The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-11-08
SOCIAL EVENING
OF CONVENTION
MRS ATKINS. SECRETARY or THE
~" TELLS or THE PROG
REss or ORDER.
PRESENTSBANNER TO PRESIDENT
Mrs. oberhoItzer Tells How to
Teach the Children the Saw
ing Habit.


pertaining hour. It was social even
ing of the convention and the program
furnished a variety that was far from
monotonous.
After the devotional exercises Miss
Myrtle Holmes Of Nashville, was In
troduced and recited in a graceful
deeply emotional manner the story
of a Virginia court scene, where a
youth of aristocratic lineage was on
trial for the murder of his friend.
The mother of the boy on trial ap-
peared before the court and amid the
hushed and strongly moved court
house scene told the judge and the
Jury that they had not placed the guilt
Alright. That the legalized saloon,
the diabolical whiskey traffic was the
real murderer. There were many
damp eyes in the audience as Miss
Holmes concluded.
/ Mrs. Ewell Atkins. State Secretary
of the "Y' Or young woman's branch
of the W. C. T. u, was then intro
duced and told with pride of the re-
markable increase during the past
year of this devoted department of
the order At the conclusion of her
address Mrs. Atkins presented to Mrs.
Holman, State President, the Y. ban,
ner, the first or its kind IN the State.
The banner was of spotless white vel
vet, symbolical of the purity of the
young women of the Y. department.
| It's letters were Of pure gold, and the
center was adorned with basket OF
modest violets. The motto inscribed
on the banner was THE Love OF
Christ Constraineth U.s." In pre-
senting the banner Mrs. Atkins paid
tribute of love to the state president,
who was deeply touched by the words
of devotion, and it was with difficulty
she replied, so filed was her voice
with emotion.
After a solo by Mrs. Raymond Adj
kisson, Mrs. Dosier of Knoxville, re-
cited with true Irish effect How Mrs.
Hennesy saved her Boy"
Mrs. Oberholtzer of Philadelphia,
was the next speaker. Mrs. Ober-
holtzer's special. work under the direc-
ton of the National order is to instill
the saving habit in the children. The
IW. C. t. u. contends. and rightly, that
| If the child is taught the saving habit.
lit will cling to him through life and
viii in large measure prevent pauper-
Iism. Mrs. Oberholtzer visits the
schools of the land and eniists the
aid of the teachers N this saving plan.
| The children are urged to save their
pennies during the week and at the
the end of the week they turn them
over to their teachers to keep for
them. This plan is followed through
the school year and at the end Of the
year each child will have nice little
| sum and will be impressed with the
value of saving and with the loss
| caused by wastefulness. Mrs. Ober-
holtzer visited several of the Columbia
schools Monday and started the saw
| ing plan. Mrs. Oberholtzer also re-
cited at the session Monday night two
original poems which told their stories
impressively.
The last number on the program
was an interesting address by Mrs
Lila Carlin Moore OF New Mexico.
AS a result of the convention at this
place a chapter of the Loyal Temper
ance Legion was organized in Co
lumbia Monday afternoon with 81 en-
thusiastic members. Miss Carrie Will
ldiams was elected leader.
At the afternoon session Monday an
impsrtant, change to- the constitution
was adopted. Heretofore one dele
gate has been sent to the convention
for every ten members in a local I'M
ion. The order has grown so rapidly,
however, that it was thought best to
reduce the representation to one dele
gate for every twenty members. This
would apparently reduce the attend
ance at the convention to one half,
but such will not be the case. as the
w. C. T. u. is growing rapidly in Ten
nessee and by the time of the next
annual convention II would not be
surprising If the membership shall
have grown to twice the present mem
bership.
Tonight's Program.
The convention will come to a close
tonight. The nights meeting will be
held at the opera house to accommo-
date the large crowd expected, for
Mrs. Armor, State President OF the
Georgia w. G. T. U. will deliver the
principal address, and to say that
Mrs. Armor has captured the hearts
OF the people of Columbia is not plac-
ing It too strongly. This will be
jubilee night. The presidents of each