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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23
AN OPEN LETTrn
To Advocates of the Prohih,..
Amendment In WOOD
County.
PARKERsBURG, W. Va
May 16. 1879

May 16, 1883
DEAR FRIENDS: = Durine -
next ten days, meetings WI, y =
held in nearly every votina
cinct in Wood County. md, ~ y
auspices of the State Probibiiti1
Amendment League, and for r'' n
purpose of awakening interest," :? j
the pendingConstitutional A ma,
ment. On Saturday May 26tb
general meeting for the CON- |
will be held in Parkersburg VII
able speakers and the best Pug %I
bition singers in America will \
present to aid in the moyemen. /
We want thorough county !
ganization. Why not effect 1t NON
Will you not do your part in ,I :
curing full attendance at tbs]
public meetings, and Join will
others in effecting an organizatio
in your voting district, to the .,
tent at least of a wide awsL
active standing committee tbs1
will: A'
Arrange for occasional pub,il
meetings,
CirculateTemperance Literatu,s
Canvass the district and find nm,
just how each voter stands on ii.
Amendment,
Organize for election dav and
see that the Amendment votes ar
all in and all counted.
The Chairman of this commits
should act as district vice. resideri
of the County League and b
prompt in correspondence and con.
ferring with others as to the worI
before US.
Admonish every one that tbi,
question, now before us to be voted
on, has nothing to do with polid.
cal parties. Join all hands for tn.
Amendment on it's merits alons
and let no one be questioned as II
what party ticket he expects to
vote.
Let US unite now heartily Il
make these district and count
meetings booming success.
DAVE D. JOHNSON,
Member of the State Elk. Com
of the League for Fourth Senator's
District.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23
Exchange Notes.

The last number of the West
Virginia Farmer is full of excellent
matter. This is a Kingw God enter.
prise and should be heartily wei
coined as the answer of "long
felt want"
The Mountain Herald of recon!
date, devoted q very interesting
column to the FREEMAN. We are
not disposed to return the compl'
ment in kind. We have no fight
with Bro. Ferguson's Democracy
if he likes that sort of anti-sump
tuary diet, but we do want the
Herald to join us in booming the
Amendment on its merits.
The Fairmont Inde1 has an ex
cellent W. C. T. U. column, just
such as will do good service for the
Amendment.
The Daily Gazette of Charleston,
comes in attractive shape ard Is
full of the cream of the news.
The Logan Democrat comes sail
ing and with a happy surprise fol-
us. We hope it will stand bravely
for Logan County Homes in this
trying conflict.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

Mr.. Morrow of Delaware and
Rev. A. B. Rohrbough spoke at the
Baptist Church last night. The
rain made the audience small but
the speeches were excellent.
Mr.. Morrow is young man but
he talks like a Prohibition veteran
Our forms are made up-no time
for fuller particulars. '71- 'Hs..
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23
A Square Issue.

Vote against every man, regard
less of politics, who does not pledge
himself against Prohibition. Sse
to it well that none but Liberal!
minded men are placed in noml
nation and elected. Fanatlclsn
must go.-South West, Liquor 0r'
gan.
Vote against every man, regard
less of politics, who does not pledge
himself against the Saloon. See 70
it that none but patriotic men are
nominated and elected. The oa'
loon Must Go. r~s.
Here then, is a fair and square
issue before the people, and the on.
ly issue of Importance, cIamorlng
for settlement. 1t is simply this
THE HOME MUST GO,
or,
THE SALOON MUST 90.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23
The Truth of the "WhOIe Bus
ness"

At the Indiana Prohibition Con.
vention, when the splendid plat
form was reported, an enthusiastic
delegate, Mr.. S. ]. Wilson, sprang
% the floor and moved the adop.
ion of the report as THE Gods
ruth Of the whole business"
Amid great laughter and enthus-
asm the report was unanimously
adopted. .lt E@Nt'ssI UNA
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

Mrs. McClurkin stopped over
Thursday night at Headquarters,
enroute home from her successful
tour in the lower end of the State.
She will rest awhile and then to
the front again.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

West Virginia delegates to the
National Prohibition Convention
will leave Parkersburg for In.
dianapolis at 10 80 q. M. May 80
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

