The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-25
EDUCATION OF GREAT VALUE
Teach Children Harmful
Effects Of Alcohol.
County w. c. 4. u. Has Remarkable
Growth Membership Increases
From fs5 TO 700--Convcntion at
Wesley Church Success--Annuai
EIecdon is Very Lively.

treasurer for the County W. G.. r. u.
last year, shows that the county or
ganizatiun had a phenomenal growth
during tie year, the membership in
creasing from 1856 to almost 100. Mrs.
Messenger gave this report at the
afternoon session of she annual
county convention, held at Wesley NJ.
Il. church. Thursday.
"The w. c. r. U. of Marion county
had a wonderful year in an respects
and we expect the coming year. to
show an good a record If not BETTER
lis Il statement made today by Mrs
a. o. Jennings Of Marion, who Is the
newly electt1 president.
The election of officers. whica took
place at the afternoon session, was
decidedly spirited aud interesting.
there being lively contests for nearly
all of the places. The election start
ed shortly after o'clock an1 con-
tinued until after o'clock. The new
officers are Mrs. a. O. jennings of
Marion, president; Mir l.. \. kauf-
man of Marion. vice prsident; Mrs.
Maud Makeever. of .ariun, cores
pondeing secretary; Mrs. Ida Book of
Marion. recording secretary; Mrs.
Ella Bland OF Waldo. treasurer; Mrs.
a. O. Jennings, delegate to the ma
uonal convention TO he held in Mil
waukee.
Mrs. Kaufman, the neNly elected
Ice president. reported that the Mar
ion County Agricultural society has
again offered the County w. G. Il. L..
! the use of a. section OF tle fairgrounds
for rest station az the county fair
The society win fellow its custom of
erecting tent as resting pllc1
Tor women and children during fair
week. Mrs. Kaufman suggested that
the agricultural soc;uty will give the
society permanent use of this ground
and building shou'd la erected. II
! Is probable that IN the near future
steps will be taken, toward that end.
During the progress of the election
OF officers, the various department SUI
Ierintendents gave their reports while
the votes were counted. All of these
reports We're interesting,
! Tie afternoon session opened with
Cavotional exercise in charge of
Mrs. Il. a. Urton OF marion. Follow
ing the election OF officers the COM
mit;ae on refolutions reported. The re-
solutions extended a vote of thanks
To the Wesley VI. f.. congregation for
the use of the churcn, to the y. NJ
{. a. for the use of sllverw1rc In
connection with dinner and supper
served to the delegates. and TO w, w
doughty for providing groceries.
After Mrs. Anna Balm ana Mrs, l.
A. Kaufman Of Marion had sung
"Glve the Ballot to the Mother" q
vote of thanks was extended the To-
firing president Mr<. Belle Robert.
of Prospect and the afternoon session
closed.
An excellent supper vas served II
the Sunday school rooms by the mem
bers of the Florence Richards union
Following that the new officers, whC
comprise the executive committee q
the organization, held n meeting t,
discuss plans for the coming year.
was arranged to hold another meet
ing next wcok for the purpose o.
selecting department superintendents
Evening Session.
Although unfayorable weather CON
ditions kept many away from tn,
closing session, the church was com
fortably filled with 10th men anC
women. Following devOticnal exer
cifes by Rev IL. V. McCleary o
Wesley church, the principal addres
pt the convention was delivered b,
Miss Frances Ensign of Madison
Estate w. C. r. L. PRECEDENT his
Ensign spoke for pi obahiyP forty-hv,
minutes and her ADDRESS was one o
the ablest and most interesting ol
the temperance question over given II
the city. Her theme throughout wai
the need of systematic teaching il
both the public schools and the homes
es the Lest means OF fighting tn
drink habit. Miss Enslgn's dscours
: thrOught showed her To be a careful
student of the temperance question a
we'll as alcohol, It's effect and IL
, use.
The speaker said that statistics an,
. careful Investigation furnish proof o
| the value in abolshing the use of al
cohol and its harmful effects. Sh
r said that IT is shown that the aver
age yearly wage of the man win
quits school in the eighth grade 4
$500, of the high school gradual
s6cO. and Of the college gradual
81 900. In other words. after reacninl
the age of 40 the eighth grade grad
uate will have earned $4,000; tn,
high school graduate $4,000 and IN
college graduate 10000.
Miss Ensign said that to the w. c
p. u. belongs the credit OF havinI
: secured the introduction~ of system
attic temperance teaching in tn
schools, this having been accomplish
ed 30 years ago,
No Medicinal Value.
Alcohol has absolutely no value a
a medicine, Miss Icnsign declared
This is a fact proven by sclentif
research asSd discovery. She \; i'd
that the use of it impairs the whit
corpuscles of tne blood and render
them practically uoeless. In this wa,
the hodys power Of resisting diseas
Is weakened.
Alcohol is much more harmful thai
opium ,morphino OF cocaiEe. tn
speaker said. It is both a narcot
and am irrltant poison while thes
drugs are merely narcotics and no
irritants.