Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-26
LOVE FEAST MARKS TIE FINAL DAY 0F
 ROTARY MEETING
N. k. Toney Named Cover nor; Hattiesburg Gets
 1927 Convention.
WATCH PRESENTED TO
 NATIONAL OFFICIAL
Others Also Rcmembered-Reso ton Dcploring Action of Kan sas Governor in Hill Case
 Withdrawn.

elected district governor and Ifatties-
 burg was voted the 1921 convention
 city of the Fourteenth district con
 ference of Rotary clubs at vester.
 days session which concluded the conference here.
 Joney's election was unanimous.
 He was nominated by Hugh Hart of
 Little Rock, seconded by Sid Brooks . of Little Rock No other romina.
 tions were made and he was tended
 the office by exclamation.
 llattiesburg's selection as the next
 convention city was obtained in the same way, Vicksburg having with drawn from the race
 Passage of resolutions committing z the organization to work for an ade- < quate wage for school teachers.
 thanking Pine Bluff and Pine Bluff Rotarans for their hospitality and commenting the retiring officers
 were passed.
 r A resolution deploring the action q.
 sas in refusing to extradite to Ar kansas, Robert Hill negro leader of
 the recent Phillips county uprising, was withdrawn after 1t had provoked
 at the afternoon session the most
 spirited discussion of the entire two days. Introduced by F. L. Vest brook of Jonesboro, the resolution was aimed principally 10 indicate that the conference believed Aliens : action would have the tencdnev to 7 incite crime. It was withdrawn aft CT number of Rotarians had de- clared it to be outside of the pro-
 vince of the organization. Other resolutions passed yes
 terday included:
 Thanking Pine Bluff Rotar- ians and the city of Pine Bluff , for hospitality shown the vsi- ' tors.
 Prasing the work of Benjamin i, C. Brown the retiring governor. Extending the thanks of the
 organization to Estes Sncdecor, second vice president of the international organization. T Extending thanks to w. K. Herrin, Clarksdale. who offer ed for the Clarksdale club siI- : yer pitcher to go to the club , having the best percentage of attendance.
 Hedging support to the boy scout movement. Providing for a questionnairc
 system of determining the best
 things to be done at each yearly
 conference.
 Endorsing campaign to ob.
 tain adequate salaries for teach
 CTS through the increasing of
 the tax for schools.
 Preceding the report of the resolu-
 tions committee extension work was
 discussed. the discussion being led hv Edward Yeager of Jackson. Miss. Delegates were instructed as to how to proceed in extension work and
 prospects for establishing clubs in
 Greenville. Columbus. Gulfport, , Corinth. Brookhaven and Yazoo City, in Mississippi, Lake Charles. Jen-
 ninps. Crowley and Lafavette in
 Louisiana. and Stuttgart and Blvthe-
 vile in Arkansas were discussed.
 At yesterdays noon luncheon at $ the Hotel Pines, the unusual spirit :, of fellowship which has marked the whole convention was most manifest. e Love Feast Held. l, Following an address by E. M. AL l. len, Helena, and a number of songs.
 ovation after ovation followed fol
 retirine and incoming officers, visi- h tors, Charles w. .iolmes, presiding
 officer. Guy Busenberg, popular U Pine Bluff oRtarians, absent because ; of illness, and for others. C The boom for Benjamin c Brown, yy retiring district governor. for vice president of the International Asso- U citation of Rotary clubs, at their Q meeting at Atlantic City next sum :. mer also was launched at this ses- '11 sion.
 d The Benjamin C. Brown cup for 'e the club sending the largest number III of members to the conference went : to Hattiesburg; Hone was second; le Monroe third and Little Rock fourth. T. The Clarksdale cup offered for the ,- club having the best attendance T. rison. This cup is to be given at 5. to take away Harison's honors. A 10 fob was presented bv the Pine m Bluff Rotary club to MT. Brown and q, the conference presented Estes Sheds 'a ecor, vice president of the internst tional organization, with g gold wateh ls Snedecor, who represented the n4x s7;.. tional organization here. made 'k decided impression on everyone N1fh le whom he came in contact durinGH the '1 two-day session. At yeste1dAy's 1T luncheon session. Mir, Snedecof was It preparing to leave to catch 2 north
 bound Cotton Belt train wken the
 presentation was made. Snedecor
 was all but overcome by emotion
 when he accetped the memorial, n With eyes downcast he left the hall lee while the luncheon session was still 2, in session. picking his way slowly ]. with the aid of his crutches throush ,I the crowded dining room, while T. members j0ystled each oeher and overs n turned chaiiN in attsqpting to ersslx lelh his hand as Ne retirSd At the d&S4s'
 Snedecor. tall Raunt, and one letge4 $ liftAd his head. fted abont ns4' ''s with 2 moist he1s eHchisf vexes z fs.l12<