The Rarest Entertainment of the
season; Silver Lake Quartet, at
Baptist Church. Sat. eve., May 26,
admission 25cts. W. C. T. U. will
serve Ice Cream with accompani-
ments.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

The Prohibition hosts will gath.
er at Indianapolis next week in
such force as to make the political
spheres tremble.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

The Prohibition Convention of
Pennsylvania declared that Suf-
frage should rest on no mere Cir
cumstances of race, color, sex or
social condition. The Convention
raised $1,000 for Campaign work.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23
DEAR FREEMAN

DEAR FREEMAN:
AS arranged at Mrs. McClurkin's
meeting, the Thompson's Chapel
Amendment Club met and after an
address by Rev. J. P. Mccormack,
elected permanent officers as fol-
lows: President, Geo. s. Wallace
Vice. President, Rev. J. P. McCom-
mack; Secretary, Miss Julia H.
Aultz; Treasurer, Mrs. Henrietta
.Samuels.
Er. Committee, B. K. Shepperd, J.
p. Mccormack, D. H. Samuels.
Com. on Music, P. R. Shepherd,
Mrs. Alice Mccormack, P. W.
Morgan.
Com, on Order of Business, J. P.
Mccormack, Jno. Shepherd, Davis
Edens.
On motion the Club resolved to
meet the first and third Saturday
evenings, each month.
On motion adjourned.
GEO. s. WALLACE, Pres't.
JULIA H. AULTz, Sec.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23
AMONG DUB EXCHANGES.
Their Notions and Ours.

town of Wellsburg has concluded
that high license is better than no
license. WetSet Democrat.
Last year, after years expe.-
fence, Wellsburg concluded it was
an outrage on decency and com :
mon sense to tolerate saloons, and
next November, 1t is hoped the
State of West Virginia will make
it impossible for Wellsburg to re-
peat the folly Of his year.
The trifing, inconsistent course
Of Prohibitionists is responsib lie tor
and must reap the consequences
Of their treacherous folly.-Huaat.
Sngton Commercial.
The editor of the Commercial is
still "fearfully and wonderfully
mad" because his own party refused
to support him for mayor of Hunt
ington. 1t isn't healthy, Bro. Glib
son, to keep in such bad humor.
We have just this to say. If
beer and whisky are as necessary
to health as some people claim, it
is wrong to prohibit their sale on
Sunday. A man has a right to
be healthy and enjoy life on Sun
day as we'll as any other day.
- Wetzel Democrat.
Good logic that; it demolishes the
sale of beer and whisky any way
you take it, az it has already be-
come an axium that their sale and
use at once destroys the wealth,
peace and prosperity of the
people.
The main object being to carry
the amendment. would it not be
better to wait year or two before
acting aggressiveiy ?-Ritchie Ca
zette.
Too long have we waited al.
ready. Let US advance now on all
lines that lead to Prohibition, and
all concentrate our forces on the
Amendment in November.
We said yesterday that the Re-
publicans had not taken sides on
the prohibition question. This
was mistake. They have taken
both sides, and if there were three
sides to it they could come nearer
taking the third one than any
other party we know of.-Star.
And which side, or what side
does the Democratic party take?
Some men are bound to go on ex-
tremes, one may take the road to
anarchy and another to prohibit
ton. The policy of both leads to
the use of dynamite Weston Re.
publican.
Is the Republican going to turn
dynamiter, to escape Prohibition ?
The local option contests are en-
gineered by party Prohibitionists.
-BoWorts Wine Circular.
Where's the man that said the
liquor men worked with party Pro-
hibitionists?
The fact that the Wheeling
Register is jubilant over the
thought that the Third party will
nominate full ticket in this State
is enough to show which way the
wind blows, and ought to be sufi.
Gent warning to Republicans to
steer clear of Prohibition.-W Weston
Republ icam.
Do Republicans steer their craft
by Democratic weather vanes?
Better get Prohibition compass
and keep off the breakers.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

For opinions of FREEMAN family
on the Suffrage question; see W,
G. T. U. pape. "Them's our SEMI
ments."
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

ALWA yS.-I7s aOritip0 us about subscrip.
tons, al,Ooys giUe z. o. at aOiah you receiUe The
paper. This aDiU SAFE as much trouble.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

Ohio State Prohibition Conven-
lion at Toledo, May "a, 25.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

The W. G. T. U. are aston for
heir great convention at Parkers.
ourg June 27-28.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

PLEASE SUBSGRIBE.-Let every friend
INTO whose hands a Sample Copy Of the FREE
MAN conses take its coming as an urgent re-
quest TO subscribe.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

Send in orders and money TO-
campaign literature.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

Next week will be an era in Pro
hibition history.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

Our choice for National Leaders,
GENERAL FISK AND COLONEL Balm.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23
AMENDMENT CLUBS.
OaganIzfng The Home For
ces For the West Vfr-
gInia Conflict.
POOL, NICHOLAS COUNTY.

