Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-05-19
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boarded the train en- route TO
Corinth. where that august body
weFe TO hold their oh annual
convention. i'y FIRST impulse
on entering the car was TO make
q nasty survey Of all the oeen
paa.s, zu1 my disappointment
was great when | saw only q few
W OEU women. soon dIs
covered. however, thar what
was lacking in quantity was
made up IN quality. Ny little
white ri5boa was indeed an
"0pen sesame to the hearts of
those earnest, Christian women;
for I bad scarcely taken my seat
when a lovely young w0mau
came 10 my aide, and a sw eet
voice asked are You q delegate
to the " q I U Convention z
Tia, ing answered in the aff' ms
tive, was at once engaged u
conversation with the most bril-.
liant young woman ia the tenn
tperance ranks OF Mississippi.
Kiss Belle k~-arney. State aud
National Organizer Ofthe \ w .
IT U. In due time, f0rued the
acquaintance ct all the dele
gates on the train, and the wait
ing at Grand junction was any
thing else but tiresome.
On the 9Th, at go A " the
ninth annual Convention con
yeued At Corinfh ia tn. Comber
land Presbyterian church, With
our beloved President Mis-
Mount in the chair. All the
oEeers except the Treasurer
aud Corresponding Secretary.
were present. The committees
on credentials aad e0urtesies
performed their respective du
ties in u qniet, bat efficient man
uer. Quite I number Of distIn
guished men aud women, both
residents and visitors, were pre-
scented 10 the Convention and
many received the Chaatauqua
salute, Col Inge, a brilliant
member Of the CoIluth bar, and
one of the most earnest. faithfCI
friends the W @ I U has ever
had, was among the prominent
persons presented. He made q
beautiful and touching ten min
utcs talk, which was received
With hearty appreciation mrs
Bell of West Point, conducted
tho devotional exercises from
III to l. o'clock, in n modest,
womanly way. and all felt that
It was one of the mcst consecra
ted bible readings they had ev
er heard. II was quite apparent
that we were to have a diStiac-
lively Southern Convention, As
tae prominent speakers we're all
southern women. At the after
noon session Mrs. Smell ofthis
state and Miss GriEu of Ala,
were introduced 10 the eonvea
tiUn- Nrs Smell was appointed
State Evangelist, and conducted
the devotional exercises every
morning at III o'clock. Although
size had been conducting reri
walls in Louisiana. anil for the
past three weeks had been
preaching three sermons a day,
she never weaTied. II the IL
o'clock service On the Sabbath.
she preached 4 powerful tempe
auce sermon. choosing for her
subject the Queen OF Sleba Ia
the afternoon. she addressed the
i 81 Z \ of Coriath ii a most
eloquent manner. Hrs Smell is
not especially prePosesSiag il
her appearance, but that GfteI
noon when she told the young
men all about Galman the IepeT
she became SO much enthused
that her face was almost subj
mated. To accommodate tie Im
meEse throng of people, the
evening sessions were held ia
the Court house, also the servi
ees on the Sabbath.
Miss Gridin, Of Alabama, Who
10 travelling in the interest of the
w q L U Southern Assembly
and School of Methods, which
las been located at Naynesviile.
n. G addressed the convention
in behalf of the Assembly: and
all of the Unions represented
took one or more shares at 50 o.
per share Size addressed tie
Convention several times on va
Tious subjects, and in point of
Fit, eloqcence aud Lun0r, had
no peer. Our loved and gifted
Miss Belle Kearney, addressed
the Convention in a happy, eIo-
quent style. She urged all the
young ladies 10 take a decided
stand for Prohibition, aud gave
many beautiful illustrations Of
the Y's work in this aud other
states.
The Convention was never
more cordially welcomed or row
ally entertained than in Corinth.
The me1, ii possible, were more
hosPttable than the women. II
l, - fact worth mentioning that
all the Corinth men gailsntI sa
luted the white ribbon, whether
they were acquainted with the
vearer OF not The Convention
was cordially welcomed by the
mayor, ais all the pastors.
The last business session vas