Evening journal., 1911-05-18
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and FIVE honorary members and held
one public meeting.
Red Lion reported seven active
and honorary members.
Marshallton reported thirty-two ac-
tive members, made $50 by bakes,
contributed S25 10 campaign fund,
held one public meeting and was
especially active in Sunday school
work
Mary 3. Donnell Union reported
twelve active and two honorary mem-
bers. held one public meeting, lost an
honorary member by death, Mr. Mott.
Westerfeld Union reported twenty
six active and two honorary members,
held two public meetings and secured
one union signal subscription.
Delaware City Union held two pub
lie meetings and has been active In
work among the soldiers.
Townsend Union reported twenty
four active and six honorary men,
bers and was active in preventing
liquor sales
active and one honorary member, held
bakes and observed red letter days.
Applause for Treasurer's Report.
Mrs. Jessie c. Mearns gave a treas
urer's report which called forth ap.
plause from the audience. The
county gave s4694l to the local op-
ton fund last year. For dues. st.Sbi
was received from WIS and VS., and
500 given for memorials. Applause
greeted the statement that Mrs Mary
r. Donnell had collected S14S for the
Soldiers Rest Room az Delaware
city. Total expenditures for the veal
we're S1,39735: total receipts for the
county treasury S1.s5371; balance OF
hand for use Is s140.56.
New Castle county co-operated witt
the Anti-Saloon League In Temper
ance Day at Brandywine Sunni
Camp: held two Institutes; with tn
other counties presented comfort bag
10 the Delaware sailors. The count
rummage sale netted SS5. The room
a. the Girls Industrial School was re
furnished, four tons OF coal were sen
to the Delaware City Reading Room
two treats Of ice-cream given tn
soldiers. Electric lights we're place.
IN the lower floor Of the ReadinI
Room; in all about $50 were spen
there.
The county has placed the Crusade
Monthly I'm twenty-four colOre,
schools, and physiology journals II
eiEhty-two schools.
Mony Young People i'm Work.
The Young Peoples Societies repor
was as follows:
Wilmington Y. fifty active, twelve
honorary members; Seaberry Y, eigh
active and ten honorary members' st
Georges. eleven active and thirty
honorary members; Port Penn, si'
active members; Anna M. Brown Y
six active members. Madeley. TWEEN
ty-two active. ten honorary members
Stanton, 15 active. IA honorary mem
bers; Red Clay Creek, twenty-one ac
tive, eleven honorary members; Mar
shallton, two active, 4 honorary mem
bers: Asbury, fifteen active, hv
honorary members; Delaware Avenu
} Y, twenty-four active, seven honorar
/. members.
, Miss Williams received bouquet {
J beautiful white, and Mrs Mearns pin
roses as an appreciation Of thei
work Ten minutes OF physical cul
ture, taken part in by all present. wa
a novelty
National Workers Present.
The national speakers, Mrs. Ell
Thacher. Worlds Superintendent o
Work Among Soldiers and Sailors
and Mrs Mary Harris Armor o
Georgia, arrived and we're greeted with
waving flags and a special song o
welcome for each
Lands President Diaz.
Mrs. Thatcher, who spoke thi
morning was particularly interestin
because she told of recent experience
in Mexico. She had met President Dia
and spoke In the strongest terms G
admiration OF his courtesy. his char
acter, and that he was doing the bes
possible for his country She said pee
pie d.atnot realize the great size
MeyDW that Diaz could not possibl
kis1~ all that was going on in distar
huge plantations.
She said that the dreadful stori,
told Of slaves in the magazines we're
Misrepresentation They sprang fro
the custom Of the poems In runnir
away with their wives and gettiI
! their masters 20 pay the marriage 4
Of $3.50. and pay other expenses Z
! clothes, etc. for the new bride. ev,
= to champagne Such large sums a