The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-04-12
MEETING of THE Q. d. c.

Dickson chapter met in regular
session yesterday at the residence Of
Mrs r. q Bullock. The attendance
was large and much important BUSH
ness was transacted.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to ask OF Mrs E. NJ Howard
her reconsideration of her resignation,
reported, and read a letter from Mrs.
Howard, expressing regret at her in
ability TO comply with their request,
and the assurance of her undated in
terest in the work. The conclusion
of this matter placed Mrs. D. E Nc
Iver in the chair as president Of Dick
ison chapter. and in few quiet.
earnest words she expressed her own
sense OF inadequacy to the demands Of
the position, but promised her very
best efforts to fulfill its duties. She
announced that Mrs. S. T. Sistrunk be-
came vice president of the chapter and
that she would appoint Mrs. Henry
livingston to fill the vacancy thereby
created in the office of second vice
president Mrs. Livingston expressed
her appreciation of the appointment
and accepted it.
Reports of officers and committees
having been made, the amendments.
which will come before the state con-
iyention in Live Oak,were read, and
some discussion of them followed.
The election of delegates to the Live
Oak convention resulted in the choice
Of Mrs. L. T. Izlar, Mrs. S. T. Sistrunk,
Mrs. r. b. Bullock, Mrs. Frank Harris
and Mrs Otis Green-Mrs McIver be-
ing ex-officio, the other delegate and
chairman of the delegation, as presi~
dent OF Dickson chapter.
| The state president, Sister Esther
Car1otta, was the guest of honor at
this meeting, giving her annual Of
fetal visit to the chapter Several
times during the course of the meet
| ing, upon request of the chair. or the
floor, she answered questions or gave
explanations on points involved in dis
cussion, and at the conclusion of the
election she gave to the chapter re-
| port of the last general convention, in
which she represented Dickson chap
1 ter.
Although the 1ateness of the hour
necessarily made the report brief, still
the speaker covered all the salient
points of the work at the convention
| in a clear, concise way which left each
nearer in touch with it. The presi-
dent gave also an account of the Arr
Ilington monumental cornerstone lay
ling, vivid in its clear detail and re-
sumo of the work of the Florida Divis-
ion, closing her address with an earn
est appeal to the members for deeper
understanding and higher appreci-
alton of the sacredness of the organi-
cation, for the elimination of pettiness
and prejudice of personalities and crit
icism, the cherishing of loving kind
ness and sisterly feeling between mem
bers and the preservation of loyalty,
in the truest meaning of the word,
to the organizations in all of its
branches and to officers and members
alike, saying that in such spirit alone
+ lay the possibility of maintaining and
perpetuating the Daughters of the
IConfederacy as opponents of the prin-
cipIes and traditions of the South and
a living memorial of the magnificent
soldiers of her great army
The little daughter of the hostess
presented the state president with a
4 bouquet of red and white carnations
at the close of the address.
Mrs Bullock was assisted in serv-
ing delicious refreshments by some OF
the Daughters.