The Brookhaven leader., 1890-11-27

chief iourneyiDg to New England
with his son and daughter to have
them educated. The Indian maiden
said to Mother Wallace, "The pale
faces don't understand us Cherokees;
they think us far beneath them, but
with equal advantages L believe We
could in many things stand beside our
white brothers. "And,n said Mother
Wallace. sfhere she is living exam
ple of the truth of her own proph-
ecy.- And indeed she was. With
the face and form of an Indian, she
possesses all the culture, ease and
grace OF the "pale face" ,
On Friday evening 800 children,
led by Miss Gordon, marched into the
church beneath the "Triple Banner
singing 'SalOons, saloons, saloons
must so": and just having seen the
prophecy made 81 years ago by the
Cherokee maiden, we said in our OWE
hearts, "Tremble, King Alcohol, they
shall grow up, and the day will yet
come when America shall be free
from the rule of this monster tyrant."
Reports of Superintendents OF de
partments occupied the time, attention
and interest of the Convention. We
found none more interesting than that
of Mrs. Matilna B. Corse, the Temple
woman of Chicago. The widow of
wealthy railroad official, she gives
her time. talent and money freely to
the temperance cause. A few years
ago while visiting her husbands grave
her little crippled son ventured into
the streets alone and was run over by
a brewers wagon and killed. Over
/ his dead body she dedicated her life
/ to the Temperance cause, and she has
in the past seven years planned the
grand Temperance Temple whose cor
| ner stone was laid on Nov. l. When
completed this structure will cost
/ 81 100000. 1t will be National Head
quarters of the w. c. T. T., with
suitable apartments for all its various
branches, and besides this the Temple
will bring in rentals $3.50, 900 per year
into the W. c. L. U. treasury.
On Sunday morning Miss Elizabeth
Greenwood of Brooklyn, n. Y,
preached a most soulful sermon on
Character building"
AtSP. VI. Miss Willard and "Moth
er Wallace (the real mother of the
ideal mother of Ben Hur) spoke on
the "White Cross" and Suffrage in
the Opera House, to an audience of
5000 people.
On Monday a shadow was cast over
the Convention by the announcement
that Miss Willard was too i'll to leave
her bed. Mrs. Buell., National Cor
responding Secretary, presided. The
old officers were all unanimously re-
elected. On Monday evening two
minute speeches from State Presidents
interested the audience, and our Mis-
sissippi delegation felt proud of our
Mrs. Mount, who said all the good
things she could in the brief time al
lowed.
\ reception at the Executive Man
sion was rendered the convention by
Gov. Northern (whOm Miss Willard
introduced as a governor good and
true and a Pr0hibif0Rist all the irdy
through, and his elegant wife.
On Wednesday,, the Editor of the
Southern Star carried the ladies on a
most delightful excursion to Indian
Springs, fifty miles from Atlanta.
This historic spot has been presented
to the W. c. T. L. as site for an In
citrate Asylum. The citizens of Butt
county came Ell masse to meet us and
served a SPLENDID ''old fashion GeOr-
gia dinner in the woods. Speeches
and songs caused the hours to pass
quickly, and at 5 Z. II. the train of
seventeen cars with it's freight of
white ribbOners started for Atlanta,
while the stirring notes of 'Dixie"
sounded on the eevening all, followed by
the more solemn notes of "God be
with you till we meet again.
Thus ended the grandest Conven-
ton of the National w. c. T. U.-not
a jar having occurred during the en-
tire session. The next meeting will be
in Boston.
The White Ribboner's verdict of At
lanta is that the "Gate City" of the
South is second to none in point of
hospitality and interest to visitors.
VIC GAMBRELL,
FOR Coo Mics w n II II