The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-23
BRIDGEPDRT.
A Field Day in the Temperance
Cause

Yesterday was field day for the tenn
perance people of Bridgeport. In the Of
ternoon q meeting OF the Women's lem.
persnce Union was held in the Presby-
terrain Church. Delegates were present
from Wheeling, Steubenville, st. Glars
vile and Martins Ferry. Interesting
reports were presented of the work IN
those places, and new strength and
courage infused into the faithful workers
here. At night very large audience
gathered in the same church to listen to
addresses from Rev. Barnitz, Messrs.
Cracraft, Kemple and Others who were
announced to speak. After the usual
devotional services OF singing and prayer,
beautiful qusrtette arrar cement of the
old hymn, "Rock of Ages" was well
rendered by Misses Holloway 81 d How
ell, and Messrs. Davis and Way berry.
A ter this Mrs. T. G. Rhodes presented q
report of the organization of the Union
in 1874, and brief outline of its work
since, and closed with an earnest appeal
to all Christian women to fall in line and
help on the good cause.
The first regular speaker was Rev.
Bsrnitz, who opened his address by re.
! lcrring TO the case OF the man who made
a trade of murder to supply medical
college with material for dissection.
Even 30 the traffic IN intoxicating drink
was murderous trade. The evils Of In.
temperance were wildly set forth, and
the remedy SAID to consist in dealing
kindly with the drunksrd, getting him
10 take the pledge and laying the great
est stress on the "God Helping me-" OF
their own strength, men could not re-
form and stick. Furthermore, friends
of temperance must be total abstsiners.
No halt way work in this matter would
do. A third remedy is to fight the rum
traffic. 1t must be made odious and q
stigma attached to those engaged in it.
Mrs. Barnitz closed, IS Mrs. Rowles had
done, with strong appeal TO all friends
of the temperance cause TO JOIN the band
and push on the work, encouraging these
already engaged IN it.
Mrs. Rose Wood, Of Martins Ferry,
followed with an appeal TOR
care and kindness to the children
of the drunkard. She also hit strongly
at our Legislators who favor license laws
by calling them the chief OF drunkard
makers and intimating that their chances
for sweet by and by were wonderfully
slim.
The choir sang"The Sweet By and By"
and then Mr.. Wilbur Trueman took the
speakers stand, as he stated repre-
tstiy, OF the reformed clsss-one who
had been saved by the Murphy move
ment. He warmly commended the work
and urged the young men to form q
society pledging themselves to total abstl-
hence.
Mr.. Cracrs!t was the next speaker.
He began by inviting the audience to tell
him when they were tired, and he would
quit. Eloquently ne set forth the curse
and evils OF intemperance and the bless
ings of sobriety. In the course OF bis re-
marks he referred to Hancock county, in
this State, as a banner county for tenn
persnce, good morals and religion. MIR.
Barnitz had previously referred to this
county also. Itmust, from their account,
be good place to move 10. Mr.. Cra-
craft believed that the Murphy movement
was gaining ground, and that the ultl-
mate success OF the temperance cause
was beyond doubt.
Total abstinence is the only plan that
will give absolute safety. In this we
are safe, but in nothing short OF this.
Tramps, said the speaker, are mostly
made by whisky. Between q pleasant
home and the homeless tramp there is
only short distance-that OF whisky
glass.
An earnest appeal to go on in this
temperance work and save others from
the danger of losing body and soul in the
Intoxicating cup, closed his address
Chancellor Kemple did not put in an
appearance, and the meeting closed with
an earnest prayer by Mrs. Lewis, OF
st. Clsirsville and song by Mr.. Beach,
of Wheeling.