The Monitor-register., 1896-01-31
Anniversary Convention.

Notwithstanding nhe severe storm of
Fifth.day evening, 1,23. most pleasing
| audience was gathered in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, Woodstown, to par
ticipate in the enjoyment of the planned
and excellently carried out programme in
commemoration of the tenth anniversary
of Salem County W. c. T. U. Mrs.
Rebecca P. Patterson, County President,
presided.
From 7.30 to O'Clock was beautiful
song service, kindly carried out by the
Ribbon Hymnal.
1. "Christ For the World We Sing"
2. sits coming, it's coming,
The time for which we pray,
Well take the world for Christ ow
kingdom
Some-glad-day."
Foundation"
4. Bible Reading by Mrs. Johnson, OF
Elmer. Luke 10.
5. Rev. Jesse Stiles, the pastor, ear
nestly prayed in behalf of the work of
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union
in which organization he is loyal
brother in.law.
| G. "The Long, Long Ago" solo written
by John B. Cough, beautifully sung by
D. R. Cruise.
7. Calling of the roll of Salem county
Unions by the Secretary, Mary c. Bassett.
of Sharptown. Elmer, Salem, Sharp.
town and Woodstown responding.
8. The National hymn-America
Mrs. Patterson then gave lis a retro
spective glance of the county organiza
ton, after which she introduced the
speaker of the evening. Miss Elizabeth
U. Yates, of Maine, who spoke from the
subject: "What Are We Coming To ?"
Miss Yates began by saying: "From
| the little crusade bands-formed out in
Ohio twenty-five years ago-has grown
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, organized in forty different
countries around this earth of ours. 1t
is not of their own choosing, bnt the
voice of God calls them to have q voice
in government"
But what can my dull pen do toward
spreading abroad the brilliant jewels of
thought along these vital lines of the
nd h,xv
as presented by Miss Yates9 Not even
clear echo can it give, so filled was
every argument brought TO bear-with
brlliancy of illustration, accompanied
by the clearest ripples of sparkling
witticisms until our very souls laughed
in a quiet manner uuder her gentle,
womanly touch.
| csS only say she reviewed the pro.
gress OF woman from the days of Eve in
the Garden of Eden, down through the
ages-to the present day. Even going
beyond into the future ape hundred yea RS
Q992) when will be shown in glass
case at the Worlds Fair of tA@t year,
tho last man who opposed woman
suffrage.
Miss Yates showed clearly the import.
ant part woman has played in this govern
ment of ours-freE tie selling of her
jewels by IsabelIe of Spsir=-the spirit of
enthusiastic defence from She Yokas of
Great Britten instilled into tba hearts Of
the men by Hannah Arnetts~--the wife of
one of the men met in coucil. who, from her
spinniug wheel, overheard the dis.
oouraged taas of the men assembled;
fearing lest they could not stand by their
Declaration of Independence, that it
wonld be better to continRs true English
subjects, etc., but Mrs. Arnetts's plead
ings late into the night 80 renewed the
courage of tho men that they went forth
aud won their own and their posterity's
freedom.
Then ia ths great Civil War, after the
ranks had been SC .hinned by disease and
death under command OF Gen. McClellen,
how Anna Ellen Carroll made the victory
Of Gen. Graut possible, by her seerrste
drawings of the field, the moves thas
should be aEade, etc. But, being ONLY
a woman her nasle had to be suppressed.
No pension was ever granted her, and she
died in poverty. Miss Y ates visited her
before her death and heard theasory from
her 6w1 lips.
In times past, tilera vas as much oppo-
sition to woman learning the alphabet as
there is to-day to her voting. Vet the
world ventured on the evolution of 80
educated woman. And the world reeog.
nizes today that the only help-meet for
an educated man is an educated woman,
Up to 1S4S, not a woman in the United
States owned her own wardrobe. In
Tennessee sad Louisiana, the old Law
still rsmains. Nise Yates saying. when
she addressed large &.aetings in those
States last year, every alsSzsad woman in
the audience wore hsr husbands 8 Clothes.
ia closing her address, Miss atas
stated $,s.t she is a member Of many
literary, pailanthropic and missionary
movements, bat npthiag equals the W.
C. T. o. in the develop sf women
Mrs. IS. N. ,yohnson, State ,Spperin-
tendent Of Colored Work, at this juno
ture, ir,a pest little speeehs prssepted