Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-24
WHITE PRISONERS IN SESSION.
First Baptist Church - Interesting
Speaking by Prominent Women.

Speaking by Prominent Women.
The both annual convention of Wind
ham County w. c. T. U. was held in
the Baptist church Thursday, and Fri
day, May 16 and IL. and a special meet
ing was held Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Luncheon was served to the
delegates at noon Thursday and Friday
and dinner was served in the rest room
by the members of the local branch both
evenings. Following a prayer and song
service Thursday afternoon greetings
from the local union were given by Mrs.
A. j. Currier and from the churches by
Rev. DR.. j. r. Cow. The state presi-
dent, Mrs. Mary s. Morgan, gave a short
talk and department reports were read,
followed by music and q paper by Mrs.
Belle Butterfield.
The evening devotional service was
followed by a very interesting address
by Miss Elizabeth p. Gordon of Boston,
national organizer and two years presi
dent of the Massachusetts organization.
She told of some of the wonderful
strides the w. c, T. u. has made
toward the suppression of the liquor
evil and of the decrease in the use of
alcoholic liquors as medicine. She said
that all anti-alcholic conventions had
declared that alcohol is a poison and
not food. At the present time, Mrs
Gordon said, one-half of this country
is salooness and the movement toward
national prohibition is growing rapid
ly. The aim of the w. C. I. U. Is a
national prohibitory law by 1920. She
| said that so much interest has been
aroused by bill introduced by Con-
gresham Hobson of Alabama in favor of
national prohibition laws that the supply
| of copies has been exhausted and sec
| ond printing of the bill mas been order
| ed. Albert Ovitt and Roy Switzer sang
| during the evening, accompanied by Mrs.
| B. NJ. Switzer on the harp.
An executive meeting was held Friday
morning followed by a devotional meet
ing Department reports were read as
| follows: Pres, Mrs. E. Carson Mason
| literature, Mrs. Ida M Parsons; prison
| and Jail, Mrs. j. D. Pierce; purity in
art, Mrs Alice Mesick; social, Mrs
Emma NJ. Foster; antinarcotcs, Mrs
Lucy r. Kellogg; S. T. l., Miss S. Belle
soldiers and sailors, Mrs. Annie Bush
l.. T. L., Mrs. H. P. Sweet The re-
ports of the county officers were heard
| and officers were elected as follows
/ Pres, Mrs. Mary S. Morgan; vice pres.
Mrs. Emma L. Putnam and Mrs. Lucy
r. Kellogg; Sec, Mrs. Ida w. Parsons
treas, Mrs. Edith S. Grout and Mrs
Viva Corbett.
In the afternoon a conservation ser.
vice was followed by memorial hour
Two members of the county conference
died during the past year. A superin
tendentS round table in which the pro
motion of prohibition was discussed last
ed until 430, when a children's hour wal
held, Mrs. L. W. Hawley being IL
charge. She opened it with prayer ant
Albert Ovitt, Roy Switzer and Haze
Switzer, accompanied by Mrs. B. NJ
Switzer on the harp, sang "A little kno
of white" Miss Mildred Greenwood
read and the trio sang Somehow moth
er's different from the rest" After {
recitation by Alfred Greenwood, Mrs
A. Z. Martin Of Wilmington gave a tall
to the boys and girls on tenn
perance The last numbers were a song
Tying the leaves so they won't conn
down." by the trio and the singing o
America by the children.
Mrs. Gratia Davidson conducted thu
opening service in the evening and musi
was rendered by the trio Of children
and A. l.. Maynard, Mrs. E. ]. Guthrie
and Mrs. A. p. Carpenter, accompanied
by Miss Emily Clapp. The address o
the evening was by Mrs. f. j. Parme
lee of Burlington, who spoke for 8
minutes on equal suffrage. Mrs. Parme
lee is an exceptionally bright speake
and an ardent advocate of womans suf
frage. She expressed no radical views
but gave serious reasons why woma
should no longer be deprived of tn
privilege denied them in a majority o
the states.
A special service was held Sunday af
ternoon at o'clock and Miss Eliza
beth P. Gordon gave a short talk o
character building. She said that a mig
character could not be attained by in
temperate habits, and followed the line
Of her previous talk in advocating tn
doctrines of the w. c. T. U.