The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-25


 ports Read and Approved-Ofic for
 the Coming Year Elected.
 The 5Sth annual session of the Grand
 division of the Sons of Temperance was
 held yesterday in Red Mems hall on
 Crown street The morning session was
 called to order at 1O:45, with Grand Worthy Patriarch w. A. R. Hawley of
 New Canaan in the chair The first
 business on the programme was the roll call, to which about 70 of the members answered. The next business was the reading of the grand worthy pa triarch's report. The first report was to the worthy representatives. In short the report was:
 Again the call has been sounded
 the great regulator of our universe has
 brought us together once more. We have left a field of labor, many of us, to review together the past and to rem der an account of what has been done, to consider our needs at present and to counsel, one with another, as to the best means of carrying on the work in the year before us While the funda
 mental principles of our order are the reformation of the fallen and the res- toration of the rank and file, formerly occupied. Let us also bear in mind that constancy is better advocate than violent denunciation, and that we perform am uch higher mission when we prevent, than when we rescue. The time has long since passed when it was popular to use alcohol in any of it's forms q Ta loud in it's cry of disapproval.
 "On June "A, installed Sister Lillian Deverell as worthy patriot of Connec- ticut divison, No 2. On October 4, in stalled Sister Elizabeth Stoddard as worthy patriot of the Riverside divis- ion, No. 54, and on October installed Sister Marion l.. Hawley as worthy ra- triot of the Friendship division, No. 10.
 In the state of the order section re- marks are made about assisting the Branford divison, No. 16, and the Phoenix division, No. A. as to remit ting their per capita tax with the un- derstanding that they must pay for one quarter and that they must also meet all other outstanding obligations l It is also remarked that the grand di- vision helped to build these two lodges up. It is stated that the Shelton di- vision, No. 6, is the foremost division | in the state, and that it is continually | adding new members. The Lincoln | division, No. 51, is working earnestly | for it's advancement and the Riverside | division, No. 58, and the Concord divis- ion, No. ?, are also making brave and constant fights for advancement. The Rising Star division. No. 40, shows re- | markable signs of revival. Under the | head of new divisions the report says that the Cold Spring division, No. 20, was organized and that it has many new members constituted on it's char ter list. Section No. 6 of the report speaks very touchingly on the nations frcent great loss. It also refers to the meeting which was held in New York city on October 17th of this month. Sec tion Mo- is resolution as follows:
 Resolved, That in the judgment of conference it is important to initiate a cooperative propagation movement in joining the jurisdictions of Con- necticut and New Jersey, and to this end we would recommend as a commit tee denomination and directors Breth- ren Cummings, Gilderseeve, Hawley, Young and Grady. It is also recom- mended that the employment of Pro- lessor Burton l.. Redwood of Penn sylvania be made. "Your grand worthy patriarch most heartily endorses this resolution and suggests or even recom- mends that special committee be ap- pointed or that the proposition com mittee be given special instructions to enable them if possible to cooperate with our sister grand division in this Under the head of Ma tion Division reference is made to the National Division debt of nearly ,, $1 900, which amount was raised by certain members, and by the grand and subordinate divisions: 1. Concord division, No, 2.......... $500 / Harmony division, No. 5.......... 500 { Shelton division, No. 6............ 800 f division, No. 10. ........ 500 q Rising Star division No. 40.. ...... 200 v South Manchester division, No. 45 25O | Greeting division No. 53 200 < Resolute division No 60.. ........ 100 =
 Total. al..................... s25. 50 I ------ .