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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Crossing the Color Line.

A gentleman in one of the coun-
ties of Maryland wrote to the Sec
rotary of the Prohibition Execu-
tive Committee as follows:
What is the status of the Color
ed Man in the Prohibition Party ?
How must we receive him? Must
it be on perfect equality, or must
we make distinction, and have a
separate organizationH 1t is the
opinion of the writer that no dis
tinction ought to be made, and
that the question is, Are we ready
for this step? Can we lay aside
our prejudices and form club of
Prohibitionists of both white and
colored, to work tremendously
We want to do right. Please advise
u.s."
To the inquiries, Mr.. Weisham.
pei replied: "The Prohibition par.
ty knows no antagonisms of color,
section or religion. 1t is party Of
and for the whole human race. We
do not prescribe how the races
shall meet and mingle in local as.
semblies we leave them to act as
they think best for the good of the
cause; but in Baltimore we meet
the colored. voters on the platform
of equal citizenship, and find this
action to be an element of strength
Our conventions, committees and
clubs make no distinctions
in color. Our colored ministers
are taking hold of the question
and we are gaining colored voters
every day. The Prohibition Party
is the party for mankind and all
the world
1t was plain to all who were
present during the sessions of the
recent Maryland Conventions that
the Rubicon of the "Color Line
had been triumphantly crossed
and the freedom and ability with
which colored delegates took par
in both the Alliance and Prohibi
ton party meetings, gave abundant
proof of the wisdom of the crossing
amer
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Mr.. Thomas Again at the Front.

Mr.. John L. Thomas, State Lee
turer for west Virginia of the In
dependent Order of Good Tenn
plars, delivered an address in
CHARLES Washington Hail." on
Monday night. A fluent and for
chile speaker, he interested a large
audience for an hour and a half
Charleston Free Press.
We are glad to know Brother
Thomas is at the front again, on
the West Virginia lines. He was
last week in Berkeley and Jeffer-
son counties, and is this week in
Mineral, Morgan, and Hardy. We
insist that he shall give the FREE
MAN an l. O. G. L. letter for next
issue.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
The two Rev. Sans In Baltimore.

Thanks to Mrs. S. w. Tudor, of
Baltimore, for the good letter in
which she sends Hartford county
w. c. T, U. Program, which APP
pears in another column, together
with a list of names of women
workers, good and true, to whom
we may send sample copies of The
FREEMAN.
&c referring to the meetings by
Revs. Sam Jones and Sam Small,
Mrs, Tudor says; "These two Sans
are men who are not afraid to tell
the truth. Mrs. will write
you of Rev. Sam Small's (imnnense
every way) Temperance Meeting
at Lafayette Street Union, last
night" i +
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Put Your Money to Work for
Prohibition.

If you haven't time to spend for
the cause, put your money to work
for Prohibition.
Send US 10, 5, 3, 2 or 1 dollar,
with lists Of names, and we'll send
The FREEMAN on all subscriptions
thus donated at following rates:
One year, Is cts per copy;
Eight mos. 80 cts per copy;
Four mos. 25 cts per copy;
Single sample copies, at rate
of 81 per hundred.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Western Maryland Notes.
Smsthburg W, c. T. U.

ED. FREEMAN:
Smithsburg w. c. T. u, organ
lied by Miss Moore in 1884, re-
mains small in numbers but is not
small in spirit and determination.
By and by it will have more
encouragement. The good sisters
and one or more of their "brothers-
in-law," meet from house to house
every month, and have an occa-
sional public meeting. Such was
their "Rusk Centennial" and
their evening in the County Sun
day School Convention last autumn.
They have aided materially in
welding pressure in behalf of
Scientific Temperance Education
in Maryland, as legalized by our
last Legislature, and in behalf of
Mrs. Hunts Bill passed by the
U. Senate, and recommended by
the House Committee, and also by
a member, Mr.. Findlay, of Balti-
more, in the following words to a
Smithsburg correspondent, viz:
"The fact that so many of the
Christian women advocate the
adoption of that bill affords strong
presumption that it must be right"
This Union, at late meeting,
appointed a committee to arrange
with DR.. E. T. Bishop for an adj
dress, giving his impressions of the
Baltimore Conventions, of each of
which he was a mber, and of
Mrs. Lathrop and other speakers
whom he heard. A treat may be
expected. The w. G. T. U. anthem
is to be sung and some readings
given. l.. L. B.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
ssBetsey and Me Killed a
Barr
DEAR FREEMAN:

