The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-15
HEAD Of U.D.C.
IN FLORIDA IS
HERE ON VISIT
Mrs. McCreary Stops in
Pensacola Returning
From Dallas.
REVIEWS WORK OF
BIG CONVENTION
Explains the Reinstatement
of the Gainesville
Chapter.
REVIEWS WORK OF
BIG CONVENTION

All Of The ardor Of her sou,acra
ancestry and the enthusiasm for q
D. G. work which has been engendcr-
ed through many years Of devoted
service spoke last night in the mes
sage Of Inspiration which Mrs. II H.
McCreai5 president Of the Florida
division Of the United Daughters 4
the Conscneracy, brought with her
from the great general convention
just clio led in Dallas, Texas.
To those who have worked so faith
fully to meet the obligations Of the
order, the announcement ira. the
convention pledged a sum large
enough to cover the amounts neces-
sary to nay off the indebtedness or
the Shiloh and the Arlington monu-
ments, aud for the Red Cross window
IN Washington, win be received with
special pleasure.
The general conventions in Dallas
is the moth general convent Oh which
/ Mrs. MsGreary has attended. having
been for eight years on The exeeut;vs
board of the Kirby Smith Chapter Of
Gainesville, of which she is a charter
member, this chapter having been or
/ ganized nineteen years ago.
Mrs. McCreary, with Mrs. William
F. Gwynn, of Fort ldyers, Fla.
fourth vice-president of the Florida
division, arrived in Pensacola yes
terday afternoon having stopped in
/ New Orleans en- route from Dallas.
Mrs. McCreary is the guest of Mrs
Dan Shepard, who represented the
t Pensacola chapter, Of which she was
president at the time, at the stlta
convention which met in Leesburg,
4 isst summer Mrs Gwynn is snu
i euest of Mrs. r. F. Mitchell, presi-
! dent Of the local U. D. &. Mrs. NJ
Creary is not only very prominent
| in U. D. c., work but she is alsa
& well known throughout the state,
through her social connections. Her
husband, H H. McCreary, is editor
&C the Gainesville Sun, and much OF
] tbs tone of the ably edited pape S
due not only to the inspiration when
Mrs. McCrsa ~ gives hut to her
splendid intelligence which frequently
contributes 70 ats pages.
! In talking Of the work Of the gem
eral convention, Mrs. McCrea i
stressed net aniy the Importance Of
tbs work transacted at the CONVEX
ton, but Of the many social functions
which We're rendered the members Of
the United daughters Of the Confed
eracy by the tcstess chapter of Dali
) las.
In speaking Of the trouble winch
arose at the convention n regard ia
the j. j. Findley chapter. Of Gaines
vile, Mrs. McCreary very reluctantly
admitted the fact that the state di-
vision had been embarrassed by the
episode, which was seized upon Dy cue
! Associated Press and flashed across
the country.
'sThe trouble said Mrs. McCreary.
dates back for several years, and at
the last state convention by a two
thirds vote, the j. j. Finley cnapter,
. not being in good standing, the char
tel was ordered cancelled.
1.-TWO members Of the J. ]. Find
) lev chapter, Mrs. j. w. Tench and
Mrs. A. H. Harper, went not as del
; egates, but Independently to the gem
eral convention just closed in Dallas
and appealed from a decision of pres
. ident, Mrs. Cordelia Powell Oden-
/ hGmer, to the genera executive
boNrd, the board not sustaining the
president, but ruling that 4 cnapter
with seven members could hold .
charter. The J. J. Findley chapteI
Of Gainesville had claimed sixry-five
, members, but had sent dues to pay
for seven members, which dues mac
been refused by the state division"
Mrs. McCreary pointed out thai
this practically left the ). j.. Finley
chapter in the same position as be
fore the decision was made, as this
; decision did not specifically refer te
that chapter, but was general in it,
application, it being against the rul-
ing of the United Daughters Of tbs
Confederacy for such matters to bs
settled by the executive board Of tbs