The Morning herald., 1875-10-20
STATE TEMPERANCE UNION.
MEETING at THIS FIRST PKEsBYTERIAN
CHURCH YEsTERDAY, ELECTION OF Off
GERS, AND DELEGATES. PROCEEDINGS
LAST NIGHT.

~AGAANu ~ Thy FlReT PkE6b1TEklAl
CHURCH YEsTERDAY, ELECTION OF OFF,
GERS, AND DELEGATES. PROCEEDING
LAST NIGHT.
Yesterday morning the Womcn's Temper
ance Society, NEE: at the First Presbyterian
Church, Market street, yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock, Mrs. sc C.McCaulley presiding
who opened the meeting by reading from
the Scriptures, which was followed by
prayer from Mrs. E. Stevans q few appro
pirate remark were then addressed to tn
meeting by Mrs. Edward Moore, who ao
knowledged the labors Of the women o
Wilmington in the cause Of Temperance
The Secretary then read the minutes of thu
Convention of May last at which time th'
State Convention was formed.
Mrs. Willetts of Md, read reports of Mid.
dletown meetings, which were accepted
and thanks of the meeting rendered to Mrs
W. A letter from Mrs. s. P. Mason O.
Smyrna, stating that a society had beer
formed there and was doing good work; thii
report was approved by the meeting. The
reports read were ordered to be printed, and
bill to be paid. Report of the work in Will
mington was read by Mrs. Martindale and
accepted. At the conclusion of few re-
marks by the President, the morning ses-
sion adjourned, to meet again at 3 o'clock.
During the afternoon session various re-
ports were read and accepted.
The following election Of officers took
place: President, Mrs. E Moore; Vice
Presidents, Mrs. H. N. Willets, of Middle
town, Del, Miss H. Crouch, Dover, DEL,
and Mrs. Tunnel, Georgetown, Del; Re-
cording Secretary, Mrs. s. W. McCaulley;
Corresponding Secretary, Miss Elizabeth
Coates; Treasurer, Miss Annie semple.
The following persons were appointed on
the Executive Committee: Mrs. M. B..
Mcclure, of Middletown, Mrs. J. B. Mann,
New Castle, Mrs. Cowgirl, Camden, Del,
Mrs. Marion Chandler, Wilmington, Mrs
M. J. Darlington, Mrs. Daniel Gregg,
Odessa, Del, Mrs. Eliza Young, Dover, Mrs.
Jefferson, Scaford, Mrs. j. B. Powell,
Pennington, Del, Mrs. A. Graham, Chris
tiana. Two Delegates, Mrs. Annie Martini
dale and Miss E. Coates, were elected to
the city at the National Convcn-
tion to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the
11th, 18th and 10Th of November.
At 7.30 last evening the meeting was
again called to order by the Rev. T. E. Mar
tindale, who made few remarks, express
ing a hope that the Temperance Union
would accomplish much good work, and
would not give up the cause until it had
done all there could be done. The choir
followed Mr.. M Is remarks with select sing
ing, after which Mrs. Martindale read a re-
port of the Women's Temperance Union of
Delaware. A brief epitome of
his report is all that can be given here,
hough it is much to be regretted that space
ompels it to be omitted.
Mrs. M. recalled the Winter of '73 and
spring of "a, as being the commencement of
Reform in this City intemperance was then
idins over the land like a Spirit of Death,
nd all around, hearts and hopes were being
round down beneath It's remorseless hoofs.
'ur Sisters of Wilmington have heard the
dings, and felt the sacred impulse moving
hem to the rescue and on the 23rd of
[arch ~, large number of earnest wo-
len met at the st. Paul's N. E. Church to
i'd in the good work. Mrs. Martindale
welt for sometime on the success of the
Union, and concluded by saying,
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
eyond the arena of work and sacrifice,
hat sweet blessings await us we know not
ow but till then we retain this trust and
age this war, looking, in all, to the Author
I'd Finisher of this our woman's faith"
he delivery of this report produced pro-
und effect the eloquence of the lady !
emed to have been inspired by the subject,
I'd at times during the reading the audi !
zee were held in rapt attention. =
The reading was followed by more select i
nging, after which Mrs. Hattenmyer of
was introduced, and for an
'ur and half entertained the audience
th q description of the Temperance work
the West. Mrs. H. thinks that four and
half gallons of lager beer will make man
unk, there is no doubt he would be tight
yhow. She made few remarks to the
ung ladies present, hoping they would
ego the company Of all young men who
loHsd cigars or drank whiskey, s,
she'd that the children might be enlisted R
bands of cold water armies, believing r
1t there might be in a few years three Al
lions of children collected under the F.
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