Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-10-15

Following the informal, easy, hos
pitable and brilliant reception in hon
or of the visiting Daughters, last
night, ,at the elegant home Of Mrs. Geo.
L. Kirby, on William street, South,
which was intended for the purpose
of having all to meet and become ac-
Quainted with one another and feel
thoroughly at home before the busi-
ness sessions of the Assembly should
begin, the Twelfth Annual Convention
of the North Carolina Division of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
convened in the spacious and magnifi-
cent assembly hall of Neuse Lodge,
No. 6, l. o. o. F., at 10 o'clock this
morning.
When the gavel of the President
of the local chapter, Miss Sue Collier,
called the Assembly to order and she
escorted the State President, Mrs. I.
w. Faison, of Charlotte, to the chair
of the presiding officer, the hall was
well filed with delegates and thronged
with our citizens who had come to add
by their presence their hearty ap-
proval to the words of welcome that
were to be formally spoken to our
distinguished guests by the gentle
men who had been selected for that
purpose.
The session opened with the hymn
Carolina beautifully sung by the
special choir, and then in an eloquent
and fervent prayer, Rev. w. P. Con-
stable, pastor of ST. John M. E. church,
invoked Gods blessing and guidance
hn and itC 6n1ihpr9
tions, and at it's conclusion, Mr.. Geo.
C. Royal, President of the Goldsboro
Chamber of Commerce, on behalf OF
the city, welcomed the delegates in
the following appropriate, chaste and
eloquent words, so characteristic of
all his public utterances:
ct is always esteemed by me a
high honor to represent Goldsboro in
any capacity in which l may be dele
gated, but to stand in this presence
to-day to speak for my town is surely
the highest of honors; for-cOming
as you do from all sections of the
Old North State, whose glorious rec
ord in what you are banded together
to commemorate is secure and unap
proachable in History-your cause is
hood, the womanhood and the child
hood of our great Southland. Youl
badge of membership is one to be
coveted for it is the insignia of the
highest type of woman. 1t is not one
of preferment, but earned by the un
tarnished va1or of your heroic ances
tors-the, greatest soldiers in the his
tory of the world. In this hurrying
busy age, when commercialism is alb
sorbing sentimentalism it is beautiful
to see you keeping alive the manorie:
of our glorious past and am proud tt
feel that Notwithstanding the progress
Goldsboro has achieved in commerce
and in manufacture, she has always
found time to turn aside from tht
fever and the strifes of material af
fairs to commemorate the deeds o
our Confederate heroes-hence yol
are among a people sincerely respon
sive to your cause and in their names
it is my great privilege to extend tt
each and every one of you most cor
dial welcome
Mr. Royal was followed by Col.
C. Davis, who spoke cordial words o
welcome on behalf of the member
Of Thos. Ruffin Chapter, Daughters o
the Confederacy of the city, and hi
address, which was spontaneous, an,
we are therefore unable to publish
was frequently interrupted by round
of applause, and at its conclusion tn
President of the Convention, Mrs
Faison, called for a rising vote o
thanks to both speakers, to Goldsbor
and to the local chapter for so roya
welcome. She then responded i
the following delightful address, tha
is a gem as radiant and scintillatin
as her own brilliant mind and tha
should be preserved as one of tn
most eloquent and one of the trues
chronicles of North Cardinals prou
history:
Response to Welcome.
Representing the United Daughter
of the Confederacy, North Carolina D
vision, allow me to thank you mos
heartily, Madam President of tn
Go1dsboro Chapter, Mr.. Royal repr'
senting the city and Col. Davis repr'
senting the Thomas Rufdn Chapte
u. D. G. for a welcome so graciousl
extended. It is a pleasure to whic
we have looked forward for a yea
and I voice the sentiment of the Who'll
west as well as the east when sa
we are glad to be with the "dow
homersv of the sand hills and wi
offer you one of North Carolina