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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1912

Page

6

Fort Worth Hosts Seventeenth Texas UDC Convention

The seventeenth annual Texas division convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy meets in Fort Worth December 3 to 6. San Antonio delegates lead by Mrs. Mabel Massey Bates will attend, with a full four day program including addresses, reports, memorial service, and literary evening.

Texas Fort Worth United Daughters of the Confederacy San Antonio Mabel Massey Bates Barnard E. Kee The Daughters of the Confederacy A. W Ed Goldstein J. D. Guinn W. BH. Spell W. P. Baugh E. Riley Benne Kayton Robert Votan Forrest Reed J. E. Kirkpatrick Ed Halton J. A. Shirtey Daisy Coltrane George Surkey Martin Wright R. Ae Sarah French Joseph B. Dibrell Austin Hal W. Greer Aoe Rts Mars Mabel M. Bates O. BE. Colquitt Tex Historical Committee J. K. Bivens Longview M. M. Bates Confederate Home Committee Milton Morris Mary Johnson Will Cantrell Greenville Fannin B. Tippett Beaumont Children's Auxiliary Juliette Bush

Reports on Confederate museum monuments and Texas room in Richmond

Committee reports on placing monuments and tablets and establishing a Texas room in the Confederate museum in Richmond will be read during Thursday’s two sessions. Friday morning additional reports of the same nature will be read. The convention will adjourn Friday afternoon after officer election and installation, adoption of resolutions, and selecting the next meeting place.

Charles G. Barrett Texas Richmond

San Antonio Club Elects Directors

At the annual meeting of the San Antonio club last night a new board was elected for the ensuing year. The directors include H. P. Drought A. B. Spencer Frank Wash W. C. Rigsby EB D. Henry H. Briggs R. M. Silsbee George Co Vaughn J. W. Kokernot Colonel Co G. Starr O. S. Newell 8S. H. Weis and Dr. Fred Hadra.

San Antonio H. P. Drought A. B. Spencer Frank Wash W. C. Rigsby EB. D. Henry H. Briggs R. M. Silsbee George Co. Vaughn J. W. Kokernot Co. G. Starr O. S. Newell H. Weis Fred Hadra

Former clerk arraigned on fraud charge in Oklahoma

William R. McBrine former confidential clerk in the state auditor's office emerged from seclusion after surrendering to authorities and was arraigned on charges of raising claims in the auditor's office with intent to defraud the state He waived examination and pleaded not guilty His bond was set at 10000 and he remains in sheriff custody pending payment of the bond.

Guthrie Okla William R. McBrine State Auditor’s Office

Churches Plan Campaign Against Socialism In Pittsburg

Protestant and Catholic churches in Pittsburg Kansas plan a joint campaign to oppose socialism. Father J A Pompeney will tour mining camps delivering addresses denouncing socialist doctrine. the Protestant ministerial alliance also will hire a non sectarian worker to assist.

Pittsburg Kas J. A. Pompeney Protestant Ministerial Alliance

Mission Work Aims to Save Coal Camp Foreigners

Rev. L. M. Potts of the First Methodist church explains the effort to bring education and religion to foreigners in coal camps with the goal of preventing anarchist influence and fostering stable communities.

L. M. Potts First Methodist Church

Don Carlos Reported Dead in Cyclone Reappears in San Antonio

Don Carlos, once reported killed in a northern cyclone last spring, appeared in San Antonio with his dog yesterday and announced he will winter there. He told friends the death report was greatly exaggerated, echoing Mark Twain.

Don Carlos San Antonio Mark Twain

Aldape Is Jailed for Neutrality Law Violation

Manuel Garza Aldape, arrested yesterday by federal authorities, remains in the county jail without bond set at 2500. United States Commissioner R L Edwards fixed the bond, and Judge Edwards wired to El Paso where the indictment was filed. Aldape, linked to the Vasquez Gomez government, vanished after an April indictment but later surfaced in San Antonio as a new case develops.

Manuel Garza Aldape United States R. L. Edwards Edwards el Paso Aldape Vasquez Gomez Reyes

Aunt Clara memory unimpaired recalls Henry Clay in slavery era

Century old Aunt Clara, a former slave living in Texas, recalls Henry Clay and events in Kentucky and Missouri. She describes being sold by a mistress, the middle passage to New Orleans, hoodoo protection, and life in Galveston and Wharton, Texas, with nine children and two serious accidents.

Henry Clay Woodfield County Ittle Pickaninny Pickaninny Clara Chestnut Alley Kentucky Marster Mistess Aunt Clara Yas'am Shelby Kintucky Joseph McGrue White Missouri Mississippi New Orleans Sarah Hardy Hill Mr. Hill Isaac Hill Wharton

Scotch servant carries guest upstairs in strict duty

A Scotswoman's instructions to her servant led Donald to carry a guest into the drawing room. When two ladies visited, he seized one in his arms and told the other to ride there until he returned, despite the woman's protests and struggles.

Donald

Mother Love Gets Felon in Joliet Jail Break Case

A fleeing convict from Joliet penitentiary, Tony Landers, was captured in a Worth Illinois corn field after he told a farmer his mother was dying. He had left companions William Dunne and Frank Thompson ten minutes earlier and surrendered when police closed in.

Chicago Worth Tony Landers Joliet Penitentiary Landers William Dunne Frank Thompson Dunne Thompson

New York Settlement Uses Boxes to Teach Furniture Making

A settlement worker in New York City trains boys to craft tables chairs cribs washstands and hammocks from old packing boxes. The project has gained city support with a building provided for the originator Miss Louise Brigham. A. Collman plumber 416 Main Av.

New York City Louise Brigham

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