The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-04
Presidents Annual Address, at Dubois
County w. G. 7. U. Convention.

C.~
NY dear sisters: | feel that we
should be very thankful and each
one lift our hearts in praise to Goo
in praise for his goodness towards
us in many things during the las
year. But first OF all let us give
thanks to him that not a name il
missing from our lists since the
last annual meeting. We should
each one ask, o Lord, what am
spared for, teach me my whole duty
At our state convention there was
such a long list of promoted ones
many valiant soldiers had lain dowr
their work and gone home, but did
not go empty handed. God certain
ly has a work for each Of us to do,
so let us each persevere in u efforts
the good works in which we have
enlisted. We should try to d.
more in our department work. The
women's christian temperance unio,
has over forty departments of work
While we are not able to take up
all of them, we can take up many.
We often feel discouraged and
think it so little that we can do, but
dear sisters, God will hold us re-
sponsible if we do not the little
things in ourpower, he certainly has
given us one talent, and should We
not improve that ? we shall have to
give an account for it at the day of
judgment. | believe that we should
take up the work more fully among
the children. There is the Loyal
Temperance Legion, and the or
phan's home department, we have
neither in ourcounty. There should
be a l.. T. l.. in every union, a home
in every county. Victor Hugo has
said that ''all the vagabonds in the
world, begin in neglected child
hood" Ex-president Hayes aptly
called the forty-five hundred iails
in the U. S. schools of crime, be-
cause boys and men are there herd
ed together by the government.
God setteth the solitary in homes.
The keynote of protection for friend
less children is a bright home which
they may further brighten. We
should look well to the children, for
in them lies our future, either for
good, or for bad. Through our
superintendent we have l.. I. l..
in the public schools, but still we
have to watch and see how far it is
carried out, but it is now a law in
most all the states, and only a mat
ter of time when it will be in all.
In the Demorest Medal contests we
have done good work with one
county superintendent and two
locals, but every Union should have
an efficient local supt. We are glad
to know that u county ranked
only third in the state we felt very
proud of that, but we hope to do
much better the coming year, and
rank first, and carry off the banner
which our state superintendent will
award. There should be a contest
class in each district in the county.
The press work we consider oil
great Importance we certainly need
more superintendent in this de-
partment, we should not rest unit
we obtain and maintain a column
in each county paper. In this way
we may reach many a home tina
otherwise would not know Of on,
work. We should all thank on,
editor in our county for his kind
ness for a whole column for so lon,
in his, one Of the best papers in tn
county, even through this campaign
year, when no other editor though
he could do although we had othe
promises. We believe that ever,
white ribbon woman appreciate
this favor and kindness, and tina
all should, if they do not, patroniz
the paper that has our column in il
We also believe that God will bles
any man that is not afraid to d
what is right. We hope now as tn
political contest is over, that nor
Of our editors in this county, wi
hsarken to our p~leadings, for cer
tainlv the press is a great factor !
moulding public opinion. Our mott
is small favors gratefully received
and larger ones in proportion.
we cannot get space every year in
whole column, that is if we cam,
get all we want, let us take what "
a get. but let us keep a sing
eye on the printed page, and resol,
That we replace some Of the par
graphs dripping with suicide ar
murder by clean, strong and he'll
full words that shall help toward
better life. Now if all our woms
should set their minds upon tn
work for a year there would be gre
advancement. Sabbath observan,
is another department Of work tn
We could and should fake m