The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-07
w. CT. U. IN MOBILE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT HOLDS ITS
 CONVENTION.
MT. McRsy Delivers some Pointed Re- WaRks on saloon Business And Mrs. Halls Reads Her
 Annual Address.


 Mobile. June 6.--(special)--The con- vention of tho Southern District, Wo- mans Christian Temperance Union of Alabama. was opened this morning at s:so o'clock at the Palmetto Street Baptist Church. with fair attendance from Fairhope. Fruitdale. Citrcnelle and. other points.
 TheN conservation service was led by Rev. J. w. sandlin, Rev. H. H. Mo- Nell being unavoidably absent tel esram was received and read to the convention from the convention of the northern district of Alabama which was in session two days preceding this convention. The message contained greetings from the other convention with quotation from Hebrews.
 A feature of the session was the ad- dress by Rev. MT. Mckay of Mobile. on the dispensary system. He said among other things that the blind tiger" is preferable to the saloon for the reason that in the former case the community is not responsible. Liquor will be driven" said Mir |, Mckay "as soon as Christian peo- pie have enough backbone to do it" could not be held up as an example of morality to the rest of Alabama.
 Mrs. c. B. Reed of Fruitdale. spoke interestingly on the origin and pro- gress of the contest work of which she is State superintendent. She was fol- lowed by Mrs. Bernhardt. whose reci- tation was enjoyed.
 The annual address by the president. Mrs. Anna B. Hail, of Fairhope, was hiied with excellent suggestion.
 Concluding her address Mrs. Hail said:
 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union has forty departments of work, and any woman can find sometnIng suited for her to do. If we love our own homes and children we must work to make other homes safe.
 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was the mother of all clubs, and the woman's clubs are doing a great work along some of our lines of work. we need them. Lut we need Wo- mans Temperance Union until the sa- loon shall be wiped out of existence. Not failure but low aim is crime.
 If the people understood the work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union there would be many recruits to our ranks in this district. Every home is bettered by the mother be- coming intelligent along the lines taught by the Union Signal. Let us arouse to the work. and never be dis couraged."
 A discussion of the contest worK was followed by song, Some Glad Day"
 A noontide prayer led by Miss May Russell concluded the morning pro- gram.
 The program for the afternoon ses- sion which began at 1:3o o'clock was as follows:
 Praise service
 Address by pr. Edmonds Bennett on Municipal Reform"
 Recitauon by Miss Mildred West over (winner ob@the gold medal at Citfonelle Chautaudua).
 Address by Rev. J. B. K. Spain on Newspapers in the Saloon Business"
 Question box exercise, conducted by Miss Russell.
 At the evening session on oratorieal contest was participated in by the fol- lowing: Misses Mae Bancroft Mary Rush, Theodosia Cobbs. Julia Sandlin. Wintersmith and Master Finley Mc- Kay, all of Mobile, and Miss Bella scriven. of Fairhope- The musical part of the program is in charge of Mrs. Barney and Mrs. iDr. Spain. t-e .sr
 Among the delegates here for the convention are those from Citronelle and Fruitdale and Fairhope.
 The W. c. T. U. of Alabama has a compact organization divided into three distinct bodies. the northern, the cen tral and the southern. which takes in part of Florida and the section around Mobile.
 The officers of the State association are as follows:
 Mrs Mary Jeffries, of Birmingham, president; Mrs. Weisel. treasurer; Mrs. R. A. Hail, recording secretary. Mrs. Hail is also president of the south ern district which is in convention here.
 The next State convention will be .i,.ar rhav, fv. tha fon