Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-10-13
OUR STATE CONVENTION AT
u JOHNSTON.

temperance OnlCn was Heiu Will tAe
magnificent Baptist church of john
ston on Sunday, Monday and Tues
day October 3, and 5.
A conference of the general Off
GERS was held on Saturday evening
at the home of Mrs. r. R. Denny, To-
cal president Of the Johnston union
and -eco--.ai-g scc-ct..--y o. the State
". C. T. U.>This was a pleasant re
union, and several matters of i'm
portance were discussed.
Sunday morning the spacious
church was filed with people of
Johnston and the surrounding coun-
try and about 81 officers, superinten-
dents and delegates. The devotions
were conducted by Rev. W. S.
Brooke, pastor of the church, and
Mrs. Joseph Sprott, State President,
introduced the speaker, Mrs. Eliza
beth A. Perkins, of Ann Arbor, Mich
igan, one of our most honored ma
tional speakers. Mrs. Perkins con-
docted the million dollar campaign
for the w. C. I. U. and has been
selected as the Director of Child Wei
fare for this organization, Mrs. Per
kins told some very interesting facts
about the recent great international
Congress against alcohol in Wash
ington. She said it was fitting that
this first great conference for the
study against alcohol and the effort
to solve its problems, should be
held in cur own country where we
have now in actual operation the
18th Amendment. Mrs. Perkins ad-
dress was greatly appreciated by the
audience, giving as she did, some of
the great forward programmes of
the national organization.
The musical programme had been
planned and arranged by Mrs. Ma
mie N. Tillman of Edgefeld, who al
so assisted at the organ and conduct
ed the afternoon song service. MIR.
Avery Bland was the director of the
ci,oir composed of a large number
of male voices and more Of the love-
" voices of women, many of them
white ribboners. Each evening the
choir was full and all the music was
taken from the Temperance Songster
our own w. C. t. U. song book which
contains selections for every occa-
sion, which are classic and can never
be sung too often. An organization
is truly great when it has produced
its own music, its own literature and
official organs and can furnish elo-
,quent speakers Of its own for all<no-
table occasions. Among the inspiring
features of the morning session was
<'Victory" sung by Miss Miriam Nor
ris, of Edgefeld.
Sunday Afternoon.
Each year the convention provides
for a mass meeting at which all citi-
liens are invited to take part and at
tend, for the consideration of i'm
portant questions Of the hour This
year a most delightful programme of
music was given and DR.. P. j. Nc
Lean of Aiken gave the address on
the need of higher ideals of citizen
ship. He said among other things
that he rejoiced at the recent enfran-
chisement of women and hoped for
better days. His address must of ne
cessity bear rich fruit. The pastors
of Johnston, Rev. D. w. Kellar, of
the Methodist church, DR.. Jas. D. XII
nard Of the Lutheran church, and
Rev. j. L. Singleton and Rev. Mahlon
Padgett Of Saluda attended various
services and took part. Rev. Mr..
Padgett especially was present all
the time and rejoiced over the en-
thusiasm of the organization, and
that women were now citizens whose
opinion would be counted.
Miss Antoinette Denny the regular
organist of the church performed
this great service most Of the time
for the convention. Miss Denny is
the leader of the Young Peoples
Branch work for the w. C. T. U. of
South Carolina.
u Sunday Evening
: The evening sessions all began at
eight o'clock and this service was
opened with devotions by Rev. David
w. Kellar, and the chorus from the
Temperance songster "Hail Home of