Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-11-29
The Butler County w. c. L. U.
Convention.

ON Thursday. Nov. 2lst, the Butler
County W. c. T. q. met il annual conven-
ion in the NJ E. church.
lam. the hour appointed found the
officers and more than 40 delegates IN thelr
places. Mrs. Oakes of Bruin led the devo-
tional exercises and Mrs. Hepler invoked
the the blessing on our proceedings.
The remainder of the hour was spent IN
calling the roll of unions, appointiy heSo
lutions and Plan of Work Committees ana
assigning delegates -
At l:3O D. m. Mrs. K. II. Miller led Ine
-, soI axarcises. The Vice President
~, absent Mrs. Dodds, of Prospect, pre-
s;5a5 while the President read her anhual
address This was an excellent paper ue-
fr;ng clearly the needs of several oi the
Janartmants and outlining TO some extent
~ ,,lan Of work 10 be followed. She also
s.a,aJ her views in opposition to the Ma
,;o,,aI nolicv. and although these |
were not with the sentiments OF all |
the naner was unanimously request
od for nublication. The report OF Cores
ponding Secretary was then gwen NUM-
her of members 4S1; new unions euIlnH
the year 6; amount of money raised lot an
purposes sl697. 81; fourteen unions nav
headquarters and the same NUMBER nav
juvenile organizations with total mem
bership of 6O4 " Lo,,-o5 a
,,-aat amount of work done during the
amendment campaign. In some places
the children were trained to sing ana on
election day did effective work; A Vast
,uc or,onnt &c literature has been distributed,
tba Rntler Union alone reporting oO,ooo
nages Butler Central contributed S2o 10
stste Constitutional Amendment tund.
The reports of Y Unions were LETT untli
the last evening Of the convention Wnlcn
was TO be given to the girls. The sup ol
Fvangelistic Work then reported. one
ureed the importance of the departneh.
and spoke of some suggestions mace "
Dean Wright, who has charge OF ,he COURSE
n n - 49, ca. ecyununiop
lanes Douthett of Mothers Work was
given by Mrs. Tebay Mrs. Core, Sup't of
Fair Work reported 5000 pages OF lItera,
ture distributed and stated that copies OF
the "People" and Light" had been do
mated for distribution.
After music by Miss Wick Convention
adjourned to meet at the presbyterian
church where we were addressed by the
Rev. VIM. Branfield of Millerstown Ihe
subject of the lecture, ''Why not laugnf
will suggest the nature of the entertain
nent. The presentation of banners follow
ed the lecture. Mrs. f. ID. Robinson pre-
sented the banner to the Butler Central
Union, which had increased its member
ship one hundred per cent. Mrs. h. ii.
Miller received it in the name OF the Un-
ion. The Concord Y received the banner
awarded to the Us, Madge Douglass pre-
senting and Grace Latshaw, OF Zelenople,
received it for the Union. These beauti-
ful banners were the the gilt OF Mrs. Dr.
Showalter.
Friday. Nov. 30 The Forget
service suggested by our President was
conducted by Mrs. NJ. B. Dodds, OF Pros
meet. The immediate friends of afflicted,
hereayed or deceased members were called
upon TO bring their cases before the meet
ing. Appropriate portions OF scripture
were read and heartfelt prayers were oHer
ed for the afflicted and bsreaved.
After the preliminary business OF the
morning. Miss Mary L. Sullivan, State
Sup't OF Mormon Work was by vote made
A consultative member of the convention.
She was invited to the platform but de-
clned.
1t was moved that rising vote of thanks
be rendered to Rev. Branfield for the en-
tertainment Of the previous evening which
was done On motion of Mrs. Mckee, re-
ports of Sup'ts were deferred and the re,
quest of Miss Sullivan that the report OF
the delegate to the National W. G. T. U.
be made the order of the day was granted.
Mrs. Cores report was then given. Some
questions were asked her and answered,
and the report was accepted. The reports
of Supt's were resumed. Mrs. NJ. Il. Al
len read an excellent paper on the relation
of Temperance to Capital and Labor and
it was requested for publication
After the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion Mrs. Rice (who had been appointed
bv the Executive Committee to do so)gave
the basis upon which competition for the
banners should be made during the com
ing year, being the largest proportlonate
increase of members who are already lden-
tilted with the county union. the TACT
was also stated that the banner will only
be retained while the union continues to
make such percentage OF increase.
The election of officers being the order
of the day it was moved that Article of
our Constitution be amended so that nom
nations can be made verbally in open
Convention, which was carried. Nomina-
tions we're then called for, and while the
tellers were distributing the ballots Mrs n
C. Core asked permission to read a paper
which proved to be statement OF the
views of 10 ladies whose names we're ap-
pended, l3 being members of the conven-
ton. and who differ with the National W.
C. T. U. on one point. In it they signihed
their intention TO withdraw from the con
vention, and as by this act they did, the
seeding members took no further part in
the convention.
The election Of officers followed; whole
number of Secretary's roll, 81; entitled to
vote after withdrawal, Al; Mrs Lille }.
Mckinney was elected President by ac-
clamation. Ballot for Vice President re-
suited in casting 10 for Mrs. John Ii. Sut-
ton and IL for Mrs. A. G. Brown. Mrs. 5.
NJ. Mckee was unanimously reelected
Cor. Sec'y, and 3S votes were cast for Re
cording Sec'y of which Mrs. o. NJ. Phil
lips received q and Mrs. N. T.. Allen IL;
Mrs. A. NJ Rice, of Petrolia, was fo-elect-
ed Treasurer by acclamation.
Mrs. Showalter before balloting had de-
finiteIy declined reelection.
The report of Resolutions Committee
was presented and adopted as whole.
Mrs. A. NJ. Rice gave her report as
Treasurer which was accepted. Cash re-
eeived during the year $44S.54 Balance
on hands $90.25.
1t was decided to strike ont Article 6 of
bylaws requiring tne hhhuht constHlIon
to be held in Butler.
The reports which had been deferred
were then given. Mrs. J. n. Borland pre-
scented an excellent one on literature and
an instructive paper on Hygiene and Her
edity by Mrs. Margaret Mifiiin was
read by the Secretary when convention ad-
journed.
The Y reports given in tbs evening |
showed that the girls had not been idle |
during the amendment campaign and three |
unions organized since last convention |
proved they were not discouraged.
The Evangelistic work of the Butler 7 |
was especially worthy of mention. Reel |
tations and music varied the entertain |
ment, an interesting feature being the !
report of State convention by Madge Dou- |
glass. With these exercises the eighth an |
nual convention closed. Rec. SEC.
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