The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-12
CAlRO'S GRAND RALLY!
Carter, Campbell and Freer, stir the
Prohibit ION Enthusiasm to
q White Heat.
CAIRO, w. VA. MAY s.

A temperance meeting was held
at the M. E. Church in this place,
on Friday night, May 7th, under
the auspices of the Cairo Lodge of
Good Templars. The church was
crowded with people, who were
anxious to hear the greatest living
question discussed in its true light,
The members of the lodge met at
their hall, clothed themselves in
regalia, and marched into the
Hall to the music of "Marching
Through Georgia." rendered by
Miss Inez Haddox, organist. The
song, Vote, vote, vote, the Boys are
Marching" was then rendered by
the Choir, after which the meeting
was led in prayer by Rev. D. M.
Sleeth. Will A. Strickler, Grand
Worthy Chief Templar, took charge
of the meeting and introduced
REV. j. W. CARTER, OF PARKERsBURG.
Mr.. Carter went right into the
subject he proposed to discuss. He
showed the enormity of the liquor
traffic; its destructiveness to the
State, the Church and the indi-
vidual, as only he can. He proved
conclusively that it was the great
est evil, financially, that the Amer
lean people have to contend with !;
that the amount expended annual
ly for liquor, exceeds by hundreds
of millions of dollars the total
amount raised by national, state,
county and municipal taxes, and
yet people complain of taxes. He
showed that if the amount spent
for liquor was turned into the le-
gitimate channels of honest trade,
there would be no branch of trade
but would receive a wonderful i'm
petus. All kinds of business
would have a "boom," and hard
times and labor strikes would
speedily come to an end. He also
dwelt on its evils, morally, intel
lectually and phys ically, and clos
ed by declaring that the gospel of
Prohibition, backed and made ef-
fectual by Prohibition party, is
the only thing that will be able to
crush out this enormous evil. His
address, teeming with strong, for
chile, pungent argument, often il
Illustrated by sparkling witticisms
and lively anecdote, was one of the
best the people of Cairo have ever
had the good fortune to hear.
After song, Sleeping on
Guard"
REV. MR.. CAMPBELL,
U, P. minister, of Guernsey county,
Ohio, followed in an earnest, logical
and practical address on the evils
of the crime of all crimes, enjoin-
ing on all moral, Christian Tenn
perance people, the absolute neces-
sity of total abstinence, and Of do
ing everything in their power to
rid the land of this giant evil, and
closed by saying that the party
having the Prohibition of the liquor
traffic for its cardinal principal,
was in the vanguard of this great
reform movement, and must event
ually triumph.
After song, "Who Hath Sor-
row ?" excellently rendered by Miss
Jennie Merchant and Miss Ella
Carroll, Mr.. Stricken introduced
HON. ROMEO H. FREER,
w. G. T. of Huntsville lodge,
who for forty minutes, held the
audience spell-bound in one of the
most mastery Temperance address
ses ever listened to in Richie
county. His brilliant wit, one
moment convulsed the audience
with laughter, and the next mo-
ment, his tender, pathetic descrip-
ton of the wreck of homes, happi-
ness, health and life, by Rum, af-
fected the audience in way diff
cult to describe. Suffice to say,
there were none present who were
not profoundly impressed, and sor-
ry when he was through.
Thus ended the most successful
Temperance meeting ever held in
this place. Its effect will be felt
hereafter in the increased Temper
ance sentiment, the redoubled en-
ergies of Temperance workers, and