The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-01
Two Thousand People
Join When She Shouts,
Come On, Boys"
WARM GREETING
FOR CONVENTION
State Division President, Who Is
Sister of Next Governor, Re-
spends to Welcome-Memo-
rial Flag Presented to First
Regiment-Southern
Music.

Arriving thirty-fve minutes late at
the welcoming exercises in the City
Auditorium to the Virginia Division,
Daughters Of the Confederacy, the
Richmond Blues last night broke in
on the address of Governor
Ellyson. and carried the house by
storm. AS the bagpipe once proclaimed
the coming of the Campbells. SO the
strains of Dixie" waited through open
doors and windows proclaimed the
coming of the Blues, and the audience
rose 10 it's feet with shout. Lieu
tenant-Governor Ellyson had just start
rebel yells drowned his efforts. and
Mrs. Randolph ran forward with her
fan and called him to n halt
1T is the Blues; they are coming"
she shouted above the din. and then
she yelled herself. AS the battalion
stood and the band played Dixie" 1t
was not until the young soldiers had
taken their seats that the house be-
came quiet and Mr.. Ellyson was able
10 resume again. He waved his hands,
and said. ITS all right. boys"
StnEe Admirably Set.
The stage was admirably set for the
welcome TO the delegates to the eigh-
teenth annual convention OF the Vir-
ginla Division. Flags. banners and
bunting were spread above 1t. and from
the wings banks of flowers were eroun-
ed about Down in front sat the gray
haired veterans of r. L. Lee Camp,
confederate Veterans, and behind them
In their resplendent uniforms, sat the
men or the Blues Battalion. Seated on
the stage were Major Lawrence T.
Price and the staff officers Of the First
Virginia Regiment in their gold-bra Id :
ed uniforms, adding another touch OF
color TO the scheme.
BEHIND them and the members Of the
reception committee. on a raised plat
form. sat the chorus OF John Marshall
High School, all dressed in simple
l'thcm and the scene was one not soon
to be forgotten
The auditorium was about haIf-flled.
there being approximately 1000 people
present, among them being. besides
the veteran soldiers. members of the
nome Tor Needy Confederate Women
ana representatives of other allied
Confederate organizations
Mrs. ~ V. Randolph, president of
the Richmond Chapter. called the con-
vention TO order and carried the pro-
gram through with inspiring energy
and every time the rebel yell was
sounded it was she who led the IA
nous battle cry.
The invocation was delivered by the
Rev. James Power Smith, D. d.. the
last surviving officer on General Stone
wall Jackson's staff. He prayed that
the blessings OF God might follow the
convention. and that ali its sessions
Daughters of the Confederacy and
their cause.
Gets Started Again.
The address OF welcome in behalf
of the State was delivered by Lieu
tenant-Governor Ellyson. After being
halted by the tardy arrival OF the
Blues he resumed. Governor Ellyson
said that he deeply appreciated the
honor of welcoming the Daughters of
the Confederacy, as he had once been
soldier himself AS an old soldier of
the Confederacy he sympathized with
the purposes of the association to cher
ish the annals OF the Lost Cause, and
was grateful for the work it had ac-
complished in building memorials and
monuments to the honored dead. His
only regret was that there was no
memorial to the noble women, whose
lot had been the hardest in that they
remained at home when their sons
brothers. fathers and husbands went
forth into the glamour of war
Acting Mayor william II. Adams ex-
tended welcome on the part of the
city. and said that he was proud to
welcome such an organization within
its portals
Should Give Them Memorial.
When he looked back into the past
and observed what the women had
done. and saw what they were doing
to day in preserving records and erect
ing mem morials, he thought it would be
the deepest ingratitude If no memorial
were erected in their honor He point
ed to the monuments which commemor-
ate, the. Lost Cause in Richmond and
said that they would not have been
possible had 1T not been for the
women. Let us remember the
women" he said. the women who sent
forth their sons to war and cared for
the homes while they were gone. 1t
was they who made the battle flags.
which were unfurled to the enemy on
the field, and they who nursed the
wounded back to life and closed the
member this" he said. ''let us not for
get to erect n memorial to the women
of the South"
General ]. Thompson Brown. Of r.
r. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans,
welcomed the convention on the part of
the camp. He, too. regretted the fact
that there was no memorial to the
women of the South. But we have a
pedestal i'm our hearts" he said and
have placed you on It,"
The high school cherus. under tho
leadership of Professor Mercer, In
terspersed tho speeches with southern
songs, and when they were concluded
Miss Dozic Mitchell sang. by. special
request, Annie Laurie" The familiar
Scottish ballad touched the hearts OF
all, and it was sung with an artists
feeling. She was encored. and the
house would not he stlll until she came
back. Then sho gave them a verse
OF the lifting song. Coming Through
the Rye"
Mrs. Campbell Responds.
The response to the addresses OF
welcome was delivered by Mrs; ~. y;
Campbell. of Wytheville.. president. of
the Virginia Division. In presenting
her, Mrs. Randolph said: Il am not
going to introduce Mrs. Campbell as
the sister of the next Governor, but
tell you,> instead, that the next Gov