Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-26
For Temperance Will Open A
Five Days Session Friday
Night.
MORE HOMES ARE NEEDED.
Committee Appeals For Aid
Undertaking The Hun
dreds Of Visitors.

widespread interest Is DeinR ar0ue-
ed in the various meetings to be
held this week in connection with
the State Convention Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. The
Committees and the members of the
local Union are busily engaged in
making preparations necessary for
the entertainment of so large body.
About one hundred or more dele
gates are expected from all over the
State. besides the visitors to the
Convention from other states.
The Convention will open on Fri
day night, Sept. 10Th. and will close
on Tuesday night, Oct. 3rd. The
delegates will be entertained in the
homes of the members of the local
Union and of the friends who are
Interested On each day Of the Con-
vention. except Sunday. luncheon
will be served the visitors by the
Hopkinsville Union at the Odd Eel
lows Hall. The Christian Endeavor
Society of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church has been engaged to
furnish these lunches; this will he a
convenience to the delegates as well
as to those who entertain them,
enabling the hostesses to attend the
sessions during the day. If any one
whom the Committee has not yet
seen is willing to entertain one or
more delegates to the Convention,
please communicate at once with
Mrs. Walter Kelly, chairman; the
local Union will greatly appreciate
any assistance in this line.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend the daily business sessions
and also the exercises at night. On
Friday night viii be given the ad-
dresses OF welcome and response and
the Presidents annual address. in
terspersed with music. Intense in
teIest Is conferred in the Silver Medal
Contest to be held on Saturday night.
the contestants being our own boys
and girls. Their speeches are all
fine and will interest the public. A
pleasing feature of the program will
be little sketch entitled. "Alcohol'll
get you if you don't watch OUT"
presented by Roy Leonard Rice, a |
little boy from Louisville, assisted
by twenty Of our own little boys and
girls. There will also be a very
beautiful musical selection given by
five of our leading vocalists. Other
musical numbers will be rendered
by local talent. No one should fail
to attend this contest. On Sunday
afternoon and night Hon Richmond
Pearson Hobson will deliver two ad-
dresses which every one should hear.
He is one of the most entertaining
speakers on the lecture platform; he
is man with a message which he
presents in most forceful and con-
vincing manner.
On Monday night Mrs. Almena
Parker Mcdonald. of Chicago, a
very forcible speaker, will make an
address. There will be no charge
for any of these entertainments ex-
cept the Medal Contest on Saturday
night; the admission to that will be
rs cents for adults and Is cents for
children.
The local committees are all busy
in preparing for the meeting, fol-
lowing being the various chairmen:
Entertainment, Mrs. Walter Kelly.
Music. Mrs. L. E Foster.
Luncheon, Mrs. r. B. Rogers.
Reception. Mrs. w. X. Brumheld.
Decorations, Miss Katherine Long.
Printing. Mrs. C. d. Richards.
The following is the program for
the addresses of welcome Friday
night:
| ADDRESSES OF WELCOME.
On behalf of the City. Mayor
Meacham.
On behalf of the Churches. Rev.
| II. ID. Smith.
On behalf of the Bar. Judge j.
I. Hanbery.
On behalf Of the Schools. Prof,
H. G. Brownell.
On behalf Of the Local. W. c. T,
III. Mis- Katie McDaniel