The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-11
Mrs. Chnpin's I.Scture.

There IS probably no woman IN South
Carolina,--a State which is the mot her
Of 50 many noble women, ,.--Whn has
done so much effective work Ia the h-
.rrrSt Of morality and true religion as
Mrs. Sallir +. Chaplin, Of CharlrSt on.
! Nearly tw" years ago she addressed u
large audience III our town on the sub
| t"rt OF temperance, anu every ono who
! heard her thrn was Impressed with the
depth aud sincerity ot her convictions
ANI with the unSrln>hurSs ut her ,lrvU-
,ioA to the great ra,,Sr to which she has
c"nSrrratru her time anu talrnt. her
! very life. Her SrrNuu lecture In New
! berry was delivered nu Friday evening
last at the Methodist Church. She WAS
introduced Ivy Rrv. II. r. trirt IhrrM
| VIII" i himself Il temperance worker vf
prominence. In few graceful words
this gentleman called attention To the
Importance "t the work IN which MR..
Chaplin is Interested and to the rNtrnt Of
her lahnrS in the past. The iSlinGiShrl
officer OF the w. (. u. /. then took the
floor, and for moro than an hour held
the close attention Of her large audience.
In her delivery there is Il trrSrurSS anu
dramatic force which even the most
apathrtiC listener cannot resist. The
advocate oi prohibition cannot complain
of any lack OF material from which to
frame his arTumrntS,-- very ablln-
drncc is embarrassing. With Il conSunl-
mate art which can only come from
long experience on the platform Mrs.
Chaplin selects from this material that
which she needs, here Il story Of sin
and suffering and there Il bright bit Of
sarcasm, here Il tale Of diSlIonor aud
death and there Il burst Of indignant
protest against the evils which follow in
the train OF intcmpcrancc, and paints
with them Il picture which shows the
dark side Of our natures, but which is
yet true in every detail. An analysis Of
this address is impossible. TO apprc-
cE'tc its merit one must have heard it.
The impressions which come from an
earnest face and an eloquent voice can
not be described.
1t must have been Il pleasure to Mrs.
Chaplin to see among her hearers Il num-
Der Of the ladies Of Ncwhcrry who un-
dcrtook two years ago to carry on the
work begun by her. These ladies have
worked quietly and unobtrusivcly, but
not even the most skcptical will deny
that much good to the community has
resulted from their efforts. The war
against intrmprrancc as waScu by the
ladies' and children Of the W. G. II. L.,
deserves the support OF every tri0tic
citizen. The question of prohibition is
one which is growing in Importance
every day, and the time is not distant
when none can afford to shut his eyes to
the issue. As Mrs. Chaplin showed, the
"placcs OF departed spirits' are be-
coming more numerous every day.
License or no license is Il question
which promises to rccur again and
again in the affairs Of every town in our
country until it is finally settled by the
prohibition If that agent which has
proved such Il baMc to our civilization.
That day will hc FASTENED by the cf-
forts Of such women as Mrs. Chapin and
her co-lahorrrS, and the richest COM
munity--thc one OF which most may be
cNpcrtca--iS that in which live the
greatest number Of women OF her stamp.
Ii i to b" hoped thai Mrs. Chaplin can
b" Induced to revisit Ncwbcrry soon.
She may he sure OF welcome Whenever
She returns.