The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-01
The afternoon and evening collections
amounted to 1852.
L0RAIN COUNTY CONVENTION.

L0RAIN COUNTY CONVENTION.
Friday morning, President Mrs. Bow
en- Of LOrain in the chair. Devotional
exercises conducted by Mrs. Root, Of Lo-
rain. The recording secretary, Mrs. J.
". HOughton, read the minutes Of the
meetingin Wellington last year, and gave
the treasurer's report. Reports Of unions
and superintendents was followed by
election OF officers. Mrs. Bowen five years
president, by reason Of Ill health declin-
Ted reelection, and Mrs. L. NJ. Davis, Of
IOberlin was elected. Mrs. L. M. Cheney,
lof 0berlin, was made corresponding sec
fetary. Mrs. ]. W. HoughtOn, Yelling
ton, reelected recording secretary, and
Mrs. NJ. M. StOrrow, Rochester, was
chosen treasurer. At the executive
board meeting the following Superin-
tendents were appointed.
Sabbath observance, Mrs. F. D. Warren,
Wellington; Narcotics, Mrs. C.S. Vor-
werk, Lorain; Evangelistic, Mrs. H. d.
Root, Lorain; Purity, Mrs. 0, E, Smith,
Wellington; Jail and Prison, Mrs. Car
lney, LOrain; Suffrage, Mrs. HOppin,
0berlin; Loyal Legion, Mrs. Durfee,
/ Oberlin; Literature, Miss Edna P. Case,
! 0berlin.
A paper read by Mrs. JaycOx, Avon
Lake, illustrated manifold ways Of
wrong example in untruth, and in mod
efn sabbath dissertation. Discussion en-
sued. the prevailing sentiment being in
favor Of preserving the American day Of
! rest; as one for dissipation and amuse-
3ment only, is sure to bring national dec
adence in its train.
4 Papers we're read by Mrs. Warren, Of
4 Wellington, upon ''The Worlds Union"
Mrs. Root, Lorain, upon, Personal
Responsibility, Mrs. 0. E. Smith, Wei.
Iington, on "WOman's Voice in Govern.
ment' and one by Mrs. Davis Of 0berliI
aDOes the Wife Need it?" was read by
Mrs. Cheney.
Signs Of progress in temperance sent
/ iment was evidenced by citing from
medical authority that discontinuing tn,
use Of Alcohol, opium and chloral in
y treatment of the insane has made seclus
II ion and restraint less needed. Expert
ments in the English army cOnvinceo
the officers that cold water makes mucl
| better soldiers than whiskey or beer
Medical examiners in our own arm
haye discovered that ninety per cent O
Projections among applicants for enlist
i snentare victims OF the cigaret habit
/ Certainly the sooner this is known th
! better. There is no demand for youn
! men with weak hearts and little vitalit
in any calling. Collector Ivey of Alask
: is enforcing prohibition, and backed b
large numbers OF citizens shows what
fearless officer can do.
) The liquor journals view with alarI
: the crusade against liquor in the sui
roundings Of American Colleges an
! universities. They notice that phys
clans are beginning to beware of PR
scribing for internal use that whic
!. often leads to drunken habits, and whic
a should be guarded like other pOisOn'
They discover also, that leading lii
insurance companies admit that tOtt
: abstainers are at least 20 per cent, safe
O risks than moderate drinkers, and shOul
i have lower insurance" The liquor O.
# gans view with dismay the fact thu
s millions of Sunday-schOOl children al
o systematically fortified against the drin
j habit by moral and spiritual argument
J. as they are now beginning to be fOrtiit
/ in the public schools by physiolOgic'
a and hygienic arguments for temperanc
. The fact that 100000 clergymen sy
tematically inculcate from the pulp
d advance arguments for temperance, II
!. rum-sellers consider Injuries their bus
l. ness, and the constant efforts Of all Il
/ temperance organizations Ito preva
n upon the industrial and commerce