The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-24
potired With Title of
Honorary President
at Sapulpa.
MRS. ABBlE HILLERMAN
uslped Make Dry Oklahoma
Constitution, Canal Zone
and United States.
Nv MILDRED +. CHADWICK.

| .,,te officer OF the W. - J. I. was
Srournt t1 close when Mrs Abblo
u0isrmlu of Sapulpa laid down her
rovel as state president OF that or
1 ssrigat..l at the 18th annual con-
| ssntlon held IN Sapulpa on Septem-
| ssr 22 q. "a OF this year.
purns tho time she has seen ana
been part " the most strenuous
"a tenacious battle ever waged to
i successful conclusion by any or
| .rGz,f,.u IN the United states; sho
tp seen oklahoma become STATE
ssh Sta. wide prohilNtion at state
to"5 and can look back over tho
resra and know that II is largely
avo to her efforts that this con-
| i,ion cNi4'l today In oklahoma.
Wbra tho constitutional conven-
,ior w3a i'm session at the then state
c.nital at Guthrie, Mrs. Hillerman
.nept 81 days there, appearing be-
\ trre almost every general committee
/ /, the interests Of the statewide pro-
/ hibnion clause. She was instru-
mental In the circulation Of petit
ian which was signed by 10000 per-
sons asking for statewide prohibi-
,ior with Mrs. Mamie Webb Curtis,
/ row state president OF the Texas w.
II T. L.. she was I'm charge OF the
IW c. r. L. headquarters at Guthrie
which arranged the first pubic
Hearing before tho liquor traffic
i committee. In 1916. practically un-
Il aided. she secured the passage OF the
state scientific temperance instruc-
lion law by a unanimous vote OF the
stats legislature.
III OF QUAKER parentage, Mrs. Hitler.
II man received her preliminary edu-
III cation I'm the Friends Seminary in
N Howard county. Indiana, finishing
|ln the Kansas university where she
N,ook the teachers normal training
HI course I'm connection with the unver-
d,y work. At her graduation she
ii took a position as teacher in the
public schools OF Kansas and taught
II for four "oHrs or unit she was mar
ned In 1878. Her first temperance
work was done in Seward county.
Kansas. where she was county presi-
II dent. This place she held until she
II moved to Oklahoma.
Her first office in the w. c. 7. u.
II Of Oklahoma was as corresponding
secretary for the state which place
z she was elected to in 1900. Since
hat time she has always been a
state officer in the organization.
In 1903 Mrs. Hillerman was elect
"a state president for the first time
and held this office until 1908 when
she was placed on leave OF absence
by the s:ate organization, in order
that she might go to the Panama
canal zone as the national represen-
tAtve OF the w. c. T. L. of the
United States. Upon her return to
the United States from this mission
ma M a OF n a mr.
ganizer and elected vice. president OF
the Oklahoma w. c. II. u. holding
these two positions until 1912, when
she was again elected state president.
serving In this office until September
0I this year, when she retired.
In many ways the work OF Mrs.
Hlllerman In the canal Zone stands
out as her greatest single achieve
ment, even her work at the consti-
'uu0nal convention being oVershad-
owed by this accomplishment.
n tp 10 the time OF ner arrival abb
solutely no temperance work had
l gver been done in the zone and the
uullcultlcs confronting such a Ven-
lure were considered as almost in
surnountable, but before she left,
nearly two years later, Mrs, Hiller-
pan had the satisfaction of know
Al w that every city OF importance
ald nearly every school In the canal
nne ,,e had an organized branch of the
W c. \. L.
This work was done while tho
rahama canal was under construc-
uon and before Mrs. Hillerman
could proceed with her work 1t was
necessary for her to secure the sane
.oh or the military authorities on
'ne Shmus OF which Colonel Goe-
mas was the head In connection
MN The securing of this sanction
aIS. Hlllerman tells of her first
meeting with tho Colonel, which was
ar from cordial, though they af
"'Wards became fast friends.
Ater being presented to Colonel
Loe'haIs, Mrs. Hillerman stated that
sae was a representative of tho w
T. l. and asked for the sanction
% snI co-operauon OF tho military
.lIhoriuoa on the canal zone. "The
~'9hgl' splendid figure OF man."
g airs, lIillerman, stood straight
NV rislI rs he would on parade and
wilhE down upon mo said, l have
aIu OF tho organization which you
tsp'oSent madam; your people took
So, Sv tohtten cut OF the army and wa
~ As a uAL. S1y lldl 4
w. 1Ivoncorted is to put It mildly,
n ,tnu. Mrs Hiilerman. but I realized
,Sa' II l failed to win here every
,a"ig q, would be lost, so Iistared back
e., I" nln Just as hard as could and
o,,, yes we did take the canteen
N, ~, OI inc army and we are prouder
u a. Hot lhln anything we have done
In "a "a u'gide. And now wo arc here,
i h, ahdiHa' representing the mothers
as.,y's America boy on this Won
ba'ul piece Of engineering. l am
honoa 10 see that every one of those
b..s ran live clean life and go
,aUk 10 that mother OF his pointing
part pIlie 10 the Panama canal as
so,S ~ llS work without giving his
Nv, ana the heart of his mother as
,,s,.Ce ior having been here" "The
an, ,u'e 10 the boys won him "a
h, ,oause,' said Mrs. Hlllerman, "fol
go{el them like a father. and he
bAyp my credentials and gave his
ne bIlal ga sanction for me to work OF
""linus, lie also put mo on the
MI, status as the army chaplains
a,'onn ehtitled me TO free transpor-
dp.,.n ana TO many other courtesies
phs my stay there"
thu, ,,'ueS the work at tho constltu-
zonsl convention and in the canal
Az Mrs. Hillerman has Travelled
two 0,er ,.r the United States, has made
,sndos' Fps TO Europe and has at
lsLst,,u every session of the state leg
es os since statehood in the inter-
1 She "mperance and the w. c. IT. Y,