Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-11
MEETING At End;
DELEGATES CONE
annual Of State Temperance
Union One of Most Success
ful in It's History.
MRS. CARMEN WINS PLACE
Controversy Over Her Election as
Superintendent of Medal De-
partment Settled.

/ The Both annual convention of tho
! ". c. T. L. OF Illinois came to a close
Saturday afternoon and the delegates
have all departed for their homes In
different Parts Of the state. The con-
V6ntiOn was in many ways one of the
Gmcst successful and best attended
y that the organization has ever had and
lie members of the union were thor
oUghly pleased with their treatment
ana entertainment while here. There
were 24G voting delegates present re.I-
lesenting every county in the state,
and in addition to these there were
a number of ladies here who were mo-
entitled TO votes in the convention, bat
who were interested enough in the
temperance movement to want TO a.
ind and hear the plans.
The convention did not select the
next meeting place of the Organiza-
ton. as that is taken care OF at the
meeting OF the executive committee
which is held in Springfield during the
winter.
Nearly the last business before the
convention was the choosing of the
delegates to both the national con-
vention at Omaha and TO the world s
convention at Edinburgh. The state
is entitled to 26 delegates. Mrs
r ose Simonson Of Port Byron, the
president of the county organization.
y as selected as the Rock Island
county delegate, and Mrs. Rose Tit
lexington of this city, president OF
the local union, was accorded the
honor of delegate-at-large to the ma
tIonal convention.
The controversy over the selection
Of Mrs. Adelia Carmen to I'LL the po-
sition of superintendent of the media
contest department was amicably set
tied when it came up for disposition
Saturday The faction which had op.
posed here election on Thursday had
disappeared by Saturday and She was
selected without opposition.
E;ndoVv Bed at Hospital.
The report OF the executive COM
mittee on the matter of financial ap-
preparation was changed by the con-
Iention before it was approved. the
change consisting of appropriatiue
the sum of $3.50 for a bed at the
The report called for the sum Of
500 to be set aside for the use OF
:he hospital, but the majority of the
delegates decided that they could af
ford TO give enough TO endow a be6
instead of only $10G. This section OF
the report laid on the table from
Thursday until Saturday before il
was approved by the convention.
Saturday afternoon d resolution
supporting prohibition was preseDtCd
tC the convention in its efforts 10 rid
the country of liquor. to do all in it.
lower to secure legislation against
White slavery, and TO strive 10 form ;
complete organization of young peo
pie and children towards the end Oi
getting them into the Temperance
movement.
Ladies' Conduct Services.
Yesterday morning and evening a
number OF the pulpits in the churches
OF the city were filled by ladies who
are in the city attending the conyen-
tion and some excellent services were
held. Those who spoke at the differ
ent churches We're as follows:
First Notwithstanding. Rev
Mary e. KuhIS evening. Rev. Mary J..
MoIeland. ~
Broadway Presby terian-Morning
Rev. Mary j. Moreland; evening, Rev
Mary +. Kuhl.
Central Presbyterian - Morning.
Eta Root Edwards.
Christian MISUNDERSTANDING. Mrs.
Athena Mcdonald; evening, Miss
Lulu Miner.
First Baptist-Morning, Miss Louise
Hollister.
Spencer Notwithstanding, Re-.
Eva Kinney Miller.
United Presbyterian - Morning,
Miss Ingram Mace. Mrs. Lucy A. Cos
fellow
Edgewood Baptist-Eyening, Mrs.
Katherine Grinnell.
Grace English MISUNDERSTANDING.
Mrs. Hopper
A NJ E.-Morning. Mrs. sydney.
South Park Chapel-Mrs. A. ~
Field.