DEAR FREEMAN:
An adaptation from the Union
Signal Of Chicago, did good service
at a public school entertainment
in Western Maryland last month.
1t took, and what was better, had
force in it. 1t was about "Betsey
and me-we killed barr last
night" Prohibition by Prohibi-
ton party and by means of Woman
Suffrage twinkled through the veil
of its drollery. Does any FREEMAN
boy want to know more of this
bear story, or want to use it?
Let him correspond with,
CHARLEY BELL,
Smithsburg, Md.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
MaIIaIieu & Co.

We are glad, this week, to present
to our readers the card and compli-
ments of Mallalieu & Co., Balti-
more, wholesale dealers in Paper,
Paper Bags, Paper Dishes, Irvine,
DC. They are not afraid to pro-
claim themselves Temperance men,
and we are sure our Temperance
and business friends will find both
pleasure and profit in comforting
with this firm. See card.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
More Rejoicing and Thank
ing.
Mt. Lake Park |. O. G. T.

At a meeting of Welcome Lodge
l. 0. G. T., at Mt. Lake Park, Sat-
urday evening, May 8th, the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, God in great goodness
vouchsafed to our citizens at the
late election another and greater
victory over the evil of intemper-
ance in our county than ever be-
fore; be it
Resolved, That the thanks of this
Lodge are extended to those friends
from other counties who aided the
cause so nobly, including Mr.. Price,
Elder Baker, Rev. Henry Baker,
Mrs. Martin, Mr.. Gilbert, Mr.. Cars
kadon and Prof. Bruce.
ResoLved, That while we remem-
Der with gratitude the good work
done at this time by many, we
again thank Hon. VIM. R. Getty
for his fidelity to the temperance
cause from first to last.
ResoIved, That we will ever re-
member with gratitude the efforts
OF those ministers of the Gospel of
our Lord, who were faithful to the
right in this issue.
III. II. VANMETER,
GEO. P. WHITE,
ISAAC MYERS,
Committee.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Sample Copy.

A blue X on this item emphasizes
the fact that this copy of the FREE
MAN comes to you as special
messenger, inviting you to sub
scribe. If you are a friend to the
cause, show your friendship by
inviting its advocates to your home.
Please examine the FREEMAN care
fully. Send one dollar for a year,
or at least, send at once, 13 two
cent stamps and have it 3 months
on trial. Address
The FREEMAN,
Parkersburg, w. Va.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Work among the COIOred People
of Baltimore.
Bands Of Hope and ". C. T. US.

EDITOR FREEMAN:
In sending my subscription, I am
tempted to perpetrate conundrum,
if it is commonplace, viz:
Why is one who takes several
Temperance papers, like an omni-
bus?
Ans. Because there's always
room for one more.
While the papers we have, give
US Temperance news from all
sections of our own and other lands,
we must have the FREEMAN to
know what is being done in Tenn
perance work among our neigh bors.
AS my special work is among
the colored people of the State, l
give you few items.
am sure we are all beginning
to realize what an important factor
the colored voters are to be in
settling this question as we desire,
and hence the necessity Of Temper
ance work among them.
You will recall the bold, decided
words spoken by Rev. Harvey
johnson, at the late Maryland State
Alliance, stating so plainly where
he is to be found in future.
With his long established princi-
Piles of total abstinence from drink
and tobacco, his influence over his
large church of 1000, it would be
difficult to estimate.
In connection with his church is
Band of Hope of $50 mem bers, the
largest in the State. They also
have fourishing w. G. T. U. of
fifty members, and still increasing
and doing good work.
The President, Mrs. E. Hall, is a
most energetic, persevering worker,
and has formed Bands of Hope in
two other churches in the city,
and is now planning for three or
four more.
Already, there are over five
hundred children, young people
and adults in these Bands of Hope,
all largely through her efforts, with
the cooperation of the pastors.
l wish l could send as good a
report of the white children of the
city.
A late paper says, that only one
in eight Of those who have been
habitual drinkers, who sign the
pledge, keep it; and of those who
sign the pledge in childhood, not
more than one in eight break it,
proving conclusively how much
better is the work of vention
than cure.
Please send FREEMAN to Mr.. J
N. Nanny, II Mccullough, ST.,
Baltimore.
Yours in the work,
MRS. S. II. NANNY.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
MORE NAMES WANTED.

