Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-02

And Most Enthusiastic Meeting ACommendabe Representation
of Every Union in the State.
FULL PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND DAYS SESSION.
Wednesday Afternoon.


cises the recording secretary read
minutes of the last annual conven-
ton, held at Elkins.
Routine business occupied the
most of the first session.
The president named the follow
ing ladies to report convention
proceedings to the leading news
papers: Daily Oil Review, Mrs.
Emma S. Evans; Wheeling Intel.
ligencer. Wheeling Register, Mrs.
II. P. Loe, Wheeling; Warrington
Advocate and Enterprise, Mrs.
Hess; County papers of Fayette,
Somers and Greenbrier counties,
Mrs. Alfred E. Wait, Quinnemont;
Charleston papers, Mrs. Croft.
Charleston; Moundsville papers,
Mrs. Curry; St. Marys and New
Martinsvllle papers, Miss Mamie
P. Hall, St. Marys.
Ushers were appointed as fol-
lows:
Misses Rogers, Chriswell. Black,
and Hogan.
Presentation of presidents Of new
unions and new presidents of old
ones.
Executive meeting Wednesday
morning Appointed committees and
superinteudehts Of de PARTNER IS
Afternoon, opening OF convention
proper. Recording and correspond
Ing secretaries reports.
A most excellent report from
work over the State.
Committees
Credentials-M Miss Ella n Poe,
Buckhannon; Mrs. M. E. Ogden,
Parkersburg; on kilograms. Mrs.
Watkins, Wheeling, and Mrs.
Thatcher, Moundsville.
Press reporters. -Fairmont Eve
ming Times, Mrs. Myrtle Powell;
Wheeling Intelligencer and Times,
Mrs. M. A. Hall, Wheeling.
The report of the corresponding
secretary, Mrs. F. P. Parks was of
special interest being a lengthy and
careful summing up of the year S
work. This occupied an hour or
more and showed the whole num-
Der of unions In West Virginia to
be 76. Total membership In State
Is I947.
Evening Session.
After very interesting devotional
exercises, consisting of scripture
reading by Rev, Anderson and
prayer by Rev Hatch, the address
of welcome in behalf OF the city was
delivered by the Rev. Bowden Ia
place OF Mayor H. G. Meek, who
was unable to be present.
The address was practical, lauda'
tory and timely and was we'll re-
ceived.
He was followed by the Rev
Anderson, pastor of the church,
who extended a most kindly and
neatly worded welcome to the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of West Virginia In behalf OF
the churches of Sistersville.
Prof. M. E. Hess, city superin.
tendent of Our schools, was next
introduced and came forward to
extend the welcome of the eight
hundred pupils and twenty-five
teachers In our public schools to
their friend and ally, The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.
This address was scholarly, In
structive and In every way truly
excellent address.
In welcoming the State workers
In behalf of the local union of this
city, Mrs. CharlIs P. Talbot said:
81 am something like the minister
who asked, and what shall | say
more? A voice In the audience
responded: Say Amen" The
speaker made the application In
connection with the preceding'very
excellent addresses of welcome
already listened to.
Miss Elizabeth Henderson. oil
Williamstown, made the response
TO the welcomes accorded the con.
vention. Her paper was well re
ceived.
Solo by John Kinkaid.