Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-06
HISTORIANS
GREETING
Mrs. c. G. Duke Writes Letter
From Pacific
Cost.
TO THE U. D. C. CHAPTER.
tells Of Interesting Proceedings
At California State
Meeting.

~ ShS AAioetoh w OhoPeCA - - -
Zee gwine back TO Dixie" sang
the old darkey with longing heart
ana memory of happy days past.
We'll, I'm not going exactly back to
Dixie, but am going to place just
as good and to me the land love
best on earth, dear old Kentucky,
where the hooking bird sings sweet
est and the bluegrass greenest grows
l believe I'm about to- lapse into
rhyme while thinking of her spark
ling waters, her sunshine, her sing
ing birds, but above all things her
warm-hearted, hospitable people.
This will be my last letter to my
chapter before returning home.
Hope to be with them at the July
meeting; but if it is as warm in Ken
lucky as the Los Angeles papers state
the chapter will have gone into sum-
mer quarters. 1t has with the ex
ception of few days been very cool
out here all the spring, and fire in
my room night and morning has
been very pleasant. shall give my
most interesting news first. An ac-
count of the state convention of the
California Division United Daught-
ers of the Confederacy, which open
ed May the 9th at Long Beach. The
sessions lasting two days were held
in the beautiful Hotel Virginia,
which fronts the ocean and is one of
the handsomest buildings | ever saw,
and erected at cost of one million
dollars. Wish could remember all
the interesting things said and done
during the convention. that howe, er
would make my letter too long, so
will only give you few items just
as remember them. As we enter
ed the spacious lawn we we're met
S2y one of Gen. Joe Wheeler's
Veterans, Mr., A. R. Caldwell, who
during the meeting presented Mrs. P.
H Stewart, the division President,
with gavel made from the wood of
dogwood tree which grew within so
feet of the home in which Gen.
Wheeler was born.
The Hotel was beautifully decorat-
ed with the stars and stripes and
Ahe stars and bars with baskets of
3@eet peas white and red very artist
ically arranged, The Convention was
called to order at $50 and after the
invocation by the pastor of the First
Christian church, and addresses of |
welcome by the Mayor and responses
by two of the ladies, the Wade
Hampton Chapter of Los Angeles
delighted the audience with Dixie, in
appreciation of which each singer
was presented with bouquet of red
aud white sweet peas. After the
Credentials Committee came the ad-
dcess of the President, Mrs. Stewart.
S lie reviewed tie work of the Daught-
ers of the Confederacy, told of the
need of the veterans who had fought
for the South, which had caused the
organization of the society, the use
fulness of the order, ect., the whole
address being replete with good
sense and showing how well she un-
dsrstood the duties of a division
president. From to 10 o'clock
Thursday morning the delegates
Were entertained by automobile rides
over the city and a boat ride with !
the Chamber of Commerce as host.
There was a brilliant ball and re-
ception at night with about six-hun-
dred guests. The flag Of the South
was the only decoration, the large
silken banner being displayed in the Z
window of the North Salon. The
band played patriotic music and
everybody had a good time. The
question of placing the Confederate
flag on the National emblem was
Irongly opposed. also of making any
fhange in the National Flag. The
reports from the various chapters
were read on Thursday. The River
side chapter spoke of Helen Keller's
visit to their city, when she was pre-
sented by their chapter with bas-
ket Of their finest oranges. Miss
Keller was the daughter of a Con-
federate veteran. A beautiful silk
flag was presented to the Wade
Hampton chapter. which had been
offered by the president, to the one