For the maryland Convention Free
mans.
We still have several hundred cop
les left. Won't our Maryland
friends at once send US additional
names of Temperance workers, to
whom we may send these copies.
Help us put them where they'll do.
the most good.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Lotteries Must 60.

"The House has passed a bill!
prohibiting the business of lotteries,
or advertising them, in the Dis
trict of Columbia, by vote of 167
to 3-Cabell and Daniel, of Vir-
ginia, voting with the minority.
There is no doubt that the Senate
will also pass the same bill"
Lotteries and saloons must 90.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19

Van Wrinkles Ice Cream Parlors
families supplied on short notice
free and prompt delivery to any
part of the city. Give them call.
Academy of Music Block.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Maryland Matters.
w. G.. T. e.
Second Quarterly Institute
OF THE
Maryland Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union,
TO BE HELD IN
The Methodist Church, Bel ASr,
Hartford Co., Nd, Wednesday,
June 2, 1886.

yWTtc 4, 1OOo.
PROGRAM.
1890 a. m. Music, "Blest be the
Tie that Binds"
BIBLE READING, Mrs. J. Cary
Thomas, of Baltimore.
PRAYER.
MUSIC, GIVE to the Winds thy
Fears"
1856 Report of Recording Secre-
tary.
Report of Treasurer.
100 WORDS OF WELCOME, Mrs. j.
J. Rouse, Bel Air.
RESPONSE, Mrs. &. S. New
man, Baltimore.
lilo SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE
EDUCATION, DR.. E. Har-
graves, Baltimore.
Discussion.
1120 JUVENILE WORK, Miss R.
Mory, Baltimore.
DISCUSSION.
ANTHEM, "For God and
Home and Native Land"
11.35 TRAINING SCHOOL EXERCISES,
IL 3-4 5 81, By the Ladies
of Hartford county.
Temperance Doxology.
Benediction.
1900 Basket Lunch.
100 p. M. DEVOTIONAL, Mrs. G. Y
Thomas, Darlington.
MUsIC-By Band of Hope.
100 SOCIAL PURITY, Mrs. j. Cary
Thomas, Baltimore.
100 The Press, a Dominant
Power in Temperance
Work, Mrs. James Lake,
Mt. Washington.
LAO "CRANKs," Miss M. Emma
Norris, Wilma.
1.45 QUESTION Box, Mrs. S. W,
Tudor, Baltimore.
230 COUNTY FAIRS, Mrs. VIM.
Ruskell, Baltimore.
235 The WORTH OF WOMAN TO
MAN AND GOVERNMENT, A,
M. Robinson, of Crescent
Union.
2,40 A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A
DIFFERENCE, Miss Valiant,
Bel Air.
Temperance Doxology.
Benediction.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19

Agitation and Orgamizatiom--let
these be the watchwords of Prohi-
bitionists everywhere.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19

We thank our Maryland W. G.
T. U. friends for Program and let
ters of interest to W. G. T. U.
workers, on this page.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19

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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
IN A SMALL WAY.
Pointed Pencilings Of Brief Items ofLOca
Interest.

