The Monitor., 1886-10-01

The w. G. 7. L. Will resume their reg
iiar meetings at their room this week.
Mrs. Il. b. Humphreys attended the con-
vention Of the Cumberland county W. G.
T. L. held at Yineland on Wednesday.
The Good Templars of Mulica Hill will
hold an oyster festival in a tent opposite
the Reading Room, on Friday and Satur-
day nights of this week.
Judge Norrow's engagements in this
county for the Fisk and Seagravo canvass
are as follows: Pcnnsgrovc, Tuesday
evening October 10Th; Woodstown, We'd
nesday evening October Goth; Salem,
Thursday evening October 21st.
AT the convention of the Salem county
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, a
rising vote Of thanks was extended to the
West Jersey Agricultural and IIorticultu-
raj Society, to the various committees, and
to all who aided them in their work at the
Fair.
The monthly prayer and conference
meeting of the w. C. T. U. was held last
Sunday evening in the Lecture room of
the M. L. Church. There was fair at
tendance and much interest manifested in
the exercises. The meeting was conducted
by Miss Amanda Abbott.
The Young W oman's Christian Temper
ance Union on Tuesday organized IIy-
gene and Health Club in connection with
their organization. The object of the club
is to disseminate information on health
topics by study and discussion of works
ON the subject Miss Mary Dickinson is
Superintendent.
Hon. VIM. H. Morrow, Prohibition can
ddate for Congress in the Fourth New
Jersey District, will address the citizens
of Woodstown on the evening of October
Goth, at the Opera House. Judge Morrow
won golden opinions by his speeches at
the Mass-meetng on the Fair grounds and
will doubtless have a large audience to
hear him OH this occasion.
MIS-. Joseph Turner and Mrs. Ruth Stow
have been appointed delegates to attend
the State Convention of the w. G. r. L..
which meets ut Plainfield October 9TH, with
Mrs. John Borden and Mrs. Henrietta
Davis alternates. The President and Sec
rotary Of the local union. Mrs. p. G. Sou-
der and Mrs. II. A. Cawley, will attend,
being members of the convention by virtue
of their office.
The little ones rallied in fnl force last
Saturday afternoon at tile W. G. T. L.
rooms, the occasion being the re- assem-
bling FOR the season Of the Band of Hope,
and under the snpcrntcndencc Of Miss
Annie Macaltiouer the cXerci cs Were
highly interesting. Parents should en-
courage their children to unite with this
organization. The teaching ON temper
ance they receive will take firm hold of
their minds and bear abundant fruit in
later years.
john J. Cornell, prominent member of
the Society of Friends, is addressing a
series OF meetings in South Jersey on Tenn
perance. He will speak at the Friends
Meeting house, at Woodstown, next Fri
day evening, Sth inst, at 80 O'Clock, and
will doubtless be welcomed by large ali-
dence, as his ability in treating the Tenn
perance question is we'll known. He will
also speak at Woodbury. on the 5th Mnl-
lica Hill on the 9th; Middleton or the 7th,
and at Salem on the 9th and 10th, (Sun-
day.
AT the meeting Of the Young Womans
Christian Temperance Union, held last Mon
day evening, the following officers were
elected: Pres. Bella G. Ware; 1st Vice
President, Lillian Durcll; Cd. IIilda Tur-
ncr; 3D., Jessie Bridgman; Cor. Secretary,
Belle G. Humphreys; Rec. See, Annie
5. Dickinson; Treasurer, Cora S. Ware;
Super intendent of Bible reading. Miss
Annie Macaltioner; Literature, I.avina
Conover; Sunday School work, Aida
Turner; Good Health and Tefedty, Mary
Dickinson.