Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-25
BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS
The Kings Daughters of the State
Progressing,
NATlo ~ OFFICERS PRAISE
I he Business Of Friday.

Wheeling, " Va. Oct 1s-The
first genuine business session of the
Kings Daughters Of tie West Virginia
branch was held in the First Presby-
terrain church Friday morning, and
with excellent results. The lecture
room Of the church was well filed
with the fair sex at 10 O'Clock. when
the convention was called to order by
the state secretary, Mrs Robt. J. Reed.
The decorations were at their best and
the flowers and grass emitted fra
GRANGE that filed the room. The de-
votional services were of the most i'm
pressive character and consisted Of re-
sponsive prayers and speaking, led bv
the state secretary. The singing at
these services was especially fine.
The music furnished by the choir was
par excellence. and was led by Mrs.
Geo. Caldwell.
IMPORTANT REPORTS.
The devotional services were follow
q by the calling Of the roll of all the
circles. The recording secretary then
read the minutes of the last conven-
ton, which proved very interesting.
The report of the state secretary,
Mrs Robert j. Reed was then read and
it showed marked improvement over
that OF last year. The report showed
that the secretary had written as high
as 300 letters and been in correspon-
dence with the branches of seven or
eight different states, but the most i'm
statement that West Virginia branch
was self-supporting and that thew
had not needed to go out of the bonn
diaries Of the state for financial aid.
A paper by Mrs. Charles Morrison
was next read. and was full of inter-
esting matter to the. members. The
report of the treasurer, Mrs. Cecil A.
Robinson, was an interesting docu-
ment and showed the branch to be
resting on solid financial basis. The
receipts for the year were $780, and
bSNibhCV lulu otltSI tbll EA pCAAoI NOi0
paid is S125. whiclh amount is deposit
ed in local bank.
The report of the secretary of Ka-
nawha county was also read and an
instructive and interesting talk as Civ
en- by Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson. The
talk was in the nature of good advice
to the members as 20 the best meth
DDS to be used in the conduct of the
work The talk was listened to with
the closest attention by the members,
and, doubtless. much good was derived
therefrom. The morning exercises
We're concluded by brief talk by Mrs.
l. O. Davis Mrs Davis expressed sur
prise at the progress the West Virginia
branch had made since her visit last
year. She said at the last visit the
conditions in this section were not
very fiattering,. and that tho. present
state Of things spoke much for the
amount of work that had been done by
the officers and members.
WORK HAS JUMPED FORWARD.
''Why work in West Virginia has
progressed with leaps and bounds, she
said 'sThis is nv second trans-con-
tinental trip this year. and in all my
travel have seen nothing that showed
more to the credit of themembers than
in listening to the report of the officers
OF this branch this morning =
At the conclusion Of the meeting the
members all paid visit to the day
nursurv, and were shown through by
the superintendent, Mrs. Ella Ship
man. They found the home in excel
lent condition. which was very graft
flying. as the nursury was founded by
and is entirely supported by the Kings
daughters of the local branch.
UNCLAIaED LETTERS.