West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-11
FIRST GUN
Of the Siege After the Repulse.
Temperance Meeting at Ellenboro.

ZION advance in the Legislature last
Winter. the first gun of the thorough
Investment for the siege now to be
;naugurated, was fired at Ellenboro
last Wednesday evening, during
the session of the Richie county
sunday School Convention.
With aliberal stock of FREEMANs
fresh from the press, a company of
rs boarded the fast train at 5 80 p.
m at Parkersburg, and in a twink
ling were whirled, through tun-
nels. over bridges and around rocky
noints, and dumped in the pleasant
town of Ellenboro, where we took
in the city and enjoyed the hospi-
tality of Gen. A. S. Core and fami-
", until the gathering of the peo-
Dle, found us in the old church.
THE MEETING
was called to order by Hon. D. Nc
Cregor, of the State Temp. Elk. Com
mittee, who SO splendidly stood with
Judges Ferguson and Brown, train
ing the heavy artillery on the enc
envy last Winter.
Will A. Stricken, of Harrisville,
Clerk of Richie County Circuit
Court, was made Chairman and Ike
Johnson of the FREEMAN, Sec'rv.
After singing by the choir, in at
tendance at the Sunday School
Convention, led by Messrs. H. G.
Showalter and J, w. Huntington,
prayer was offered by Rev. G. K.
Scott.
After singing again, the Chair
observed that the object of the meet
ing had not been stated; but if the
audience would just possess their
patience and listen, they would
soon find out that it had a tendency
toward temperance.
REV. S. B. D. PRICKETT,
was first introduced and addressed
the meeting in pointed, practical
speech of a half hour. Among the
many good things, which he elabora-
ted and then clinched home to Stay,
hesaid, a temperance meeting ought
to be run like a church, con relig-
ious principles" as a man once OBJ
served when discussing church
management. There was an old
fogy opposing higher education, who
insisted that all they needed was
the practical branches. The three
Rsin the schools were quite enough,
viz: Readin' Ritin' and Rithmetic.
The cause of temperance needs
four ''tions" (shuns) dissemination,
prevention, reformation, prohibition.
The speaker discussed these needs
In order, and how to supply them,
and warming up with fact and IL
lustration, added and insisted on
another "tion," botheration.
We must war against the traffic
continuously and give the dealers
world of botheration by agitation,
and PRESSING the iniquities of their
wicked business upon them and ex-
posing the tricks and devices of
their nefarious trade.
After singing by the choir, the
next speaker was
DR.. WARNER, OF PARKERsBURG.
He said he had nothing new ; but
relteration of the truth is benefi-
clal. He would follow the policy
OF the successful advocate who re-
peats the facts of his case over and
over again to the jury till he gets
the verdict, and, he insisted, "the
verdict we shall have" The tenn
Perance question has but one side.
NO man can stand up before the
people on any other side. The
most any other side can claim is
mat we can't enforce prohibition
out they have no right to condemn
an unenforced law. The charge
That we tried prohibition in Par
SSersburg and failed, is an 1S-caret
1alsehood. Prohibition. is the only
rational object of the Temperance
question. When we urge temper
al ance In the church and in the pc
ntlcal canvass, hands go up in holy
horror against carrying temperance
INTO religion and politics; but look
you, there's blood on those hands
Inc DIR. read extracts from the Min
Gtes OF the Brewers Congress, to
snow the perfect organization and