The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-28
MRS. H. A. LONDON
Elected President Dauqh-
ters of Confederacy.
Address of the Retiring President,
Mrs. KepIer. Beautiful and Touch
ing Tribntes to Mrs. F.
A. 0Ids.
Especial to News and Observer.


was given over to business. a part of
which was the election of officers
These are:
President, Mrs. H. A. London, Pitts
boro; FirstVice President Mrs. Hun
ter G.. Smith, Fayetteville: Second Vice
President, Mrs. W. S. Parker Hender-
son; Third Vice President Miss Sue
Fate, Morganton; Recording Secre-
tary Mrs. Williams. Newton; Core
spending Secretary Mrs. G.. p. Aston.
PittsborO; Treasurer. Miss Mary Oil
yer, New Bern; REGISTER. Mrs. A. l..
Smith, Charlotte: Historian. Miss Re-
becca Cameron. Hillsboro.
This afternoon Mrs. Herbert Lut-
terloh entertained the delegates to
the convention at tea at her lovely
nome on Hay Mount. Tonight the
independent Light Infantry enter
tanned the daughters with Il reception
at Williams Hall.
Yesterdays sessions of the daugh-
ters was fun Of interest. At the
morning meeting which was opened
with prayer bv Rev. II. II. Graham
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. Mrs Henry A. London. OF
Pittsboro, recording secretary, re,
sponded most gracefully to the adj
dress of welcome of Mayor Mcmillan,
after which an ode ~'"S sung and the
benedictiOn pronounced, by Rev. |. w.
Hughes. The convention then went
into memorial session i'm tribute TO the,
memory of Mrs. Fred A. ODDS. al:
the following beautiful address was de-
livered by Mrs Kepler, president of
the State Association:
ITO this. our Eighth Annual Con-
vention, we have come with sorrow
ing hearts. Since our last meeting.
one year ago, our beloved and efficient
resident has gone from us. and we
g i'm a
cause she loved so devotedly and serv-
ed so faithfully. The death of Mrs.
Odds leaves me the duties of her office
until her successor is chosen. one
less fitted for this work cannon De
found; | am a poor presiding officer,
no leader; have no knowledge Of par
liamentary Jaw. | am here, however.
to take up my duties, willing to 10
the best | can, and SO | beg your Kind
consideration. Soon after / began my
work it became necessary for me to
make decision which l was not will
! ing to do without advice. | receive /
| a letter from the president of the
| Thomas Rutfin' charter saying 1t
would be necessary to take some ac-
ton in regard to the meeting of the
State convention, as it would be best
| not to go to GoldSborO at the time
appointed. / wrote at once to Mrs.
| London, asking her if she knew any
oher place that would like to have
us. She wrote TO one or two, notifying
me of what she had done. and advising
la change of place. ! a'@o wrote to
other State officers, who We're of the
same opinion Fayetteville kindly
came to our aid, for which we shall
| ever be grateful, am we are glad TO
| be here, though sorry we cannot be
| in Goldsboro. Under existing circum-
stances / have acted according TO my
| i,,I al nf nt
! and hope | have the approval of this
convention in the course ! have taken.
| I know but little of the w~"k of the
nast year, and the poor health of our
| president prevented her writing a re-
| port | find record of eight new chap
| ters chartered by her, giving the \. G..
! Division fifty-seVen chapters with a
registered membership of twenty-three
| hundred. There are also ten chill
dren's chapters. NY work since | have
been in office has only been the chang
| ing of one place of meeting and sign
! ing a few certificates of membership
/ eighty-one for Daughters and fifty
for children. The reports of secretary
! and committees will give, ] am sure, a
most interesting and satisfactory &C
count of work done by this division.
| The treasurers report Will also be
! of interest | regret that | could not
! have been present at the General CON
vention in st. Louis also that the wish
| of our president to have the DIVISION
/ flag taken there, could not be carried
| out Mrs. Fulghum, chairman of the
division flag committee. wrote me Il
/ few days before the convention o0ened
| that she had received the flag, but 1t
was then too late to make any ar
rangement to have it sent, and ! ask
| ed her to keep it until time to bring
lit here.
| In conclusion, I desire to thank my
| friends and the officers of the n. g.
Division for their kind assistance ana
good advice in the DIRK that has
come to me so unexpectedly. EsDeci-
| allv do ] thank our secretary for her
patient and untiring efforts.
| Mrs. r. j. Jarvis of Greenvlle, paid
| a beautiful tribute to the womanly
character of Mrs. Olds, expressing the
loss the L. d. c. had sustained. being
! Charlotte Mrs. Moffitt # Raleigh,
Mrs Cotton, of New Bern. Mrs. Lon
don, of Pittsboro, who read @e"y
| beautiful extract taken from the Raj
eigh News and Observer. in which the
philanthrC~ ic nd public works In
which Mrs. Odds had been actively eT-
o." red in. were cited. Mrs. BroadnaT,
of Greensboro SPOKE briefly giving, as
a touching incident in the close of
beautiful life, thai the last act If
service on earth was for the United
Daughters of the Confederacy. with
which her life had been so interviewer.
Mrs. Hart. Mrs. l. w. Faison and Miss
Andrews. of the d. II. Hill Chapter.
also paid tribute to the memory OF
| Mrs. Olds.
Motion was then made by the
Stonewall Jackson Chapter, of Chai
| lotte, that these resolutions of respect
be recorded, placed on the minutes
and published in the State papers; the
motion was seconded and carried.