The morning times., 1896-10-12
". c. T. U. NOTES.

For the w. c. T. Z. prelude, at the
An Saloon League revival, Tuesday
night, october ., the ladies' presented ="
Model union," much to the pleasure OF the
audience. The time was limited to half
au hour, SO the performance was neces-
sarily very brief. hut sufnced to give an
idea OF the workings of a live local
union.
The severe stoIfn OF Tuesday night SeI-
tember 90. interferred somewhat with I'M,
success OF the quarterly meeting. held
in Wesley Chapel, October / anu 9
Several OF the members suffered from the
unrooiing of their houses, which cornpellcd
tbeir absence from the mee:ing much IL,
the regret OF all. The attendance. how
ever, was good and very representative
IN It's character. on Thursday, Sister
jennie Smith dropped in. was introduced.
anu spoke for Il few minutes concerning
the evanEellstic work among raiiroa;l
men. lhere were also present, from
montgomery county, Mrs. +. L. Tatum and
Mrs. HartsborD, who We're made members
OF the convention. Greetings Were re-
ceived by telegram from the Maryland W.
7. l. u, and from Mrs. Nellie II. Brad
iey, OF tDemesseuecr boys department, who
was absent in Maine. A letter OF greeting
anu encouragement was received from the
national CORES ponding secretary. Mrs
hatharlne Lente Stevenson. FratcrnaI
N'''NzhtNS were pttStDttu ITOfn lflt tGufi
leihplars, Sons or Temperance, RorIIahites.
\ ti-Saloon Lea que Fe ieration OF Women.s
Ciups- aud very cordial and encouraging
letter was read from Rev Joseph F. Nc
Gee, OF st Patrick's Church. Tie reports
OF surcrintenS.ents indicated good work
done and the prevalence of much interest
aioiig the various lines.
on Thursday night Dr. Wilson delivered
1oTCible address. taking for his sul,-
ipt1 the District I..,
home and native land-luyai unto ceath."
on FRIDAY night the convention was
Ia vored with the presence of Ma jor
tihou. who spoke brave, strong words Tor
the cause OF home protection, and made
an earnest plea for funds with which 10
carry on the work in the District
Mrs. Elizabeth Upbam Yates gave IN
eloquent address, her subject being. "TrItb
stranger Than Fiction" The convention
was Interesting, enthusia site, and SUE
cesfsul Throughout.
Mrs. Belle S. Luckett was elected sccrc-
ydry of the branch to take the place of
Mrs. L. L. Emie, who declined Il reelection
Mrs Prof. Foster. of LeDroit Union. was
e:ected superintendent of the department
Of parlia mentary usage. vice Miss Chem,
wcth, who declined Il re-elecuon.
Mrs. j. II. Robinson has been elected
presid-nt of Northwest Union, and Mrs.
Harper president Of Southwest Union.
A net gain of over sixty mem bcrs was
reported Headquarters Won the prize
banner with a gain Of 25 per cent
Miss Belle VI. Benncttc, of Richmond XIV.
PRESIDENT of the Woman's Parsonage and
Home Missionary Society Of the NJ f.
Church, South. is also a hite-risboner
and led one Of the noon pra yer hours a.
Cliautauqua in an acceptable manner. She
is woman of charming personality and
deep spiritual life. Her greatest work she
believes to have been the establishment at
Kansas City in 1S92 of bible and Train
ing school for missionaries and Christian
workers. This is now in the hands of the
foreign missionary board of the Southern
Methodist Church. Rescue work is largely
apart pf Mrs Bennctte' s Iabors now and she
relates some marvellous reformatiunS as
having come within the scope of her OBJ
seryatiun.
Asan outgrewth of the work OF the Cairo
tEgypt) W. c. I. L. some government Of
ficials have organized a temperance society.
Miss Thompson, of the W. C. T L., has
promised to give assistance to this new
organization.
South Africa held 4 most representative
convention at East Londsn, on July IL.
AT Aleival the W. c. T. L. had n refresh
ment bo.ih on the grounds at the agri-
rtural show, which proved a successful
rivalto the bar. The catering and waiting
of the ladies won admiration on all sides.