West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-04
West Virginia Temperance News
and Notes.

Don't fool yourself by thinking
that at the beginning of the new
year, you will "swear Off and turn
over new leaf, and therefore YOU
can have big time during the hol-
idays. Remember how it was last
year, Tyler Independent
The prohibition question is at
tracing considerable attention near
~ all of our voters having signed
the petitions, but we have a few
that still have a laundering after
the old flesh pots. They have eyes
to see and see not; ears to hear but
hear not. They are joined to their
idols. Let them alone. The car
of progress will move on without
them.-PecI Tree Correspondent Bar
bour Je6ersoniam.
DRuMMoND's CHAPEL, MoNoN- !
GALA Co., Dec. 20, 1881.
a temperance meeting was held
at Drummond's Chapel, last night,
and if the manner in which the
work is begun is an index of what
is to come, great good will be ac-
complished. The meeting was or
gained by clecting A. G. Wood
President and E. E. Baker Secreta-
ry. The President stated the OBJ
iect of the meeting and introduced
Prof. d. b. Purinton as the first
speaker. Prof. p. said that he had
no set speech, nor any apologies to
offer, but he made an excellent adj
dress, showing that we had legal
right to make q prohibitory law
Rev. @. M. Miller was next introdu-
ced. He made very lively and
interesting speech, after which a
petition was presented for signers,
which every voter in the audience
signed. Several ladies were present
and all joined in singing a temper
ance song.
A. G, Woop, Pres.
e. e. BAKER, Sec'y.
-Morgantoeon Paper.
LICENSE VS.. No LICENSE IN KEY
sER.-On Jan. 18th the question Of
License or No License will be deci-
ded by a vote of the people. The
Keyser papers are full of the ques-
ton, and a hot contest is being
made. From a communication in
the last Tribune, we clip the follow
ing earnest words, which Parkers-
burg voters may read and consider
with profit just at this time:
at is in vain that those who IA
vor the license system try to excuse
or palliate their course. For IL
cense means for whisky; for whisky
means for drinking; for drinking
means for intoxication; for intoxi-
cation means for all the evils that
flow from it. A corrupt fountain
cannot send forth pure water.
Whisky in the saloon finds it's way
into the street and the home circle.
Now, wherever prohibition has
been tried, it has succeeded. The
Maine liquor law has been a great
success. Kansas has grown wise
by her example. Let West Virgin
ia follow and make her mountains
as pure in this respect as they are
in the air which encircles them.
Two-thirds of the State has al
ready gone for local option; let the
other third speedily follow, and let
Mineral county be the first to join
the temperance counties of the
State. One Of the largest mer-
chants in Keyser, who was once in
favor of the license system, now de-
clares as the result Of his observa-
tions, that when the town had
prohibitory statute, times were in
every way better; there was more
money in circulation, there were
fewer debts, there was greater hap
piness and more prosperity in the
community. No doubt the testi-
mony of others is to the same effect.
Let all, therefore, who have the
good of the community at heart,
see to it that whatever ticket they
vote, it has on it "Against License."
Let the Petitions now be filled up
at once, and sent to Dave d. John
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