Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Mrs. La Nance at IPonton.

Mrs. Lora S. La Nance, State
organizer of the w. G. T. u, ad-
dressed small audiences on
Wednesday afternoon and evening
and Thursday afternoon and even
ing of last week at the Presbyter-
ian Church. AS a State officer she
serves the cause we'll in a peris-
tent fight against any obstacle
which exists to hinder the form
alton of an organization at least
in every county seat. To her has
been allotted the hard places-the
wet spots of the State-and she
goes after them with a determine
ton which knows no defeat. At
this point one thing necessary to
the formation of a perfect Union
was lacking. No one seemed
willing to be made President.
But on Thursday evening a capa-
BILE parsonage yielded and the w.
G. T. U. organization of Arcadia
Valley will soon take its position
in the fighting ranks of the State.
For this we are grateful. Every
efficient means must be employed
to educate and mold public senti-
ment. Before it is crystalized at
the ballot box for, or against,
State Prohibition. Our first step
the defeat of Iron County for local
option-has been taken. The sec
ond step to Statewide Prohibition
is being agitated and ours is a
grave responsibility made grave1
because of the first defeat. Mrs,
La Nance very ably reviewed the
work of the w. G. T. U. She ac-
knowledged that the women work.
ed tremendously with the Anti
Saloon League of the State in
blazing the way for reform and
that at the elimination of events,
when mems ballots nailed the de-
cision the women fell back and
gave them the glory. But she
said it was all we'll and good pro.
vided mems ballots were cast fol
the right. Both addresses were
interesting and when on Thurs
day evening she said, "The Sa-
loon is doomed-frst, because o
its own retribution; second, be-
cause moreover of the mother
curse; third because of Cod
condemnation" we knew it to b.
a fact, If this earth is to be filleC
with the knowledge of the glory o
the Lord as the waters cover thu
sea, then there will be no room
for the Ubiquitous saloon business
The speaker ably presented eacl
division OF her topic and held tn,
ear of her listeners in rapt atten
ton. tits to be regretted that tn,
number benefited was few. w,
must not decline into a state O
l~istlessness and Indifference simp
ly because our county continue
black. No not all. The whit
setting all about us accentuate.
the shadow on the map, but W,
may pass from our eclipse whel
the States white rays penetrat,
dark Iron County. Let us worl
for it and tone up our enthusiasm
until it reaches the tension whel
we can sing as our lamented Stat
President requested:
"Missouri's going dry,
Missouri's going dry
Glory HalleIuiah,
Missouri's going dry"
At the Institute, as conducted b,
Mrs. La Nance, on Thursday after
noon, the most interesting an
instructive number was the "Par
liamentary drill on motions" Sh
lamented the general ignoranc
among women of parliamentary,
usages. OF course this has origi
mated in the fact that the great ma
jority of women have, in the pas
had no demands made upon ther
calling for information along thes
lines. Now, however, woman
horizon is widening until her men
tai vision is augmented by count
, less avenues hitherto unnoticec
The reflection upon her mental re
} tina impels her to delve not onl
into the complexity of parliament
airy laws, but into anyand all liy
questions of the day. This TEN
perance problem, as relating t
alcohol, is primarily woman't
and who can better defend til
home-woman's domain if yo
please-against invasion and d.
i molition than the queen Of IL
home-the mother. We will d.
: fend it and not until King Alcoh
h is banished from our shores wi
our women Of America relax OF
endeavor or swerve one hair
s breadth from our duty as we s
It it. We have persevered when not
ing favored and now when victo,
pcrches upon our banners and t
realization Of our hopes is, to sol