The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-02-17

years. Inc ueCeaB6u was Ill HDOuJ "
week with pneumonia. The funeral
services we're conducted by Rev.
Thos. Hambly at the residence on
Sunday at 2 o'clock, interment at For.
est cemetery. She leaves two broth
ers, Mr. L. w. Merrin at Polo, ILL.,,
and Mr.. Theodore Merrin of this
place.
The remains of Mr.. J. l.. Steele, q
former resident of this place, who
died at Omaha, Nebraska, from tu-
berculosis on Friday, Feb. 10, were
brought to Fredericktown on Monday
last. The deceased's brother Mr.. L.
II. Steele, arrived with the body,
which was placed in the mausoleum
at Forest cemetery. Funeral services
will be held later. The wife of the
deceased, on account of Illness, was
unable to come along.
Mrs. Susan Grant is reported i'll at
her home in the country.
Mrs. A. G. Huddle visited her par
ents at Bremen, o., the past week,
where she was joined by Mr.. Huddle
on Sunday, returning home on Mon
day evening.
The Fredericktown Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union met Thursday
afternoon Feb. 9, at the home of Mrs.
Hoy Swetland, West College street,
with large attendance.
In the absence of the president the
meeting was called to order by the
corresponding secretary who took
charge of the devotional exercises.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The report Of calendar committee
showed a number of calendars yet on
hand. BY vote of union 1t was decid-
ed to place calendar in number of
the business houses, depot, school
building and churches.
The county mid-year was announced
to be held at Mt. Liberty, Feb. % or
"a.
Committee for Frances Willard
memorial reported that a meeting
would be held as soon as 1t would not
interfere with the protracted meet
ings at any of the churches.
Resolution No. Q which was adopted
by the local option convention at Co
lumbus was read. 1t Is as follows:
We cordially recommend the en-
dorsement of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union with It's splendid
program for civic betterment and
righteousness and re-affirm the histor-
ic attitude of the Anti-Saloon league
as to women having the right to vote
upon the question of the saloon,
which Is so vitally related to the well
fare of the American home.
Let the slogan for 1911 be "Every
temperance woman member of the
Woman's Christian Temperance I'M
ion, and every patriotic temperance
man an ally of the Anti-Saloon
league"
The program was in the hands of
the Christian Citizenship superintend-
ent, Mrs. j. II. Norrick, as follows:
Song-America.
Responsive reading.
Paper-Mrs. Zent.
Poem-Marie Faucet.
Paper-Mrs. Crowell.
Paper by Miss Jennie Fawcett:
What Great Men Have Thought of
Woman Suffrage" from which we
quote the following:
William IL. Taft-"When | was a
school boy my first paper was on wo-
man suffrage. | was strong advo-
cate for it at that time and have not
changed my mind"
Theodore Rooseyelt-"I believe In
the rights of the woman just as much
AZ | do In those of the man, and In
fact, n little more. No family can be-
come all 1t should be If the mother
does not keep in touch sufficiently
with the outside interests and what
is going on in the world to become an
intelligent stimulus TO her children"
Abraham Lincoln--'I go for all
sharing the privileges of government
who assist in bearing It's burdens. by
no means excepting the women"
Mr.. Ray d. Mohr. the singing evan
gellst, who has been here assisting
Rev, Thos. Hambly with the revival
meetings at the M. E. church the past
two weeks, has aroused n great deal
of interest and enthusiasm by his
work, The attendance at these meet.
ings Is very satisfactory and announc-
ment Is made that Mr. Mohr will re.
main here until Sunday when the
meetings viii probably be closed.
A silver medal contest will be held
at Amity on March 1lth, under the
auspices of the w. G. n. U. A good
class of speakers Will be prepared tn