Evening star., 1926-11-20
i. D.C. DELEGATES
GIVEN RECEPTION
Gov. Byrd and Wife Are
/. Hosts at Historic Execu-
! tive Mansion.
- the Associated r-es..

RICHMOND. Va. November 90
The outsta ndinG social event of the
thirty-third annual convention Of the
United Daughters Of the Confederacy
was the reception today to officers and
delegates by Gov. and Mrs. Harry F.
Byrd. The historic executive mansion
here was a fitting setting for the
AFFAIR. attended. as II was. by many
Of the women who saw their fathers.
husbands and brothers march of to
the great conflict between the States.
An hour earlier In the day the Of
ficers and delegates were honored by
o. reception at the Confederate Mu-
scum, rendered by the Confederate
Memorial Literary Society.
Amity that marked the election OF
officers yesterday also featured the
selection Of Charleston. s. c.. as the
place for the next annual meeting.
Delegates from Houston, Tex; Biloxi
and Gulfport, Miss, and Los Angeles.
Calf. presented invitations and pleas
70 the convention to meet in 1927 in
their city. Later, however, they with.
drew. partly as a courtesy to Mrs.
st. John A. Lawton of Charleston,
president general, and partly as a
tribute to Mrs. A. T. Smythe of
Charleston. past president general
and now honorary president.
The sessions yesterday were devoted
principally to reports OF general offl-
GERS, some Of which were left over.
These included the report Of the third
DafYan Of Texas; register general,
Mrs. w. J. Woodliff. oklahoma; custo-
dian Of crosses of honor and service.
Mrs. r. Phillip Holt Of North Carolina,
and the custodian of flags and PEN
nants, Mrs. Jackson Brandt. Balti-
more. Reports Of the transportation
committee, tho Mrs. Norman v. Ran
dolph relief fund for needy Confed-
crate women, the official stationery
committee and the educational COM
mittee also were presented. DR.. Mat
thew Page Andrews reported on the
American Legion history and the Yale
University Press. All were unani-
mously adopted.
Work Of Children.
Miss Daffan's report dealt with the
work Of the Children of the Confed-
eracy. She recommended that the
children place a memorial to Father
Ryan in the New st. Marys Church,
church. in Mobile. Ala, and suggested
that 1t be an organ. She also an
nounced a new prize, the Mollie Day
Daffan cup, in memory of her mother.
to &c biven to the member Of a chill
dren's chapter who performs the most
unselfish service for a Confederate
veteran or widow.
The list of awards announced in the
repor! follow: The Robert H. Hicks
banner. for the chapter having the best
report of work done, was awarded to
the Julia Jackson Chapter of Char
lotte, n. c. The Harvey loving cup.
to the division registering the great
est number of children Of the Con-
federacy, was awarded to Mrs. Joseph
B. Workman of South Carolina. The
w. s. Coleman loving cup, to the
chapter placing the greatest number
Of Southern books in the school libra
ries. was won by the Ninth of June
Chapter. Petersburg. Va. The Flor
ence Colder Faris medal. to the di-
vision registering the second highest
number Of children Of the Confeder-
acy, to Mrs. w. r. Cowper Of North
Carolina. The Grace Clare Taylor
cup. to the chapter securing the
greatest number of new members, the
Margaret Rose Chapter Of Little
Rock. Ark.
Two past presidents general, Mrs.
Livingstone Rowe Schuyler Of New
York and Mrs. r. w. Mckinney Of
Tennessee, were sent from the con-
vention floor at the beginning Of yes
terday afternoons session to invite
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. who was in
the hotel. to the convention. The
widow Of the President. however.
had another engagement and said she
hoped to attend another session.
Eppa Hunton. jr., Of Richmond.
urged the daughters to help in the
upkeep of the Battle Abbey here. Vir
gtnia. he said, has done it's part for