The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-04
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Mrs Campbell's efforts to have Mrs.
Randolph sent TO New orleans as the
representative of the Virginia division
failed, and the president will repre-
sent the division. Mrs. Randolph de-
clared that she felt that Mrs. Camp
bell had no right to make such
motion and asked her to withdraw
it. She stated that she was going to
New Orleans and would represent
something. but that she wished the
president to represent the division.
misunderstanding Cleared Up
The misunderstanding between Mrs,
A. j Montague and Mrs. A A. Camp
bell during the morning session, con-
corning the disposition of funds meant
for the relief of needy Confederate
women, was explained by Mrs. Mon
tague during the afternoon session. In
her statement to the convention dur
ing the morning she had declared that
she had been informed by State Aud
ttor c.. Lee More of a misappropria-
ton of some of the funds passing
through his hands Mrs. Campbell is
said to have taken exception so Wig
orously that the remainder Of Mrs.
Montague's statement was lost to the
convention. and in a dignified manner
Mrs. Montague refused to speak
further before the convention and
surrendered the floor.
The matter is an old misunderstood
ing between two factions, one headed
by Mrs Norman V. Randolph, and
the other by Mrs. Montague The for
mer believes that the funds meant
for the relief of the needy woman
OF the Confederacy should he sent di-
rectly into the homes white the latter
holds that the proper manner Of car
ing for the old ladies is TO have them
placed in the Home for Needy Con-
federate Women. e
Had Mrs. Montague been allowed to
complete her address. it is probable
that the misunderstanding which oc-
CURED IN the floor Of the convention
would have been avoided, for the
charge was not one of misappro-
priation OF general funds. but one
which specifically stated that in the
case of needy woman Of the noun
famous portion Of the State II was
found that the money sent for her re-
lief was used t. keep her drunken
husband in whiskey In this way the
money was mtsanpropriated; not by
those dispensing the funds. as Mrs
Campbell seemed to gather from the
statement made by Mrs. Montague,
but in the home to which II had been
sent.
/ Reopen Litigation.
The statement was to have formed
the basis for a reopeninS of the 1iti-
CATION seeking To have the Home for
Needy Confederate Women attend to
the relief of those in need Of aid, the
Idea being that the women should be
cared for in the home. and that the
practice of sending them money and
giving the opportunity for the misuse
/ of such money in cases as that noted
by Mrs Montague should be discon-
tinued
The afternoon session did not dis
pose with q great deal of the bust
ness before the convention and the
greater part Of II went over to the
! final session at night Most of the
ladies accepted the invitation OF the
hostess chapter, and went for an au-
tomobile tour of the city. So few
were left In the hall that after several
motions had been put attention was
called to the fact that a minority of
the delegates, by their amendments
and resolutions, were in several cases,
completely undoing the work per-
formed by the entire convention, and
further action was discontinued. At
ter that the meeting resorted to an
( informal discussion Of the best means
/ for lettering certain phases of the
work now done by the Virginia divi-
sion.
4 1t was resolved and the motion car
ried that hereafter the Virginia divi-
sion would not 60 to the expense of
contributing chapter flags to the hos
tess chapter. but that the entire divi-
sion would give one flag costing not
/ over $40 as a token from the divi-
sion.
Miss Nell Preston was the author
of the resolution and gave as her
reason the fact that the flags pre-
scented this year cost something over
hundred dollars. The presentation
ceremony could he just as impressive
and could mean just as much with
the smaller amount expended for the