The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-09

The second bi-annual meeting of
head camp gu" of the State of the
order of Woodmen of the World con-
vened at the court house Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock with about 200
delegates in attendance. The meet
ing was held in the Circuit Court
room and the building was filed to its
utmost capacity.
The meeting opened with song by
the delegates in attendance which
was ode No. l of the order, followed
by song by the children of the third
grade of the City Schools.
Prof. r. M. Shipp delivered the ad-
dress of welcome which is given in
full below. His remarks were full of
wit and humor and were frequently
interrupted with applause.
The response to the address of
welcome was made by Hon. Raney
7. Wells, of Murray, Kentucky. Mr..
Wells is man of no small oratori-
cal ability and his talk was an in
teresting one and thoroughly enjoyed
by his hearers.
Several songs were rendered by the
children of the eleventh and third
grades of the City School which add
ed greatly to the pleasure and enjoy
ment of the occasion. The children
were accorded many applauses and
encores
After the opening ceremonies the
meeting adjourned until two o'clock
in the afternoon, when it will con-
vene again and the regular routine
work will be taken up. The crack
W. o. w. degree team of the State,
of Louisville, arrived at noon for the
purpose of putting on some special
degree work Tuesday night. The
work will begin promptly at 8 o'clock
and all are requested to be present
at that time. The election of Head
Camp officers will be held Wednesday
morning.
The following is Prof. Ships adj
dress:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies, Gentlemen and
Woodmen of the World:
have tried to conjecture as to
why it was that the Program Com
mttee selected myself-the youngest
member of the w. o. w. at this place
my present sovereign age being on
ly nine days-to deliver the welcom-
ing address.
Riding the Goat.
1t may be that the committee desir-
ed to place upon me-the babe of
the lodge-an extra penalty because
of the inelegant manner in which |,
in my ignorance and awkwardness,
acquitted myself last SATURDAY night
a week since when | vainly attempted
to ride their wild anawooIIy goat
BE that as it may, my present duty
is certainly pleasing one and if !
were inclined to brevity or if we had
lengthy program, | could epitomize,
Mr.. Chairman, is that good word
Thank you sir-I could epitomize
what ! may have to say by saying:
How are you? We are glad you
came. We hope that you will have
a pleasant visit. We trust that you
will be so charmed with the treatment
that you may receive at the hands
Of our good citizens and so delighted
with the practical results of this
meeting, that when you leave our city
you may do so with the hope that
you may return to it as a place of
permanent abode.
Must Have Text.
Necessarily, a speech without q
text-and such is welcoming adj
dress-is involved in difficulties. 1t
has been said that a man should have
text in order to talk though it has
also been said that woman can talk
on any pretext whatever. AT first, |
was inclined to decline the commit
tees invitation, because ! felt that
on account of pressure of school du-
ties, | could not do justice to myself
or TO the occasion and that my eff
forts would not come up to the ex-
pectations of by brother Woodmen.
When ! recalled my recent obhga-
tons, | said to myself, | will just do
my best then praise or blame that
follows that counts just the same,
for:
Do Your Best.
"Pve always noticed that great sue
cess
Is mixed with trouble, more or less,
And it's the man who does his best.
That gets more kicks than all the
rest"
Blue Grass, PennWoyaI Mountains.
Because of the fact that it has
been nv GOOD fortune ia reside in