St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-05-01

' S Exercises
ports of various circles, and a col1
ference of State officers with parish
i circles. The meeting convened a
1880 p. m. Devotional services by
Rev. F. C. Talmage, of the Presby
terian Church. Mayor Lacroix de
livered an address of welcome on be.
half of Covington. He spoke as FOL.
lows:
Madam President, Ladies and Es-
teemed Friends:
In behalf of the people whom
have the honor to represent, it gives
me great pleasure to welcome your
18th Convention of kong's Daugh-
ters and Sons to Covington. The
work of your grand order is too well
known to dwell upon it. We have
many evidences of your splendid
work right here in our own parish
and almost at the door of our town.
I allude to Rest Awhile and the in
terest shown in Camp Hygeia.
The ladies of our home circle have
taken care of our charities in the
fullest sense of the word, and we
want you to know that we have the
greatest regard for your order.
I understand that the Internation-
al President, Mrs. Evans, is the hon
ored guest at this convention. We
therefore extend her, the State Presi-
dent and visiting delegates the warm
est welcome.
The key Of our town amongst the
pines is yours, hoping your visit here
will be pleasant and fraught with
much good.
Mrs. William Bodebender tender
ed a welcome in behalf of the Gov
ington Circle of the Kings Daugh-
ters. She said it was pleasure for
her to welcome so large number of
her associates in work that meant
the alienation of much suffering and
the building up of hope and faith in
the future. She welcomed them to
the pure air and water and the life
giving odor of the pines. The pines,
she said, quoting a line from Mr..
Schwartz Sonnet to the Pines, Like
organs built to the sky" She spoke
of the birth and growth of the home
circle, and the pleasure it had given
her to see it so widely extended over
the parish. That she felt something
of what must have been the expert
ence of Margaret Bottome, the found
er of the Kings Daughters, in 1885,
when she gathered the nucleus of
the State organization that has since
spread so widely, like the acorn that
has become the mighty oak. The
noble work of the order, in all its
charity was commended in the great
Master when he said, .'and the great
est of these is charity" Miss Wright
had said that she would never be
happy until the silver cross of the
Kings Daughters hung over the door
of home for the INDECENT tubercu-
lous sufferer. Such a home was
built.
In response Mrs. ]. T. Benedict
thanked the Covington Circle for it's
hospitality, and spoke of how much
she had appreciated and enjoyed the
remarkable surroundings and the de-
lightful open air part of the conven-
ton. She paid a high compliment
to the decoration of the stage and to
the beauty of Covington.
After benediction there was song
by the Sunbeams Junior Circle of
Covington, when a reception was Civ
en- to Mrs. Evans by the Kings
Daughters Of Covington.
At Saturdays session, $3.50 a. NJ,
devotional services were conducted
by Mrs. E. L. Magehee, Jr., Of Ham
mond. Election of Central Council
Member, State officers, Executive
Committee, and an appeal for the
Silver Cross Magazine, by Miss Sallie
E. Pearson, occupied the principal
time of the morning,
At 1880 in the afternoon lunc:l-
con was served in the open and very
much enjoyed. The delegates took
the 2 o'clock motor car for Rest
Awhile, at Vaudeville, where they
were received by the Rest Awhile
Circle. Refreshments, punch and
cake were served. Among the Man
deville ladies who were present were
Mrs. DR.. Paine, Miss Florence La
'velle, Mrs. Kate Rodd, Mrs. Bar.
thelemy.
Mrs. Evans gave "Heart-to-Heart
Talk that was very pleasing to lis
ten to, in her own inimitable style.
She spoke Of the value of initiative in
the work Of the order and pride in its
work; the value of wearing the cross.