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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL., 



CONDUCTED BY 



MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY. 



BeevHjLE, Texas. 



Dr. Howard's Foul Brood Bood. 



Dr. Howard's treatise on foul brood 

 ought to be in the hands of all bee-keep- 

 ers. It is practical and to the point, 

 and is well worth three times what is 

 asked for it — 25 cents. 



Jennie Atchley. 



The Texas State Convention. 



(Continued from page 686.) 

 SECOND DAY. 



The convention met in the grove 

 among the bees where it was held last 

 year. Several new additions were made 

 to the numbers already present, by the 

 arrival of members living in the country. 



The convention was opened by prayer 

 by the President, Rev. Dr. Marshall, 

 who afterward announced that the elec- 

 tion of officers for the ensuing year was 

 the first thing in order, which resulted 

 as follows : 



President, Dr. W. K. Marshall ; Vice- 

 President, W. R. Graham ; Secretarj', 

 Dr. Wm. R. Howard ; and Treasurer, 

 A. M. Tuttle. 



The newly elected officers were called 

 on for a speech. The President thanked 

 the association for the honors conferred 

 upon him by his re-election to the office 

 of President of an association which had 

 never failed since its organization to 

 hold its annual conventions. He eulo- 

 gized the late and lamented Judge W. 

 H. Andrews, of McKinney, who, in his 

 time, was the chief support of the as- 

 sociation, who never failed to make the 

 meetings interesting and profitable; he 

 was the most progressive bee-keeper in 

 the South and West, and that all who 

 knew him were impressed with his 

 earnestness, his honesty, and his ability. 

 Since his untimely death, Bro. Graham, 

 one of the oldest and best bee-keepers in 

 the State, kept the association alive by 



his untiring zeal, unwavering energy, 

 and his kind hospitality ; that the asso- 

 ciation to-day owed to Bro. Graham its 

 flourishing condition. 



The Vice-President, W. R. Graham, 

 was called on for a speech. He thanked 

 the President for his kind words ; he 

 felt more encouraged for the future suc- 

 cess of the association, and thanked the 

 members for the interest they had 

 taken in attending the convention. He 

 had enjoyed the interesting discussions, 

 in which so many had taken part, and 

 above all the honor conferred upon ap- 

 pointing him a delegate to the> National 

 convention held at Chicago during the 

 World's Fair last year. The grand ex- 

 hibits of beautiful honey in all the at- 

 tractive shapes that the mind of men 

 could invent, the beautiful display of 

 honey from all parts of the world. 



He had not words to picture the ex- 

 tensive arrangements. The exhibit of 

 apiarian supplies, the ingenuity dis- 

 played in its arrangement, was beyond 

 description. But what was most pleas- 

 ing to him, of all, was to meet and look 

 in the faces of such men as Prof. A. J. 

 Cook, A. I. Root, C. P. Dadant, Charles 

 F. Muth, Thomas G. Newman, Geo. W. 

 York, and others, whose writings in the 

 bee-papers had made their names house- 

 hold words around the hearthstones of 

 every bee-keeper in the land ; to meet 

 these men and converse with them, face 

 to face, was an experience to be enjoyed 

 but once in a lifetime ; he was unable 

 to express his feelings. 



One must see this great Exposition to 

 appreciate it. When the delegates by 

 States were called, every eye was upon 

 him when he arose to represent the 

 great State of Texas. 



When the Secretary was called on for 

 a speech. Dr. Howard arose and said, 

 while he could not make a speech, he 

 could thank the association for the 

 honor conferred upon him by electing 

 him as their Secretary. While he had 

 served as Secretary of nearly every or- 

 ganization of which he had been a mem- 

 ber, he had the honor of being the first 

 Secretary the Texas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association ever had. While his profes- 

 sional duties claimed most of his time, 

 he would try to do his duty to the best 

 of his ability. He had been thinking, 

 while listening to the interesting re- 

 marks of the President and Vice-Presi- 

 dent, what might be done to further the 

 interests of the society. He suggested 

 that a certificate of membership might 

 be printed in elegant form and framed 

 so that every member, when he looked 

 upon it, would recall the happy remem- 



