The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-15
THE WHITE RIBBONS WORK.
The Good the Society Has Done Dur
ing the Last Year.

The White Ribbon Mission celebrated
its 18th anniversary last night at its
rooms, No. ia Broughton street
The exercises commenced with a tenn
,erance song by several little children,
after which Mrs. Webb. president of the
society. read her annual report, prefac-
5ng il with a few remarks in which she
stated, that she had been too busy doing
4be work to talk much about it. She
5welt for some time on the satisfactory
work accomplished by the members OF
,be society at the Jail and stated that
many letters had been received from men
who had been sent to the convict camps,
gratefully acknowledging the good the So
giety had done for them.
Mrs Webb spoke feelingly of the efforts
Of the WOmans Christian Temperance
Union TO secure an appropriation from
the legislature which would enable IL TO
carry out the state law, providing that
every convict should be presented with
a Bible and a hymn book. This is the
third governor and third legislature that
We have petitioned," she said, but they
always seem too busiiy engaged in push
ing through petty little bills to listen
10 us One of our representatives. won {
mention his name-laughed when l asked
him TO vote for the appropriation, and
asked me if L thought that the word OF
God would have any effect on men who
broke the laws of Georgia"
Speaking of the law which obtains in all
the states, with the exception of Arkan-
sas and Georgia, making it compulsory
10 teach the children in the public schools
the bad effects of alcohol on the human
body, Mrs. Webb said:
Just think of 1t, of all the states in the
union Georgia and Arkansas are the only
. ones where this law has not been passed.
I am ashamed, deeply ashamed of the
state of Georgia..
Mrs. Webb concluded by stating that the
city council had refused to make an eX-
ceptiOn in the societys case to the rule
which prohibits visitors from entering the
barracks on Sunday. 1T has cut off our
good work in that direction" she said,
Fbut popular sentiment is on our side
those who are not against us, are for us,
and 1 pray God that He may help us this
year to do more than we have done in
years past"
The report stated that literature was dis
tributed In jail and police barracks from
April to June, when visits were prohibited,
at the various meetings, and In boxes al
the two railroad depots as follows: Two
thousand papers, 1923 Sunday school pa
pers lO1 cards, 24S4 tracts. 361 quarterly
mons, 80 Testaments, Bibles, q hymn and
other books, 80 postals, and stationery.
Eighty-tWO visits were made to the Jail,
six visits to the barracks, and lunch was
served TO the prisoners on Christmas day.
The total literature distributed in the city
was 1859 books, papers, etc. Clothing, 81
pieces, and a large amount of bedding
wood and food to sick and needy people
The total number of lodgings furnished
was 1921; total meals served, 2,037; employ
ment found for fifteen men; total attend
ance at regular gospel meeting, 1892; total
number of pledges in city and jail 2i3.
The meeting was addressed by Rev
Thomas J. Shipman of the Duffy street
Baptist church, Rev. H. C.Bowen of the
Church of Christ, and by DR.. o. G.. Mingle-
dOrff