Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-10-20
SlarkVllle Union.


STARKvILLE, Miss, Sept. %, 1892
DEAR Miss SToUT:-I have long in
tended to report the condition of our
Union but more urgent duties have
| caused me to prOcraStinate.
Your own part, as editor, has been
so faithfully and efficiently performed
that the dereliction of duty on the
part of those who should aid you in
making the w. G.. Il. u. space more
interesting by means of short, crisp
and frequent reports of work accom-
plisled, is tho more apparent.
Perhaps the women do not realize
how eagerly State officers sean the
columns for tidings of activity and
progress in the various Unions. Those
who hold membership in the new or,
still weak Unions, are tempted to
| think their feeble efforts unworthy of
publication, but it is of yOu especially,
that we wish to hear, taking it for
granted that the older and stronger
organizations are pursuing the even
tenor of earnest work when no word
comes to confirm it; but to you who
know less of our methods, or whose
way is still paved with difficulties we
turn listening, anxious ear, even as
II mothers greatest care is for the
more dependent of her children. Tell
the trials that beset your pathway if
no note of cheer can be sounded, then
we shall have the satisfaction of know
ing your light burns steady, if not
bright. Only keep it so and the latter
must result even as effect follows
cause. But to our own report. This
Union was never more tlourshing and
never accomplished more effective
work than for the past five months.
BY courtesy of the editors of the
Times and Citizen, our county papers,
column in each has been weekly
supplied with temperance news. Wall
pockets filled with free temperance
literature are kept in the NJ. & o. and
\. C. depot. Sunday school work,
chiefly, in securing signatures to
pledge cards for use in decorating w.
c. T.U. Headquarters at the Worlds
Fair, are being circulated.
The department of Flower Missions
has served its own lovely purpose of
declaring care for sick bodies and
souls, and. often times interpreted, as
we cannot, to the prejudiced, our own
mission of uplifting humanity. Lit
erature is sent to the Jail, but no act
i've work accomplished in that line.
Colored work has recently been added,
with what success remains to be PROV
en-. We gave, in July, a Spelling
Match netting 1895. In August, sold
ice cream during the meeting of the
State Alliance at the A. & NJ College,
realizing $9.45 and at the same time
distributing considerable literature.
The Worlds and Million voter petit
tions have been circulated.
For Headquarters lot $40 was for
warded to State treasurer, and 81 for
minutes, IS was used for local reforma-
tory work, So for lecturer, $40 for for
ty-thrce monthly subscriptions to the
LEADER, for voters in this county. $50
of this amount was put to our credit
by beloved honorary brother who is
too modest to like his name in print.
Pledge cards scots. Total expended
$3.50. e. sis.s
At the request of the W. C. T. U.
Rev. J. X. Montgomery of the United
Presbyterian church of Sparta, ILL.,,
delivered an eloquent sermon to full
house, the service being union one,
i'm the Methodist church, Sunday even
ing, Aug. 21st. His text was chosen
from LIST. Kings. End. chapter, last
clanse of the End. verse. David's adj
vice to his son Solomon:. "Be thou
strong, therefore and show thyself a
man." 1t was powerful appeal to
men to glorify God at the ballot box
Mr.. Hobbs made the w. C. L, u.
women happy, as well as Prohibition
lists, by sending Craniill to our town
on the 9TH and the preparation for his
coming was shared by them.
The court house was decorated with
flowers, appropriate notices and
pictures of the Prohibition candidates
Prohibition music was furnished and
the children marched aud sang asa
looms must go,n holding aloft banners
bearing the inscription, "Tremble,
King Alcohol! We shall grow up,n and
the future is ours.
In spite of heavy rain fall the aud
fence was fairly good, the address ex.
cellent and the dinner that followed
sumptuous. To some of us it was {
very happy and never to be for
gotten occasion, the day on which the
ssgood ship Prohibition was securely
launched upon the turbulent sea o
national politics; that she shall, soon.
er or later, sail into the port of coun'
try freed from rum, our faith fails not
Faithfully yours,
M. l.. MONTGOMERY.