The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-04

ates. Speakers of international repu.
tation will be secured for one address
each day, in the great convention hall.
In addition to these meetings, the va
rious temperance organizations will
hold separate conventions, and it is
expected that three or more different
conventions will be in session at the
same time each day.
The following organizations have al
ready consented to be represented up
on the general program committee:
The National Prohibition party; the
Collegiate Prohibition associa.
ton; the National Young Peoples
Christian Temperance union; the In
ternational supreme lodge of Good
Templars; the national grand lodge
of Good Templars of America; the Ma.
tional Woman's Christian Temperance
union; the National Medical society;
New York State Historical society;
Presbyterian general assembly, Sons
of Temperance; National Young Mems
Christian association; New York State
Woman's Christian Temperance
union; National Educational society;
the Congregational church; Woman's
Prohibition Club of America; New
York State Young Women's Christian
Temperance union; Anti-Saloop
league; the Catholic church; National
Temperance society; Catholic Total
Abstinence society; Society of Friends;
National Sunday School association;
the Methodist church; German Society
for the Study of Alcohol and Saloon
Reform; Scottish Independent Order
of Good Templars Of Hungary; Young
Peoples Prohibition League of Ameri
ca; National Society of Christian En-
deavor.
Rev. ]. H. Durkee of Rochester, N.
Y, chairman of the committee of pro
motion, is devoting his entire time tc
the work of the Continental Congress,
travelling from city to city explaining
the scope of the work, in addition tc
general temperance addresses which
he delivers, and meeting leading tenn
perance workers. He is ready to re.
spond to call from any church OF
temperance society desiring his ser
vices.
AS able lieutenants and assistants
the temperance forces of the County
of Saratoga are taking hold of the
project with great earnestness. The
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
the Young Peoples Prohibition league,
the Sunday School association, the
Good Templars and the Prohibition
party are all working heartily and har.
moniously, each to give the organiza-
ton which they respectively represent
a cordial and enthusiastic greeting.
Representatives of the Inter-Nation.
al Supreme Lodge of Good Templars
and of the National Grand lodge will
be rendered reception in the great
convention hall on Monday evening,
June Is, 1908. Saturday, June 20, will
be observed as Sunday school day, and
the County Sunday School association
is arranging to take advantage of this
opportunity to secure a great demon
stration and parade of the Sunday
schools. The County w. G. T. u. will
welcome the state and national unions
on Monday and Tuesday, June 20
and %.
1t is intended to hold proper services
at the grave of DR.. Billy J. Clark,
founder of the first temperance society
in history, whose remains are buried
at Glens Falls. There will also be an
excursion, with proper exercises, to
the home of DR.. Clark, and to the
church where Rev. L. Armstrong, who
was associated with DR.. Clark,
preached for many years.
The committee is now at work gath
ering up the early history of the found
ing of this first temperance society,
and it will be published by Mr.. Dur
kee at the close of the centennial con-
gress, and 1t is expected that out of
the centennial celebration will grow a
great federation of temperance socie-
ties, which will hold meetings at
stated times for the discussion of the
great international questions that
grow out of the liquor traffic.
A Centennial Congress club of about
IT'S members has already been formed.
Life membership in this club is OBJ.
tanned by the payment of the nominal
fee of 81.