West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-02

tunities for doing this work when.
ever and wherever we find them
Many persons have been Influenced
but only God can tell how manv
have been reclaimed. The anti.treat
pledge has been signsd BY is.
Tracts distributed, 200 FREEMAN
and Union Signal are taken. Tenn.
perance law is partially enforced
Have a Y. w. C. T. u, but no
Band of Hope.
We have room on Railroad
Street, among places suspected as
saloons, whose doors are open to
all.
There is no Restaurant kept BY the
w. c. T. u, but one Of our most
earnest Temperance men has a
lunch room on Railroad Street.
We found petitions of little use
and adopted more positive meas.
ures. We begged money for the
Temperance cause, from house to
house, hired a detective, employed
an attorney, and kept the grand
jury busy with the illicit vendors
Of poison. Many have been fined,
some imprisoned. Owing to an
error in the corporation law, some
escaped, but we took the next step
and saw the County Attorney. Ar.
rests were made from time to time
Work still goes on, and if W atching
the officials and letting them know
we are watching them, will make
them do their work, we propose
that the work shall still 20 on
Mrs. J. B. Thompson, Secretary.
WHEELING.
Reports membership of fifty. This
Union has met every Friday after.
noon since the Crusade, except in
the extremely warm weather when
many of the members are out of the
city. Had the matter of State and
National dues been thoroughly
understood, 1 think Wheeling
would have been the first w. C. T.
U. in West Virginia. Many a
blessing has been received in these
Friday afternoon meetings, when
perhaps there were only the "two
or three gathered, together Many
a voice has there been loosed in
prayer. The results of the work Of
this Union in these ten years have
not been what we would like them
to have been, but what they may
be, no one can know till that day
when the books are opened, and
we learn something of the value
God places on even one soul saved.
The liquor traffic is Iatcful with
US, therefore we legalize all crimes
attendant thereon. One of our
members had temperance lunch
room for a few months, as a pri.
vate enterprise. Our Union gave
two oyster suppers for its benefit,
Tracts and cards have been
distributed in our Look Up Lee
gion" and in the Sewing School Of
South Street M. E. church.
The w. c. T. U. have placed
boxes in the B. & o. and P. w. &
KY. Depots, and filled them with
tracts. ..0.
NEWBURG.
Organized two years ago. Mem.
bers, 40, including honorary.
This Union, in spite Of many
discouragements, is holding its
own, and we trust those earnest la.
dies will remember that they will
reap if they faint not. President,
Mrs. L. M. Clayton. Corresponding
Secretary, Miss Anderson.
The reports from these W, c. I.
Unions speak for themselves-com-
ment of mine would be superfu-
Gus. . .....-.r ....
To the new Unions we say: Take
the motto of the Waldenses, Glove
His Name, and you Will reach
greater than Alpine Heights" So
let US one and all say. r.g-.,.
es.l EMMA A. FOWLER,
30. Cor. Secretary.
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL ADDRESS.
After singing Gam l Soldier OF
the Cross" the Convention listened
with deep interest to the annual