The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-29
CORDIAL WELCOME
AWAITS VISITORS
Daughters of the Confcderacy to
Be Well Entertained While
Here This Week.
TO RECEIVE HANDSOME FLAG
Formal Reception OF Delegates
Takes Place Tomorrow Night
in City Auditorium.

| delegates to the eighteenth annual
convention OF the Virginia Division,
United Daughters OF the Conted.racy.
VIII arrive mis- afternoon, and VIII be
met at the stations by q committee
especially appointed to care for them,
Mrs Il. a. Bienner. chairman OF the
hospitality committee has arranged
Tor the reception OF the dcle2ates and
MRS. Peter =. White. chairman OF the
badge committee. Will see that they
get their credentials. Credentials w Ii
be given IT, alternates as well rs 10
substitutes. rs it is expected that all
the altcrnates vii! also be present
While the business sessions DO not
begin until Wednesday morning. tho
main feature of the convention Will be
the gathering In the city Auditorium
tomorrow night when tho formal re-
ception to the city Will be extended
by Acting Mayor Adams Lieutenant
Governor ]. Taylor I1lIyson Will vel
come the delegates on behalf or Gov
crnor Mann. Hho Will be cut OF the
city. and Mrs. y. V. Randolph VIII ex-
tend welcome on behalf OF Rich
III ond Chapter
as 1t is expected that tho CITY Audi
forum will be crowded with delegates.
the lower floor. Will be reserved for
the veterans Of the Old Soldiers Home
and for members or the Home for
Needy Confederate Women and for
rcpresentati yes Of allied organizations.
Seats VIII also be reserved for the
Richmond Blues, who Will act as escort
TO the Daughters OF the Confectionery,
and for tho First Virginia Regiment.
The feature OF the program Will be
the presentation of beautiful nag
TO the First Virginia Regiment by the
/ Virginia Division of the Daughters of
the Confcderacy. in memory OF the
men who fen from its ranks in the
days Of '615j. The rag Will be re-
ccived by Major Lawrence r Price,
commanding.
| The first business or tho convention
VIII be transacted on Wednesday morn
! ing There viii DO business sessions
both morning and afternoon every day
| of the convention, but there VIII be
/ time also for tho entertainment OF tho
visitors. The doors OF all tho Conrcd-
crate institutions Will be opened to
them; there VIII be receptions ut the
Home for Needy Confederate Women,
at the Woman's Club. and al the JET
ferson Hotel. and there Will be "a sight
seeing tour OF the city on Friday after
noon.
state Omcer..
! The officers OF the Virginia Division
and other officers who Will be present.
are:
Honorary prcsidents-Mrs. James
Mercer iarrett, Baltimore: Mrs Philip
Tabb Ycatman. Alexandria; Mrs T.. q.
Thrnshel, Pearlsburg; Mrs. Thomas s.
/ lfocock, Richmond; Miss Sallie Temp
/ kins. gloucester
| President. Mrs. A. a. Campbell
! Wythevillc' first vice president. Mrs
James f. Alexander, Alexandria: sec
ond vice president. Miss ). Alice Cowan
Harrisonburg; third vice-president
| Mrs. Charles c. Guthrie. Charlotte
| Courthouse; fourth vice president. Mrs
/ Frank Anthony Wake. Norfolk; re-
] cordiug secretary. Mrs W. c. ~ Mer-
! chant Chatham. corresponding secrc-
! tary. Mrs. Peyton Green, WytheyiI!e.
| treasurer. Mrs. $. y. Kiddick, smith
| field; registrar Mrs. J. r X Bell
Pulaski: historian. Mrs. Georeiette
| Clarke Holmes, Surry: custodian Miss
Lucy Berkeley, Haymarkct: recorder OF
crosses, Mrs. James Z. Alexander. Alex
andria: custodian OF Virginia Division
badges, Mrs. j. NJ. Garnett, Baltimore
Committee Chnirmen.
The chairm"n or tho various com
rnittces are ms follows:
Finance committce--Mrs walter
Christian, Mrs i. G. CorIey and Mrs
I. = Sydnor: historical evening-Mrs
! @. T. ". Kern: badge committee-Mrs
| Thomas $. Bocock: publishing and pro-
gram committee-Miss Adele CorIinE;
! hospitality committee-Mrs b. A.
| Blcnner; pages. Mrs. j. Z. Fourqurean
Grnndchildren's Chapter, No. !. Rich
| inond Chapter; entertainment commit
| tce-Mrs. G. Il. Boiling: invitation com
| mittee-Mrs w. y. t'ishburn; music
/ Miss Canepa. Miss Williams: luncheon
Miss Bette Ellyson; local transpor-
tation-- Mrs. j. O. Corley: decorations
! the jefferson. Mrs. Gordon Wright;
! -Auditorium-Mrs w. Cheatwood
! bureau Of informatton--Mrs. sydney
| Dudley; hostess, the CORRESPONDENTS
! Thomas $ Bocock
The ushers Will he Miss Nora Ran
| dolph Miss Julia Moore. Miss Rebe
! Bradley, Mrs. II. ]. Eppes. Miss kale
! Chapman, Miss Marie Curtis. Miss vir-
gnia Binford. Miss Ellen Ragby. Miss
| Pearl Oakley, Miss Mamie Williams
| Miss Ollie Gibson, Miss Louise Williams
| Miss Martha Purcell. Miss Harriet
Lightfoot Miss Mamie Miller. Miss
! Alice Angel.