Two Decades

er to strengthen and perpetuate the work already begun organization was necessary. This sentiment preva

call a state convention of all women's temperance organizations, to be held at Syracuse in October, preparatory to the great national convention which

A

ion in this city on the 14th day of October, at nine o'clock A. M., at the First Methodist Church, for the purpose of organizi

. All newspapers are requested to give the above an insertion and a l

aces of entertainment will be provided. A committee of reception will be in waiting at the rooms of the Young M

LLEN B

R.A.

.B. ST

T.S.

AMUEL

Central

n from various parts of the state assembled at the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Syracuse, for th

, of Syracuse, who was made temporary chairman, with

was perfected by the electi

Helen E. Brown,

r, Syracuse; Mrs. George Case, S

Mrs. N.B.

. S. Thurber, Syracuse; M

as delegates, although many others were pre

CONV

TO FIRST

. Mrs. T.B. Sto

Wellsville. Mr

Green,

. Mrs. E.L. K

Binghamton. Mrs.

Parsons, B

lips, Binghamt

. Kenyon

ga C

urt, Auburn. H

orth, Auburn. Mrs.

ur, Auburn. Mrs.

Auburn. Mrs. M.

Auburn. Mrs. Alb

Auburn. Mrs. M.

e M. Piers

novan, Weedspor

edsport. Mrs. Mary

sport. Mrs. Mary Ri

dsport. Mrs. Geo. W

County. L

Fredonia. Mrs. M.B.

redonia. Mrs. H.F.

nty. Living

tt, Elmira. Mrs

eevis,

on Co

. Mrs. Dr. Jar

e Bixby, P

oe C

. Mrs. E.A. Nel

Cortland. Miss S.J.

. Mrs. C.W. All

New York. Mrs. J.

Penfield

ns Co

. Mrs. E.G. G

. Northr

stcott, Utica.

r, Rome. Mrs. E.A

Rome. Mrs. J.

linton. Mrs. Geor

cis Brown

y. Mrs. C.T.

rham. Mrs. Elizab

Townsend

ndeen, Geneva.

Geneva. Mrs. S.M. M

fton Springs. Miss Em

. Bissel

a Co

ty. Mrs. L. C

n Butler,

nd, Syracuse.

Syracuse. Mrs. S

yracuse. Mrs. C.M

Griffin,

er, Syracuse.

Syracuse. Mrs. Will

Syracuse. Mrs. Har

, Syracuse. Mrs

Syracuse. Mrs. C

Didama,

ong, Fayettevill

tteville. Mrs. L.B

ayetteville. Mrs. M.J

erpool. Mrs. C.A. A

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urch, Washin

Denman, New

unlap, Ne

Dunlap, Ne

use in 1893; among them being the first chairman, Mrs. Butler; the first secret

n the report of the committee appointed to recommend topics for discussion. Thes

FOR DIS

s or coffee-rooms be mana

he temperance cause to attend to

never have upon this subject, and to realize that

sing Christians feel t

y to more zealous effort in the cause of temperance,

ost effectually a

ly by Christian women, or with safety to their

wine and cider for culinary pur

ted. This was adopted, and a state society called

cers were elected

s. Allen But

hnson, Brooklyn; Mrs. Helen E.

Ayers, Penn Yan; Mrs

retary-Mrs. Dr. G

tary-Mrs. Mary

s. T. S. Tru

t Buffalo in May. At the Brooklyn meeting the constitution was somewhat modified, and the nam

nt and Governor Dix. This memorial was prepared by Mrs. B. C. Rude, of Wellsvill

MEMO

aiming the natural and lawful protection of our rulers and executors of our laws; that its pernicious influence in the home, by subverting every principle of right, is in the aggregate corrupting the entire national body, subverting the intent of our political institutions; and whereas petitioning is our only

y by the State League; that to President Grant was

g a national society. The State of New York was honored in this convention by the appointment of Mrs. Mary T. Burt as secretary of the organizing c

g, and must have been drafted with a prophet's ken, as the

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e interest of temperance reform which exists in various portions of our country, and especially do we rejoice that the women have been awakened to the vast evils thereby entailed; and, relying upon divine gui

urage, and fortify each other in the suppression of this growing vice, and in the creation of a universal and moral sentiment for temperance and sobrie

example of total abstinence by abandoning the use of all intoxi

tices of temperance as will show them the fatal danger of drinking and the criminality of selling liquors; and we earnestly entreat the friends of the cause, and especially pastors of churches and superin

n as practicable, into all schools, text-books treating of the nature of intoxicating liquors and of the effects upon the human constitution, an

h us in our labor, and also by their votes to complete the wo

igiously employ all the means God has placed within

spiritual power. No step was taken withou

rs and antiseptic qualities, disease is displaced and health established. So the sweet fragrance of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York, planted at

dent of District o

esident of New

Allen

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T PRE

tion, early dedicating her gift of song to the causes she loved. She became a Christian when thirteen years old, and by a long and useful Christian life has adorned her profession. In 1841 she was united in marriage with Allen Butler, and soon after removed to Syracuse

nence, her interest in the cause could not be restrained, and gently her Heavenly Father led her in this work, first to a little gathering of temperance women, at which, after much importunity, she conducted the exercises

rprise that Mrs. Allen Butler was elected president, a position she retained for five years. These were years of anxiety but of great advancement in temperance. This was due

but always as a member of a local union has felt the heartbeat of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New York State. At the "home-coming" in Syracuse in 1893, to celebrate ou