Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-09-27
County Convention of the w. G. It.


1.-THE Montgomery County w. G. Il. U
held very pleasant and profitable conven
ton at the Sandy Spring Lyceum, Thurs
day, Sept 10th. Quite number OF womer
from various parts of the county were pres
ent, and in addition to the usual within
business several interesting reports wert
read.
Mrs. S. d. Higgins, Supt. Scientific Tenn
perance Instruction, said that the law is al
well enforced as the means of the schoo
board will permit, but that the school ap'
preparations, especially those for colored
schools, are too small. She also spoke Of
the necessity for petitioning the Csmmis
sioner of Internal Revenue to refuse liquor
licenses to parties in this county.
Mrs. Pattie T. Farquhar reported good
work done among the children by various
Bands of Hope and Loyal Legions, and Mrs.
Mary L. Moore's account OF the colored Mis-
sion School at Sharp Street church was
most suggestive. II such school could be
organized by every local Union in the coun-
try the benefits would be incalculable, aud
the only hope of reform for the race is in
the children. Their mind and thoughts
being filled with good and useful things
they will be less liable to evil
Miss Msgruder, State Organizer of the
Y.'s, made most forcible plea for the w
G. Il. u, saying that on purely selfish
grounds no girl or woman can afford to lose
the opportunity it affords for self-develop-
ment by contact with many minds, and the
discipline of its systematic methods; while
on higher Christian plane. the work OF
each individual for God and home and hui
manity will tell thousand fold by union
with thousand others.
Rev. Anna Shaw also spoke for few min
utes of the work accomplished by the Union
especially among its members, saying that
it had developed more grand women in its
fifteen years of life than all the other educa-
tors of all time put together.
The afternoon session closed with the
reading of memorial to our late valued
member, Rebecca NJ Thomas.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Sarah
Il. Miller; Vice President, Mrs. Mary L
Moore; Cor. Secretary, Mrs. Anna F. Gil.
pin Rec. Secretary, Miss Rebecca T. Mil.
ler Treasurer, Mrs Sarah E. Stablcr.
| A full house listened to Miss Shaws al
dress in the evening, and of the many Inc
speeches made in the Lyceum, few can CON
pare with hers in logic, humor aud force OF
expression She reasoned along the line of
the limitations Of woman's influence, show
| ing that "the hand that rocks the cradle
moves the world" only just so long as the
world stays in the Glade, and that the
mothers guidance would be as advanta-
geous to the State as to the home. We who
heard her could but wish Miss Shaw's audi =
ence multiplied many times, for the per-
sonality of the speaker emphasized her able
discourse, to which no report could do jus.
tice Miss Shaw has been an ordained
minister of the M. E. Church for eight years,
and by her strength, sympathy and clear
ness of insight into men and things, as we'll
as by her intellect and eloquence, she is
eminently fitted for her calling
Several beautiful songs were we'll rem.
dered during the evening by Misses Eliza
M. Hallowell aud NJ. Janet Miller, Messrs
j. c. Bentley and Geo. B. Miller NJ.
Two Young Ladies DrOwned.-A
dispatch from Bloomfield, Va, dated the
10Th instant, says: son Tuesday morning
I tt.,t,. tt,.,
village Of Unison, Loudoun county, Va, in
company with five ladies' who had been
spending the summer with him, set out for
little pleasure trip to the BEARS Den" II
noted resort ON the Blue Ridge Mountain,
near Smokers Gap. While gone they en-.
countered one of the seyerest rain storms of
the season. On their return they had to
cross quite formidable stream at q place
known as Moore's Mill, near Purcellville,
which had become very much swollen by
tho recent rain, but which they thought they
could with safety cross. They had almost
effected II crossing, when one OF the single
trees breaking caused the wagon To be car
rcd away by the current, capsizing il and
throwing its occupants in the water. Miss
Susie Gator, Of Georgetown, ID. c., and Miss
Ella Atwell, of Alexandria, Virginia, were
drowned, while Mrs. Gator, the mother of
the unfortunate young lady, and younger
daughter, and Miss Jennie Gregory, OF Alex
andris, were with difficulty saved. The
wagon was completely demolished and the
horses barely escaped. The bodies Of the
young ladies were not recovered until the
next day"
Miss Susie Gator is daughter OF Mr.. Thos.
Gator, formerly resident OF Poolesyille,
and niece of MIR. Frank Gator, OF this town.
Her remains were buried at Rock Creek CEN
etery, Georgetown, d. G on Friday last.
From private sources we learn that Miss
Gator was ut the time Of the accident helped
from the water by Mr.. d. II. Plaster and left
sitting on a log across the stream, while he
went to the assistance of Mrs Gator, who
was struggling in the water for lie he
saved the latter and made the second at
tempt to save the daughter who had again
gotten into the current, it is thought by
fainting at the sight Of her mothers strug
giles, and finally persisted.
Miss Attwell never appeared above the
water after she first went down, and when
her body was discovered, the side Of heI
head had upon it large bruise, which it i:
supposed she received when the wagon wa:
capsized aud caused her immediate death.
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