Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-11-28

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"If We would join the ranks of those
who have lived worthily In the past, we
must live worthily ourselves, must 1.-Two
unto God, standing faithfully In our
lot loyal to truth and to duty, with
holding no price of love in serving
others. The Rev. j. r. Miller, ID. ID.
The executive committee. ut the first
meeting OF the W. @. 4. U. year, held
in Dover, November 18th, considered
ways and means of strengthening the
departments OF work in the discussion
and emphasized the necessity oil the
co operation of local unions with State
suEerintendents, which involves the
appointment of local superintendents,
and their cooperation with State super
intondsnts.
We now have about 40 local unions in
the State and 81 department of work
from which those adapted to different
localities may be selected. But some
departments are adapted to oil our COM
munities; for instance evangelistio
work directing our ueyes sup INTO the
hills from whence cometh our help;'
and Moral Temperance Legion work,
equal in importance to the value of
the children Father, keep
them. y And there are other de- art
msnts to be classed with these, which
we will not now name.
Following the plar of co operation in
the family, happy home Is tho result
10 business, prosperity smiles upon a
just partner ship of employer and en-
ployes, and 10 all the relations OF life
it may serve as bond OF harmony.
Sometimes work is minified and The
result is general luss. Take our own
Ranization, with its local. county and
great national union of 5000, 600 men,
hers. Now, it may seem small matter
to local superintendent to fail in the
duties of her office, but when she fails
| not only is her own union weakened,
but the work of the county, State and
national organizations is made less
| effective.
Better is it to magnify the importance
Of work, il it compels It's performance
than to SO minify it that we neglect it.
| 1t is the work and not ourselves, though
| the work bears the impress of per-
sonality. In n cunversation with an
active white .ribhoner the remark was
made, black OF the great national is
| the rank and file in our local unions,
and 1T could not do without them. y
| We then az individuals are units in
| this aggregation OF local unions,
and as such, We need to keep in place
| 10 be counted with those who, by faith
| full CO operation. help make the work of
| the entire ganization success, and
who, in the strength of this united
action, inspire others to 'be OF good
courage"
The 2sth annual National W. @. L.
| u. Convention, held at FoSt Worth,
Tex. has passed into history, the closing
| session having been he'd November
Goth. We regret that Delaware was not
represented at the convention, but the
state was mot forgotten, as our presi-
dent, Mrs. Emma 2. Caulk, was in
yited to sreak in one of the Fort Worth
churches Sunday, November 18th.
! The Union Signal Of November 18th
will be the convention number and
will, it ia promised, be illustrated with
cuts of Fort Worth ard the prominent
speakers on the programme.
A recent Issue of The Union Signal
gives the following information con-
corning temperance in the South -
Northern people have become SO ac-
customed to regard the South as back
ward in social reform, that the progress
of temperance in the Southern States
IL somewhat surprising. The plan of
local option by counties generally pre-
walls in the South in control Of the
liquor traffic. In some OF the States
nearly every county prohibits the sale
of liquor at retail, except on med al
prescriptions
Some interesting surprises are noted
in CHANGING at the figures showing the
number of prohibition counties in
Southern States,
Kentucky is standing target for
jokes about liquor drinking because OF
it's immense production of whisky.
But it is fact, that of the 81 counties
OF Kentucky, only four permit the sale
of liquor, except on physicians pre-
scriptions. The hig State of Texas,
which has wide openn reputation
OF the North, has 100 prohibition coun-
ties. Georgia leads all its sister States
in the South with 1873; Missouri has
81; TENNESSEE. 70: North Carolina, 60;
Virginia, 81; Alabama, so; Arkansas,
80; West Virginia, 40; Florida, 80, and
so on. The South may well hod up
this bright rec I'd OF temperance and
ask the North to match it.
We hopefully give part of "a Talk
With a Young Man, . contributed to
the Signal by the Rev. Frances Il.
Towns ey:
II wonder if you by nature are aa
ayerse to pledge signing as am. And
may tell you something of what /
really believe in regard to total
abstinence pledge? What is pledge of
this sortP Simply a promise to abstain
from all intozicants, and like any other
promise, TO make it good requires an
honest Intention and the ability to
keep it. But experience and obserVa-
tion have proved that of the ability we
cannot always be sure. In worldly
affairs, If the promise of one man is not
surety enough he looks about for back
ing or endorsement; II he can get q
good name on his paper he is con-
sidered secure. He may net own
dollar. may have been untruthful in
the past, or careless as to his promises,
but in business circles he is accepted
according to the backing he can
secure.
Nov, in this matter, il appetite for
liquor or tlbacoO is not too strong for
you, environment or the subtle power
of association and intiusnce may prove
to be. You have some strength In your
will, possibly great deal; possibly
some OF you none at all. In either case
there "a, alas! much against you in this
world OF temptation and evil desire,
and | assure you that unless you get
the backing of the Mighty to Save, you
are III dangerous condition.
sThA Christ has tai<en intn apcnunt