The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-09-24

The WomanS Christian Temperance
Unions, of Salem county met in semi-an-
nuai convention at Sharptown yesterday,
and gave our n~eigliborine village a thor
ough waking up. Every union in the
county but one, that at Alloway, was fully
represented, Salem sending an unusually
large delegation. The morning session
was occupied chiefly by routine business
after the devotional exercises. conducted
by Mrs. Clement Hall, of Salem, had been
concluded, and the convention adjourned
at noon to test the hospitality of Sharp
towns residents, and they found it more
han equal to the occasion. Two tables
had been spread in the hall of the knights
of Pythias, and twice were they filled by
the delegates in attendance while members
Of the S~harptown Union ministered to their
wants in the most effective manner. About
$50 took dinner, and all were loud in their
praises of the manner in which ~Sharptown
laid itself out for the accommodation ofIhe
visitors.
The afternoon session was called to order
promptly at . o'clock. Devotional exer-
cises were conducted by Mrs. A. w. Crate,
Of Elmer. The neat church edifice was
we'll filled with members of the Union, the
members of The sterner sex being conspicu-
Gus by their absence, and those who were
present discreetly took back seats, as the
ladies showed themselves fully competent
to run the business Of the convention with
out foreign intervention. A ~liie-size pie
ture of General Fisk, the Prohibition can
didate for Governor, 5eamcd benignly upon
the proceedings, and the smile upon his
lips seemed intensified when Mrs. Downs,
shortly after her arrival in the afternoon,
stepped up to the portrait and attached to
+l,o iapnal of hIc pnot the Knot pf white
ribbon, indicative of the fact that the Gen
eral is an honorary member of the Union.
The audience smiled approval, for be it
known that we violate no confidence in
saying that they were for General Fisk to
& man.
After the devotional exercises Miss Sal
lie Thompson, of the oharptown Union,
read an address of welcome, which was
responded TO by Mrs. Tortor. of Penns-
grove. We took copious notes of both
these excellent addresses, but learning
that they will appear in full in the w. G..
t. L. department of the MONITOR next
week, we dispense with them here.
Reading ofthe minutes followed, after
which reports from TIE various Unions
followed the convention pausing to sing
The doxology in thankfulness for the cheer
ing condition of the work as reported.
The Superintendcnts of the various de
partments of work were called upon and
reported more or less accomplished, and
miscellaneous business occupied the time
long past the hour fixed for adjournment.
| Mrs. Patterson, the President, made an
excellent presiding officer and kept the
business running without a pause. Miss
Helen A. Wilson resigned the superintend-
| ing of Juvenile Work, and Miss Annie Mae
| a~llioner was elected TO the vacancy.
The meeting throughout was OF deep
interest and great profit to those in attend
ance. In the evening Mrs. Downs, Presi-
dent of the State Union, addressed a mass
meeting, 4 number of the delegates re-
naming to the evening service and being
entertained by the Sharptown Union.
1t was unanimously pronounced a good
day.