Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-12-05

-. bliss Belle kearT e. lcCtdrcU
ou Temperance. Her Object
was TO establish Il Young No
mans Christian Temperance
Union. She is a foreible aud
fluent talkcr aud handles her
subject wei. using all The Nay
through the finest English. She
Is engaged ia holy cause and
We predict that great good viii
come from her efforts Twenty
y0guS ladies responded willing
~ and promptly to her call and
thus was organized the \. ~.
e 4 u. II Oxford
Taere are 50 many girls In our
midst standing =; the portals Of
tyoung womauho0d with all life
eeujered 10 the happy present
aud the ever changing future.
Ii each one could be aroused 10
Jake scme part Ia the tempe
rance work. letting the thought
OF hitting this great burden irCm
humanity thoroughly %Permeate
her own life then our town is
won. For each lite touches a
life. aud that life another and
thIs truth applies To those girls
who have net taken "A decided
stand la this matter rs we'll IS
those who haze The young
mea are to he reached through
the influence and companion
ship OF these Young girls. Aud
so the \ " CT L appeals To all
the young womauhOod Of OK
ford to lay aside prejudice aud
help IN the noble wOrE: We
want to prove that the very
best y0uag men and women, so
eIally and Intellectually are in
this work. TO make the use of in-
t~OxIeants as q beverage uufash
i0ua5le: 10 raise the standard Of
tiiss principle TO - high a So
cIal plane Is eur own lives: and
show the world that we are
striving toward the highest ideal
of Pure aud true manhood and
woEanhOod W. appeal to those
whO 30 not realize what this
great evil Is which We fight, Who
through silence or Indifference
are helping Cn the enemy to-
grasp hands with Us twenty ard
help 10 crush out the great de
strOyer CT the hume here and
the home eternal.
Miss Jessie Henw0od was
unanimously elected president
Ol OuT Union, and better choice
could not have been made for
she is blIthe. bOnuy, earnest aud
true. and with the Influence she
can WELD we expect a large ma
J0rity of honorary members:
All our officers aud in fact all
the men b Is are of the very
best material our town affords.
and We have set IN not Cor two
months as some predict but
fer the var We bid defiance
To- King Alcohol and his fellow
ers; VIZ p oppose to b p the b. V
to tie SOBER aud keep 50 and We
want all tas temperate young
men to join Us aud help their
fellow men, Saperiuteudents
for the different kinds eff work
were appointed. such as placing
Temperance literature ia all the
public places of resort for young
meB, securing subscribers tor
the Temperance paper, Sc. The
young men are To be accepted
as honorary members We ear
nestly desire "a large member
ship aud promise Ia return a
social, pleasant evening during
the coming winter Aud MIR.
Editor, won't you Please advise
the people not 10 discourage us
In any way, but help Us all they
canf for we r surely not
working for ourselves. We
know you viii stand by us and
as You will Lear from Us again,
We say au revoir,
ONE OF THE 20.
At Mrs. Golfers. Nov LIST,
the Us held their second meet
ing. The proceedings were
opened by Bible reading and
prayer by AIRS. FaIkner who
has promised 10 help US make a
success of our undertaking. tie
president then proceeded to
business. The roll being called
there were twelve members
present. Miss Stewards name
was added to our list of mem
bers. The following committees
we're appointed:
On using unfermented wine at
Communion. To see the Epis-
eOpal minister-AlSses J Chand-
Ter, ii FaIkner.
The REORGANIZATION j
HeuvoOd, Mamie Archibald
The Cumberland Presbyterian