The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-28

w. c. T. q. Convention.
: The Epworth NJ E. Church. of Pa
o myra, was filed to the doors Wednesds
night and throughout the day with ardel
:, temperance workers In honor OF tt
twenty fourth annual convention of Il
! Women's Christian Temperance Union {
a the county. This institute was one Of ii
most important Of the year, being tt
r annual election of county officers. Tt
I officers who have served so faithfully an
efficiently in past years were reelected &
follows President, Mrs. Ella M. Thache
: corresponding secretary, Mrs. Sarah F
Sullivan; recording secretary. Mrs. Emil
V. Street; treasurer, Miss Kate A. Peters
Mrs Thacher presided at all the meet
ings throughout the day There wer
present one hundred and twenty votin
delegates and thirtY-two Unions o
the county represented.
The singing under the direction of Mis-
A. Antrim, of Pemberton, was exception
ally good, New Jerseys Going Dry,
"Vote for Prohibition" and snake All tn
Map White" being the favorite selection
of the different services and being SUM
with vigor.
There were present prominent people
from different places, and the minister
of various churches of the surrounding
towns were also there. Rev j. J. D. Hall
of Alabama; Rev. Samuel EYaul, of Ran
cocas; Rev. W. T. Snead, Of Beverly
and Rev. Samuel Steinmetz, Rev. F. l.
Jewett, Rev. Mr.. Wright from Palmyra
all had part In the days exercises.
Rev. DR.. Mead, of New York, made the
address of the evening and also made a
short talk in the afternoon.
Luncheon and supper were served in
the basement dining-room of the church
and good things to eat of all kinds and
descriptions were provided by the Palmyra
Union.
The morning session opened with a
devotional service led by Mrs. Charity
Booker, of Palmyra, after which the con-
vention was called to order by Mrs.
Thacher and the various committees were
appointed. Mrs. Eliza B. Mason, presi-
dent of the Palmyra w. G. T. o., made
an address of welcome, and Mrs. D. Ireton,
of Florence, responded in a pleasing
manner.
The report of the corresponding secre-
tary was read and was followed by an in
teresting report of the treasurer, Miss
Kate A. Peters, in which it was shown
that during the year 81, 1872. 16 had been
contributed throughout the county and
out of this 1895 81 had been paid,
leaving balance of 1864 and out of
this balance $132.4S was for the Armor
fund, thereby leaving a true balance of
$54. OF in the treasury, and Of the member
ship there are 1925 psid-up members.
This report as usual was listened to with
the greatest of interest.
Mrs Ella NJ. Thacher, of Florence. made
her annual address to the convention after
the reading of the Treasurer's report and
at the close Of her address, Miss A. Antrim,
of Pemberton, sang In her usually pleas
ing way.
At this time the heads of the different
of work were allowed FIVE
minutes each for a short outline of their
own particular work. Miss Blanche Dilks,
of Delanco, reported for the Young
Women's Branch; Miss Stella B. Knight,
of Bridgeboro, for the Loyal Temperance
Legion; Miss r. D. Douglass, of Burling
ton, for work among colored people, and
Mrs. Hortense Peterson, of Palmyra,
spoke briefly on the work among the
foreign speaking people, all of these brief
reports being very interesting.
During the election of officers at the
close of the morning session, Mrs VIM G.
Parry, of Hainesport, was appointed
delegate to the national convention which
is to be held in Omaha, Nebraska.
The morning session closed with noon
tide prayer.
One of the most interesting reports
made during the afternoon was the Flower
Mission report read by Miss Georgianna
Hazard, of Beverly. This paper showed
a large distribution of flowers and excel
lent results obtained from this sweet way
of remembering the sick, In hospitals and
In tenement houses and various other
places where flowers rarely bloom.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the reading and discussion of papers and
questions regarding Educational, Evan
gelistic and Social work, and also Chris
tian citizenship.
cipal feature of the evening meeting.
Spicy, interesting and right to the point
were DIR. Mead's remarks. In his address
he spoke strongly of the condition exist
ing in Atlantic City and said that New
Jerseys "queen-city- by-the-sea" had no
more right to break the law than any
other city In the State and that what was
needed was a Governor In the State chair
with self-assurance and back bone enough
to insist upon the enforcing of the laws
made by the State and that the present
condition of things in Atlantic was dis
grace to New Jersey.
He spoke at length on the temperance
conditions in the South and expressed the
belief that within short time there would
be no saloons at all inathe South land.
Interspersing his remarks with bright
and clever stories, mingling the serious
and humorous, DR.. Mead held his audi
ence interested and delighted for nearly
an hour, impressing on them the need of
more temperance, more work, more faith
and more prayer.
The convention adopted the following.
ResolUed. Though our members are few,
we are determined to do our best to help
redeem our State from the liquor curse
which is causing 80 much suffering and
destruction.
ResoEued That we continue to with
hold our patronage from Gimbels' and
other stores whers intoxicating liquors
are sold.
The Tax Rates.