Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-03-19

are rejoiced to see that many of oul
citizens, who had hitherto not given th'
moral support in the crusade against in
temperance, whisky and beer selling il
our town, which they should have Civ
en- from the first, have changed theil
views upon this question of vital inn
portance, and have come out boldly OF
the side Of temperance, and are now
using their influence to put down thii
cursed evil in our midst. Public opin.
ion is demanding that these places O
iniquity be closed, and this demand il
growing stronger ever day. 1t is no
simply confined to our town, but th,
people of the county are loud in theil
demands that this soul-destroying traf'
fic shall be done away with. Thursday
and Friday the prayer meetings wer'
kept up, and the ladies', notwithstand
ing the storm and bitter cold, held theil
usual meetings upon the streets, bul
without receiving any satisfactory an
swer from the saloon keepers. The
parties who still hold out and refuse te
give up, are Schuler, Hose, Fritz and
Schnorr, the latter selling only ale
beer and wines. On Friday evening q
Mass Meeting was held in Town Hall
which was one of the best and most ef
fective meetings yet held. The Hall
was crowded to its utmost capacity. The
meeting was opened with prayer, after
which Rev. w. j. Sharpe made an ex-
cellent address, dealing in stern facts
and practical Thoughts. The next
speaker was Hon. d. 8. Uhl, who made
one of his stirring appeals. His re.
marks were effective, and portrayed
the direful effects of the traffic, the ap-
palling waste Of life, property and re-
sources caused by it, and pointedly ex-
hibited the heartlessness of the rum.
seller, and the misery of his victims
d. +. Ewing, Esq, was the next to ad.
dress the audience, and drop a word OF
encouragement to the ladies in their
glorious work. His remarks were prac.
teal and interesting. Next came G.
w. Everett, Esq, who always has 9
word to say on this question. As usual
his words of encouragement were
thankfully received. His whole heart
is in the work. Mr.. Badgley then ad-
dressed the audience in his pleasing
agreeably and earnest manner. The
meeting was grand one, and enc like
ly to do much good.
The spirit of Friday evenings meet
Ing was carried home and nourished by
private prayer, and the consequence
was that on Saturday morning the
meeting held for prayer in the Presby-
terian church was very largely attended.
The day was;pleasant and larger dele
cation of ladies were out than had been
since the beginning of the crusade. At
ter adjournment Of the morning meet
ing, the ladies formed themselves into
three bands, the smaller of which led
off followed soon after by the others.
When they saw the small band ap-
preaching the saloon keepers and theil
friends began to laugh and feel good,
thinking that the affair was dwindling
away. But their tune was soon changed
when another and another still larger
company made its appearance until a
hundred and eleven ladies were be-
sieging the different saloons. When
one company got tired at one place, an.
other would relieve them. Thus they
kept it up from morning till night al
ternating from time to time. The scnee
was one never witnessed before in our
town. Hundreds Of people from the
country, who had SO often heard Of
these curbstone prayer meeting but had
never seen them, lined our streets, and
gathered round the supplicants. The
feeling was intense. Men who hither-
to cared nothing for temperance wer,
ready and willing to do almost anything
in order to put down the traffic in oul
town. The influence of that days
work has been widely extended. Hun.
dreds who were Indifferent to the sub.
ject went home convinced that it wa.
the work of God, and will hencefortt
use their influence in the advancement
Of the cause. At noon the ladies took
lunch at John Korn's rooms, and al
Westen's. No signatures to the pledge!
were obtained, but some Of the liquol
dealers gave evidence that they wer'
serely troubled. One even acknowl
edged that he had gone through thir-
teen battles in the army, but had neve
passed such asday. as Saturday was
Another told some of his friends ol
Sunday morning that he was wakene'
three times in the night, thinking h
heard the ladies sing-"Jesus love
me-" Our community is becomin;
thoroughly aroused, and it is only
Question of time as to closing up of al
these places. 1t must and will com
sooner or later. 1t cannot be otherwise
and the best thing these men could d
. would be to submit manfully. One o
! two insults were offered to the ladies b
a couple of young men from the coun
try, but they were promptly arreste
, by the Marshal, who by the way is th
best Marshal Millersburg has had 70
several years. They were released agai
, after acknowledging that they had bee
: put up to it, and promising not to do s
again. The ladies deserve the highes
praise and honor for their zeal and sci
sacrifice in this work. On Sunday ever
ing Rev. w. ]. Sharpe preached an ez
cellent discourse in the NJ. E. Churc
. on the subject of Temperance. I'll
audience was very large. On Monda
morning the prayer meeting was hel
in the NJ. e. Church, and although Il
day was wet the ladies went out in tw
bands again and remained in front
the saloons until four o'clock in the a
ternoon. One touching feature of Il
street services on Monday was the sin.
ing of a band of little girls. 1t W;
enough to touch the heart of any ma
whose heart was not made of ston
Some of these men have little ones
home, and how they can stand sue
pleadings, is more than we can unde
stand. On Tuesday the morning NEE
ing was held in the U. P. Church. IT
ladies separated in two companies, ar