Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-02
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State Oniriais at Dover Yesterday.
sfcclhi ien.snondenco OF fvery rvenna.
Dover. Feb. Am Of the State
officers and the ma aioFity Of the State
superintendents were PRESENT at the
executive committee and officers of
the State Women IS Christian lemror.
arce Union held 10 the Wesley "a. H..
Church OF this town, yesterday. The
president. Mira. Emma h. Caulk, pre-.
sided. and the opening devotional ser
vice was led by Mrs. J.. W. Emerson,
State superintendent of the evuugelistic
oepar ment
Prof "A. Il. Spnid, superintendent
OF the public schools OF New Castle
county. no krioi address heartily
commCn ied the work of the Moman's
Christian Temperance aluna educa'
tioual lines.
Reports and plans Of work were re-.
oeived from the county presidents
MIs Mary 3. DunuCll, president o
New Castle county, displayed tue beau
tliul silk hag presented 90 the Della
ware W. q. H. U. boy Mrs. Ella n
lhachef for the lnrgest amount o
money raised ia proportion TO eiz
during the past yenr, fer Soldiers hea
Rooms IN tho United States.
The Sussex county outlook, given b.
the president, Miss Lillian Cade, wa
very encouraging, the work, as eh
said, being on the up grade.
Mrs. Kate p. Smithors, president q
Kent county, recommended publ
temperance meetings ia the halls q
towns, and throughout the dny mad
a number Of practical suggestions.
The report Of Miss Rietta M. kmeI
son, State \ secretary, bad as its he
note progress. The Anna Blown \ {
Wilmington has adopted the recent
inaugurated course OF study OF "a
National Moman's Christian Iempel
ance Union. ihe Newark Y has bee
chosen to write battle cry' for Oh
State Y. There are now $40 lH
Delaware. Miss Emerson made an al
peal for Hiss Kara Smart, the 4 mil
sionary In Japan, who Is supported b
the Ya Of America.
-four othor tuperintendents repr
senting work foi the young, made tt
iollowing suggestion:
Mrs. X. q. McCall; The ohtainir
Of pledges by unions for the uao
local Huperintendents Of Sunday .scho
work.
Mrs. J. l.. Milligan; The writiI
of temperance essays 10y scholars Of Il
high schools OF the State.
Miss Letha NJ. Joseph: That med
contests be held boy each union.
Mrs. Henderson. superintendent
the Loyal Temperance Legion blanc
urged that legions be organized whei
ever there are children, even Il q
union must sustain two leRions.
Mrs. II. q. Mearns, representing {
department Of narcotics, raoor
mended that pledges be used in /
n work of the department. Mrs. l.
Emerson urged that unions oonsid
4 the importance Of evangelistic wo
e and devote part Of each meeting tC
. devotional service.
+ "Tbe best speech ever made befo
e the W. O. 4. U., it was said, v
}. made for her derartmOnt-ft tanchisg
e by Mrs. Martha 5 Cransion.
Mrs r. n. Holmes, superintendg
II ci legislation, stated that she had ,
e ranged, with the proViao OF tho vote
u the eAecuti-e committed, for the pJ
% location 10 pamphlet form, Of atatu
% regulating the sale Of liquor IN
le Stnte.
le The plan was at once adopted a
d. the statutes will be printed and 81
D. TO unions throughout the State.
j. The interest IN Jail reform was de-
% ened by the description of fecl
Of visit to the Kent county jail given
D. Mrs. Mary 4. Smitheis, superint
dent OF ieiormatory work.
Mrs. Carrie b. Rankin, OF the
pnriment Of mercy, presented the
ig loving resolution, which she viii ,
a. sent at the next annual State conv
ed tion:
NJ Whereas, Cruelty is an abominnblo
re against God and His creation, and
a. conspicuous element in the worst GRIN
,o therefore
y. ,g Resolved, That We labor TO suppress e.
y" form of it, including viviaecuon, and
i that we work for legislation, prescri'
en- humane education in our pubni schot
10 the interests of childhood, n
- Kathleen AtWell called attention
the benefit derived from school snvi
as- banks, which department ahe rel
ils, sents.
he Mrs. Annie e. Alloway spoke Of
iss work Of her department social M
for inRs and "red letter. days; Mrs
by IL Jones of the beautiful flower
he sion Mrs Neal Comfy Of temper
on literature and Mrs. Minniired Oh
Ike hers urged the appointment Of COT
and local superintendents Of
among soldiers and sailors.
An invitation was received
inc Wilmington, for the next State
,or, yeution, and the executive comml
ms accepted the invitation and dec
lao uron October, 4th, 9th, 6th and u
irh the dates.
ing 1ne treasurer Lepotseu .-Sa ~. iee9' " I,
on hand e6s "A