The Somerset reporter., 1898-10-13
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w &. I. Union.

The Non-partlsan Woman's Christian
Temperance Union holds its meetings at
The g. A. K. parlor the second and
fourth Tuesday OF each month. The
annual meeting was held, September q,
1s9s.
Tie officers elected for the ensuing
year are Pres, Mrs. l.. w. Weston
Vice Pres, Mrs. Sarah p. Turner; Sec,
Mrs Pauline D. Lttlefeld; Treas, Mrs.
r a Flagg; Chaplain, Mrs. Martha
/ Hefrin. Committees were appointed to
look after the following work: Litera-
Iore, relief work, Sunday observance,
scientific temperance in our public
schools and temperance in Sunday
schools
Two members have died during the
year and two new members have been
added.
/ The aid given US by the Washington
/ society for the past year and also for the
future, has gaddened the hearts of the
members and lightened their work very
materially, and the Union returns most
sincere thanks.
The course of temperance study re-
commended by The Temperance Tribune
was taken up during the winter, making
the meetings both interesting and in
! struetive.
In Oct. 1897 box of clothing was
sent to the Girls Home in Belfast.
! In December the annual Christmas
box was prepared for the inmates at the
town farm. The box contained several
presents for each inmate. Two pictures
were sent for the sitting room and a
supply of reading matter. The news
paper, Farm and Fireside, is sent by the
Union to the farm.
Two gospel temperance meetings have
been held at the jail during the year. AT
the first meeting nine of the inmates
signed the pledge, and there was one
conversion. The meetings were very
satisfactory and the inmates have been
anxious to have the ladies come again
Good literature has been sent to the jail
| from time to time, and singing books.
which were much enjoyed.
Five dollars was expended for tenn
perance leaflets and singing books for
the ARMY, sent by the National Temper
ance Publishing House.
Five dollars was sent to help support
| temperance headquarters at the Chau.
tauqua Assembly, Chautauqua, New
York.
The National Advocate, organ of the
National Temperance Society and the
Temperance Tribune, organ of the Nom
partisan w. c. 7. o., have been sent for
the year to our public library.
A large amount of good reading matter
has been circulated, some families de-
pending wholly on the Union for their
reading, books and papers frequently
passing through dozen different
families.
We have also sent temperance litera-
ture to missionaries working amongst
the negroes in the south and amongst
the mountain whites.
We have distributed in all $40 papers
and 1926 pages of reading matter, all
of which has been such as any one would
be glad to have in any family.
! We have club Of ten subscribers for
the Temperance Tribune, and club of
eleven subscribers for the Girls Home.
We have made relief work quite prom
inent in our organization and have given
out $l02 worth of clothing and bedding
the past year.
We feel that we have no reason to be
ashamed of our work as an organization.
We may not have worked in just the
| line we would have chosen, but we are
thankful that God permits us to work in
+, any line, and we thank Him for MI the
| good that has been done.