The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-16
MORRIS COUNTY CHRoNIcLE FRIDAY. OCTOBER Is. 1908

since 1874 that Miss Greenwood, whC
was to have spoken, had disappointed
an audience and she regretted very
much that she had to do so this time
In the course of her address she
said: Gust as sure as the appletree
bears apples, just SO sure does the
liquor traffic degrade and debauch our
men. The use of liquor leads to mental
and moral degeneration and you can't
help it, The work Of the church is
not only to raise the minister S salary
and build fine edifices but it is just as
much their work to put down the
liquor traffic. Talking don't do any
good. We must work. We can never
win unless we take the stand for total
abstinence. There are lots of people
who would like very much to uphold
the temperance movement if they
could do SO without offending the
liquor dealers, but it won't do to tenn
porize with the matter. We must
strike at the root of the evil and so
long as there are places that men can
get liquor just so long will the men
drink themselves into degradation.
1t is fight all the way through and
we must not get discouraged if we do
not see immediate results. Keep on
! fighting"
After the address a collection was
taken, during which solo was sung
by Mr.. Charles Corwin.
THURSDAYS SESSION.
The church was we'll filled in the
morning and the convention was opened
by devotions conducted by Mrs. W. G.,
Sutphin, of Hackettstown. The report
of the social meetings and red-letter
days was read by Mrs. j. L. Rice. 1t
was expected to have DR.. Elliott,
Episcopal deaconess, speak on Life in
Utah, )" but she did not arrive. The
greater part of the morning was spent
in practicing for the coming of the Ma
tional President, Mrs. l.. NJ. n. Ste
vens, and Miss Anna A. Gordon. vice
president. 1t was decided to have the
county presidents wave the white
banners and the delegates small Ameri-
can flags. Such time the chairman
of the flag committee had in drilling
the women was equal to the training
of raw recruits in the army. Election
of officers was next taken up. The
following tellers were appointed: Miss
Goodwin, of Cumberland: Mrs. Acker-
man, of Bergen; Miss Kelley, of Bur
lington; Mrs. Sunderland, of Warren;
Miss Emily Stokes, of Gloucester; Mrs.
Smith, of Essex; Mrs. Swyler, of Cam
den; Miss l.. Bailey, of Mercer.
The officers were balloted for sepa-
rately. Mrs. Emma Bourne, of New
ark, was reelected president This is
Mrs Bournes thirteenth year. She
makes an excellent presiding officer, is
cultured, and very approachable. She
was warmly congratulated, and re-
ceived 231 votes out of 240 cast. Mrs
Demarest, of Gloucester, was reelected
corresponding secretary. She received
237 votes out of 242. Miss Eva NJ
Lake, M. D., of Pleasantyille, was re-
elected recording secretary. She re-
ceived 230 votes out of 238 cast, and
Mrs. sH. L. Caminade, of Trenton,
was reelected treasurer.
Delegates to the national conyen-
tion were then balloted for. The fol-
lowing were elected: Union county,
Mrs. e. A. Parse, of Plaintield, Mrs.
t. G. Bodine, of Dunellen, alternate:
Burlington, Miss Kate Peters and Mrs.
Kate Perkins, delegates, Miss Kate
Lippincott, of Moorestown, and Mrs.
Belle Carhart, of Bridgeboro, alter
mates; Essex, Mrs. M. N. Holmes,
Newark; Mrs. Campfeld, Newark,
alternate; Cumberland, Mrs. S. R.
Pierce, Bridgeton; Mrs. S. j. Penni-
man, Vineland, alternate; Salem and
Cape May, Mrs. Mary e. Lawrence;
Salem, Mrs. NJ. S. Adams, alternate;
Morris and Warren, Miss M. A. Rock,
Dover, Mrs. e. o. Hambly, Succa-
sunna, alternate; Atlantic and Ocean,
Mrs. E. Maurer, Elwood, Mrs. Laura
Lake, Point Pleasant, alternate; Cam
den, Mrs, L. P. Gilmour. Mrs. May P.
Sparks, Bridgeton, alternate; Mercer
and Middlesex, Miss R. E. Atkinson,
Yardville, Mrs. o. E. Reineck, New
Brunswick, alternate; Hudson and
Morris, Mrs. W. F. Linock,- Mrs. Mary
Complaint, Union Hill, alternate;
Hunterdon, Somerset and Sussex, Mrs.
j. P. Bodine, Pennington, Mrs. Deb
orah Peeke, Bound Brook, alternate.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
The afternoon session opened with
devotional exercises conducted by Miss
e. H. Elfreath, of Haddonfeld. Aft
or tho r,oip11tac of tho ronrnipu cacciOo
had been read and approved Mrs.
E. W. Durham, of New Brunswick,
reported on Prison and Jails: Mrs.
D. P. Peeke, of East Milestone, on I'm
fermented Wines; Miss l. L. Page, of
West Hoboken, Literature; Mrs. A.
Swan Brown, of Passaic, on Scientific
Temperance Instruction; Mrs M. #.
Pancost, of Salem, on Mothers Meet
ings. At O'Clock exercises were con-