The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-17
Daughters of Liberty.
STATE SESSION Ar MoRRIsrowN.


Of Liberty held two days session al
Morristown, on Tuesday and Wed
nesday of last week, with an atten-
ance of 2S6 delegates from all parts
of the State.
! The meeting WAS called to order by
State Councillor, Henrietta Sherman,
/ Of Red Bank, who presided at all the
sessions
4 The first day was devoted to re-
4 ceiying and disposing of officers re-
ports. In the evening the local Coun-
Gil rendered reception to the dele
gates, which included those present
from Starry Flag Council OF Freehold.
Fourteen members of the National
ICouncii were present.
& An interesting incident of the ses-
sion was the visit to Washington
i headquarters, where photograph
was taken Of the entire party as they
stood near the entrance to the his
toric building
! 1t was decided to make the dues
not less than thirty cents per month
( This question was stubbornly con-
7 tested, the opponents claiming that
! it was better to have Councils strong
3 financially. even if they were fewer,
( than a lot of weak Councils with very
little intheir treasures At last years
session il was decided TO make the
I dues IN Councils having sick and fu-
neral benefits ten cents per week
The Elections were held every day,
+ but some officers were not finally de
termined until the last day at II p
N. The election resulted as follows:
State Councilor-Mrs Carrie Lip
pincott, New Brunswick
State Associate Councillor Mrs. M.
Firth, Paterson
State Vice Councillor Mrs Lillian
Irwin, keyport.
State Associate Vice Councillor
Mrs. Laura c. R. Wilson. Newark
State Secretary w. j.. Hayward,
Newark
State Associate Secret farv Jennie
B Hayward, Newark
State Treasurer-G A. Refining,
Jersey City
State Associate Treasurer Mrs e.
A. Refining, Jersey City
State Guide Mrs. Elizabeth Pack
er, Sea Bright.
State Inside Guard Mrs. Sarah T..
ReIlstab, Trenton
4 State Outside Guard Samuel Comp
Ton, Trenton
Z ll ICt cHCAldtIfCc 10 4Ndt4Oudl NyQuil7
Gil at providence. R. l., Aug. 16, 1898:
+ Mrs. Mary F. Wilcox, Long Branch;
Mr. w. e. Hilbert, Camden;
Mrs Henrietta Sherman, Red Bank
Mrs. Estella Il. Demarest, Newark;
Mrs Earla White, Freehold
Mrs Hannie V. Applegate, Free
hold;
Alice Peer, Hoboken;
Mrs No rfba Cho1.rx- Trop<op-
b. b. Bunnell, Paterson;
] Mrs Emma E. Refining, Jersey
City;
Estelle D. McCarrell, Newark
OF the above delegates two come
from Starry Flag Council of Freehold
Camden was decided OH as the
place for the next meeting of the
State Council, although Asbury Park
received Il number of votes.
Last year during the serious illness
of the State Councillor. Miss Carrie
Lippincott, of New Brunswick, ably
performed the duties of that office
and proficiently aided the efficient
and energetic State Councillor, Miss
Henrietta Sherman.
Mr. H Frank Wilcox, of Long
Branch. the first State Councillor OF
New Jersey, was on Wednesday pre-
sented with a handsome jewel worth
$40 by the subordinate councils The
shield is of solid gold, the flag and
( crossed gavels being in silver The
inscription reads
Presented to
Bro. H. F. Wilcox
Ex-State Councillor of
New Jersey,
BY the Subordinate
Councils of New jersey.
Mrs. Jennie Hayward of Newark
who is the daughter of Mr.. Clark
I Danser,. of Manalapan, also received
a beautiful iewel. This session OF
the State Council was one of the
most interesting ever held.
State Secretary Willard HAYWARD
report snows a net gain of l.525 mem
bers to Dee, 81, 1891 divided as fol
lows sisters. 1 .2S9; brothers 236. The
total membership is now 9,06S. S0c
members were suspended during tn,
year and 81 members have died
There are now 1lS councils i'll the
State. Twelve new Councils hav,
been instituted during th'
year three of them beIns
in Monmouth County viz: at West
Long Branch. Allentown and Eng
lIshtown, making a total of twenty
one Councils IN the County; as man.
as Essex, which previously had tn
largest number of councils Thi
combined worth of the Councils j
$50, ,372. 25, an increase of 50, O
over last year and during 1897. $40, 602.
10 was paid out for sick benefits
averaging 500 GIG per Councils. Th,
State Council has balance on hanC
of $423. 50.
4 At the annual meeting of the Stat,
4 Council, Daughters of Liberty, a
Morristown councils were represent
ed as follows: Independent, of Sc,
Bright, Mrs. T. Hail Packer, Mis-
Linda Elmar; Crystal Wave, Nortl
i Long Branch, DIR. James ]. Reed ant
Mrs. Sarah A. Reed; Pride of Holly
wood, Long Branch, Mrs. John b
White and Mrs. ii. A. Bradley; Prid'
of Norwood, West Long Branch, Mrs
w. w Brown and A. Il, Chinery
Mrs. Richmond was delegate from
Marlboro Council, d, Of L..