The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-07
TEMPERANCE WORKERS.
EXCELLENT PAPERS PRESENTED
TO THE STATE CONVENTION
OFTHE w. c. T. u.
Miss Belle Kearney's fine Address
The "Young Woman's Evening =
Mrs. CadwaIader's Excellent Talk
The Meeting To-Day.

The Meeting To-Day.
Handsora silk streamers, banner
of Woman Temperance Unions, adorl
the walls 81 Central Methodist church
ard in tle centre of the pulpit alcoy'
are tt stars and stripes" and the tia4
bear Cne motto, For God and Holn'
and native Land
I ne gayel on the presidents table Il
Ted with white ribbon, and every dele
gate wears the tiny knot of white rib
bon.
The following delegates are in at
| tendance:
Mrs. S. V. Tomlinson, Charlotte;
Miss Mary Tinnin, State Normal Schoo
Miss Emma Stanley, Centre; Mrs. LII
liam 3. Simmons, LaGrange; Miss +. Il
Ijfford. Albemarle; Mrs. Goforth, lie
noir; Mrs. Frances Featherston, Ashe-
| vile; Miss Lillian Montgomery, Ora
ham; Miss. II. l.. Fitzpatrick, AshevlIle;
| Mrs. G. w. Barber, Guilford College;
Mrs. II. l.. Harvey, Weldon; Mrs. Will
| liam Turner, Asheville; Mrs. s. G. Blalr,
Raleigh; Mrs. C. A. Sherwood, Raleigh;
| Miss Ada Field. Guilford College; Miss
| Nollie Fetzer Concord; Mrs. NJ. l.. Nor
ris, Raleigh Mrs. +. Turner, Ashevllle;
Mrs. Sallie Worth, Raleigh; Miss Mea-
dor, Concord; Mrs. Cadwallader, WHIT
tier; Miss Worth, Guilford College:
Mrs. NJ. l.. w. White, Guilford College;
Miss Stevens, Goldsboro; Mrs. Wealth
erley, Greensboro; Mrs. c. h. Craven,
Concord; Mrs. M. l.. Garland, High
Point: Miss Margaret Hackett, Centre;
Mrs. Harris, Henderson; Mrs. Ehell,
Henderson,; Miss L. Cox, High Point;
Miss Pearl Lindley, Guilford College;
Miss Richie, Faisons; Mrs. McCracken,
Henderson; Mrs. Harvey, Weldon;
Mss Elsie Weatherley, Greensboro.
The State convention of the w. G. t..
T.. was opened yesterday morning with
devotional exercises, conducted by Mrs.
Tomlinson. Rev. L. NJ. Johnson, of Hen
derson, led in prayer.
Miss Belle Kearney, the noted prohi-
bition advocate of Mississippi, DIR. j..
W. Carter, pastor of the First Baptist
church, and Prof Blair, of the ID. d..
and Blind Institute, were introduced
to the convention. Miss Kearney was
made an honorary member of the con-
vention. Mrs. White read Mrs. E. NJ.
was approved. The secretary was di-
rected to write Mrs. Backus, of High
Point Union, letter of appreciation of
her great work in this direction. The
matter of a Sallie Chaplin memorial to
be erected by Southern women was re-
| ferred TO the executive committee.
The report of Miss Frances Ufford, on
Legal Temperance Legion, was read
Il 81,
Scientific Temperance Instruction,
showed marked advance in the e1s-
forcement of the law regarding temper
ance instruction in North Carolina.
After the singing of . Work, for the
Night is Coming" Rev. Il. p. Troy
offered prayer. Mrs. L. w. White read
an interesting address on Systematic
Giving; a count showed that sixteen
of the audience already gave one-tenth
of their income, and two others pledg-
ed themselves to do the same. Mrs.
Cadwallader led in prayer A birthday
offering" was then taken up in little
silken bags, lin which each person gave
as many pennies as they were years old.
Miss Worth then gave an interesting
talk on Physical Training" with a
practical demonstration. Miss Stevens
read the report of Press Work in the
State, which was adopted. The estab-
| lishment of State temperance paper
was discussed. The matter was left
with the executive committee.
The afternoon session began with
prayer and Bible reading by Mrs. Della
Blair, of Raleigh. Miss Stevens read
the report of Demorest memorial con-
test. Mrs. Morris read her report on
State and County Fairs.
The report of Mrs. Billingsley was
read by Mrs. White. The report of
Mrs. Z. Turner, on purity and Moth
ers' Meetings" was adopted.
Literature on the Bible Club course
was distributed.
The executive committee met in the
Sunday School rooms at 4:30 o'clock.
YOUNG WOMAN'S EVENING"
The girls held sway at the meeting
last night, for it was the Young Wo-
mans Evening
Miss Daisy Young, of Raleigh, open
ed the meeting with a Bible reading,
| and prayer. Forty children, led by
Miss Higgins, sang the rally song,
Temperance Lights Master George
Riddle recited, "a Strike for Prohibi-
| biOn. llc ClOiT OI Nipil
their clear voices, sang another stirring
| temperance song.
A DemoreSt prize oratorical contest
was one of the features of the evening.
Miss Clara Oehler, of Greensboro Fe-
male College, opened this contest with
an Grafton on''What Young Women can
do and are doing to Advance the Tenn
perance Reform. She protested against
| young women offering 1.-The cup
to young men, and parents
| placing wine on their tables,
raising up a race of drunkards.
The subject of the GRAFTON of Miss
DOME Rich, of Kinsey Institute, La
| Grange, was, Ideal Man" She was
awarded the first prize, five dollars
worth of bols. Miss Oehler received
the second prize, copy of Jean Inge-
| lows poems. Several of the contest
ants were absent.
Miss Belle Kearney, in a happy man
ner, presented the prizes. Rev. ID. II.
| Tuttle made an earnest, inspiring adj
| dress.
Mrs. Featherston, of Asheyille, sang
THE White Ribbon Around the
World" At this mornings service at
| Central church she will sing a solo.
One of the treats of the evening was
"a cure for the gold feyer-a prescrip-
tion," by Mrs. Cadwallader. This
proved to be a collection speech, coined
| in the mint of h1Im0r and STAMPED