Smyrna times., 1906-05-09
"WHITE RIBBONERS' HOLD
CONVENTION At CHESWOLO
NINETEENTH ANNUAL SESSION KENT W0
MANS CHRISTIAN TEMP FRANCE UNION.
Meeting Was Large and Enthusiastic, and the
Program was Full of Interest Miss Rhena
MOsher of Westfield N. j., Spoke.

Meeting Was Large and Enthusiastic, and the
Program was Full OfInterest-MissR of Rhena
MOsher of Westfield N. j., Spoke.
CHEswoLD, May 0:-The Nineteenth
Annual Convention of the Kent
County Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, was held in Cheswold NJ.
E. Church, last Thursday. The dec
orations of the church, which were very
beautiful, was by the Flower Mission
Department of Cheswold W. G. T. U.
Mrs. Kate e. Smithers, the county
President, presided. A most earnest
and fervent evangelistic service was
conducted at 1000 o'clock a. M, led
by Mrs. Worton of Houston. A cor
dial greeting was rendered the visiting
"whlte ribboners" by Mrs. Maggie
Learnd of Cheswold w. G. L. U. re-
sponse by Mrs. T. X. Jones of Dover.
A number of pastors of nearby churches
were in attendance, and added to the
interest of the meeting by their cheer
ing words of commentator of the
work and principles of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. Rev.
E. HI. Derrickson, pastor of Cheswold
and Bethel, declared himself in hearty
sympathy and full accord with those
whose avowed purpose is to press ever
onward to that time which must come
when the saloon is forever banished
from this fair land of freedom, and
urged the "white ribboners," when
pressing any measure upon the atten-
tion of Legislators, to remain until the
close of the session, thus giving those
august law makess no alternative but
to speak out their objection openly,
instead of mouthing it over, as soon as
the ladies have left them. Mrs. VOL
cott of Dover, rendered a beautiful
solo. The election of officers resulted
in each county officers re election.
Miss Rhena Mosher, national or
ganizer aud lecturer opened the after
noon session with bible reading from
Judges, 4th chapter, 1st to 10th ver-
ses inclusive and showed how aptly
this scripture applied to the warfare
now being waged against the liquor
traffic. Rev. Robert Watt of Smyrna,
president of the State Temperance AL
lance and Voters League, sounded the
keynote in a thorough, outright,
downright arraignment Of the Chris
tian voters who are not yet awake to
the need of the hour summed up in
the one word prohibition. Richard
NJ. Cooper spoke in the same
strain and also made the announce
ment that prohibition convention
will be held in the new Century Club
building in Dover, May 18th. Mr..
Jefferson Cooper "hewed to the line
in few we'll chosen words, that rang
like the true metal of pure gold, plac
ing the responsibility OF the liquor
traffic where it itrightfully belongs, with
those who give their votes to the sup
port of those candidates who stand foi
the liquor traffic. Mrs. r.. J. Holme:
of Dover, State Superintendent o.
Legislative work, made the important
announcement that there will soon bt
printed copies of the Delaware State
Liquor Laws for distribution among
! all the local unions, the necessary
legal work being contributed free O
cost by Mr.. Hutton, a rising young
attorney of Dover. The CheswolC
school children, in charge of Mis-
Ella Catterson, marched up the aisle
to front seats, singing America, anC
, gave close attention to an impressiv,
talk by Miss Mosher. All our mer
. chants closed their places of business
, in the evening that all might haye the
opportunity to hear Miss Mosher's
. clear, logical, presentation of tn
economic value of prohibition or ex-
, termination of the liquor traffic. Mis-
Lizzie Bishop was appointed to solici
9 subscription for the Union Signal ant
! secured 10 subscribers. Lunch wa
bountifully served in Anderson's Hal
: to all delegates and visitors attendin,
the convention. Mr.. L. M. Price o
Smyrna; Mrs. L. d. Garrison and Jef
|. ferson Cooper of Cheswold, aided witt
n the music in the sessions Of the day
e The attendance was good throughou
: and the convention ranks as one O
e the emost interesting of the nineteei
r held in the county.