The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-18
ADDRESSES AND REPORTS OF
 COMMITTEES WERE HEARD
President Reviewed Work in Ala
 hama During Past Year.
n short Address Rev. Brooks Lawrence Credited W. c. T. U. With start- iag Present Prohibitien
 wave over state-Gcv-
 iernor spoke at Nisht.

Z Yesterdays session of the convention union G ns was W0ni iargeiy r aassnded and the program was not lacking in interest Addresses by woman prominent in the sona op fl topiss greater portion of the time.
 The especial features of the evening session were addresses by Brooks Law renee and Governor B. B. Conner.
 VI Morning Session.
 The morning sessfon was called to order yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock by the President, Mrs. Mary T Jeff fries. of Birmingham After hymn responsive reading and a prayer. the roll was called by the acting Record ng Secretary, to which fifty-e.ght defe< gates responded. To this number were added thirty more who arrived in the city yesterday evening in time for the patriotic services of the night ses- sion.
 The next business before the conven- tion was the appointment of the vart- ous committees. The President an- nounced the following appointments.
 On Credentials--Mrs. J. D. Chat field, Chairman. and Mrs. H. c. Davis of Anniston.
 On Resolutions--Mrs. M. l.. spencer of Birmingham, Chairman: Mrs. Lizxfe Roberts of Collinsvilie. Mrs. R. L.. Robinson of Camden, and Mrs. Orr of New Decatur.
 The President announced that more names would be added to the Resoiu- tions Committee when all of the dele- gations arrived.
 On Courtesies--Mrs. J. B. Nell, Chairman, and Mrs. Adams. both of Montgomery. 2
 Time e-Keeper-Mrs. Mary Marsh of CoflinsvilIe.
 \ On Telegrams-Mrs. J, B. Chatfield.
 The pages of the convention are Misses Mary Rush of Mobile ana Lot tie Hanchey of Troy.
 After the President had announced the appointments for the various conn mittees the next business before the convention was the hearing of the re- port of the Corresponding Secretary.
 The strength of the union Is shown in the securing of signatures to peti- tions addressed to the legislative bod les, both national and State govern ments,
 After reviewing the work in the various counties of the State the re- port of the secretary concludes that Now we stand with the chorus of vic- tory almost sounding about ns-victory for the Alabama w. c. T., U. strug- gling these twenty-three years to bring their loved State forth from the shack les of the liquor trafifc.p
 The report of the State Treasurer then followed.
 There are fifty Iocal organizations of the W. c. T. U. in the State, these having acquired s46 new members dur ing the past year. This puts Alabama in the rank of the banner States and entities the delegates to the national convention Q seae on the platform and i've minutes of the convention time.
 Mrs. Curtis reported to the conven- tion that new chapter mad been formed at Opelika with sixty-two mem bers.
 Montgomery is first on the list in the number of members, having 121 mem bers and is a banner union. Birming- ham is second In membership with seventy-five members.
 The treasurer reports seventeen new unions which have been formed in the State during the past year.
 The balance in the treasury was re- ported as over sl00 against s1o Qf last year.
 The Presidents address. by consent of the convention. was transferred to the afternoon session as the first topic to occupy the convention's attention. In place of the Presidents address Time ly Talks" were transferred from the afternoon session. In this department of the W. c. T. U., work much good was reported as having been done in the papers read on 'Titerature." Evan gelistic," and "FTower Mission"
 Mrs. Mamie Curtis was introduced to the convention and given the privi- lege of the floor. She was also, by motion of the President, made mem- Der of the Alabama State Convention. Mrs Curtis d.d not avail herself of the privilege, of the floor granted her un- til after the reports of the District Presidents had been read to the con vention.
 Mrs. Curtis then arose and submit ted a plan to the delegates for moth CTS department in the local organiza- tions of the W. C. T. U. throughout the State. This plan, she announced, she had presented to other unions and which had met with great success.
 Mrs. Curtis said the mothers de- partment was the most important of any work Prenatal influences were touched upon to some extent, but the main part of the talk and plan was for the early training of the child. The speaker touched upon the divorce question, and said that the only solu- ton of the important question is to be found in the firesde influences of the home. A person she said Is educated for a professional life. why not for a happy married life Young girls would not be allowed to drift into married life by their mothers without realiza- ion of the sacred duties involved.