Pointed Pencili0gs of Brief Items OF Local
Interest.
THREE marriage licenses were issued
yesterday.
THE West Virginia Natural Gas Com
pany will pay their line hands to-day.
THE C. & st. L. and b. & o. railroads
changed their timetables yesterday.
A NUMBER of Wheeling people will at
tend the soldiers reunion at Pittsburgh
to-day.
HOLIDAY PosT G. A. X. will go up to
Pittsburg to-day to take in Grand Army
Day and indulge in the parade.
F.P. MCNEIL was yesterday appointed
guardian of the estate of Allyn c. Mcneil
Bond 81, 900, with W. B. Hoge as surety.
LOUISA GADo was yesterday appointed
executrix of the will of William Gado,
deceased. Bond, s., 900; no surety required
SOME twenty small boys at the Hinge
factory went to the office of the company
and made a demand for 80 cents per day
instead of 40 cents They were discharged
and the company adyertises for new boys
to fill their places.
THE hOrseS, carriages, hacks, etc., be-
longing to the John Dumas livery stable,
were sold at the Court House yesterday by
Auctioneer Hervey. The stuff brought very
low prices, good buggies selling for SO and
$50. a two horse spring wagon for Sll,
hack for $50, and so on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
NATURES HIGHWAY.

The elegant passenger steamer Andes,
leaves for Cincinnati at = o'clock this after
noon, Captain Charles Muhleman in COM
mand and Mart Noll in the office.
The steamer Benton Mcmillan sunk Il
barge at this point short time ago. 1t
is dangerous place for navigation, the
cause being, it is said, the rocks thrown
in the river at this point by the construc-
tors of the o. r. K. Il.
Marks at other places; Oil City inches
and stationary; Parker, 3 inches and fall
ing; Greensboro, feet 8 inches and sta
tionary; Lock No. 4, 6 feet and stationary;
Rice's Landing, feet and stationary;
Brownsville, feet and stationary; Nor
gantown, feet and stationary.
The Stella Wilde, Captain Princes new
boat, will leave at noon to-day for the
lower Mississippi, Captain Prince in COM
mand. The steamer will ply in the
Natchez and Bayou Sara trade, and Cap
tain Prince will command her for the first
two months A fine Kranich & BOch
piano, the gift of the citizens of Natchez,
has been put on the boat, and Miss Stella
Wilde, after whom the vessel is named,
has forwarded :et of silk colors.
The steamer Dick Fulton with 81 barges
in tow, coming up the river, struck the
bar at Big Gravel creek last evening at 8
o'clock, tearinga hole in her bottom 20
feet long and 5 feet wide, and breaking be-
tween seventy-five and one hundred tim
bers in the boat. She sank Immediately
in feet of water The steamer is owned
by O'Neal & Co., of Elizabeth, Pa. The
captain has telegraphed to Pittsburgh for
drivers and says she can be raised by this
means in two or three days.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
POINTS ON PEOPLE.
Movements of Citizens, and the Coming and
Going OF Strangers,

Movements of Citizens, and the Coming and
Going of Strangers,
Richard Robertson left for the X. of l..
convention at Richmond, Va, rs a dele
gate.
Miss Lizzie Stanley, of Bellaire, who
has been visiting relatives in the city, has
returned home.
Mrs. Sylvester G. Williams, of Ci'Cin-
natl, is visiting her parents, Mr., and Mrs.
George r. Taylor, on Fourteenth street.
Messrs. Fred w. Banner and John f.
Mendel returned yesterday from CinCin-
natl and Louisville, where they took in
the CXpOsitiOns.
Miss Jennie Smith and Miss Sherman,
the railroad evangelists, will be in the city
next Saturday evening. They will begin
their work on Sunday following.
Mr.. Max StrakoSch, the famous theatri-
cal manager, arrived in the city Yesterday
and is quartered at the Mcclure House.
He is here to make arrangements for the
appearance of his opera company at the
Opera House on the 18th and 18th inSts.
Mr.. Charles Britt, of this city, was Ii
censed to preach at the English Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Synod held at Millersburg,
"a, Sunday last. He stood No. ! ex-
animation, and is graduate of Gettysburg
college. He will be ordained in the min
istry at the next meeting of the Synod.
Genial Edw. J. Abraham, acting
manager of Lewis Morrison and Celia
Alsbery, who are to appear at the Opera
House on the 18th and 18th insts, in
Faust" is in the city making arrange
ments for the appearance of his company.
which he claims to be the best on the road.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
The Law VIII Not Permit IT.
Nn4iDsblrro InDependeHt.

