The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-11-19
WOMEN IN SESSION
Presentation Of u Banner to the State
Convention OF the W. C. 7. u,

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Convention OF the W. c. 7. U.
NEwBERRY. Nov. 6.-The State Con-
vention of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union met here last night with
a fair attendance OF ladies from all
parts of the State. The feature Of to-
nights meeting was the presentation Of
beautiful and painted silk banner to
the convention by its eloquent presi-
dent, Ms. Sallie +. Chapin, Of Charles
ton. In making the presentation Mrs.
Chaplin said: Great curiosity was eN-
pressed as to what emblem l would use
as the exponent Of temperance work in
South Carolina. y target was pro-
posed, and that suggested the emblem
l have chosen. the palmetto Wom-
ans's work il the temperance cause has
often been made target, against which
weak witticisms and stale impertinences
have been hurled by those who do not
take the trouble to inquire into the
scope and magnitude Of the great work
being accomplished by the thousands of
consecrated woman who are battling in
defence OF there homes with the power
full foe, whose batteries are erected at
eveay street croner and whose victims
are in all our homes. But a target had
unpleasant associations and would be
the rem. lder of a fact we desired to
forget-that there were those even Of
our own households Of faith who not
only gave us no announcement In our
unpopular work. but those sharp
weapons had pierced our hearts again
and again. We did not want to remem-
Der all this, so we chose the palmetto
tor though bullets be shot into the heart
of the palmetto the wound will be con-
cealed and covered by a new growth;
hack it with q sahrc. it will still show
,tts Crown, green and flourishing. And
then the motto exactly suits the temper
ance work in South Carolina. While
we breathe we will hope
Massachusetts has her Mayflower;
Georgia had selected cotton. But the
Mayfower would not have suited us
even if it had not been appropriated,
for our Huguenot ancestors landed on
our own Carolina coast ffty-eight years
before the Mayhower came over. So 1t
was the most natural thing IN the world
for me to adopt our own State flag,
motto and all. and I was surprised to
find how appropriate it is to our temper
ance work.
I'm the first place, palm trees love
water, their roots always go below the
drought line. The palmetto can endure
any amount Of pressure; you can pile
heavy weights on it, but as soon as they
are removed the elastic tibers assumes its
upright position. So defeat, abuse, un-
Just criticism, only make us more deter
mined. Like the palmetto, the ". c.
T. u. breasts the storm of adverse fate.
1.-The heart of most trees is hard, the
heart Of the palmetto is soft. The pal
metto grows every year more SYM
mettrical. 1t sheds off all the under
growth, the trunk becomes smoother
and irmer and furnishes no hiding
place for parasites. Soft has been with
the w. C. T. U. Another way in which
the palmetto resembles the W. e. T. ..
is that there are great variety OF
palms, each having its own especial
use and place. Some are so strong they
may be used as masts, strong enough to
withstand the tempest, others furnish
oil, and others, again, can only be made
by delicate hands into fans.
$50 in the w. e.. T. Z. our women
have Universities of gifts Some of
them are able by their eloquence to thrill
immense audiences and to speak before
legislative and Congressional commit
tees. But p the large majority belongs
the duty Gas they visit peniteneiarles
and almshouses) Of pouring in the oil OF
consolation to wounded hearts or fan
nlnig the fevered brow of the friendless
invalid in the hospital wards.