The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-02
II D c. CONVENTION OPENS
A FOUR DAY SESSION HERE
!, u NIGHTS Welcome Session Attended by Large
crowd-President's Report This Morning
Tea at House On Nebo This Afternoon.


.rrontv first annual convention
4 ~ 4. Mississippi Division of the I'm
- daughters of the Confederacy
81. .,sned in this city at the First Bap-
~ y, church last night, with Mrs. ". N.
Warrington, President Of the J. q
Gorge Chapter of this city, presid'
- Addresses Of welcome were de-
H,.red on the part Of the city, the J..
! George Chapter, U. D. c., the Hugh
4 REYNOLDS Camp, U. c. ", and the
MILDRED Humphreys Camp, S. G. v.
NJ response was made by Mrs. vir-
/ einia Redditt Price, Of Carrollton,
PRESIDENT Of the Division, who at the
conclusion of her address was present.
i with a handsome engraved silver
v..e from the Division, a string Of
1 uearls from her home Chapter, and a
loyely bouquet of flowers from the
yarina jefferson Davis Chapter, of
this city.
The session this morning at the
Confederate Memorial Hall was chief
" taken up with the enrolment of
delegates and the organization Of the
Convention. The report of the ere
dentials committee was heard and the
roll Of officers and chapters was called.
The report of the President was the
feature of the session.
Mrs. Prices report showed the Won !
sderful work accomplished by the Di-
vision during the past year. One new ,
chapter has been chartered and two
more have made applications for char
tHs.
The educational work was dwelt
upon at length and it was suggested
by the President that hereafter stu
dents sent to college by the Division
be either sent to the l. l. & G. or the
A. & N.
Mrs. Price commented with pride
upon the fact that the South was the
first to fall in line when the National
government called for troops in the
present crisis. ss
This afternoon the visitors are be-
ing entertained at tea given by Mrs.
D. s. Jones at the lovely plantation !
lone "House-on-Nebo." The trip is
'eing made in automobiles, the tea to
'e from three to six o'clock. The ev-
ming meeting will be taken up with
memorial service.
Welcome Meeting Last Night.
Mrs. W. M. Wilmington, president
the j. z. George Chapter, official
ostesses Of the convention, called the '
to order last night at the
lrst Baptist church, the large audi I
rum being we'll filled with people. /
'e introduced DR.. J. A. Hall, pastor q
the First Methodist church who Of c
red the invocation. q
Miss Edith Cecile Rennie in her T
ual pleasing manner sung "Annie v
'urie' Miss Rennie is one of the t
'st talented singers Of Greenwood '
d the notes of the sweet old song 1
re even sweeter than they usually n
:. She was accompanied by Miss 0
ird. o
Judge c. L. Lomax in welcoming the Il
ltors to Greenwood on behalf of the
y government paid a glowing trib- 81
} to the Daughters of the Confed- N
ICY and to their Mothers and ad- q
ed the organization to remain un- VI
In the future as they had in the il
IT, He turned the keys of the city N
Y to the convention. 81
drs. Wilmington then introduced m
+. E. Schilling who in his usual "
racterlstic way sang, "Keep the b
ne Fires Burning Till the Boys Il
ne Home"
lrs. W. M. Wilmington in behalf ca
me J. z. George Chapter extended