The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-31
INTEREST IN POLITICS
AND W. c. 7. u. WORK
SHOWN AT ECONOMY

Lively interest IN the coming pTllH-
aries and keen enthusiasm over the
work of their organization are leading
topics among the delegates attending
the county institute of the Women's
Christian Temperance union at Econ
Omy. Speakers are urging the mem
bers to stand behind the w. c. T. us
principals of law enforcement and are
asking them to back candidates in the
coming election who are allies of the
dry forces.
A band of about so women, who
were present at the opening session OF
the institute, had swelled to throng
of over 200 which packed the Meth
odist church at the evening meeting
Thursday The Rev. George G. Bur
banck, of this city, was the chief
speaker at the afternoon session. APP
proximately 100 persons were in at
tendance at the Fridays sessions of
the institute. Many local persons
were in Economy Friday to be present
ia the closing meetings.
Weather Cuts Attendance
Inclement weather dealt a severe
blow to the attendance at the opening
session Thursday morning, only about
! so persons being there. Reports were
made and the following committees
appointed: Membership, Mrs. Lou
| Atkinson, chairman; Mrs. Anna Nor
rison and Mrs. Esther Steward. Press
committee, Mrs. S. W. Hodgin, chair
man; Miss Mary Woodland, of Foun
tain City, and Mrs. Maude Winder, OF
Richmond. Committee for Union Sig
nal and Young Crusader Irrational
papers), Mary Woodland, chairman
Mrs. Charles, of Economy, and Mrs
Emma Hiatt Resolutions committee
Mary Woodland, chairman; Mrs. S. w
Hodgin, Mrs. Ruth Pemberton Brown
of Richmond, and Mrs. Maude Sweet
! Winder of Richmond Miss Mary
| Woodland presented the state plan Of
work at the opening of the institute
Mrs. Ruth Pemberton Brown of thi:
city had charge of the devotionals a
the Thursday afternoon meeting. She
| also gave a reading. F. F. Riggs, o
Richmond spoke briefly at the session
stressing the Importance of the prim
airy elections. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley
1 state president of the w. c. T. U.
who is presiding at the institute, wa
also speaker on the program.
4 The Rev. George G.. Burbanck whit
gave the chief address at the Thurs
day afternoon gathering spoke OF
Need of Social Morality in Wayn
} County" His address follows in part
Temptation Needed.
Without temptation there can b.
no such thing as morality any NOR
than there can be such a science a
astronomy without stars" Rev Bul
banck stated. Morality or moral con
}, seriousness, is the ability or. capacit.
to distinguish between two or NOR
antagonistic forces or motives, bot
without and within the individual
These motives either attract or repe
the ideal self within us and as W
are attracted or repealed we are eithe
, moral or immoral"
Continuing, Rev. Burbanck said
Morality is almost entirely social
The individual can sin against him
self but he can sin mostly agains
society. The individual can benefi
himself while living a life of isolation
but he can benefit himself more b.
blessing society through moral acts
The individual cannot be neutral il
his attitude toward society, he eithe
| blesses the world or he curses it.
man may not be immoral positively Il
such way as murderer is, but b.
failing to do the proper thing he be
comes negatively guilty
This is the attitude of the good
citizen who prides himself upon hi
conviction that certain abuses ar
none of his business. He is the prizes
or the Levite all over again and a
such he must bow to the condemna
ton of true morality
THE sum of morality or immoral