EDITOR FREEMAN
Pool Amendment Club has been
organized as follows. President, I.
W. Trent; Vice-President, J. Demp-
sey; Secretary, w. FL. HUMPHREYS
Treasurer, Lena Dempsey.
Er. Committee, ]. R. Ramsey, 0. 81
Evans, w. A. Halstead.
Con-. ON Music, G.. IN. McClung,
L. Ode!l, E. Ramsey.
We start out with Is mem bers,
II voters.
Yours for Prohibition,
w. Fl. HuMPHRIEs. Sec.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23
Stirring Wood County.

Lauckport. On Monday even
ing Rev. J. M. Garter of the M. E.
Church South, addressed good au-
dience in behalf of the Amend
ment. His speech was just such
As we want at every School House
and church in the State, full of the
flashing, piercing horrors of the
Liquor crime, coupled with urgent
demands for utter Prohibition as
the only common sense way of deal
ing with crimes and curses of such
enormity.
"Ye editor" of the FREEMAN was
resent and assisted in organized a
large amendment club with full
complement of officers and commit
tees. Failing to bring away.a full
list of the officers, we cannot give
them on this issue but will try and
secure them for next week.
The Club adjourned to meet Tues
day evening June 5th and secured
the promise of Bro. Carter to ad.
dress them again at that time.
Bethel. Rev. J. W. Carter of the
Babtist Church, held a meeting at
Bethel Union district, Monday
evening. They promise there to
organize for the fight at an early
day.
Psttyvilte. Prof. A. L. Purinton
Rev. W. w. Kelly ard Mr.. Dave
D. johnson, aroused the friends
here, also, on Monday evening, and
put things in motion for another
meeting to organize. Meetings will
be held in the other districts dur.
ing the week, and then comes the
general county rally at the Court
House next Saturday.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23

Wood County amendment Con-
vention, Court House, May 26, 2 T.
M. Silver Lake Quartet will sing
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-05-23
HaIIeck, MOnOngaIia Go

Rey. A. B. Rohbough lectured at
Halleck and organized League
with 48 members and the following
officers:
Rev. N. L. Bumgardner, Presi-
dent; Granville Brown, Vice-Pres-
ident; Milton Brown, Recording
Secretary; Duncan McRa, Cores
ponding Secretary; Sallie Duncan,
Treasurer.
E1-Committee, Geo. T. Loar, Luth-
or Brown, Jennie McRa, Jennie
King and J. G. Cartright.
Conn. or Masic, Sylvanus Reppert,
J. G. Smith and Austin.
ThOmpsOm's Chapel Club,
KanaWha County,.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-13
y found Christian woman. is the

