The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-18
GOD, HOME AND
NATIVE LAND
Annual Convention of Wuman's
Christian Temperance Union.
ANNUAL ADDRESS DELIVERED
ENCOURAGING REPORTS RE
cEIvED FROM ORGANIZERS.

i n PORTLAND. Me. Oct. l7-with pleas
ant skies and ideal fan weather. the
= twenty-ninth ANIMAL convention OF
the National WOman's Christian Tenn
, peranee Union opened here today. Every
state in the Union is represented ne
sessions will continue until next Wednes-
. day Mrs. L. \. stevens. president Oh
3 the National W. &. 4. T.. and vice pre7l-
dent OF the Worlds ". c. 7. u, pre-
: sided. Lady Henry Somerset, president
j Of the Worlds W. c. T. L.. and Rev
Henry s. Sanders OF London, ENGLAND
are among the distinguished "oIAel
present.
1 The convention was called 20 order oy
. President Stevens. who delivered her an
nual address The report OF the eAecu-
tive committee, which contains inl -
recommendations. was read. ana u Will
Z Re referred % further Ia regular oFoei
: ~ business Mrs. Susan NJ. j., ETY. OF
(. Illinois made her report as correspondents
. secretary. The report stated that Ihv
Manila organizer had reported that some
III wilt had been eugendered by the
T, Cavtte victory The Manila union mas
. provided for leaflets IN Spanish and
+. Tagallo. and has its first native woman
(, Signer OF the W. c. T. o. pledge, a Ias9'o
and the wife OF a native preacher
In a letter Mrs FaXon. the woman {
7 worker in the Philippines. said there
1 were three things sho had determined e
3 do: -, v,,
after us. 10 get into the schools scientiilc
= Christian instruction. and 10 inaugurate
Z a system for distributing ieailets
: throughout the islands
/, Encouraging reports have been received
+, from the Bermudas. Cuba and Mexico
Giving extracts from reports OF eighteen
urganiZfrs Mrs Fry said.
THE total number OF ". e.. 1. T.
unions organized by the organizers Il
Il 10. total number Of Young Women !
VS. reorganiZed. S.: total active w. ano
i y. members secured. A4Vl; number OF new
LOYAL Temperance legions, co. NUMBER OF
new l.. r.. J. members secured. LV-l
number Of total abstinence pledges Sc
cured 6.s2o,''
+, Ten state unions among the coloret
" omen increases the number OF state ahC
territorial unions 10 slXty-three. Mrs
4 Amanda kitehey. Organiser or lI 'l5'l.
Territory union No, 3 aud working under
lard memorial fund. organized seventy
one new unions.
The national treasurer. Mrs. Heller
Morton Barker, reported that the ma
4 tl0nat W. C.. 7. l. fund had made ne
!. gain of y.oiT. and receipts from the
Frances Il. Willard memorial fund wer'
an appropriation OF the Frances r. WI
x4.n7 more than In any previous year
II Pledges amounting 20 Sl.l32 for Manila
missionary work had been received. th'
4 treasurer said
An evangelistlc hour was conducted b.
Miss Elizabeth ". Greenwood. natlona
evangeIistic superintendent.
LADY Henry Somerset, president OF th'
Worlds ". c. T. T.. Officiated at noon
tide prayer.
Il AT the afternoon session Mrs. Glars
Parish Wright of Illinois reported 70
the young women's branch OF which sh'
IS general secretary.
Mrs. Helen G. Rice OF Massachusetts
gave her report as general secretary o
the LOYAL Temperance legion
Al t0niEhts session responses 10 ad
/ d dresses OF welcome We're made by Mrs
Emma Cash. president OF the Southern
California w. c. +. T.. Lady Henri,
Somerset and others.