The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-02
KELLY LEAGUE MEN.
A. Organization with Noble Ends In View.
An Enort 90 Save Their fei'ew-"sn
from Bondage Worse than Death.

Nexnort News, Oct. LA "keeley
sassTe" was organized Tuesday at the
Ese1sv Institute. near this place, which
Nc Cor jfs object the cultivation OF So
ciaI relations. the strengthening OF the
ties that bind those that have suffered
from drink and who have been released
through the medium of the heeiey treat
ment, but more especially TO alo o'h -, ?
who are financially unable 10 use VIZ
methods by which themselves "e'o
cued. - l. chic
Among those who are engaged IN TINS
nrajseworthy effort to save their fenoW-
men from a bondage worse than aeasn'
ere gentlemen from every section on VIZ
einia. and they invite the cordiaI 20,
oneration of their feliow-erauuat,eS
wherever they may be resident III 'ne
The formation of Kelley leagues all
over the world BY sober. honest earn
ess men is the true step TOWARD .nd
solution Of the liquor question; seOonu
only in Importance to the heeley Oun u.
itself. These leagues. formed VIII O W
a single purpose, ana tnat pup 90 M
aid suffering humanity, aiileu " ~
e. ina;rectly with any business enter
nr;xe whatsoever, they stand before ,ne
world the noblest organization OF the
nresent dsy. Their energies, their ume
and their money will be devoted 10 tne
glorious cause of bringing men OUT u
Sarl,ness into light. out of despair ana
Seafb into hope and life, out OF drunk
enness into sobriety. And then, 100,
the method through which this purpose
ls TO be accomplished is perhaps Tue
greatest factor in the world history
toward the redemption OF man: h2SI-
Inc has ever compared with IL. we
refer to the chloride Of gold trea'meh'
of DR.. Kelley. xa-oa thou
an. IN mon have been redeemed How
many dollars does that represent; beihg
tnrned into other channels! IaKe ine
verv low average of one dollar per Gay
Cor each man. and we have SlOU,OVO
taken away from the liquor tran 1r,
tb;rtv.sir million dollars annually! Inc
loss Of this sum has already broken up
che whisky trust, and in the growth ana
s~nsnsion of the Kelley cause we see
the death of the liquor trathc,. and the
Salvation of thousands of the best men
M tho land from a slavery when mas
bound them with chains OF misery
case in point illustrates the vaiue oI
these reclaimed men TO the prooucslNe
wealth of the country. In one DAY; uuI-
ing the present mouln, eniso ~ tho
were discharged from treatment d. .n1
KeeIev Institute at this place as cured,
whose united salaries, before they be.
came practically useless in a business Isl o9s
point Of view, amounted to all of $4,000
per annum. Within, a few days o an
were nj work at the old figures, ana
tbe sum indicated added to the wealth OF
Communities in which they had for CON
Siderable periods been but consumers;
There is. however, another phase phase tS Sd
this changed relation that Is oeyon non '%g
10 nortray. namely: The enhanced peace
Of mind of the man who has been re-
leased ed from the tolls of the destroyer,
and the more than happiness of the
mothers. wives and children; whose hose homes homes
had been impoverished, ana III from ro ~nOi is
throughout Tr a grand one, and worthy the
consideration and best efforts OF all VINO
love their fellow-men.