The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-10-19

| to order at 10 o'clock Friday morning,
October 18th, in the Baptist Church
OF Manning, Mrs. Joseph Sprott, State
President presiding. Other State of
| ficcrs present were: Miss Cleo At
taway, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
/: K. Denny, Recording Secretary, and
Mrs. Charles p. Robinson, Treasurer.
Supcrintendents, Mrs. w. M. Waters,
Child Welfare, and Miss Jessie Curtis,
Flower Mission.
In accordance with the time honorcd
custom Of all w. G.. II. u. Conventions.
from the Worlds Convention, Which is
| held once every three years, the An
nual National Convention, which met
III San Francisco in August of this
year, on down to the State, District.
or County Conventions, the business
session of the meeting was opened by
reading the Crusade Psalm, LAG. and
singing the Crusade Hymn, "Give to
the. Wind Thy Fears" After organi-
Zatlon, Mrs. Spl oft conducted a short
parliamentary drill giving the simple
rudmcnts of the duties of presiding
office, how to bring any subject be-
fore meeting for discussion, and
other essential points. She empha-
sized the Importance Of women in
forming themselves in parliamentary
usage, and conducting all meetings
"decently and i'm honor" The State
president III her Annual Address re-
vleYed the work of the organization
from the State. National and World
VIDE point of views, and outlined the
expanded program Of our New Cru
SADIE, with its law enforcement as the
keynote. She explained in some de-
tail why the w. G. II. U. was in a cam
paign for million members by 1924,
our Jubilee year. They arc needed to
carry out and carry on this expanded
program.
The Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Attaway, in her report told what the
LEGAL unions had been doing the past
year, and showed thet, in spite of hard
times and the cry from some quarters
that the work Of the White Ribboners
had been finished. tllc unions are very
much alive and finding many avenues
OF Opportunity for service still in the
w. c. It. u.
The report of the treasurer, Mrs.
Chas: p. Robinson, was most interest
ing for the financial condition of any
organization is good test of it's real
strength. Her report showed an in
crease in~paid up members, the only
kind we count, ard that most of the
unions had paid their obligations to
the State treasury, the Willard Mem
orial Fund, Lillian Stevens Legisla
tive Fund and other interests South
Carolina has gained in membership
Tor the past three years, and the State
officers wore beautiful badges sent
from the national Convention in San
francisco IL recognition of this fact.
At the Memorial Service, when the
Ifoll OF comrades who have this past
year gone from their earthly labors
to their heavenly reward, was called
tribute was paid to Lady Henry
Somerset of England. one of the ear
Iiest workers in the Worlds w. C. r..
u, and to the Countess of Carlisle,
also OF England, who have recently
passed beyond" The Countess of
Carlisle WAS Worlds w. C. II. U. pre-
sldent at the time Of her death. Dur
ing the morning session, Mrs Maud
Is. Perkins, of New York, National
Secretary of the Young People's
Branch of the w. G. r. u. arrived
She was introduced to the Convention,
ana brought greetings from the Ma
tlonal Convention in California and
also from the North Dakota, New
York and Rhode Island States
Conventions, all Of which she has at
tended within the last two or three
weeks. On motion of Mrs. Robertson,
MRS. Perkins was enthusiastically vot-
ed member Of the Convention with
all of the privileges cf the 'floor.
Delicious luncheon was served bv
the local union at 10 O'Clock Friday
and Saturday in the Sunday School
room of the Convention Church. Sat
urday afternoon was devoted to hear
ing reports from the departments Of
Evangelism, Scientific Temperance
instruction, Medal Contests, and Sun
day School Work, and an open discus
sion of Department Work in general
Our Official Organs, The Union Sig
nal, and the Young Crusade (child-
rcn's .paper) published by National
and the Palmetto White Ribbon, our
own state paper, were ably presented
and committees appointed to solicit
subscriptions.
Saturday, morning and afternoon.
was devoted to the regular routine
business Of the Convention. The
State Treasurer gave forceful talk
on Finances" and took pledges from
! the Unions represented for the State
Treasury.
The departments of Flower Mission
and Relief Work, Parliamentary U.s.
age, Child Welfare, Moral Education
and Christian Citizenship, were dis
cussed and reported beautiful hand
painted vases were presented to Aiken
Union and Johnston l.. r.. l.. from the
Flower Mission Superintendent as re-
wards for best work done and report.
ed in her department.
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