Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-11-25

J ADVERTISER
American home. The elevators were
kept busy and the many atten lants
IN the hetel waiting upon these gra-
cious women who are praying and
laboring for the safeguarding of
the innocence and safety of this
great country of ours.
w. Q. T. u. saves the taberna.
cle." The above was headline in
the Atlanta Journal on Monday.
SUNDAY MORNING.
q An effort was made to raise an
Indebtedness on the Broughton's
tabernacle. From all the state OF
Georgia and the city of Atlanta.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, a Metho-
dist, was chosen to take the Sunday
morning collections for this pur-
pose. In few minutes, $l,40O was
raised, most of it contributed by
the white ribbon comrades in the
tabernacle. If all had been there,
more would have been raised.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
& The special feature of this after
noon program was the convention
sermon by Mrs. Ella A. Boole, PhD.
of New York. This was master
piece, and what made it more effect.
i've. the women of her own state said
that she lived up to her own ideals
and was great among her own peo-
pie. The music for the Sunday af-
lternoon was very fine and each SER
vice witnessed greater crowd than
the preceding one.
@ vEsPER SERVICE.
At the first Baptist church very
pleasing service was held for the
Young Peoples Branch under the
direction of Mrs. Ross Hayes
Schachuer of Missouri.
DELEGATIONS.
+ The following were the thirteen
delegates aud visitors from South
Carolina at the national conven-
tions: Mrs. Joseph Sprott, of Man
ming; Mrs. j. L. Minis and Mrs.
Mamie N. Tillman, of EdgetieId;
Mrs. VIM. Edison, Vaucluse, enter
jtaincd at the Ansley; Misses Cleo
and Leila Attaway and Mrs. Crouch
of Saluda, at College Park; Mrs.
az. b. Cannon, of Scranton and her
mother Mrs. Lee with relatives;
AIRS. A. L. Barker of Edge6eld,
with relatives; Mrs. Frances Hoyt,
rof Johnston, with relatives; Mrs.
Emma Gary Lee, of Lykesland, and
two ladies from Starr, Anderson
county. This is probably the larg-
est delegation which has ever at
tended a national convention from
our state. The largest number from
any one state was the one from
Pennsylvania composed of S3, each
one representing state member
ships of 500. This state made over
1000 gain during the past year.
AggsW York has the largest member
ship Of any state in the union. They
had about 80 delegates, followed
closely by Ohio, Missouri, etc.,
every state in the union being rep
resented.
SUNDAY EVENING.
The devotions Of this evening
were led by Mrs. Mamie w. Cur
tiss, president of Texas. The first
address was made by Mrs. Lillian
NJ Mitchner of Kansas. This ad-
dress was entitled Facts and fan
cies," and appealed to all the audi
encss, because she substantiated
every argument with facts concern.
ing the wonderful conditions in
Kansas under suffrage for women
and prohibition. This was one of
the best things Of the convention.
Mrs. Florence Ewell Atkins is
one of the most enthusiastic of all
the national organizers. She follow
ed with a magnificent appeal; and
the last was Twenty minutes in
congress- with Mrs. Margaret Dye
Ellis who is the superintendent of
Legislation and petition at Wash
ington. 1t was said of her By one of
the most influential of the e. S.
senators, that there was little wo.
man who had 80 long been going
in and out of the Offices of the sena-
tors and representatives and so gen
tie and sagacious that there was not
a man among them all who did not
want to do just what she wanted
them to do. Five million signatu, es
have already been secured by her