Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-06-03
w. G. T. u. COLUMN.


entry May % ard "a. Convention
opened Thursday morning with the
! president, Mrs. Pearson, in the chair.
f, After einging, the 23rd Psalm was
repeated in unison and prayer was
/ offered. The minutes of the last con-
vention were read by the secretary,
Mrs. Bryant. Committees and re-
porters were appointed.
Thursday afternoon the consecra-
ton meeting was led by Mrs.
) Chrystie. Greeting was given by
| Rev. A. s. Bole for the church. He
spoke of the W. c. t. q. as being
great help to the church, and said
| that unless we as a nation stamp out
this evil of intemperance it will
stamp US out. Miss Mabel Ware gave
a pleasant greeting from the Christian
Endeavor society and Mrs. Guild
from the union. Mrs. Cowles re-
sponded. The president gave an
excellent talk on ga Look Ahead"
Work among children and young
people was emphasized. Wherever
there is union some of this work is
done. The Importance of it is great
and it is work that pays. If we could
all have been at Hartford last fall
there would be union in every town
in our county. Mrs. Pearson urged
each one to try to get new members,
saying we could create public senti
ment if nothing more. Two papers,
chow to Get Out of Ruts" by Mrs. E.
E. Jenne and "Why We Need Tenn
perance Work and Workers" by Mrs.
Reed of Charleston, were given.
Both of these papers will appear later
in the w. 9. T. U. column of the
MONITOR. Several superintendent
of departments were absent. Mrs.
Fairbanks, superintendent of FL. & H.
and Physical Culture, sent her report,
which was read by Mrs. Cutler. Mrs.
Fairbanks asked that the county help
in the making of "HeaIth Calendar"
the unions to furnish recipes, quota
tions and menus for one month. It
was voted to do so.
Mrs. Read, state president, was ex
-pected to give an address Thursday
evening, but through some misun-
derstanding failed to be present.
Rev. R. J. Chrystie of Newport was
called by telephone and very
promptly responded. He gave an
interesting and wide awake address,
based on words found in Elk. 80: So.
He told in forcible language what
liquor does. We can quote only
few sentences. christianity can
never join hands with the liquor
traffic. 1t cannot be legalized with
out sin. AS intelligent people we
cannot legalize what is morally
wrong. Illiteracy abounds where
rum rules. United States, one of the
greatest nations, is expected to lead
in all reforms" Some statistics were
given: Number of distilIeries 1000,
number of persons engaged in the
traffic $4,000, number of people i'm
poverished by drink 100000 "Where
the revenue gives one dollar it steals
ten.n
Friday morning, after the executive
meeting, Mrs. Bole conducted prom
Use meeting. A paper by Mrs. Leila
Batten, CHOW to Use the Press for
Tempe rance" was read by Mrs.
Thrasher.
The devotional service Friday
afternoon was led by Mrs. Hopkin-
sen, who received a warm welcome
from all present. Mrs. W. B. Guild
read a paper on "Cigarettes'' which
the convention voted to have
printed. Memorial hour was con-
Quoted by Mrs. A. R. Cowles. "What
Effect Has the Saloon on Taxes?
Ballot Box? Business? Church?
Schools? Community" was ans
wered in brief papers by six ladies
from the Barton union.
Friday evening Mrs R. j. Trego,
national evangelist, of Cleveland,
Ohio, gave an illustrated lecture.
The views were fine, the address very
interesting, decidedly evangelistic
and must be productive of much
good.
The officers of last year were unani-
mously reelected with the exception
of treasurer, Mrs. E. F. Spaulding of
Newport being elected in place of
Mrs. Thrasher, who refused to serve
on account of poor health. The ban
ner for the largest number of mem
bers was awarded to Coventry and
the literature banner to Barton. The
music was fine all through the con-
vention. Mrs. Litchfield was faithful
in her service as musical directress
and performed her duties in very
pleasing manner. Miss Mabel Ware
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