The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-07
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.

Concluded from last week.

Concluded from last week.
If you take our State paper and
see the different departments of
work that we carry on, and then
get the minutes of our convention,
or see the reports Of Supt. of work,
then you may begin to calculate,
but you can't otherwise. But when
we come home to our county we
feel that we are casting
our unit. often think we never
know what we can do till we try.
For instance, / want to speak Of
what one little union in our county
did that was organized last winter.
They felt very weak, felt that they
could not do anything, but the ene-
my is always watching our weak
points, SO he thought that place was
the place for him to make his at
tempts. So he had one OF his
agents to apply for a saloon license ;
but our women arose and went to
work to stop it, in which they sue
ceeded. believe if all the women
in this county would unite we could
put every saloon out; Of course we
other women have done the
same, why could not we? sin un-
ion there is strength, SO | want to
urge eur women to take courage.
The whisky men are watching us
and rejoice in our weakness. Let
us buckle on the armor and renew
the fight. Let each one determine
to do her duty, trusting God from
whom all our help must come. Do
not give up your union. Let US all
renew the work with double zeal.
In your unions put your best women
in for officers. have noticed the
unions that change officers oftenest
are the weakest ones, and the ones
that die first. A good plan is to
give each one something to do. In
our forty different departments OF
work you can find something fol
each Of your women to do. Try to
give each what she is best adapted
to or what she can work best in. In
selecting women for Office try to Sc
lect those who are consecrated tC
the work and are truely interested
Never put woman in who will not
take and read both the State and
National papers, for no woman can
do her duty without them. ! be-
lieve that it is, or soon will be one
of the qualification Of officers. The
officers should be women who car
and will attend all meetings, local
county and state. You need Off
GERS at all those meetings to watcf
and work for your interest. Oul
State is in better condition than i
has been for years. There has beer
considerable change. We have
done away with all assessments,
both local and county, but they
raise our dues, which | bitterly op-
posed, but still it will not be so hard
upon us as it was with the assess
ment plan. Our State Treasurer is
a grand self-sacrificing woman who
has sacrificed and worked very hard
during the last year to reduce the
State debt, which she has over half
We are not in debt hall as much al
we we're last year. | do wish
could tell you Of her work; but j
you will buy copy of the minutes
you can read her report and learr
what has been done during the las
year. Would like to speak to you
Of the Hadley home and the State
fair cottage, but time forbids.
visited both. Now, in conclusion
| have been your Co. Pres. during
the last year, and l want to thanh
you all fol the kindness shown me
especially those who have assisted
me in any way. | have tried tc
serve faithful, tried to do as nea
right as / could. There are but few
who know the trials of county pres
idents. thought our county hat
always been loyal, imagine my as
tonishment when | first met the ex
ecutiye committee and heard tn
complaint Of disloyalty of Co.'S
or Of SO many being behind, whel
| asked if Dubois was not paid up
the reply came why, no." Mrs
Hobbs, your ten dollars has no
been paid. did not know we ha'
been pledged for ten dollars.
said in my mind then and ther
that never would pledge anythin
, that our women at home would nc
be willing to, so again in our las
convention we we're called on I
pledge $40 per member for each CO
to finish paying the debt, but or
ly promised to raise it. But no
let me tell you we have that del
all paid but one dollar. The Cc
and three unions have paid all bt
the 100; but our treasury-bot