The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-14

" ". ~ tAIS N>AiN. t'Ae<SS~ "a
which to raise their children.
Mrs. Thicker OF Georgetown
and Mrs. Traxler Of Creenville
Is well rs Miss Curtis were at
the convention as delegates from
;i!;S State In he: annual adj
dress the morning the conven-
,ion opened President Stevens
>;,id: For the third time our
Rational convention meets in
the beautiful CITY OF Baltimore.
and looking over this inspiring
aSSemblase wonder how many
are present this morning who
attended The Baltimore conven-
ton in !>1> Twenty states were
then represented by presidents
not elected by their respective
states. but appointed by the
previous national convention.
To READ tie report Of the Balti
more convention of ISIS is a
powerful and encouraging proof
o! the great advancement made
bv the national ". c. T. I.
Sincc that convention-a conven
ton Strikingiy notable in it's day
and in its way. Seventeen years
later the national convention
came again to Baltimore with all
the states regularly organized
under the :natchleSS leadership
Of that peerless organizer. Fran
ciS +. Willard Now, after IF
teen Years more Of labor anu
achievement, We assemble here
this morning in the monumental
city by the Chesapeake city
noted for its charm and its hos
pital!ty We shall learn more
than some Of US have ever before
known Of its advantages and its
S!orieS. and we should recall at
this opening hour that it was in
Baltimore. three score and ten
years ago Gn ChaSe'S Tavern,
Liberty street, that the Wash
inctonian Movement was born.
As is wei! known. the SIX men
who led that organization held
meetings and told the stories Of
their lives. They had suffered,
and their appeals touched the
hearts Of others who We're suf-
ferins. and the reform spread to
other cities rnd states and many
thousands Were :eclaimeG.
The temperance reform has
ocen greatly extended since the
WaSh:ngtonian days, and in this
mighty expansion: the Womau'S
Christian Temperance Union has
acted noblv It's part When we
We're here in ISIS our rerresen-
.ation was comparatively small:
our entire receipts for that year,
from membership fees. were
$62e 81. Our receipts from
membership this year are S25-
$40. q. When we were here in
1873 only aoou: seven million
people IN our country lived in
territory which had outlawed
the sale OF strong drink. In
1895, at the time of the next con-
ven.icG. the num- Der had advanc
ed to fifteen million, and now, in
1910, It has reached upwards Of
forty millions. more than L third
OF whom live in territory which
has not only outlawed the sale,
but also the manufacture Of
strong drink
The total receipts Of the nat
ioOal treasury for the year Just
ended were SIS, 709.7N7 and there
were sos delegates seated in the
convention, each representing 4
constituency Of 500 paid up mem
bers. Yetit must oe remembered
that because Of the great dis
tanceS. many states could not
send their full quoto Of dele
gates. | asked Miss Curtis wha:
impressed her most at this. her
hrst national, and she said ''itS
bignesS.." | wish could impress
every one who reads these words
with the ''oigress" of this organ
ization and the magnitude OF tie
work it has done and is doing
still when we think of what is
yet to be accomplished. we real
ize that the work IS only begun.
for It is worldwide IN its scope.
The world wide feature Of the
". c. T. L. work was more
prominent at this convention
than at any other | have attend
ed. owing largely to the fac:
that the worlds convention,
which is held every three years.
convened IN Glasgow; Scotland
in June OF this year. and many
OF the delegates in Baltimore had
also been TO glasgow. Then. too
Mrs. Katharine Lent Stevenson.
who mas just completed two
years trip around the world Wis
iting the Unions in many lands,
was present, also Miss Strout.
who has spent three years IN
Japan as whiteribbon mission
airy. Miss Buchanan, president
OF tie TranSvaal. South Africa
w. c. 7. l. was the guest OF the
convention. he- parents are
English. but she was born and
raised in the Transvaal, and edu
Gated at Cornell University, New
York. Miss Ellen Stone Of Bul.
saria- Brigand fame and Madam