Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-20
W.C.T.U.H0LD COUNTY
CONVENTION HERE

delegates from as Iar distant as
Kerby were in attendance at the
county w. c. T. U. convention held
in the audience room of the Bethany
church Tuesday, eyidencing the
growth of interest in the temperance
work throughout the county, and the
sessions of the convention were
filled with papers and discussions of
vital interest to the cause.
The presence of two national work
ers, Mrs. Helen Hartford and Mrs.
Jennie NJ. Kemp, the latter superin-
tendent of press work, made added
interest in the session. The business
of the election of county officers, re-
suited in the choice of the following:
President, Mrs, Caldwell; vice pres
ident, Mrs. Macy; recording secre-
tary, Miss Spaulding; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Savage, treasurer,
Mrs. Courtney.
After morning devotions led by
Madam Hair, and routine business,
came the address of welcome, replete
with cordiality for visiting workers
and setting forth OF plans for more
effective methods with optimism for
the future and expressions Of appre-
citation of the support of the pulpit
and the press in the past. The pres
ident, Mrs. G. M. Caldwell, did the
honors for the local society in a
most dignified and gracious manner,
announcing feast OF good things
to be served at the noon hour in the
parlors. Here 45 workers spent the
time until 2 p. m. In discussing the
dinner, and incidentally, the temper
ance question.
The afternoon session opened with
devotional exercises In charge of
Mrs. John MacAllister, the congrega-
tional singing being accompanied by
Miss Fay Savage.
An address, short but most inter-
esting and quite to the point, on
Press Work" was handled by Mrs.
Jennie M. Kemp. In the absence
from the city of the next speaker,
Mayor Smith, Mrs. Hartford, who
seems equally at home in discussing
any feature Of the work, talked upon
"A Safe and Sane Fourth" making
many practical and helpful sugges-
tions.
A popular number was "Our Coun-
ty Library" by Mrs. j. e. Hair, who
has the subject well in hand.
"The Effects of Tobacco Upon the
Mental and Moral Development Of
the Child" by Rev. Cady, Of Kerby,
was easily one of the strongest fea-
lures of the afternoon.
"a Salloonless Nation" the dream
of the American w. G. T. U., was
adequately handled by Rev. John
MacAllister, who has vision OF the
law taking steps to exterminate the
manufacture and importation of
alcoholic beverages, even as China is
dealing with the curse of opium,
though the speaker lauded the
worthy and magnificent work of the
W. C. T. U. and other temperance
forces.
"Woman's Ballot as a Factor in
Raising the Moral Standard Among
Public Officials" was largely an argu-
ment backed up by examples of re-
suits already brought about in suf-
frage states, where, it was shown,
wholesome effects have already been
enjoyed, Mrs. Pearl M. Bartlett talk
ing upon the subject.
"The Bible in the Public School,"
by Rev. Douglas was a plea for al
lowing Gods word to speak for it.
self to the rising generation whose
religious training in the home is at
present being lamentably neglected.
"The Temperance Reform a Mis-
sionary Cause" as handled by Rev.
Jeffrey, appealed to the w c. T. U.
for more spirituality, more reliance
on the power of God less upon hui
man agencies.
The chief address of the afternoon
was, as anticipated, by Mrs Har-
ford on what is the w. c. r. U. Do
lng?"
A beautifully rendered contralto
solo by Miss Mabel Hopper, Of Ker-
by, ended the program.
Mrs. Harfords evening address
was a masterpiece.
DR.. Bestul spent last week in
Portland taking the veterinary state