The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-12
WHITE R|BB0NERS MEET.
Semi : Annual Convention
Held Yesterday at Summit
Avenue Baptist
Church.

The semi-annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Hudson County was held yesterday In the
Summit Avenue Baptist Church. The
morning session opened at ten O'Clock
with devotional exercises by Mrs. Coup
land. Welcomes were given by Mrs. S.
Wilson and the Rev. w. j. Swaffield and
responded to by Mrs. William Beach.
There was a very good attendance, each
member responding to roll call with a
quotation from Francis WIZARDS wrtt-
ings. Minutes of the executive meetings
were read by Mrs. T. j. Kennedy and
Mrs. e. S. Van de Werken made a favor
| able report as treasurer. Miss Lillian
Page reported on Literature" and Mrs.
Purdy read a paper on Narcotics foi-
| lowed by another, by Miss Mary Brown,
on Work Among the Foreigners IN
which she especially mentioned mat lone
| among the negroes. This with minute
| reports from local presidents, and noon
tide prayer, brought the morning session
to a close. Basket luncheon was served,
| and the afternoon session opened at half-
past one.
Mrs. Bourne, as State President, made
her semi-annual address. Mrs. Scare
spoke on Sunday Schools and Mrs.
Randolph on The Colored Race The
Children's Hour was in charge of MISS
Bullock and Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Stlres
gave an account of the various mothers
meetings held during the past six months.
The question box was conducted by MIS-
Bourne, and the afternoon session ended
with another basket luncheon.
The evening session opened at half-past
seven with a service of song, followed by
devotional exercises by the Rev. w. j.
Swafield, and music by the church choir.
Then Mrs. Bullock. of Elmira, one of the
National w. C. 7. U. speakers, who has
been heard in this city several times late
". spoke on the ssWork and Aims of the
w. C. T. u"
Her address was both eloquent and Gull
tured, and she told of the enormous
amount of work yet to be accomplished
by the white ribboners. She spoke OF the
number of saloons, especially in this city,
and their evil consequences, drawing at
tention to the prominent corners upon
which these evil institutions are situated
and the constant ingress and egress, at
any and all hours. ION one OCCASION,
said she, II county eighty men come out
of one saloon in twenty
She spoke very e~ncouragingly of the
work accomplished by the white ribboners
in the past and of the bright future in
store for them, but dwelt mostly on the
vast field of labor before them.
The church was very prettily decorated
for the occasion with palms and lilies,
white ribbon adorned the pulpit,
and a large picture of Frances Willard,
draped in white, adorned the desk.
At the morning and afternoon session
there were at least a hundred ladies,
which number was greatly increased in
the evening. At roll call Mrs. Opdyke re-
sponded for Bergen Point, Mrs. Whitehead
for Harrison and Kearny, Mrs. Wilson
for Highland. Willard Branch, Mrs. c.
Story for the Jersey City Heights branch,
Mrs. c.. NJ. Banta for Jersey CITY. Mrs
w. E. Beach for West Sid Branch, for
Lafayette Union Mrs. J. C~u1nmins, for
Jersey City Willard Union Mrs. Messler,
Mrs. B. B. Page for Palisade Union. Mrs.
]. COPELAND represented Union Hill, and
Mrs. J.. o. Bush Hoboken.
The officers of the union are:-Mrs. c.
Story, president: Miss l.. Jackson, CORES
secretary; Mrs. I. ]. Kennedy, re-
secretary; Mrs. e. 8. Van De
Werken, treasurer.