The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-03
Col. James Gordon Receives an
 Ovation From Audience
NEARLY 700 PRESENT
Girls of the Industrial Institute and College Will Give Series of En- tertninmcnts Including the
 MaypOle Dances

city tonight at 8 o'clock at the Co., lumbus theatre. The programme was interesting and unusually entertaining. The theatre was extensively decorated and every seat was occupied.
 | The formal opening exercises were inaugurated when Miss Mary Harri- son of Columbus called the convention to order A prayer was offered by Rev. w. E. Dakin, pastor Saint Paufs Epis- copal church, this city, and then Mayor Emmett S. Donnell welcomed the visitors on behalf of the city. A vocal solo, Mississippi" by Miss Jewel Grove and the Industrial Institute and College Glee club brought forth much applause.
 | Mrs. E. T. Sykes welcomed the ladies or behalf of the Stephen D. Lee chap | ter United Daughters of the Confed- eracy. "Tenting Tonight" was the se- lection of a quartet composed of Mrs. H. J. Dashiell, Mrs. John T. Mayo, P. W. Maer and Ira Lee Gaston.
 | Gov. James T. Harrison, speaking for the local camp of veterans. welcomed the delegates and visitors and this splendid address was followed by Tn dian Love Song" vocal solo. by Miss Matte Lou Brown.
 Mrs. Lucy Green Yerger of Green vile, divi/ln president. responded to the addresses of welcome. Mrs. Yer gers address was followed by "Do They Love Us Still in Dixie,' sung by Mrs. Dashell Mrs. Champneys, Messrs. Johnson and Muslin. Mrs. Frank M Leigh presented the quartet and gave short history of the musical selec- tion and where the idea for the song originated. Gen. Stephen D. Lee. late commanding general United Confeder ate Veterans, closed his last address to his comrades at the Birmingham re- union with the words, Do they love LIS still in Dixie" hence the song. Col James Gordon of Okolona, who, with his charming wife, is attending this meeting. was next introduced and spoke in style characteristic. Colonel Gordon received an ovation and shows that although this is his first visit to Columbus in many years, he is no stranger and the people of this place and from all over the state are anxious to pay tribute to him for the splendid work he rendered this state when he was our representative in the Senate. Miss Elsie Scatterty of Columbus, a beautiful brunette with charming so- prano voice, was introduced. Miss Scatterty was gowned in white and her dress was practically covered with a profusion of flags. She is perfectly easy in stage mannerisms and, supp ported by the College Glee club, Dixie was sung with a vim sufficient to call the entire audience to its feet and bring forth cheer after cheer. Following the regular programme the delegates met the Columbus peo- pie at an informal reception held in the theatre.
 | The meeting will adjourn Thursday. | It, is estimated that 200 delegates and about 300 other visitors are here for the meeting. The local chapter Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy. have | been working on the programme for several weeks and the four days prom ise to be highly entertaining. Miss ! Mary Harrison gives a reception We'd nesday evening at her elegant home on | North Seventh street
 The Maypole dances which will be given at the Industrial Institute and College | tomorrow afternoon will be elaborate
 claiming 800 young women in their exc cution. For weeks Miss Emma Ody Pohl, mistress of athletics, has been
 drilling the students. This is one of the
 annual big events at the local college
 and the dances are the same as those
 given on May Day by the biggest schools
 in the country.
 Miss Erin Hearon, one of the prettiest
 students at the school, member of the l senior class, has been chosen as queen
 and her maids will be Miss Miriam Sykes
 Miss Mary Itta sherman, Miss. Ayleer
 Watts. Miss Peak-a-boo whitehead Mis-.
 Lilla Blake and Miss Rufe Sanders.
 The outriders to attend the queen ant
 her maids are Messrs. M. A. Sanders
 Starkvile; Roy Dabbs, Tupelo; Cliffort
 F1sackerly, Unjversity; T. M. Hardy ant
 Cornell Franklin. Columbus; Ward Ba
 ker. agricultural college; A. B. Camp
 bell Kosciusko. and Choctaw Ely o1 | Winona.
 There will be half dozen floats carry ing the queen and maids. The outrider.
 will be scattered in the parade. The pa | geant will be headed by Hayden Brooks
 Robert Whitfield and Knox Whitfield, al
 of Columbus. who will be mounted, ant
 officiate as heralds. Little Misses Marths
 Searcy and Frances Woodward are tht | flower girls.
 Reaching the throne the queen ant | attendants watch the various dances, in
 cluding the entire student body, and
 cu.minating in a grand march of tht vnv al rI,A tv. ,I>i 4
 and bearing wreaths or similar floral de
 signs.
 1 Last year over 2000 people paid ad mission to- view this May Day festival | The Daughters of the Confederacy em
 bracing the 200 state delegates, and many hundred visitors. will see the show to- morrow. M
 D. Chamberlin. supervisor, of tn, census for this district. has allowed nv. more days for the work in enumeratins
 the people of Columbus. The Business
 league has taken quite an interest 1T | the work and no effort will be spared tt have every man, woman, chick and chile l in the count. Everyone realizes that Go lumbus' future for the next 10 years de bends upon this count and the public fl
 general Is aiding in the work.
 The Rev w. E. Dakin, rector of St Pauls church, returned Saturday iron I Birmingham, where he went to have { Iconference with Bishop Beckwith of Ala l bama, who proffered him the rectorshiI of Grace church. Birmingham, but whicf
 call MT. Dakin has declined with thanks
 Robert Beard of Mcshan. Ala. a sta
 tion on the Montgomery division of thu Mobile and Ohio railroad, between thii | otxx, and TlacalO0aa HifYad h,