Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-21
ARE
 FEATURE OF
 CONVENTION
Many Splendid Talks Are
 Made At First Session.
VISITORS HAVE
 PRAISE FOR CITY
Emphasis Is Laid On W0Odcrait tnd What The Order
 Has in View.

With over 1900 delegates in atten- dance, the opening session of the Woodmen of the World convention was begun yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock al the Tabernacle. The morn ing session was featured by speeches l by Sovereign Commander w. R. F'ras- ! CT, Judge E. J. Kerwin, Mayor Simon | Bloom and others.
 The meeting was called to order by Fairar Newberry. of Arkadelphia head consul of the order for the ju- 1 risdiction of Arkansas, and former member of the state legislature. He i stated that the order is indebted to i Pine Bluff and it's people for the vel 1 come rendered them. Mayor Bloom made a short address of welcome Tn which he stated that the city was op- en to the w. O. w.
 The address of welcome on behalf of the local camp was delivered by Judge D. J. Kerwin, who is member of the order It was one of the most beautiful eXpositions of 'Woodcraft heard, and the Consul of the order in Arkansas, Chairman of the meeting, Hon. Farrar Newberry announced to the delegates after Judge Kerwin con- cluded his address, that he had at tended ten state meetings of the 'Woodmen of the World but the ad- dress of Judge Kerwi1l was the best that he had ever heard in those many years.
 Judge karwim's Welcome
 Judge Kerwins address in chief was welcoming the delegates by giv- 1 ing a beautiful tribute to this city and county and the patriotic im- pulses of the people here in all war activities. He paid a tribute to Pres ident Wilson and made mention of the fact that this city gave up all flour at a time when it was demanded by the government, and that this city was the only one that did so in the state. He made mention of the great Saracen Chief of the Indian tribe of the Quapaws, by telling the delegates that Saracen loved Pine Bluff his happy hunting grounds so we'll that l when he reached the age of 90 he left the reservation of the Quouaws l in the Indian Territory and begged Governor Pope to let him spend the remainder oh his days here, and the i request was granted. Saracen's act in helping those in distress consisted in saving the lives of some little chil- dren belonging to the family of a trap per from the Chckasaw Tribe of In- dians.
 Tribute To State.
 He paid beautiful tribute to the state of Arkansas. He said that formerly the only home product on the farm was an Arkansas dog, but the recently adjourned legislature would not let him have that without paying tax. But" said the Judge, "the Arkansas farmer of today has liberty bonds and war saving stamps to such amount that it would make the Kaesar now in Holland, turn green with envy if he could look at the bank book of an Arkansas farm- l er."
 'On the hospitality question:" the
 Judge said, ''it has bbeen the custom from tme immemorial in this as we'll
 as other cities of Arkansas, to well come delegates to any convention with a warm hand clasp coupled with 8
 small libation of that pleasant bev craze that they run short of at the
 wedding feast of Cana. But those things, like the fashions change, so that today instead of that old famil-
 far greeting wont you have anoth- CT" l must confess that what the Gov elnor of North Carolina said to the
 Governor of South Carolina, "its a long time between drinks" has come
 true"
 ] He paid tribute to the activities of the good women for the fight con- , tinued by them in securing equal suf-
 lfrage and nation wide prohibition, | mentioning in particular Susan B.
 Anthony and Francis E. Willard
 Continuing along this line he said he
 hoped to see that day when every woman would have a wedding ring i: on her finger and ballot in her hand.
 His tribute to water and to women f was beautiful. His welcome to the r. delegates was:
 Q Welcome To WoOdmen
 1 welcome you therefore as Sov- n ereign Woodmen to convention o1 v service-service to each other while 2 here, to your local camps. to the na- Q tional order of woodcraft. to the re- d turning soldiers and sailors, to the Q widow and orphan, to a convention
 of peace and harmony, and may you Q bind together forever the links o1 ' love, kindesss, justice and mercy in
 the great chain of the brotherhood of man, which must inevitably lead . to the fatherhood of God" ' Judge Kerwin's attribute to tht ,- Brotherhood of Man was of @ soms
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