.
recently organized by Mrs. Montague.
wife OF former Governor Andrew jack
son MONTAGUE
Expresses Hops.
Mrs Montague, VINO Is president OF
we Home for Needy Confederate
women IN TINS e'tst expressed hope
last night that she would gain recog>
milton. although 1t has been scarcely
month since her CHAPTER 8pr9nK into
being. IL appears thai there Ia Some
req tape incident to the fling OF Gre
dontiais ane other papers some DAYS
In advance OF convention date. ana n
may be that Mrs. Montague and her
following viii be debarred on techni-
cal grounds
On organizing her chapter, Mrs.
Montague stated that she advocated
the policy OF working for the living
und not for the dead. In other words,
kha thinks aged and needy Confed-
erat. women should fsrst be taken into
consideration before money is expend-
ed for erection of handsome inoau-
,aents to the dead.
This question bids fair to engross
much time at the convention ON the
one hand strong effort. are beirg ex-
erted to further increase the move
ment and fund for erection Of monu-
ments to the dead at Shiloh ind Ar
lington. On the other. there is much
s sensime mt In NAV favor OF provialng more more
home for women. for the reason that