The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-31
ATEMPERANCE TIDE
Set in-Mass Meeting At the Academy OF
Music Yesterday.


Music Yesterday.
The temperance people have kept up
their meetings ever since Murphy started
the ball some years ago, but Of late they
have not been as aggressive as thOy were
when the movement fret took hold Of the
community, During the past few week,
however, the embers Of enthusiasm in the
cause have been rekindled and the camp
fires are again burning with their old
time brilliancy,
Yesterday afternoon the Academy OF
Music was packed from pit to dome. The
great attraction was Mrs, YoumAns, a tenn
perance lecturer OF snviable reputation
and unquestionable ability, A noticeable
feature Of the composition oil the audi.
enCe was the preponderanCe OF men and
boys, Usually the women have the largest
representation at meetings OF this CharaC.
ter, The audience was very attentive and
orderly, and intelligent, as oil tho strong
points advanced by Mrs. Youmans were
enthusiastically applauded.
The services opened with singing by the
choir led by Mr., Mack Reilly, after which
Rey, W. B. Thompson, pastor OF tho Dis.
Ciples Church, read q portion OF the scrip.
lures. Rev. W. G. Hobbs then offered
up iervent prayer for the success OF the
cause.
Rev, Q. P. Masden, Of the Fourth Street
NJ. Z. Church, who conducted the ex.
VrCises introduced the speaker In short
and complimentary speech.
Mr.. Youmans is q lady Of large proper.
tons, kindly, benevolent face, earnest
manner, and a pleasant and forcible
speaker. Her address was replete with
solid arguments In favor ottotal abstinence
from the Bible standpoint, and was re-
lieYed by the relation OF interesting
anecdotes and powerful illustrations. Her
criticisms on the governments OF England
and the United States In regard to
their policy in relation to the liquor
traffic were Cauatic aud pertinent,
She believed that the closing Of the saloon
doors and the destruction OF the distil.
leries was the one thing needed to crown
the achievement Of the two nations to on.
roll them as the greatest upon the earth.
She inveighed eloquently against the ar.
gument that the revenue oil the country
would DO crippled by the abolition Of the
liquor traffic, and that II was lasting
blast on the reputation Of the country that
made money out OF the vices OF the people,
and cited heather nations that had re.
fused 10 exact this "blood money" as she
called It, The talk was very interesting.
and when the lecturer concluded the PEG.
pie looked surprised that she had stopped,
MOTHS.
At the close Of the meeting petitions ad.
dressed to the Legislature asking that q
constitutional prohibitory amendment DO
submittedtoa vote OF the people, were sent
among the audience with the request that
they obtain signatures TO them.
The petitions presented In both houses
OF the Legislature, so for, for the adoption
OF a prohibitory amendment 10 be submit
ted to vote oil the people, have eighteen
thousand signatures.
The Fourth Anniversary OF the Murphy
movement In thih city will be hold at the
Acadamy OF Music February II.
A mass temperance meeting will be held
at the Fourth Street NJ. 4, OhurCl
Wednesday evening, Judge Ferguson, Of
KanAwha, will preside, and Hon. Z, G.
CrRCrait and others will deliver addresses,