The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-03-21
COLUMBUS GETS W.
@. W. CONVENTION
NEXT MEETING OF HEAD CAMP.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD,
WILL BE HELD IN THIS
HUSTLING CITY.
Columbus Won Over Hattiesbur9 and
Brookhaven-Large Number of
WoOdmen Attending Meet
ing at Greenwood.

! The next meeting of Head Camp,
Woodmen of the World, will be held
in this city
There were several cities which
craved the honor, but through eff
cient work on the part of the local
delegation Columbus won out, and
the next meeting of the Head Camp
Will be held here. The matter was
decided at Greenwood last Wednes-
day, just before the biennial meeting
sion there on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, adjourned. Hattiesburg, Brook
haven and Columbus all wanted the
next meeting, and all three were plac-
ed in nomination. Addresses on be-
half of Columbus were made by May
or Donnell and Sovereign Simrall of
this city, and Sovereign Caflin of Gre
NADIA, all three proving themselves
to be possessed of forensic ability to
a marked degree, and it is largely
due to their impassioned eloquence
that Columbus was selected as the
next meeting place. When the ques
ton was put to a vote, Columbus won
out on the first ballot, having receiv-
ed III votes, while both her oppon-
entS put together could only muster
165. 1t was plainly in evidence that
a majority of the delegates favored
Columbus, and when they come here
two years hence our citizens will do
all in their power to make the meet
ing the most delightful in the history
of the Head Camp.
The delegates expressed themselves
as being much pleased with the work
of Sovereign Simrall of this city, and
the following resolution was adopted
by a rising vote:
Whereas, under the supervision of
Sovereign H. F. Simrall, Jurisdiction
NJ has enjoyed unprecedented growth
and prosperity, our membership hav-
ing increased to $4,000, thereby plac-
ond place on the roll of honor, Wood
craft having received such an impetus
that with the coming of the 1909
Head Camp we will have reached the
10000 mark;
Whereas, his integrity as man,
his standing as a citizen, his labor
and his fidelity as a Woodman, entitle
him to an expression of esteem and
confidence on the part of it's Head
Camp; therefore, be it
citation of him and his splendid work
by unanimously endorsing him for re-
election TO his present position, Sow
ereign Escort, by the Sovereign Camp
of the Woodmen of the World"
The Head Camp decided to estab-
lish a widows and orphans home,
and a board of trustees, one from
each congressional district, with Hon.
J. w. Collier as chairman, was elect
ed as follows: First district, P. A.
Dulin, Aberdeen: Second district, w. /
T. Smith, New Albany; Third dis
trict, E. D. Stone, Greenwood; Fourth /.
district, T. w. Cooper, Walthall;
Fifth district, J. E. Watts, Meridian;
Sixth district. w. V. Walters, Ellis |
vile; Seventh distict, Chas. Heicke, /
Brookhaven; Eighth district, E. j. /
Smith, Jackson.
Officers were elected as follows: /
Head consul, w. T. Mathis, Green
wood; head adviser, H. A. Moore,
Oxford; head banker, A. L. Thorn
-on,. Gulfport; head clerk, Jno. w.
Mauldin, Water Valley; head escort,
". w. May, Arkabutla; head watch
nan, William Watson, Tupelo; head
sentry, DR.. B. S. Lyon, Hattiesburg;
managers, DR.. B. J. Marshall, John
VI. Walker, Edward Harnes, DR.. J. w.
Vaughan, DR.. w. T. wilkins; repre-
entatives to the Sovereign Camp, E.
4. Bradshaw, w. A. Martin, Walker
Wood, r. NJ. Kelly.