The Portland daily press., 1882-11-10
REFORM CLUBS.
Second Days Proceedings.
SAccARApPA, No,

SAccARAPPA, Nov. s.
praise meeting was held from to 10
O'Clock led by Libby of Saccarappa. Brief
testimonials were given by large number of
the members of the different clubs.
The regular session Of the convention was
called to order by Vice President Nathan
Wight
Prayer was offered by v. S. F..Pearson of
Portland.
Reports of clubs were made as follows: Port
land Club by G. H. Lefavor, who reported 65
members, gaining every week and doing a
good work A ladies' aid society is connected
with the Club and renders substantial aid to
the club. lHolds meetings every Tuesday and
Sunday evenings and SOC gatherings every
Saturday evening.
Rev. s. f. Pearsonr ported that he had held
three temperance meetings every week besides
his other meetings and reported good work.
North Gorham Club was reported by W. @.
Webster as holding no meetings at present,
but the club was not dead but sleeping and
efforts are to be made TO- awaken a new i'm
petus in that town.
Dry Mills Club, by Thomas Quint, was
alive and working, with a membership of 200
on the ironclad and 1900 on general pledge.
Saccarappa Club, by d. X. jackson, as hay
ing few live working members, but are going
to have club Of 600 soon. Have small
place to meet in at present on Sunday even
ings, but are making arrangements for a
larger hall
Webbs Mills, by j. d. Spillar, as alive and
doing well with membership of 103, with a
good active working force. This was the out
growth from the session of the last
vention at that place last August.
Gorham Club, by F. G. Harding, as not
dead and they were going to wake up.
= HRaymond Club, by Levi Jordan, as holding
no meetings but it was talking temperance on
the street, in stores and everywhere:
Edes Falls, by Walter Southworth, as hay
ing no place to hold meetings in; had about
165 members.
Sandy Beach Club reported by Nathan
Wight as alive.
South Casco, Bolster's Mills and Harrison
Clubs were also reported in good fiourishing
condition.
Voted, That each delegate be directed to ap-
point meeting in their club room each week.
A praise meeting was held from 1.30 to 2.3O
o'clock, led by Rev. Mr.. Bacon of Saccarappa.
The regular session of the convention was
called to order at 2 80 o'clock by President
Wentworth.
A motion was made that committee of
three be appointed to be known as the "Cum-
berland County Reform Club Revival Com
mittee," who shall have power to appoint
members to 60 into the towns of the county to
revive iclubs that are now sleeping, and after
some discussion the following committee was
appointed: George Fl. Went worth, Thomas
Quint and Walter Southworth.
The committee on location reported Dry
Mills as the place for holding the next con-
vention on Wednesday and Thursday, Febru-
ary, 1888.
The committee on resolutions reported as
follows:
ResoIced, hat we lift our hearts in humble
alteration and praise to Him whose hand has led us
and whose presence has so continuously blessed us
in the work in which we are engaged
Res0tUed, That in view of the wonderful results
for good accomplished through the instrumentality
af our several reform organizations we inscribe
upon our banrers our watchBord, "With malice
toward none, with charity for all,' and readopt
our motto, 'Non-political, non-sectarian, non
ResoIUed. That we belive the first and most i'm
perat1ve duty; as well as the highest privilege of
the State, is to protect its loyal law-abidDg cti-
zens in all their rights of person and property that
as citizens of the commonwealth, as members of
the communities in which we severally live as
parents, as parts of the human family, we have a
right to demand at the hands of the Legislators the
complete and entire suppression and removal of
every inducement to ignorance, vice and crime:
that we believe IN the absolute and utter prohibi
ton of the sale of and traffic in intoxicating liquors
and believing this we hereby place upon record
solemn protest against the legazed rum shops scat
tered through the length and breadth of our State
established and protected by oar State; We be
fraught with danger and standing menace to us
our friends and our families.
Resotred, That, for these purposes, with these
motives with these objects in view we win stlla
bor, trusting Him whose strength is omnipotent.
and whose wisdom is omniscient. that in
stand redeemed, regenerated and disenthralled
from the gigantic crimes of crimes.
The committee also reported the following:
Whereas, We learn with deep sorrow of the
death of one of the most earnest workers in
the temperance reform work, one who has
always taken an active Epart in the meetings of
the reform club of Saccarappa, one who al
ways had the welfare of humanity at heart
and who was an earnest and sincere Christian:
therefore be it
ReSolyed, That we deeply sympathize with
the family Of our beloved brother, Thomas E.
Wentworth, in this their hour of affliction and
sorrow, and trust that their faith in Christ
closely together.
ReSolued, That copy of these resolutions be
spread upon the records and a copy sent to the
family. WALTER SoUTHwoRTH,
GEORGE III. LEFAvoR,
JOSEPH A. KENNEDY.
The resolutions were adopted.
Remarks were made by Messrs Murch of
Portland, Spiller of Webb's Mills, Harding of
Gorham, song by W. G. Webster of North
Gorham, remarks by Jordan of Raymond,
Mrs. Little of South Windham, Kennedy Of
Portland, Horr of Portland, Scribner Of, Otis
field. Barbour of Saccarappa, Lefayor of
Portland, ID. Il. jackson of Ssccarappa, Jor-
dan of Raymond.
The praise meeting FROM. to 7.3e O'Clock
was led by John r. Wentworth.
The evening meeting was held in the Con-
gregational Church vestry and was called to
order by Vice President Kennedy. Remarks
were made by large number of reform men
and thus closed one of the most successful
meetings ever held by reform men,
large number of young men of Saccarap-
pa have signed the pledge during these two
days sessions and much good has been accom-
plished.
Great praise is due Miss Belle Quinby for