Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-06-03
Wet. U. SPRING INSTITUTE

The Spring Institute of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
of this county held in the Baptist
/ Church of Newbold on Thursday Of
last week was one Of the most en-
| thusiastic and helpful in the history
OF the organization in this county.
Owing to the uncertainty of the
weather the attendance was not so
large as usual but delegates were
present from Woodbury., Wenonah,
Glassboro, Newfield, Paulsboro, Thoro-
fare, Mullica Hill and Clarksboro; !;
also visitors from Camden, Philadel-
! phia and Woodstown.
4 Mrs. Patterson, Of Westville, con-
Quoted the morning devotions. Mrs.
! w. H. Carter welcomed the Insti
tute on behalf of the local organiza
| tion. Rev. A. G. Struthers, pastor
of the M. P. Church and Rev. w. H.
Carter, pastor of the Baptist Church
gave greetings indicative of their ap-
| probation of the organizations work
and Willingness to manifest at all
times the courage requisite. Rev.
W. H. Carter declared that he was
not afraid of any man living and
only one woman, assuring US that
he would be glad to be known thro'
the day as Mrs. Carter's husband.
Mrs. Grace Swartz, of Wenonah, re-
sponded to greetings in her charm
| ing manner, saying that the motive
power of this work was love, and
asked the question What would the
world be tomorrow if our love did
not reach beyond our homes.
The County Treasurer, Mrs. Ger
| trude Cliff, of Woodbury., gave a
satisfactory report.
State Superintendent of Loyal
Temperance Legion Work, spoke well
on Training Our Successors The
children of the present will soon be
parents and centres of influence in
the homes of the. country.
In the name of the County Presi-
! dent. Mrs. Gilmour, remonstrance
representing five hundred and forty
four members of the organization,
was telegraphed to Judge Starr
against the granting Of a license for
Washington Park.
Master James Cooper gave my
First Speech
The afternoon exercises opened
with a memorial service for Mrs.
Henrietta l. Caminade, of Camden,
who served the State organization as
! treasurer for sixteen years. Miss
Anna Dempsey, of Westville, gave a
fine recitation and Marie Newbern
sang Il am Such Very Little Girl. :.
Mrs A. B. Parcels gave a stirring
\ address on "Our Opportunities, say
/ ing the whole world is village lane
you cannot divide the welfare of any
part, they who forget their own life
/ in service for others are nearest the
Divine; success is crowning our eff
forts because we recognize the fact
/ that it is just as essential to have
specialists in Christian work as spec
/ iaIists for the secular affairs of life.
Let each woman find her place in
some one of the thirty-nine depart
ments of work in the Woman's S Christ
ian Temperance Union and do it
we'll. The speaker knew the need
in this State for she had recently
visited our State Prison with 144G
men, our State Reform School with
ZIG girls, sReformatory at RAILWAY
where $40 boys are in charge of DR..
Moore, and a Rescue Home for Girls
/ in Newark conducted for many years
/ by the w. C n. U. on most limited
means, but recently the recipient of
$4,000 by will of a Mr.. Sayere.
The L. T. L. exercises were in
charge of Master Burton Atkinson, of
/ Newbold, and were a great credit to
both children and leaders. They
closed their part by singing New Jer-
sey is going dry" Mrs. Parcels de-
lighted the children by leading them
in all sorts of notifications, West
vile shall be dry "Glassboro has
gone dry" washington Park shall
go dry 1--WE who own the future
shall make it go dry" She then
adapted her remarks perfectly to the
children, emphasizing the Importance
of self-control and always following
the signboard that poi nted in the di-
rection you wanted to go, and that we
never got flowers and nice things
without work.
To the mothers she said: Cultivate
the child as you find him, do not dis
courage him by trying to make him
what he was not intended to be.
Give your children wholesome food
that will satisfy and not stimulate an
appetite for what they should not
! have.
Mrs. Sparks also gave a good talk
to the children.
Features of the evening session
were a male quartette, a solo by Mr..
Charles H. Wood, Hope Shall Lead
Me On and an address, "The Com
ing Victory" by Mrs. A. B. Parsels.
A delightful innovation was the re-
ception of delegates at the station by
little girls and the presentation of
white carnation to all as they en-
tered the church.
A un animous vote of thanks was
given the members of Westville I'm
ion and all who had assisted in maxi
ing the Institute SO enjoyable. x.