The midland journal., 1903-08-14
W. c. 7. !. Convention.
Communicated.

Cecil County w. c. T. U. con-
- vened on Woodlawn camp ground
on Friday, Aug. 9TH, at 9 o'clock. The
day was perfect one, clear and cool and
every one seemed to feel the effect of the
exhilarating atmosphere. The pavilion
was very prettily decorated with the
American flag, bouquets of flowers and
the county banner and banners from Ris-
ing Sun and Calvert Unions.
Promptly at 9 O'Clock the convention
was called to order i'll Mrs. Barnes tent,
and the appointment of Superintendent
of Departments was considered, and with
few exceptions remained the same. The
President conducted the Devotional.
Acting corresponding secretary, Mrs. M.
L. Brown, gave her report. A card was
read from our former corresponding Sec
retary, Mrs. Amy A. Reynolds, who has
removed from the county, and greeting
with the Epworth Benediction was order
ed sent to her. Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis,
National Superintendent of Legislative
and Petition Work, Mrs. Mary R. Has
lup and Miss Florence Hammond, of
Baltimore, were present at all of the ses-
sions encouraging the work and workers.
At 1890 O'Clock the convention ad-
journed to listen to DR.. Alfred Smith,
Conference Temperance Evangelist, who
spoke earnestly for a very short time,
from Jeremiah V, 26: "They set trap,
they catch men," and said in part, notice
the kind of game the saloon catches; not
bears, tigers or hyenas, but men, the most
precious thing in Gods universe. If any
mans horse should come to town and
the saloon should make that horse to
stagger home on Saturday night and be
lying around all day Sunday and on
Monday kick and bite or refuse to go to
work, or if a COW, dog or an old razor
back hog was made to be any worse by
the saloons influence, the man would
arm himself with shot gun and come to
town to have redress. But we sell the
manthe right to damn the soul Jesus died
to save. We cannot run the saloon with
out boys, any more than we can run a
grist-mill without grain Nor we cannot
run a saloon without sending men to hell
any more than we can run a saw-nill
without logs. The saloon takes every
thing good from man. 1t would take the
tongue of prophet to tell and the scales
of omnipotence to weigh the ruin
wrought. The saloon has no mission but
mildew and dishonor. There is no states
man raises his voice against it. The
saloon must be put away at the election.
The speaker closed with an ode against
the saloon and one for his follow man.
The afternoon session of the convention
was opened with the hearing of the treas
urer's report, which showed balance in
the treasury of SIS. The election of Of
fcers resulted as follows: President, Mrs.
Amos R. Brown; cor. Sec, Mrs. Norville
c. Brown; rec sec, Mrs. Edwin Haines;
treas, Mrs. Maria Harris.
Mrs. Mollie Thompson and her Loyal
Legion, with Miss Florence Hammond,
entertained the audience at the children's
hour.
Mrs. Ellis spoke with earnestness and
interest on the work done by the w. c.
T. U. through petitions. While the work
required persistent effort yet it paid in the
end in helping to make this world better.
Her descriptions of interviews held with
the heads of government, from the Pres
ident down, were very vivid, especially
the one held with Chinese Minister WI.
Mrs. Haslup took charge..of young peo-
ple's meeting, calling OH Mrs. Ellis and
Miss Hammond to assist, both of whom
gave splendid tribute to Miss Willard
and her sister Mary, showing how good
lives go on and on, ever widening like the
waves of the sea.
At O'Clock DIR. Alfred Smith again ad-
dressed the audience, from jeremiah V,
3o GA wonderful and horrible thing is
committed i'll the land" and said, there
are many evils in the land, but none so
great as the liquor traffic, and the govern.
ment is committing great crime. 1t is
not an unwise government but criminal.
But who is the government? Not women,
nor children, nor idiots, but this is a
government "of the people, by the peo-
pie, for the people," The Republican and
Democratic parties policy is to license
the business, and while the saloon dies
every twelve months the government
comes like brooding mother and bends
over the putrid thing and nurses it back
to life, instead of sending it back to hell
with the message to its father, the devil,
that the franchise is not for sale. DIR.
Smith closed with an appeal to Christians
to do their duty. Mrs. Westerfeld sang a
solo, "Boys of To-day"
There have been no new developments
in the Postofice investigation during the
past week, although there is no lessening