El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-29

, The invocation was made by Rev
Henry Easter. Mrs. F. Evans, OF Pal
| estine, sang two selections, silver
I Threads Among the Cold and MY
Little Gray Home OF the West" before
. the election was held
Presidential Fight starts.
Disorder and friction characterized
the business session Of the convention
. Wednesday afternoon, which was held
following the memorial service. The
meeting was brought to an abrupt stop
by the president crying I adjourn
this convention" and pounding the desk
with her gevel, after q fight for ad-
Journment which was brought up by
the opposition in the middle OF the vot-
ing for president and which was
marked by great disorder Mrs. ". G.
Talllfero, president Of the i. s. Ross
chapter, Of Bryan, Tex. was nominated
for the division presidency by Mrs 5
W. Sh0lars. Of Orange
Mrs. Charles Leland Hamil, was nom
mated for reelection by Mrs. J. H Rea-
gan, Of Palestine, and seconded by Miss
Decca Lamar West, Of Waco; Mrs. Hal
W Greer, Of Laredo, and others. Upon
motion Of Mrs. D. a. Num-. Of Crock
EFT the election was conducted b. writ
ten ballot Sam Gatliu loaned the con-
VentiOn ballot box and it was put in
the custody Of the tellers. who were:
Mesdames O. B. Sawyer. Of Beaumont;
b. F. Farrar, of Ell PasO; J. F. Self, Of
Dallas; n D. Wheeler Of Marlin, and
G. F. Howard. of Del Rio
After q few votes had been cast, the
roll Of chapters being called by the cor
responding secretary, Mrs J. X. Bivins.
Of LOngview, il was found that a mis-
take had been made and an Illegal vote
cast This precipitated a controversy,
some Of the members demanding that
the election be declared illegal. votes
be cast out and that the election be
held Thursday morning. The presiden-
tial party maintained that only the
Illegal vote should be cast out and that
the election should be held if 1t took
until midnight TO do 1t.
As the historical banquet was 10 be
held in the convention room and the
hotel men were in the room waiting TO
arrange the place for the banquet, the
president finally yielded and adjourned
the meeting.
Memorial Services.
The memorial services were conducted
by Mrs. T c. WestbrOok. second vice
president Rev H. P. Bond offered the
Invocation J. J. Tyudal sang zone
Sweetly Solemn Thought" Rev Mr..
Bond read an appropriate chapter Of
scripture Mrs John Van Vert, Of Mar
shall corresponding secretary, read the
list Of the dead r. J. Carson sang
The Deathless Army" Mrs. Mary Z.
Bryan. Of Houston. read the memorial
address prepared by Mrs J. A Sinders,
of Wharton Miss Nyra Prater read a
Robert z. Lee chapter. Of Fl Paso. Mrs.
Mamie Wynne Cox. Of Huntsville. read
the memorial resolutions sent by the
Texas division TO president Woodrow
Wilson at the time Of the death of Mrs.
Wilson, and read the response received
from the president.
a quartet composed OF Mr.. and Mrs
7 J. Tyndau. Miss Della Rosenstein
and IT. J. Carson, sang '-TentinE To-
night on the Old CampErOund-' There
was a five minute intermission follow
ing the close Of the memorial service
before the resumption Of business
Pleasing Feature.
4 pleasing feature Of the day occurred
after the convention had again been
called to order. Mrs Mamie Wynne
Cox, Of Huntsville, had composed a
merry little song dedicated TO the Rob
ert E Lee chapter, Of FL PasO. with the
refrain, Were Glad We're Here. Were
Glad We Came" set TO the tune Of
Maryland. Ny Maryland" This was
sung by a seXtent composed Of Mes
danes Mamie Wynne Cox. Thomas l.
10y, OF Los Angeles; ". l. Wheat, Of
Memphis; Edgar p. Hutchinson. y. D.
Wheeler, OF Mart. and s. W Sholars, OF
Orange II won much applause.
Books Condemned.
Mrs John Van Vert the secretary,
OF Marshall, then read the report Of the
textbook committee chairman, Mrs.
Mary N. Brige, of Austin The report
8
Tall" by Alfred Henry Lewis, for pure
downright viciOusness" against the
south. An American History For Gram
mar Schools, published by Mcmillan
was also condemned as being
unfair TO the southern side. The COM
mittee has peuuOned the Texas uni /
versity to have Miss Mildred Ruther-
ford. the historian general Of the L. D. !
C., give series Of lectures on the /
southern side OF the civil war at the /
during the winter.
Mrs. Mary z. Bryan, Of Houston. read J
the report Of the library committee
Mrs. r. s. Mills. Of Lampasas. read the /
report Of Mrs Agnes T. AEuilO. of Gal !
weston, chairman Of the committee on :
locating the confederate soldiers /
graves Mrs J D. Rudd. Of Walsom. |
was made an honorary member of the :
Texas division, in addition to those
given this title at the morning session /
Delegates and others are still talk 4
NJ about the response Wednesday
hight by Mrs Kate Gerald Weaver to 4
he toast The Veterans in an address
which was very touching and beautiful