Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-09-28
W. c. I. U. CONVENTION.

ed most delightfully."- the recent
County Convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. The
towns and villages represented were
Swedesboro, Bridgeport, Thorofare,
National Park, Westville. Woodbury.,
Almonesson, Mickleton, Wenonah,
Newfeld, Mullica Hill, Jefferson and
Barnsboro.
places.
The commodious st. Paul's NJ. E.
Church was prettily decorated for the
reception of visitors. The morning
devotional exercises were conducted
by the president of National Park I'm
ion, Mrs. Sara Scull.
The opening hymn, My Faith
Looks Up to Thee" was followed by
the reading of the ninety-first Psalm;
Mrs. Ella Wingate, president of the
Paulsboro Union, gave hearty words of
greeting. as did also Rev. A. Corson.
pastor of the church, giving as his
view, 'sThe only solution of the liquor
problem is no saloons" Appropriate
responses to this reception were given
by Mrs. Julia Gibbs, of Thorofare,
and the county president, Mrs. l.. p
Gilmour, who then gave her annual
address, characteristic of the woman
and her life of service. She gave as
one of the missions of the organization
'sTo lead others to such a standpoint
as will make life worth living. The
organization offers a field of service
for every gift.
She emphasized the danger of the
street training many children are get
ting for want of an opportunity to get
a home training.
Emily b. Stokes, of Woodbury., cor
responding secretary, announced that
this was the twenty-fifth annual con-
vention of the county organization.
There are nineteen local organizations
with membership of 715 in the W's,
and SO in the Young Peoples Branch.
with 128 honorary members (men).
There are nine Loyal Temperance Lee
gions of children in the county with
total membership of 652; of this
number Glassboro has 165; Pitman,
10, Clayton &c.
The corresponding secretary's re-
port closed with this declaration
"The State motto New Jersey shall
woman does her full duty and meets
her full sponsibility."
Mrs. Gertrude J. Cliff, of Wood
bury, county treasurer, gave a salts
factory report on finances. Mrs. Ruth
tsreez, Of ANenonah; recently returned
from Maine, spoke optimistically con-
cerning the final decision in that
state though millions of dollars were
sent into the state by the liquor pow
er to defeat the Prohibition law
The literature report prepared by
Mrs. Anna G. Hurff, of National Park,
county superintendent, showed an i'm
mense amount of educational work ac-
complished. Nationa Park led West
vile ranked second.
Mrs. Albert Repp, county superin-
tendent of Scientific Temperance In
struction gave the best report on. this
department in the history of the or
ganization; had sent literature to all
the Unions and received reports from
eleven.
Glassboro Union led in the depart
ment devoted to Social Meetings and
Red Letter Days. The officers were
all reelected for the coming year and
the following superintendents appoint
ed: Anti-Narcotics. Mrs. NJ. B. Ty-
Ter, Sewell; Evangenstic and Aims
house, Mrs. Ida Paul, Paulsboro;
Flower Mission, Mrs. Mary e. Chew,
Glassboro; Franchise, Mrs. Anna M.
Johnston, Wenonah; Literature, Miss
Emma Rulon, Pitman; Medal Contests.
Miss Laura e. Holmes, Clarksboro;
Medical Temperance, Mrs Carlton
Shute, Glassboro; Mothers Meetings,
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, Wenonah; OBJ
servance of the Sabbath, Mrs. S. N.
Johnson, Wenonah; Peace and Arbi-
tration. Mrs. We. Underwood, Wood
bury; Social Meetings and Red Letter
Days, Mrs. Charles Repp. Glassboro;
Scientific Temperance Instruction.
Mrs. Albert Repp, Glassboro; Soldiers
and Sailors, Mrs. e. B. Wingate,
Pausboro; Sunday Schools, Mrs.
Kate Savage, Wenonah; The Press,
Mrs. L, r. MorreH, Newfeld; Work
Among Foreigners. Miss Margaret
Moody, Newfeld.
During the afternoon session. Miss
Anna Dempsey, Of WestvilIe, gave
delightful solo, The White Ribbon.
and Miss Elma Heritage, of Glassboro,
sang very sMeetly "Out from the
Hearthstone, and Rev. D. J.. Jones,
of Westville, gave a stirring address
of which only bare outline can be
given: In this go ahead age the Wis
ion of what we ought to do is some
times obscured. We need to recog-
nize the individual worth of the other
fellow This is the age Of conserva-
tion; our greatest national and world
asset is the boy and the girl; our
country's greatest need is the con-
servation of the boy and the girl. We
can not delegate our responsibility to
some one elst Prohibition prohibits
better than license regulates.
Our interstate commerce laws are
largely responsible for violations of
law. Our national government should
recognize the liquor traffic If voters
would live up to their convictions our
country would be dry. We need more
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