Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26
THE STATE w. c. T. U. CONVENTION

THE STATE w. G. T. U. CONVENTION.
The State convention of the W. C.. Il.
L. of Vermont is in progress at the town
hall here and will continue through this
(Friday) evening. There is a large at
tendance of delegates representing unions
in all parts of the State, and the sessions
are well attended.
The proceedings Wednesday were mere
ly preliminary and were held in private.
The secretary, Mrs. G.. f. Davidson,
makes the following report of what was
done during the day:
The morning meeting was devoted to
prayer for the convention and "a helpful
conference of the workers followed. In
which the rehearsal of encouragements
for the temperance cause occupied prom
inent place. Difficulties and discourage
ments were discussed and helpful sug-
gestionS one to another were made. The
number of officers and superintendents
present was unusually large. all parts of
the State being represented.
! " In the afternoon the State executive
committee met, and the reports from the
different counties were especially cheer
ing because of the uudaunted courage
and earnestness of the meetings. every
one of which has put forth faithful eff
fort toward influencing public opinion
against high license. A most lively in
terest was manifesto d in this important
question of the day.
AT 1 o'clock the plan of work COM
mittee, consisting of State officers and
superintendent, convened, at which the
necessary business pertaining to the work
of the organization was transacted.
"All the meetings of the day were
marked by the deep earnestness of pur-
pose which fired every heart, the humble
reliance upon God and the unwavering
faith in his promises TO guide and sus-
tain
Wednesday evening had been set apart
for the speaking for the Demorest gold
medal. under the direction of Mrs. +. \.
Kenyon, State superintendent of Juvenile
work; but only four of the eight speak
ers appearing, was made prize speak
ing, in which four young lauies took part.
Mrs. Housh of Brattleboro, president of
the State union. presided. After brief
devotional exercises the speaking began,
charman-to decide. The speakers were
Misses Mabel Ward of Coventry, Char
, lotte Haselton of Barnet. Ida White OF
Felchville and Bertha Phillips of Town
send. Miss Phillips was given the first
prize and Miss White the second. Mrs
, Kenyon then gave a chalk talk entitled
(Which shall it be, the Mill or the Still =
f Before the formal opening OF the con
= vention yesterday morning there was {
devotional exercise which continued fol
nearly an hour and was conducted by
Mrs. +. NJ. Denny of Montpelier. Tn,
subject was prayer. and after Mrs. Den
ny's remarks several members of tn,
convention suggested bible texts on tn,
subject and expressed their thought.
briefly. 1t was evident that the disgracefu
p, manifestation of the boys Wednesday
night had made quite deep impression
upon the minds of some of the delegates
70 The devotional exercises were brought t
a close with the singing of the hymn
"What friend have in Jesus
Mrs. Esther Il. Housh of Brattlebor,
called the convention to order at II
o'clock, and the fOrty-siXth psalm wa
read in concert, the delegates standing
during the reading. 1t was nicely reat
and made good effect. Then the hymn
"Guide me, o thou great jehovah" Wa
: sung, and the convention, after prayer
. got down to business.
Mrs. w. III. Button of Middlebur,
made the address of welcome to the del
: egates and made very pleasing and il
( some parts pathetic address, as wa
n shown by the effect upon her hearers
She reviewed briefly the work that sh
r thought would be necessary for the OF
- ganization in the future. Mrs. l.. n
!. Franklin of Rutland made the response
1t was a feeling and touching addres
IT and was listened to with close attention