Reading of Telegrams
I have some announcements to make before I call upon the first speaker. I have a telegram from Mrs. G. H. Robertson of Jackson, Tenn., and one from Anna Caroline Benning of Columbus, Ga. These telegrams contain greetings, and also suggestions as to the next meeting place of the Congress. We are glad to have suggestions as to the next meeting place, but under the Constitution the Executive Committee takes up this matter for consideration, and they have three or four months to do it in.
Jackson, Tenn., October 2, 1912.
President National Conservation Congress, Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis.
Mothers and teachers of Tennessee interested in conservation of childhood beg the National Conservation Congress to hold its next meeting in Knoxville. This will mean much to Tennessee. We hope you will see that Knoxville is, all things considered, the place of all others for you.
From President Congress of Mothers,
Mrs. G. H. Robertson.
Columbus, Ga., October 2, 1912.
Mr. J. B. White, President Fourth National Conservation Congress, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Please greet the officers and members of the Fourth National Conservation Congress for me and tell them that illness prevents my attendance, and say for me the disappointment is great, for my heart is in the work.
Anna Caroline Benning.
President White—We also have a report from Col. M. H. Crump of Bowling Green, Ky., which will now be read: