The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-30
CECIL COUNTY w. C. T. u.
Nineteenth Annual Convention Meets At
Hopewell September 23rd.
FULL PROCEEDINGS OF THE SESSIONS

Mrs. Jennie Gillespie; Secretary of Loyal
Temperance Legion, Mrs. M. R. W.
Thompson; Temperance Literature and
Union Signal, Mrs. A. E. Reynolds; Press
Work, Mrs. H. H. Keilholtz; Evange-
listic, R. M. Barnes; Unfermented Wine,
Mrs. c. D. Abrahams; Y Secretary. Miss
Ida Thompson; Demorest Contests, Mrs.
N. c. Brown; Parlor Meetings, Miss Iva
Mearns; Work Among Colored People,
Mrs. Maria Harris; Social Purity, Mrs. M.
L. Brickley; Legislation and Enforce
ment of Law, Mrs. c. D. Abrahams;
White Ribbon Herald, Mrs. Pyle; Mar
cotics, Mrs. Jennie Reisler; Railroad
Work. Mrs. E. P. Haines; Flower Mis-
sion, Miss Virginia Abrahams; Systematic
Giving and Sabbath Observance, Mrs.
John W. Mccullough; Prison and Aims
House, to be supplied; Mercy, Mrs. Lydia
Reynolds.
Miss M. o. Jackson and Miss Cornelia
Abrahams sang duet.
It was moved that we have Directories,
and all local Presidents were urged to
send names of their officers and super
intendents at once to the County Record
ing Secretary.
Mrs. Haslup discussed the State conven-
tion to be held at Centreville October IS,
Io and 20, and urged all that could to go,
as every Union was entitled to one dele
gate and one to every twenty.f five paying
members.
All unfinished business was left to the
Executive Committee. The resolutions
were submitted to the convention and
after much discussion and some read
justment, were accepted.
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS. In nineteenth annual convention
assembled we are grateful to our Heavenly Father
for tHis watchful care over us through another
year, well as for the increased interest man
ifested by added membership.
Resolved: That in the future we will work with
greater zeal and more Intelligent effort for the over
throw of the demon king Alcohol.
Resolved: That we urge greater diligence in the
department of Non-Alcoholic Medication, that
concerning the danger of using patent medicines.
Resolved: That in the recent charges made by
department stores that it was necessary to sell
liquor to their women customers for use in the
culinary department of the home, we of the W.
c. T. U. will not be among those customers, and
further that we will not buy anything of the
house that deals in the traffic unless absolutely
unavoidable.
Resolved: That we extend hearty vote ofthanks
to the PASTOR trustees and ladies of Hopewell M.
E. Church and both branches of our work for the
kind hospitality shown us today.
The convention closed with the Tenn
perance Doxology and the Aaronic
benediction.
Mrs. Efie M. Lambert, Y Secretary of
the State of New York, spoke in the eve
ming to full house on The Miriams of
today. She advocated strongly the sim
gle standard of purity, and cited an in.
stance of young girl in the Normal
school of her native State who was seen
drinking over the bar, and when the
principal asked how the information was
obtained the informer admitted he was in
the habit of taking his dram before re-
tiring. The young girl was discharged.
as it would never do to give a life GER
ti6cate to woman who drank, but the
young man got his diploma and is still
teaching.
The speaker urged young girls to use
their best efforts for the cause of right, as
they had an immense amount of respon-
sibility resting upon them. She depre-
Gated the drinking of cider as commonly
resorted to, but said the Lord had given
her cider mill of her own and she could
make and drink her own cider fresh from
the press, and clean at that. Mrs. Lam
bert closed her remarks with quotation
from the Coral Builders.