Revisions Proposed at UDC Convention in Hot Springs
At the 32nd annual United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting in Hot Springs Arkansas proposed constitutional amendments were read for presentation. Mrs T R Henderson led the by law committee while some opponents warned against adoption. Officers were elected including Mrs St John Allison Lawton as president general. Other items included higher per capita tax to fund the Norman V Randolph relief fund and doubling membership certificate prices. There were also proposals to restrict convention participation to dues paying members and pledges for scholarships from Woodrow Wilson and Randolph Macon foundations.
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Hot Springs
Ark
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
T. R. Henderson
Greenwood
Miss
Eral
Henderson
St. John Allison Lawton
Charleston
S. C
W. J. Woodliff
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Norman V. Randolph
Law Department
University of Virginia
Cornell Branch Stone
Randolph-Macon
Suit Against State Began In North Carolina Supreme Court
The case by Calkins Dredging Company of Norfolk against the North Carolina Fisheries Commission and the state seeks 11055 dollars. It alleges a Dare County inlet dredging contract misrepresented 37500 yards of earth when about 150000 yards were removed. The case started with summons served on Governor McLean. the supreme court may certify to superior court if facts require. The governor sent the matter to the board and attorney general to answer.
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Raleigh
State Fisheries Commission Board
State of
North Carolina
Calkins Dredging Company, Inc
Norfolk
North Carolina Supreme Court
McLean
Fisheries Commission Board
Dare County
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Woman Sentenced to Death for First Degree Murder
Mrs. Fannie Soper, convicted of murdering her third husband Henry Soper, was sentenced to death in the electric chair by Supreme Court Justice Whitmyre in Elizabethtown New York.
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Elizabethtown
N. Y
Fannie Soper
Henry Soper
Supreme Court
Whitmyre
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U. D.C
Targe
Alla‘sin
Stamey’s
Fanny Ward
Equity
New York
Coats
Federal Clothing Co
High Point, N. C