The law will not permit interference
with business affairs any more than 1t Will
personal assaults. The Wheeling papers
are now being boycotted by lot of prin-
ters who wanted to run the owners bust
ness, and all kinds of intimidations have
heen resorted to. In Richmond,
indictments have been found against the
boycotters and the Labor Herald has been
sued by tobacco firm whose business 1t
sought to ruin, and the result ofthe boy
colt has been the organization Of the Law
and Order League which now number over
1000 members in the city The law abid-
ing people, whether the employed or the
employers, are bound to be protected
against the conspiracy of any and every
organization.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
..Fnnst and Marguerite"

Of DR.. Hass' dramatizatiOn of Faust"
which will be given at the Opera House on
the 18th and 18th inst, by Celia Alsberg
and Lewis Morrison, the New York World
saws: "GOethe's Faust has been present
ed in various shapes until the story has
become familiar in some form all over the
world. Last night a dramatic version en-
titled Faust and Marguerite was brought
out at the Lee Avenue Academy of Music.
1t is much the same as, that in which Hen
~ Irving made such a marked impression
in London, and it was received with EN-
phatic marks of favor. Lewis Morrison
and Celia Alsberg appeared rs joint stars,
impersonating MephistOpheles and Mar
guerite. Mr.. Morrison is an actor who has
long been prominent before the theater 60
ing public and has attained
distinct success in portrayal
of characters in which re-
fined yillainy is the prevailing trait. His
previous admirable work led those prev
last night to expect much from him, and
they were not disappointed. His Mepis-
tOpheles is q Characterization which i'm
presses its excellence upon even the unap-
preciative. His conception of the part is
clear and his execution is mastery. He
brings out possibilities which in hands less
deft would hardly be thought to exist
All this was not lost on the auditors, who
took pains to demonstrate the fact Miss
Alsberg, as Marguerite, made good inn
preston, acting the part with intelligence
and grace, and showing the possession of a
reserve force. The supporting company
was, in the main, competent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
The Truth of the Matter.

Charles Doyle yesterday swOre out Il
warrant before Justice Ankle for Ike
Nanninger and q man named Cline, charg-
ing them with making an indecent assault
upon his wife, yesterday afternoon as she
was passing over the Back river bridge.
Officer McNichOls got on the track Of the
men, but they skipped to Bridgeport,
where they were arrested. The facts in
the case, according to the wOman'S state
ment, are that Nanninger and Cline met
her while passing over the bridge and made
a proposal to her, but they did not attempt
to lay hands upon her, Notwithstanding
the dizzy story that was sprung upon the
public Yesterday afternoon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Talk of a New Steel Works.

Last evenings Steubenville Gazette says:
Samuel Duff, who owns q parcel of land
fronting q mile and seven hundred feet on
the river between Mingo and Brilliant, has
laid portion of the same off in town lots,
looking toward the erection of 4 steel works
lust opposite the town of Lazearville in
West Virginia. Mr.. Duff think the site on
his farm possesses unriyalled advantages.
There are 800 acres of valuable coal under
lying the farm, access to which can be had
by sinking shaft one hundred and eighty
five deep, right at the proposed site Of the
works. He proposes calling the town
Duffsburg and is sanguine that as soon as
the company is incorporated under the
laws of West Virginia, sufficient capital
can be obtained to proceed to the immedi-
ate erection of q mill.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chill.
dren teething, is the prescription of one OF
the best female nurses and physicians in
the United States, and has been used fol
forty years with never failing success BY
millions of mothers for their children.
During the process OF teething its value is
incalculable. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrhGa, grip
ing in the bowels and wind collie By Civ.
ing health to the child it rests the mother.
Price pc. 4 bottle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Your Last Chance

To visit the Cincinnati Exposition, at ex-
tremely low excursion rates, this season,
Will be afforded Friday, October 9Th, when
the Panhandle Railway will sell tickets
for all trains arriving at Cincinnati on that
day.
Those who take advantage Of these cheap
rates will have the pleasure to be present
at the closing exercises of the Exposition,
which are generally an important feature
Remember, also, that the tickets will be
good for return passage until Monday,
October 18th, inclusive
Don't forget the date, and look out for
bills giving time of trains and rates.