Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09
THE WAR ON WHISKY.

THE WAR ON WHISKY.
= AT WARREN.
April 3.-The women are un
remi itting in their visits to the sa-
looms, and meet with various
treatment. A mass meeting was
held on Wednesday evening,and
on Sunday night there will be
one at the Presbyterian and one
at the Methodist church. All the
Judges of the Common Pleas of
this district coincide IN favoring
the women's mevement-a fact
very encouraging in the workers
here.
.AT GARRETTsvILLE. :.
April s.-The crusaders were
out yesterdaylfand performed
picket duty to some extent last
evening. Saloonists were taken
by surprise this forenoon, by the
crusaders coming at an earlier
hour. Those who visit saloons
for drinks will soon;be enrolled.
D ruggists Lee and Luther have
sent in a pledge for the ladies to
consider and accept if they will.
They pledge themselves not to
sell liquor except for medicinal
and mechanical purposes.
ATsoREvILLE.
April 3d.-The mass meeting
Monday evening was addressed
by DIR. Tayler, President of Woos-
| ter University,..who delivered a
noble defence of temperance
principles, and showed wherein
the churches had erred..in ignor-
ing the temperance. Father
Kemerer, of the German Reform
ed Church, followed in an earnest
appeal for the prosecution of the
temperance cause.
The mass meeting on Wednes.
day evening was addressed by
Mrs. NJ. c. McBrown, in one OF
the most powerful arguments we
have ever heard.
AT WOOSTER.
April 3.-The women's war
against the liquor dealers contin-
uss with unabated interest. All
our leading business houses close
for one hour each day in order to
allow employees and assistants to
attend merning devotional exer-
cises in the English Lutheran
Church. Prayer meetings are
held hourly each day, and the
large church is generally. crowd
ed. The ladies commenced their
street work nearly two weeks
ago, but as yet no surrendsrs have
been made by the saloonists -
An appeal has been sent blythe
ladies of the Wooster Union to
sisters in Wooster and Wayne
county to join them in their ef-
forts TO suppress intemperance.
The City Council took actisn
on the temperance question last
Friday night. An ordinance was
passed prohibiting the sale of in
toxicating drinks in our city to
take effect May sth.9
The excitement continues un-
abated and nothing but temper
ancs is the topic of conversation.
AT RICHMOND IND.
April 1.-The League gained
admission to the only licensed sa-
loon in this city yesterday. and
from 4 till 9 P. NJ. were surround
ed by crowds, varying in number
from fifty to one hQpdred and fif-
ty-a drunken,swearing and sur
ging mass, every one of whom
continued to smoke cigars or pipe
until even old smokers were OBJ
liged to leave the room. And
yet these women did not yield,
although the brutes were actual
ly blowing the smoke, andss;the
fumes of bad liquor, in their very
faces.
At 9 O'Clock the disgraceful
rioters were expelled, and the
proprietor's wife, in arage at the
ladies, turned out the lights leav-
ing them alone with the saloon
keeper; and there, in the dark
ness, he declared: "Ladiesyyour
watching the twenty or thirty un-
licensed saloons has sent the very
scum of villiany anddrunkenness
into my saloon. l can't stand
such disgraceful scenes as were
witnessed here to night" True to
his pledge his saloon is closed to-
day, as is every other one in the
city of Richmond. ssPraise God
from whom all blessings flow"
ALLIANCE, April ga rather anus
ing Incident Of the temperance war
came off at our place this afternoon.
Mr.. Z. Block, of the wholesale liquor
firm Of L. H. Block, Of Cleveland Wis
tied our city to-day to lock up the in
terests of his trade. During his visit
our crusaders were out, and in an .un-
guarded moment he dropped the re-
mark, "that the ladies Of Cleveland
did not dare TO call and pray at his ss-
tablishment In that manner" Our Ia
dies not wishing to slight so prominent
a representative Of the traffic and wish
ing to atone for the neglect of their
Cleveland sisters Immediately sought
him out, and gathering around him in
clothing store, commenced religious
services. At first he laughed and SEEM
ed to think it quite q joke, but soon
manifested uneasiness, and desired to
leave, but the sisters engaged In prayer
two kneeling in the doorway effectually
cutting off his retreat, and then he stood
in silent agony during two long pray
ers. He then escaped and broke for al
saloon near by, followed closely by the
ladies who came lin through both the
front and rear doors, thus again making
escape hopeless. After season ofwor-
ship the like of which the gentleman
had not enjoyed for long time, he |
plead earnestly to be let out, saying he
wanted to 90 to the train. which in |