Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-21
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STATE CONVENTION OF woMAN,s
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. 81
GATHERING EXPECTED.
Convention WIN Be Attended BIZ.
Three Hundred Women ana VIII
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Officers the Feature OF Session-Pro-
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The Women's Christian Temperance
Union Of Virginia will meet In annual
convention at the Seventh-Street Chris
tian church, in this city, October 1st.
The sessions will continue three days. It
is expected that there will be about three
hundred delegates present This will be
the twentieth annual convention of the
union, one of the strongest temperance
organizations in the world. Associated
with the union is the organization known
of the organization which will be rep
resented in and will participate In
the programme of the convention
The Richmond unions and the Y organi-
"a atoms are now, and have been for some
time hard at work raising funds and max
ing preparations for the entertainment Of
the convention. The ladies attending the
meeting will be entertained generally by
the local members Of the union and by
the members of the various churches. An
attractive souvenir programme will be
printed by the local organizations. The
members of the convention will be enter
tanned il, various ways during their stay
in the city, in the intervals between the
sessions Of the convention. The pro-
gramme, however, is so inclusive that it
will leave little opportunity for pleasure.
Mr.. Howard M. Hoge is president of the
State organization, and has been for sew
erai years, and has long been actively
identified with temperance work in the
State.
A LIVELY CONTEST LIKELY.
The feature of the convention will be
l
which is set for Thursday morning, Oc-
tober Sd. This will precipitate a lively
fight, for in this. as in almost every other
organization, there are factions, and
Richmond is the headquarters Of one of
the factions The secretaryship will pro-
woke a spirited fight. and it is not i'm
probable that opposition to the reelection
Of the president may develop, but it is
expected that she will win out. The
State convention will probably elect dele
gates to the national convention, which is
to be held this year at Portland, Me, Oc-
tober 18th to the ed
The assembling of the convention will
be preceded by promise meeting on
Tuesday evening, September SOth. con-
Quoted by Mrs. NJ L. Welles, of the ma
tional organization.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
On Wednesday morning the convention
will be called to order by Mrs. Hoge,
the president, and, after devotional eX-
ercises the rol-call of officers and the
designation of the usual committees will
follow. After the executive committee
has reported, the president will make her
annual address. Then come the reports of
the treasurer corresponding secretary.
and others.
In the afternoon, after the opening de.
votional exercises, with which all the
union meetings begin, the delegates will
respond to roll-call with their local mot
toes, followed by two-minute reports from
the Y presidents, the appointment Of
committees, and miscellaneous business.
Then a paper will be read byrN1iss Mat.
tie Hatcher, followed by discussion of the
paper, and then by music.
THE WELCOMING ADDRESS.
Mr.. G. H. GaLulng will read paper en-
titled THE Making or Marring OF a Meet
Ing Then will follow free discussion OF
q paper, .'Our Grea test Needs and How
to Meet Them" discussion led by Miss
Jennie Garretson.
Miss Gordon will then open the ques-s
ton box and answer queries, and ten
minute talks by Mrs II. NJ. Hoge and
Miss Gordon will follow.
In the evening Rev. John Harmon. D.
D., will conduct devotional exercises.
Addresses Of welcome will be made on be-
half OF the clergy by Rev. Cary e. Nor
for the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union by Mrs. M. L. Maybe; for the
Young Women's Christian Temperance
Union, by Mr.. Spencer f. Holdcraft, of
this city, an honorary member of the Lee
Cook Us. Responses to these addresses
are scheduled from Mrs. Harriet NJ.
Melville, Of Berryvlle; Mrs. w. II. Par
rott. of Martinsville, and Mrs. Thomas
P. Bagby, of West Point A vocal duet
by Mrs. W. L. Bailer and a recitation by
Miss Jennie Teamans will close the eve
ming programme.
ELECTION AND REPORTS.
Thursday morning the executive and
credentials committee will report and Of
lcers will be elected for the year, the
mestinc closing with the noon prayer
meeting.
In the afternoon the committees will re-
port, including the general secretary OF
the Y organization, the State organize
ton. Mrs. NJ ". Newton, and the secre-
tary Of the Loyal Temperance Legion.
In the evening at o'clock, Rev. W. =.
Bcauciamp, of the Braoad-Sreet Metho-
dist church, will conduct the devotional!
exercises. This viii be followed by a
vocal ouartette, and then a recitation by
Miss Kate Fuller, talented Richmond
elocutionist whose reputation as re-
citer i. State wide. A vocal solo and an
address by Miss Anna Gordon, OF the ma
tional orse nina ton, will follow
TIE @CLOsrNG-DAY'S WORK.
| Friday morning viii be devoted chiefly
to talks by heads of departments, fol-.
lowed by the noon prayer hour.
In this afternoon Rev. G. II. Spooner
will conduct the devotional exercises, and
talEs from department superintendent,
and the report Of the resolutions COM
n1ttee. and 3. memorial service will close
the session.
In the evening of Friday, after the de-
yotional exercises, the address of Mrs. M.
L. velles Will be followed by the presen-
tation OF banners. The benediction will
bring to a close the three-days conVen-=
ton. and good-hyes will be said.
The convention Is Of great interest to
the organization throughout the State,