" found Christian woman. IL the
haRpiest en- earth.
I'M my girlhood Igavea EomaHcaa
few smiles and tears I played Ut
love but, my rearing by a worldly
methef did not leave me with q iarge
amount of heart at eighteen. We
were in moderate circumstances, and
my mother taught me to think
money the greatest good; 1 Ind
quite q desperate love AffaiF the year
before l made nay money match. He
was q blonde and sang Tenor. I Mst
him the other day tffpanbaFe, With
q string of little children at his heeIs.
He had that exhausted, hacked
hook common TO men with empty
pockets and large families:
~ was driving by III NY Carriage
with my page ana my two little girls.
/ ieahed over and kissed the lot as a
a prayer of thankfulnes, for my pres
emit happy state welled up from my
heart"
"And you didn't have an ihstant's
heart throb or q monetary re-
gret?"
do you know" lifting large,
laughing eyes, 'sthat / wouldn't Be
the mother of that sesdS singer ana
those decidedly rusty, little Bfats fof
anything Ia ChREtahd9ml
ut was q little hard to give him
up at the time. We made beautiful
pictures of love in d cottage, and all
that, but when my husband came
along with money and a four-story
brown stone residence, the cottage
tumbled, never to be regretted"
But how could you bear to marry
a man without loving him? It seems
to me o wefiah ifiiist love Or hate
the man she inarries."
$50 I've read in books and been
told by romantic young wemen, Pm
neither d novel heroine h6f the EN-
bedirhent ofromance.
my husband is not an Apollo: He
has stiff, black hair and very large
teeth, two things Had ever rallied
against IN early girlhood, and he is
hot as old as my desire to become q
widow would have him; still, as a
husband he is about the best q wp-
man could have. He pays my bills
and never grumbles, is submissive,
accomplishing, thinks me the most
beautiful woman on earth, and likes
for me to go out and have attention, "
"But what are you going to do
when you grow old and the atten-
ton ceases?"
III won't care for the kind Of admi.
ration then that have now. The
young fellows viii be nice to me then
for my girls. They are both lovely
children, and will make handsome
women. shall be young again in
theirlove affairs and entertainments"
care you bringing them up with
the same view of life as presented by
your own mother7"
"Why, of course; my girls must
marry rich, If they really fall In love
with rich men, 1 shall consider their
destiny complete; but if not, L shall
urge the marrying of money without
love as the next best thing, and shall
be content in believing their lives as
happy as my own"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-13
Encounter With an Alligator.
ainesyille lFia.l Advocate.

From the Gainesville Ella Advocate.
L. w. Jackson lost some cattle and
started out to hunt them, accom-.
panied by his dog. In hunting
around they came across animmense
alligator, but as his 'gatorship was
engaged. in watching some calves, he
did notice Mr.. jackson and his party
Che having been joined by two friends.)
Mr.. Jackson's dog not being very
well up in the gator business. COM
menced the attack at once. AS soon
as his 'gatorship could change his
mind from colves to dog he made
sweep with his tail that brought the
canine around to his business end,
and before the dog had time to think
of his past, made a snap that would
have ended his career then and there,
but the gator miscalculated his dis
tance, and instead oftaking the whole
dog, tail and all, he got his tail only.
The dog being thus freed. started on
home.run; but the gator wanted
dog if he could not get calf, and
therefore started after him, rolling
over and over. This method Of loco
motion was so unusual that the dog
became Disguised, and made such
good time that the gator gave it up.
and turned his attention to his hu.
man enemies. They in their turn
armed themselves with fence rails,
and then the fight was fast and furi-
GUS. The gator would take the rails
between his teeth and crunch them as
if he enjoyed them as adiet. Tovary
the exercises he would snatch q rail
and sweep it round over that section
of the country, making his assailants
give him plenty, of room. Finally,
after a terrible struggle, he was
| forced to go where all gators go
and hunt calves and dogs no more
L
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-13
He Lost His Coffin.

Down at Albuquerque there was
one special consumptive who, being
that, felt that somehow no other con-
sumptive should be permitted in the
place. He was a character noted for
going on frequent Blenders until he
came very near to having the jim
Jams and then SOLDERING up. He had
a kind of privilege in the town and
became jealous it. One day an
other consumptive put in an appear
ance, much to the prior residents
disgust. They met. The old resi-
dent eyed the new conner all over.
Then he said:
"Say, you've come here to die,
s'pose. Well, there amt much life be
tween us. I'll tell you what I'll do.
I'll go across the way and shake the
dice with you for coffin"
"Goes!" said the other.
The old resident lost the shake, and
ne went off at once on a terrific jam
beree and died. The new conner was
SO mad he went raying about the
place.
sHe did it to get out of paying for
that coffin. That's the meanest trick
ever had done to me;"-San Fran
cisco Chronicles
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-13
A Spiritualistic Test.
pecial to The Washington Post.

