Evening star., 1900-12-03

OF the Dastr1ct or Columbia, which, 1t Is
claimed. has as capable a corps Of officers
as any state. territorial or foreign union.
Mrs. Clinton Smith, the president. was
born IN Vermont, and is the daughter OF
Charles @. White. a geolog.st and discov-
erer OF some Of the most valuable marble
quarres in Rutland county. VT. She was
educated in Middleburg in the old insttu-
ton known as the Female Seminary
where Mrs. Emma Willard inauguraied her
successful experiment in the education OF
girls. 1t Is one Of Mrs. Smiths dearest
"reminiscences that she was educated in
that school and pupil of that distin-
guished pioneer.
Mrs. Smith has served the w. c. T. U.
of this city as superintendent of the legs-
lative department. and has done effective
work before committees Of Congress. She
was the originator of the great petition
called the voice Of the churci es,' which
approved the prohibition Of the liquor traffic
In the District Of Columbia. Mrs. Smith
was for two years superintendent of the
branch OF the local w. c. T. u. and is vice
president OF the Anti-Saloon League a
member of the National Womans Press
Association as well chaplain of Colonial
Chapter. d. A. r. Mrs Smith is serving
her third term as president of the District
w. c. T. o., and to her Is due the greatest
credit in arranging details connected with
the national convention. She will give the
address Of welcome for that body this
evening at Lafayette Square Opera House.
Mrs. Hartsock. Vice President.
Mrs. s. NJ. Hartsock. vice president and
evangelistic superintendent, was born in
Genesee county. New York: was graduated
from a southern school and married Rev.
8 NJ. Hartsock of the Baltimore NJ. E.
conference while he was stationed at Jack
son Square NJ. E. Church. Baltimore. in
1863. For nearly thirty years she has re-
sided in Baltimore and Washington, and
for large part Of the time was the con-
ference president of the Ladies' and Pas
tors Christian Union, of which Mrs. Whit
tenmeyer was the founder. Eighteen years
ago. when the District Union was in its
infancy. Mrs. Hartsock was corresponding
secretary While living in Baltimore she
redistricted the w. c. T. u. of the city and
was organizer of the western section. sus-
tanning a large kindergarten. mothers
meetings and systematic relief fer he poor.
Mrs. HartSock has an ancestral lineage
traced through various noble and royal
lines. back to the house of Charlemagne.
She Is a woman of tact and strong Chris
tian sympathy; has been a helpful pastors
wife, always ready to help in any COM
mendable enterprise.
The Recording Secretary.
Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton. the record
ing secretary Of the District organization,
is the daughter of Charles T. Sanford a
lawyer of Montrose, Westmoreland county,
Va. where she was born. She was gradu-
ated from the public schools of this city
and joined the w. c. T. U. in the year of
the crusade, just after the birth of her
only son. Believing in Christian temperance
example, she dedicated her life to the
cause.
Mrs. Shelton was appointed superintend-
ent Of narcotics for the District Of Column
bia in 1889 and in 1891 presented to the
House and Senate the petitions of the su-
perintendent Of public schools. all the trus-
tees all the supervising principals and the
names Of 551 teachers. praying for the
of hi ,poht tINft tit,tr f11 -o1a nf
cigars, cigarettes, etc, to minors under six
teen years of age. This petition was also
signed by the medical society, 251 physi-
clans, and by every pastor in the city save
one. The effect of that which became a
law was rendered non-effective by the
striking out of the clause filming the boy.
or user. This bill was passed in February.
1891.
Mrs. Shelton Is member Of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. known as the
white ribbon church." She has done effec-
tive work in planning for the convention,
directing committees, arranging receptions,
ETC., and has been for many years the re-
cording secretary.
Assistant Secretary.
Mrs. Clayton Ely Emig, the assistant re-
cording secretary, has been most untiring
ir her work in aid of the recording secre-
tary. Mrs. Emig, formerly Miss Leila
Dromgold, is the daughter of w. A. Drom-
gold, prominent manufacturer of York,
Pa. She was educated in the public schools
and the Collegiate Institute of her native
city. Mrs. Emig'S connection with the w.
c. T. U. dates from June. 1891, when she
accompanied the "Y's' to distribute flowers
among the prisoners at the jail. This arous-
ed her interest in the temperance cause,
and she has devoted much Of her time to
the work. She is president Of ''Headquar-
ters Y" and for more than two years has
been assistant recording secretary. She is
a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Miss Wefghtman, Corresponding Sec
retary.
Miss Louise E. Weightman. the corre-
spending secretary, Is a daughter of r.
Hanson Weightman and Susan B. Coke
Although born in Missouri. she proclaims
herself and family old Washingtonians.
Miss Weightman's duties have been ardu-
Gus in connection with the correspondence
required with every state and territorial
w. c. T. U. She came into the W. Z: L: u:
during the national convention here In 1891
and has ever since been an active worker.
This is her tenth year of service as corre-
spending secretary. Her maternal grand
father, Richard S. Coke came to Washing
ton from Burlington, N j., when young
man and a member of the bar, prac-
ticing before the Supreme Court Her pa
ternal grandfather, Gen. Ryce Chew
Weightman, came to this city as boy from
Alexandria. He was one OF the hrst Print
ers of the city and was for years one OF the
owners of the National Inteligencer; was
one Of the first mayors of the city and gem
eral of militia for many years up to the
breaking out of the civil war.
The Treasurer.
Mrs. Theresa A. Williams, treasurer of
tie District w. c. T u. is better known
to the White Ribboners as the sherman
fi1.sncier" of the w. c. T. U. Of the Dis
trict. Mrs Williams, since 1889, with the
exception of two years. has guarded the
moneyed interests of the local union. and.
while never desiring an empty treasury,
has always been inclined to furnish to SUI
perintendents and committees sufficient
funds for their work, and this is espe-
cially true in connection with the financial
affairs Of the national convention. she hav-
ing approved liberal appropriations to the
chairmen of all committees.
Mrs. Williams was born in Detroit Mich.
She is a descendant on her mothers side
from the Clements of New England.
through whom she has common ancestry
with the late Miss Francis e. Willard. Her
father, J. A. Riopelle, belonged to the old
and well-known French family of Riopelles
OF Detroit. Mrs. Williams is the wife Of
Mr.. H. E. Williams of the weather bureau
of this city. She has been the president OF
NorthweSt Iynion and Is now