The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-18
THE WHEELING =. NJ. C. A.
A Tribute From tho international Organ

A Tribute From tho International Organ Of
the Association.
Rtr. s. A. Taoaart IN he Young Mems Erd, q
Chicago. t745, EIf .'sr
West Virginia is a State that has not
been heard from very much in organized
work on behalf OF young men. The
quietude, however, is about to DO bro.
ken. A year or more ago It was married
TO Maryland and they began in real
earnest to 90 to housekeeping. It has
been very happy and useful relation.
AS there was no law against a further
union, they invited the District Of
Columbia and Delaware to come in and
occupy room with them. They did
not wait long for State Secretary. One
OF tho observing men Of State or Inter.
State Committee had been keeping his
eyes open. lie hud been travelling In
Pennsylvania and the result OF his
accommodating was that at bis
suggestion tho committee called
Nj. VIM. Edwin Wayte, who was at TINT
time the general Secretary ut German
town. He accepted the call, and has
been in the field for over two years.
This is one Of the striking instances OF
the advantage Of having some knowledge
OF association affairs outside Of ones
own State. l am not going to descend
to the undigntlcd custom OF making a
pun, although, ! confess Mr.. Wayie's
name affords both tho opportunity and
temptation, and II could be Of kind
that would strikingly convey IN i'm.
preston OF the happy ind useful 70.
lation he sustains to the work he Is
called to do. Wheeling 10 tho metro.
POLLS OF West Virginia. 1t is situated
at the lower end Of what Is known as
the "PanHandle" on the Ohio river and
ut ono side Of tho State. 1t 10 not
well located to be hub" and
yet 1t ~, and has been Wheel
Ing West Virginia, in almost every
important movement ever since 1t was
State. About tivo years ago l received
letter from Wheeling asking mo 10 go
down there and confer with some OF the
citizens, younger and older, about or.
eanizing an Association. responded to
this call, and met with twenty or thirty
Of those most interested. It would seem
strange thHt city Of from thirty to forty
thousand inhabitants should be so late
In making inquiry about such work.
had not been there long until found
out that while they did not have an AS.
soclation, they were rich in "reminiscences
Of the past, OF what they once possessed.
Now aud then sad voice was heard in.
timating that il they were so disposed
they could order one or two tomb.
stones OF appropriate designs, to
mark the decease Of former organiza.
tons. These remarks were Just about
sufficient to dampcn any disposition to
be carried away with any undue enthu.
siasm about a new enterprise, but did
not serve to hinder new beginning,
under entirely different auspices. They
were not hard to convince that the OLD
plan OF work never would have succeed.
ed there or anywhere else. They started
again in the right way, and from that
day to this their progress has been steady
and uninterrupted. They soon sent a
letter over to Mr.. John G. Lynch, who
was then the general secretary at Har-
risburg, Pa, and asked him 10 come and
be their secretary. He came and has
been there ever since. The relation
is so happy and useful that it ought to
continue indefinitely.
A few days ago returned to Wheeling
and instead Of finding tombstone to re-.
mind me OF what had been, I saw one Of
the neatest association buildings there ia
in the country. 1t is a monument Of
tho living, active, growing present, and
prophecy OF the same kind OF a future.
The building is fast becoming a'hive Of
industry. Every evening the Young
men are drawn within its walls in great
numbers, and are taking advantage OF
the facilities offered to promote their
highest good. The building has been
erected by Mrs. Maxwell and her daurh.
tiers. as a memorial to her deceased hus,
| band and son. The wonder to me is that
there are not more such monuments,
There is something cheesless in the idea
OF having ones name cot in cold marble
and placed out in cemetery, a place
that people avoid visiting except when
drawn by the peculiarly strong ties OF
aliectionate remembrance. Even the
town lots or adjoining property are held
at lower than ordinary figures, because
people do not wish to live so near even
the finest monuments. Down at Wheel.
ing this one particular memorial is made
bright and nseiul. It has been and will
continue to be magnet to draw to its
shelter and benefits thousands OF young
men whose paths might otherwise lead
to the many houses of death that are
always open to welcome and destroy
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