The Somerset reporter., 1894-11-01
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF Maine Non-partisan w. &
T.. L.


meetings through Thursday. morning,
afternoon and evening and Friday fore
noon, adjournng at noon Of that day
after very interesting and profitable
session.
Thursday morning at $50 o'clock a
praise service was held, led by Miss Sb-
ley of Belfast, followed by business
meeting, reading of the minutes and of
the records of the last annual meeting,
held at Auburn, September :, 1893.
The general secretary, Mrs. A. l.. Me
Keen of Belfast, made her annual report
showing the membership of the order in
the state to be 419 in 10 Unions, ex-
elusive of the young women's societies
of which there are three in flourishing
condition, auxiliary to the Mon. One
at Augusta, one at South Berwick, and
one at Belfast.
The treasurer reported that the re-
ceipts of the society amounted to sl69
of which S70.03 remained in the treasury
unexpended.
Mrs l.. w. Weston reported the evan
gelistic work for the year, Mrs. DEMO
read the report of Mrs. Florence Porter
of the committee on literature. Mrs. Nc
Keen read the report of press work from
Mrs. Bolster of Auburn. These reports
were severally accepted.
An essay by Miss Gertie Peavey of
Fort Fairfield, 1.-The relation which
the young woman of to-day sustains
toward temperance was read by the
secretary, Mrs. McKeen.
The afternoon exercises were begun
by praise service led by Mrs. F. j. NJ.
Rollins of Skowhegan, followed by a
paper by Mrs. Albert Brown of Belfast,
and the annual address of Mrs. Paul, the
president. This was a comprehensive
paper, showing the work of the year and
containing many valuable suggestions.
Fraternal greetings were received
from the Good Templars of Maine, tele-
grams from the n. ?. w. c. +. Alliance
VI cuu' liicss l -. D IIolH vi :.
Ingham, general secretary of the Nation
al y. p, w. C. I. L., Eph. 6 :l3, lG, were
also received, and a letter from Rev. 5.
X. Taylor of Rockland.
Mrs. l.. l.. Morrison who conducted the
singing during the day sessions, leading
in the devotional music, favored the
audience with song which was much
appreciated.
The report of Us of Augusta, was re,
ceived and read. This society is very
vigorous body and is doing much good
among the young in the capital city.
a paper by Mrs. Georgia p. Porter of
Old Town, was followed by short talks
by Mrs. Pulsifer of Auburn, Mrs. Bur
rngton of Belfast, Mrs. Oak of Caribou,
and others.
Thursday evening at I o'clock a praise
meeting was led by Mrs. Anna Sargent
Hunt of Augusta. The several churches
in town gave up their usual Thursday
evening prayer and praise meetings and
united with the ladies of the Union in
this meeting, making it a grand meeting
The more public meeting vas held
beginning at 7.45, Mrs. Hunt presiding.
Mrs. +. A. ID. burlington of Belfast, de-
liyered an earnest and interesting ad-
dress upon industrial training and the
need of a State home for girls" Mrs.
burlington has been an active worker
for this projected home and gave an ac-
count of the efforts and progress made
and outlined the plans for future work.
W. E. Gould, Superintendent of the
Kelley institute at North Conway, y.
H., was expected 10 be present and adj
dress the convention upon "Alcoholism
and its cure" but the president received
a dispatch to the elect that he was I'M
able to fulfill the appointment and he
had sent other gentlemen to speak in his
stead Rev. II. +. Wood of Bath, spoke
briefly upon the good work done ia
Bath and other places that came under
his observation, and Hon. Charles ).
Hamilton, mayor of Biddeford, gave AN
intensely interesting account of his own
experience as a patient at North Con
way and the wonderfully good effect the
Kelley treatment had had upon the PEG
pie OF tis own city. He said that l2j
men in Biddeford had taken the treat
nent and less than ten per cent had re-
turned to their cups. The W. G.. L. L.
there were active in raising the money
to pay the expense of taking the treat
ment, or rather to advance it to those
who were unable to raise the money
themselves, and gave them opportunity
to repay it in installments after they
returned to their homes in their right
minds and resumed their occupations as
sober, reliable men. His advice to
young men, from the standpoint of one
who knew whereof he spoke from sad
experience, must have had a healthy
effect upon his hearers.
At the close of the address Mrs. Paul
gave graphic account of her visit to the
original Kelley Institute at Dwight, H..
and spoke of the work of the Union in
helping unfortunate men to avail them
selves of this cure.
The meeting Thursday evening was
the largest of the session, completely
filling the church. and was one of great
int h.t. A.