The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-31

every WORD or 1t. we belleve:ln always
extending a helping hand to those who
need it, and we shall always do so
,ohes. n,e,. ,oill let rs. But Mr.: q. spoil
ed his remarks by turning to give those
who do not belong TO- the sRohrer-C Grams
dial clique q dab. He was opposed to
publishing this community to the world
as a temperance community when there
is so much intemperance in scandal
and Islander. So far so good. But now
let Mr.. C. begin the amendment at
home. The Crandal Shoe Store is no.
ted along our streets as the worst place
in the town for slandering and abusing
the Colony, the ADVANCE, the Congre-,
gational Church, and whatever and
whoever belongs not to the little clique
which has made Worthington NINA
ture Pandemonium. If Mr.. G. has
really reformed and is a Christian man,
land we have always been inclined to
believe lie ISL let him set to work and
use his influence to stop SANDER and
wrong doing at his own headquarters.
D. Rohrer spoke when the report of
the Committee on continuing the meet
ings was made. He denied that there
had been Mobiles County Union form
ed or constitution adopted. He did
not care to take Prof. uumiston's word
nor the records published in the AD-
VANCE as conclusive OH that subject.
AS Rohrer's friend Stevens was pub
fishing the ADVANCE in 1873, when
the Union was formed, we cannot
vOucl for any matters it contained,
but our recollection is that a Mobiles
County Union was formed as q County
Branch of the State Union, that the
regular Auxiliary Constitution was a.
dopted, and that we had the great hon
or conferred upon us, after Il time, of
being elected Secretary. We certainly
served several years in that capacity.
The Worthington rowdies objected to
our serving and virtually broke up u
Sunday night meeting in which we at
tempted to say word. At the next e.
lection it was deemed best to make
concession to the rowdy element and
leave us off. The Committee to nomi-
nate officers met One member sug-
gested that we he put on the Executive
Committee. E. G.. Crandal objected
because as the editor Of the ADVANCE
we were obnoxious to the set to which
he belonged. The Committee yielded.
Then E. G.. Crandal suggested that
Major Bell be put on the Executive
Committee. Here a member of the
nominating Committee suggested that
Bell was obnoxious for the same rea-
son, as he was also editor of u newspa-
per. Crandal saw he was caught on
his own hook ard yielded. A report
was made, a new set of officers elected,
and so the Mobiles County Union stands
to this day, Rohrer, the Crandals, the
Bells, and the rest to the contrary not
outstanding.
Just a word or two more to the self
respecting Christian people of Wor-
thington: Is it the thing to do to give
up our regular religious services on
Sunday night, to get together and
wrangle over our weekday matters?
Do you want to come together to hear
Rohrer and men of his ilk insult
Prof. Humiston, the ADVANCE, and
Whosoever incurs his hate? DO you
want to sit and hear every upstart lee
ture you upon your duties and take up
time talking about matters foreign to
the temperance work? Is it not a vio-
lation of the holy Sabbath, and Il desc.
Grafton of the houses dedicated to God, ,
to permit our Union Temperance meet
ings to be conducted as they are? Can
not self-respecting and God-fearing
men and women do better to stay at
home on Sunday evening and read their
Bibles, than to waste the precious hours
in hearing bitter and designing men a.
buse their neighbors?
One thing is sure: The Union Tenn
per:.nce meetings must he brought back
to their old standard and kept to the
legitimate temperance work, or decent
people will abandon them altogether.
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NARROW OF UGE RAILROAD.
J. J. Smart, of Des Moines, Genl.
MANAGER Of :l,n u NJ a. MinneSota