Special to The Washington Post
Courtlandt Palmer and Stephen
Pearl Andrews had IN agreement
that the one who died first was, If
possible, to communicate from the
spirit land with the survivor. A
year was to be allowed for the phe-
nomenon to take place, and in case
t did not, the conclusion was to be
that the theory of spiritualistic in
tercourse was false. Andrews was a
spiritualist. 1t was he who did most
Of the writing for Victoria Woodruff
and Jennie C. Claim at the time of
their spiritualistic tame. Palmer was
an unbelieving investigator. He and
Andrews, who was commonly called
the Pantarch, together founded the
Colloquium, a society of philosophers
Of diverse views, to meet
for discussions. That was
the origin of the Nineteenth Century
Club, Of which Palmer was president
and chief financial sustainer. The
two men were anxious to settle the
question, while at least one lived,
whether the spirits of the dead COM
municated with the living. So they
made the agreement described. Each
memorized sentence, and this was,
if feasible, to be sent by the one who
died to the one who yet lived through
some medium miles away. Nobody
else was to know the words. An
drews died last Autumn, and Pal
mer, although without faith, waited
for the promised message. 1t did
not come. The Pantarch was fire.
1uently represented as speaking
through various mediums here and
there, but he did not mention Palmer
OF the compact.
Not long before Courtlandt Pal
mer's death he talked with several
friends about the unkept promise by
Stephen Pearl Andrews, and de-
elared that ifthe expiration of the
year did not bring the proof to the
contrary, he should set down spirit
ualism as q sure delusion, As he
died before the end of the year, and
without, SO far as known, disclosing
the test sentence to anybody, this at
tempt by two of the Nineteenth Cen
fury Club men to ascertain the truth
as to spiritualism comes to nothing
satisfactory.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-13
SHE ANSWERS THE PREACHER.
Fashionable Woman Who Believes the Ma.
jority OF Humanity Sinful.

a Fashionable woman VINO Believes the ma.
jority OF Humanity Sinful.
"There is nothing on earth more
farcical to me-" said one ofthe gayest
Fof married society women, ethan the
sermons of preachers about the
wretched inward lives and heart sick
ness of society women.
81 just read a sermon the other
day in which an uproarious revivalist
was deploring the misery of hollow
life. What does this sanctimonious
old brother know about hollow lives?
Why does he take hollow lives to
ring his changes upon? Why don't
he speak of the hopeless lives OF
women at the wash tub and the
cooking stove? There are just as
many Goddess women at those occu-
pations as in the whirl of society.
Women can be hollow anywhere, So
ciety has nothing to do with it. We
are more caviled at simply because
we make q show. We dress well and
drive in carriages, and the crowd
stares, and good, religious people,
pointing out someone among us,
shake their heads in pity and say:
Look at that gay butterfly
creature. She married that old man
for his money, She is utterly heart
less, and yet she must suffer some
times when midnight leaves her alone
with her SOUL
"Not nearly 80 wretched, my dear
good people, is this heartless devotee
Of fashion as young girl living in
the country near Atlanta who re-
Gently married rich old codger for
his ducats. The old fellow makes her
work, she hates him and has no diver
sions in the way of balls, operas and
fine clothes. Women in every station
of life are constantly selling them
selves. It's not crime patented by
fashionable society.
"There are more alleviations to
a sale marriage in gay life than any
other. People may talk conscience
till they die, but conscience
can be kept pretty quiet in the body
of q beautiful woman surrounded by
admiration and luxury"
"But don't you believe that there
is such thing as pure, high, Chris
tian life?"
Certainly / do, and believe it's
the only life that brings all perfect
peace, but how few women of any
class know such a life The majority
of humanity is sinful. There is
selfishness and want of heart equally
distributed in every class. A lot of
ranting is done about the worldly
mother who leaves her children to
the care of servants. Ofcourse such
"a woman is not an ideal mother, but
the children are not as E:uch to be
pitied as those.of the equally heart
less mother of q lower class who is
too slovenly and trifing to take
proper care of her offspring and too
poor to hire servants to take care Of
them. i tell you the preachers are
all wrong. The worldly society
woman, next to the perfect and rare.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-13
The Ruling Passion.

Having been postmaster myself,
/ naturally hover around the general
delivery yet and love the flavor of a
postage stamp as well as ever did.
The stolen glance at postal card
addressed to some one else sends a
thrill the entire length of my spine,
and to be able to make change with
one hand, jerk canceling stamp
with tie other, and at the same time
converse, with glorious being
through the window while drawing a
salary | regard as pinnacle OF sue
cess by which any American boy
may not be ashamed to perspirs bin
Nye;