The Monitor-register., 1897-10-01
Local

In the absence of the. President, the
local w. G. t. U. meeting held In
Library Parlor on the 22d instant was
called to order by the First Vice Presi-
dent, Mrs. Julia Ssnser. america" and
"Some Glad Day" were the selections In
song. The 54th Psalm: IT will bless the
Lord at all times, His praise shall JON
tinually be in my mouth" was read.
and Mrs. Patterson offered prayer
After the preliminary business of the
day was disposed of the convention
notice of the Neso Jersey Gazette was
read and the following delegates were
appointed to attend the State Conven.
tion to be held in Trenton, October 10.
is: Delegate, Caroline P. Andrews:
alternate, Sarah B. Peterson. Mrs. Julia
Senser was appointed a delegate to at
tend the Pennsville Convention on the
22d instant.
Notice of Mrs. Venter's (Jenness
Miller's sister, lecture, to be delivered in
the Y. M. G. A. Hall. Salem, on October
I'd, att p. m , was read.
The special committee on resolutions
submitted the following form to the
local union.
ResOlUed, That we do
herewith enter positive protest against
the demoralizing custom in vogue in
many of our larger Eastern colleges
that OF smoking the ''class pipe" upon
fete days, or upon any special occasions,
and deem it a menace to all previous
scientific teaching upon the injury of
narcotics upon the human 81 stem, and to
the higher civilization of our young man
hood, which in a day breaks through the
guarded education that we as mothers
and sisters have endeavored to instill into
their moral fiber from their youth up, and
that We, members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, hold that
the faculties of these colleges are directly
responsible for the continuance of a
custom at onee so uncouth and un.
clean.
On motion the resolution was unani-
mously adopted and directed sent to the
county convention at Pennsville. A
letter given below was read by the score
tary.
A selection from "a Great Mother"
giving interesting glimpses of the child.
life of o u Chiefta in" Frances E. Will
lard, was read by Annie G. P. Flitcraft.
Doxology. Adjournment.
TINMATH. Cole, Sept. 10Th, 1897.
VIM. q. F~LITCRAFT,
ESTEEMED FRIEND:-I have been in
terested in reading thy address given in
Friends Meeting House, Woodstown,
9th month, 9th, 1897, and approve of thy
sentiments all the way through it. l
have watched with great interest the
temperance sentiment in your section of
the country and think I can detect a
growing interest in the cause, though
it grows so slowly is a cause for siucere
regret.
The church is not condemned more
severely than it deserves for It's indif-
ference and ~slackness on this subject. 1
know ministers in Colorado who preach
strong temperance sermons and yet vote
with the Republican party. 1 think, 80
consistency Thou art a jewell"
In the Letter Box" of the MONITOR
REGISTER of September 10th, the query
is asked, can the Republican party not
afford to put in a prohibitory plank this
fall ?" lam truly glad they thought of 1t.
Don't Mr.. Newton know that Republi-
cams claim that they have done for tenn.
perapoe all that has ever been done ?
Why then do they need a plank ? Me
thinks it is a trap to catch the nwary.
Let the Prohibitionists stand by a we'll
established party, trusting that the right
will prevail.
Thee speaks of granting to women the
right of suffrage. l say give women the
right to vote, it gives them, or causes
them to take a greater interest in the
effect at the polls. where order and
quietness prevail more generally than
when man alone voted. We have tried it
in Colorado for three years.
Knowing so many of your Woods
town W. G. T. U. women 1 believe they
would nearly all vote as they pray. Let
US never despair, but lengthen our cords
and strengthen our stakes" and make
a still greater effort to down the worst
foe of our homes and of our glorious in
dependence.
Respectfully thine,
HANNAH M. HORNER,