The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-24
BANNER IS GIVEN
 TIERNEY CADETS
State Total Abstinence Un. ion Holds Annual
 Meeting.

l Hartford, Aug 24-About 15o dele gates are attending the 49th annual ltonvention of the Connecticut Total gonway's s hall today for business fol- lowing mass at g o'clock at St. Jos epl1's Cathedral.
 The ce1ebrantsEof the mass was the Rev John T. Winters of New Britain Bishop John J. Milan was in the sane tuary and later. when the convention opened for business. the bishop ad- dressed the delegates. Other speak CTS were the Rev. Dr. M. A. Sullivan, | of this city and Father Winters. presented a banner in memory of his mother to be contested for by the various companies Of Tierney Guards.
 Miss Celia Donovan was chosen as sistant secretary of the convention. The president. the Rev. J. T. FTtzger- I ala, presided.
 Tn his of11ciaI annual report Frank l J. Kinney of Branford the secretary showed that the 102 societies had a membership Of 100s1 and the interest in the cause of total abstinance con-
 tinues unabated. Had Societies re- ported their membership dglnee or IJu1y instead of January the secre- Itary believes that the growth Of the union would have been shown to a lsurprising degree his annual report | 1 1913 and August Of this year. The l 36 mems societies have s149 members: the 24 wonenss societies 1,6S0; the g boys societies. 3,315: the nine girls societies. 1928 and one mixed society, 64S. By counties the figures are: New Haven, mems societies, with 764: women's. with 905; boys, with s074; 3 girls. with AT and St. Maryss lLithuanian at Waterbury with 64s:
 total 2s societies and 3,s86 mem bers.
 Hartford. s men's. with 1,0za; 5 wonn- en's. with 29s; 16 boys with 1,2zs; 2 girls with 450; total g societies, with l 3,o17.
 New London. mems. with 253; 4
 women.s s. with 1e5; boys. with 242;
 girls with 2oz total, 12 societies.
 Fairae1d. mems. with 2se: 2 I woInens $, with 67; boys. with 195; lone girls with 1ss; total. T. societies.
 with 699.
 Idtehneid county, 9 societies and 747
 Middleaez 10 societies and sas mem- l Ibers.
 Tolland county. societies ana a5s members.
 Windham county, societies and ss
 members.
 members as compared with a year 1ago. More than half the societies failed to give August figures. As
 the per capita tax was not forw warded to the national secretary in time, a plumber of societies failed in repre-
 sentation at the national convention field recently at Niagara Falls
 The largest adult society in the
 country is Young Mems, of New Bri- tain, with 549 in good standing. while St. Roses of Meriden, is the largest
 women's society with 25e St. Agnes. Iof New Haven. being second with 252 I The largest cadet organization is St Mary's of New Britain, with 645, and
 the largest league of girls, the Junior jSoda1ity of New Bnitain with 26o. i During the year the Father Mat I thew. of Norwich. and St. Francis, of I jThonaston. disband ed, and St Pat
 rickss TIerney League and St. Pat Tricks Tderney Cadets Of Mystic. and St. Marys T4erney Cadets of stonins- ton applied for admission and the I Father Mathew Drum Corps of Hart I ford, has voted to aff1Hate l The only places where the sTferney ECadet movement has progressed are d11 l New London and Hartford counties. I IDona1d, Of New London. for his work 4 there The lack of progress, Secre- Itary Kinney ascrfbed to lack of inter lest by adult members in the boys or lganizafions.
 The field day at Midd1etown was de- lc1ared to pe a success. Societies are urged to make good their promises Iof voluntary subscription to the me-
 moria1 for John J. Corbeft, who serv-
 many years as treasurer of the iunion.
 s The union has paid every outstand- ing bill during the year but the treas- I ury is somewhat depleted by the transfer of S71o to the fund Of S1 900 donated for St. Agnes Home, togefh- CT with the expense Of the field day for the cadets at Colts park in Hart I ford