The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

growing interest in the cause is very encourag-
ing Nineteen new organizations is certainly a
wonderful gain. Raritan, the youngest of the
nineteen, was represented by four delegates
(one the president who came on Tuesday even
ing and remained throughout. Chat is the way
to get the good of convention)
Mullica Hill, one of the new societies, was
represented by nine delegates with Mrs. E. T.
Gibson, their president, at the head Montclair
sent goodly number of delegates, Jersey City
with her new officers, Woodstown and Salem
brought up new faces, and others were there in
force and power, and every one seemed in the
best of spirits and anxious to know how much
they could do to push forward the gospel tenn
perance car. There seems to be no drones in
the hive.
Three new superintendent were elected to
serve the remainder of the year. One vacancy
occurring through illness of Miss Scranton, OF
Oxford, superintendent of young ladies work,
was filled by the appointment of Mrs. Dr. Reed,
of Camden. Two new departments were ere
ated in the shareholders and sailors work and
flower mission. The first was given to Mrs. IT,
T. Lummis, of Cedarville, and the latter to Mrs.
Fuller. of Railway. The devotional meetings at
the opening of the sessions were conducted by
Mrs. D. W. Crane, of Newark, Mrs Burdge, OF
Vineand, assisted by Mrs. s. &. Crate, OF
Mays Landing, Mrs. Carl, of Bridgeton, and
Mrs. Perry, of Ocean Grove, Mrs Milford OF
Millville and Mrs Hammer, of Newark
number of ladies were present from Clayton,
among them Mrs. Bruen and Miss Chase and
others. From Mrs. Bruen we have received the
information that the public schools OF that
place are to have temperance text books placed
in them, and going further than some OF the
school boards they include all narcotics. Good !!
They are going on with their temperance work
in Clayton grandly.
| There is general waking up on this suoJect
and more enthusiasm manifested than ever IN
the idea of asking our legislature to give us
law requiring the school boards to place these
books in the curriculum of study and teachers
to be examined in them. Mrs. Mobiles, our
state superintendent, will prepare tor this early
in the season and be ready with petitions well
signed for the next session. So the world moves
on 1t may be that this law may pave the way
! for constitutional amendment.
On Sunday evening (20th) we were at Bridge
boro small village two and half miles from
Beverly The house was well filled and the pa
tient. attentive listening showed lively interest
in the cause of temperance. There is live Or
ganization already in working order which is
exerting strong influence in the neighborhood
as was indicated by the number of votes cast Tor
prohibition last fall. We advised the addl-
ton of at least two of our lines OF work, VIZ:
! juvenile instruction and systematic distribution
of temperance literature. Rev. S. F. Gaskill,
the pastor of the only church in the town Meth
odist EpiscopaD is an out and out temperance
man and is doing all he can for the dissemlna-
ton of truth A healthy public sentiment pre-
walls and with still more thorough organization
of the forces at our command the results will be
still more satisfactory at the next election. Oh.
what a rolling up of solid Prohibition votes
there would be in this state if we could only
bring the churches up to the point " of all at it
and always at it," until the victory is won.