West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-16
Our National President Among
the Temperance Conventions.
Miss Willard telks Of our West Vir
7 ginid Work and Workers.

performed by our matchless Pres1-
dent of the w. G. T. u, Miss Fran
ees E. Willard, is marvellous before
the eyes of all good people, and
paralyzing to the hosts of liquor
dom.
In the last Union Signal she re-
ports four~Conventions attended in
as many days. We clip for our
readers something she seys of the
work and workers of our own West
Virginia Convention at Parkers-
burg, putting < x where our
loved and honored leader is too
personal for these columns.
Afteren inspiring account of the
work done at the International S.
s. Con vent1on at Louisville, and
happy references to the Sunday
spent in Chillicothe, O., Miss Will
lard says. s4
"From Chillicothe we went to
Parkersburg and witnessed the raj
lying of the clans for the first time
on their own soil-this State I'm
ion having been organized last
summer at Mountain Lake Park
camp meeting, Md. Our dear Jen-
ME Saith is really it's procuring
cause" and our heroic Mrs. l. H.
johnson its chief sponsor. 800
About thirty unions are already
organized and Mrs. M. l.. Wells, of
Indiana, West Virginia woman,
with her lovely daughter Nellie, is
traversing the State and building
up new auxilaries with amazing
success ...
MissTaylor (who, by the way,
presented an elegant gavel to the
Convention), long our Vice Presi-
dent athe NationalW. G. T. U. in
that State, has been prevented by
her cares as President of Wheeling
Females College, and latterly by
illness, from entering into the
work &c, she otherwise would have
done. ''' 1''' .,
In Miss Emma Fowler, of Wheel
ing, graduate of Pittsburgh Fee
male College, whenl{ was teach
er therein 1854, we shave gifted
and cultured woman, capable of
serving cur cause grandly.
In Mre. Geo. Parsons, of Keyser,
Mrs. DrIKendall, of kParkersburg,
and Macy others I would be glad
to pane, I'VE have the elements of
strength and victory. X x Oh
Mrs. LhH. johnson met us at the
train and conveyed us ito the ele-
CANT and Hhospitible home of Mrs.
VIM. B. Caswell. x 'S o1a '.ts
The chMrch was beautifully dec
grated with exquisite Roral designs,
evergreen arch and standing vases
of plants. 1921 q. tE3"
After our evening meeting we
asked the audience to take stock in
sthe work of the w. C. T. U. on the
following plan explained by Mrs.
Wells: Twelve young ladies went
tie trough the audience, one begin
ming at the rear and Ome at the
trent of each row of pews with a
little book apiece, and asked for
subscriptions to shares O. stock.
Each share cosss five dollars, paya-
BILE at the rate ct one dollar per
year, and any person could stake as
many shares as de would. Hand
some certificates are to be issued
for each share or multiple of-ahares.
No obligation is tncured foc any
amount beyond that actually sub
scribed.. The stock simply repre-
sents the interest aGd faith of w est
Virginia people in Che work Of the
w. G. T. o., and gives a basic of
actual "wherewithal" to the work
ers. We raised four hundred dol
lars in few minutes this first time
trying, and similar meetings will
be held throughout the State. As
a result it is proposed to salary the
President and Corresponding Sec
rotary and keep them constantly
in the field.
Dear sisters, of all the State, Ter
ritorial and local unions, | urge