The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-15
W. C. T. U.
Forty-five States Represented in
National Convention at Fort
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Forty-fve States Represented in
National Convention at Fort
Worth.
Fort Worth. Tex. Nov. 14-With the
odvent of the white Ribbon special,
the last special train bringing white
work for the great gathering of tenn
nerance women of the land received an
addSd impetus and despite pouring
rain to-day the gatherings of the sub
meetings, nine in number, at the varl-
ous churches were we'll attended When
the gavel of Mrs. NJ. NJ. N. Stevens
Portland, Me-, national president of the
". C. T. u, falls at 10 o'clock to-mor-
row all details will have been arrang-
ed and she will face one of the largest
conventions in the history of the union
Every state and territory is repre-
scented and England, Canada, Mexico
and Hawaii have delegates. The Ma
sions to-day. This is one of the impor-
tant adjuncts of the convention. Mrs.
Helen L. Pullock presided. DR.. Mary
Ward Allen read a paper on Elevation
OF the Home
The afternoon session was devoted to
routine work.
The local temperance legion also held
two sessions, presided over by Miss
Margaret Winteringer of Chicago, edi-
tor of the Young Crusader.
The ''Y' of the w. c. T. u was pre-
sided over by Mrs. Clara Parish Wright
of Illinois.
Miss Charlotte Gutierrez of Puebla.
Mex, gave an account of the work
among young women in the neighbour
ing republic.
At the afternoon session of the edi-
torial association of twenty-five states
were represented.
officers We're elected for the coming
year as follows:
Jennie M. Kemp, Kansas, president;
Gertrude Stevens, Leavett, Me, secre-
tary.
The official board held a meeting to-
night to make nominations for officers,
organizers, superintendent of divi-
sions and evangelists. The result will
not be announced until tomorrow 1t
is learned that the executive board is
determined to oppose. with all its
power separate statehood of Okla
homa, if it is coupled with present ter
ritorial features authorizing the sale
of liquor.
Fort Worth, Tex, Nov. 14.-Forty
five states were represented in the pre-
liminary meetings of the national con-
vention of the w. c. T. U. held here
to-day. This was after the arrival Of
the White Ribbon special bringing del
egates and representatives from New
York. Massachusetts, New Jersey,
ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
The representatives now here complete
the full quota called for by the con-
vention roster. The preliminary meet
ings were three in number. The devo-
tional meeting, which will be contin-
ued daily, began at $50 and was pre-
sided over by Miss Elizabeth w.
Greenwood. The interest was marked
throughout.
The Loyal Temperance Legion,
workers adjunct of the main body, met
at St. Paurs M. Z. Church at o'clock
in charge of Mrs. Margaret Wintringer
of Chicago. The chief interest conferred
In the reports of the secretaries. tell
ing of the progress of the temperance
work in the past year. They were very
satisfactory
The Editorial Association was in ses-
sion in the First Baptist Church The
editors of sixteen state publications of
the w. G. r. u participated
Miss Dow of Maine, daughter of Neal
Dow, the famous temperance apostle,
presided. A feature of the meeting
was paper read by Miss Margaret
Suddeth, editor of the Union Signal,
the national organ of the Christian
Union, defining the relations that
should exist between state and national
publications The National Purity Con-
ference met at st. Pauls Methodist
Episcopal Church at 10 o'clock. Mrs
Helen T. Bullock of New York, super
lntendent of the purity department of
the w. G. T. u, presided