The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-24
Meeting at Crystal Springs Was
Entirely Successful, Much Graf
ification is Felt at Result

business OF the program lHlmeulaI0i1
following the excellent musical mum
bers rendered by the Apollo quar-
tette was a message from the ma
tional president, Mrs. Frederic Schoff'
of Washington, D. c. This was read
by the secretary, Miss Lacey. Mrs.
Schoff set forth in her message the
aims and purposes of the congress.
Mrs. T. S. Jackson gave an address
on THE Home and the School," in
PRODUCING the value of parent teacher
associations. Reports from various
clubs throughout the state-there
are now about 80 of these fully or
ganized-were then read by the state
organizer, Mrs. tapleton. AS i'm
mediate results of this session of the
congress it is pleasant to report the
organization of clubs at both Halle
hurst and Crystal Springs; the for
mer under the leadership of Mrs. NJ.
Newton and the latter under Mrs.
Chas. Huber.
After these reports the organization
| for the state at large was effected
and Miss Sophie Wright as vice pres
ident of the national congress, an
nounced the following officers for the
ensuing year:
Board of Directors-Hon. H. l..
Whitfield, president |. l. & c.; GOV
Noel, President w. L. Thames, South
Mississippi College; Capt. Jones'
Gulfport: Mr. NJ. l.. BiXler, Hatties-
burg; Harris Dixon, Vicksburg; A.
Lotterhas, Crystal Springs; H. Cook
Vicksburg; G. w. COvington, Halle.
hurst.
State Officers-President, Mrs. B. L
Stapleton, Hattiesburg.
First Vice President-Mrs. Chas'
Huber, Crystal Springs.
Second Vice President-Mrs. j. c
FAINT, Meridian.
) Third Vice President-Mrs. E
Thompson, Buena Vista.
Fourth Vice President-Mrs. d. L
Fortenberry, Hazlehurst.
State Organfzer-Mrs. H. c. Tye
Pickens.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. r. +
Jones, Crystal Springs.
Recording Secretary-Miss NJ. M
Lackey, Clinton.
3 Treasurer-Mrs. ]. T. Wells, Gin
ton.
Board of Lady Managers in add
D ton to state officers Mrs. Chisn
S Natchez; Mrs. Camp, Hattiesburg
Mrs. L. Brame. Jackson. Mrs. ], {
Weathersby, Biloxi; Mrs. T. S. JACK
: son, Hattiesburg; Mrs. Flood, Brool
" haven; Miss Annie FAINT, Macon.
Miss Wright followed up this al
nouncemnt by welcoming with
l. hearty hand clasp and a word of goo
Il cheer to the new state officers VIII
|
seats on the platform.
She then continued in that charmin
Il manner that belongs to her alone, he
U address of the occasion on the them'
81 Cannot Come Down" 1t was
plea for stronger, more earnest pa
entail authority, Every sentenc
IT. struck home, and many who ha
% come from mere curiosity went ava
with a new resolve in the heart to I
or become somewhat of the ideal tn;
- had been given them. One most plea
- ing feature of the occasion was whe
at the close of Miss Wright's address
the president of the chautauqua, II
Lotterhas, who was seated on u
re platform, arose and in his usual war
wholesouled manner expressed in b
hall of the chautauqua tnanS,e +
= the coming of the Mothers Congress
10 hope for its future success and
~ blessing on its every effort. And the
he read the following which speal
for itself.
- To the Mothers Congress of Missi
sippi
AS the Mississippi Chautauqua A
70 sembly stands for the highest develo
ment, mentally, morally and spiritu'
ly of the people of our state, and
;, the Mothers Congress is calculate
70. to be one of the most important NOV
Of ments in the same direction, it Civ
- us much pleasure to have the o
n | portunitv Of providing the place a.