New-York tribune., 1900-09-29
KINGS COUNTY W. G. T. U.
IT'S SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL CONVEN-
TON TO BE HELD OCTOBER ..
AND 4SUBJECTS FOR
DISCUSSION

The seventeenth annual convention Of the Kings
County Woulan's Christian Temperance Union will
be held on October 2. and 1, IN the Bay Ridge
Methodist Episcopal Church, at Ovington and
Fourth aves., Brooklyn On Tuesday a PRAYER
meeting at $50 m, Will precede the convention
which VIII be called TO order 10 o'clock by the
acting president. Mrs S. Tobias. After the annual
address Of the president Mrs. Mary J. Annable
which viii be read by the recording secretary Mrs
Anrable being abroad. the reports Of the
corresponding secretary and treasurer will follow
Al Il o'clock memorial service will be held in
memory OF deceased white ribboners. honorary
members and friends OF the temperance cause.
Al the afternoon meeting, which will be called to
order at o'clock, reports of superintendent Will
be given and address heredity by Dr. Mar
gsrfa A. Stewart, Of the Borough of Manhattan
cesfngs viii be heard from the pastors of the
Bay Ridge and South Brooklyn churches.
The evening meeting will be Young Peoples
Night. and Miss Marguerite Hawthorne, county
secretary OF the Young Womans Branch, will pre-
side. Music Will be furnished by the choir Of the
Bay Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church and Mrs
Zeha Gondrett. Swedish sooist: also duet by Mrs
Gondrett and Mrs. o. Teden president Of the Scan
dinAvian Union Greetings will be given on behalf
Of the Epworth League. Christian Endeavor Society
and Young Peoples Baptist Union. Of Bay Ridge
by representatives of these societies The address
Of the evening will be by Mrs. Cora e Seberry
New-York State secretary Of the Young Woman's
Branch.
On Wednesday morning the reports of superin-
tendents will continue. and at IL o'clock evan
geist!c service viii be conducted by Mrs. Zelia
Smith county superintendent of evangelistic work
The special feature Of the afternoon meeting will
be parliamentary drill by Mrs. Priscilla D. Hack
staff county superintendent of parliamentary law
The address Of welcome will be given in the even
ing by the pastor OF the church. the Rev. W. H.
Davidson. and response by Mrs. N. F. Johnson,
president OF Signal Union. The young people Of
the South Dutch Reformed Church, led by the
pastor, the Rev. B. z. Rickaut. will render the
Gloria from the Twelfth Mass, Mozart, and Hal
lelujeh Chorus from The Messiah" The address
o. the evening will be given by Mrs. Elizabeth W.
Greenwood. worlds and National evangelstic
pertntendent.
On Thursday morning the reports Of superintend-
ents VIII be concluded and the election Of officers
vii take place In the afternoon the Rev. DR..
Dune. secretary Of the National Temperance So
ciety. viii speak upon Some New Phases Of the
Csnteen Question" Mrs z. Pemberton Smith.
delegate 10 the Worlds Woman's Christian Tenn
geTancs Union convention. viii give her report.
The question box will be opened and the questions
answered, and the Loyal Temperance Legion hour,
conducted by Ms r. H. Hawthorne, county su-
peFintendent Of the Loyal Temperance Legion, will
De furnished 10 the delegates and all visitors.
The annual convention Of he NeW-Yorhl
State Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
oe held IN Hornesyille. October 16 TO 19, and the
National convention December 1 10 s. in Wash
ingtOn. D. Q.