The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-12-19
ANNIVERSARY MEETING IN THE
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Wednesday Evening, Dec. 12.-Hon' W. H.
wcbber, of Elyria, was Present ana
Dellverd an Address.-Rev.
A. f. Skeele Read the
History for Past
Year,


retary. treasurer, board Of twenty-five
directors, and an executive committee
which shall consist of the four officers
above named and five Others who
shall be chosen by the board OF
directors from their own number.
All officers shall be chosen by the
board Of directors by ballot at the first
regular meeting held after the election
Of said board, which shall also have
power to fill all vacancies in office.
Rev. A. F. Skeele then read the his
tory of the Association for the past year
which is as follows:
Friends and neighbOrs:-We have been
called together tonight to celebrate the
second birthday Of the Wellington Pro-
tective Association. On the 18th OF Dec
emhet last, here in this church, this or
ganizatiOn came into existence. 1t is
fitting that at the end Of the first year,
the society should give account Of its
stewardship.
The meeting year ago was held in
response to call issued by a committee
of citizens for the purpose of discussing
the temperance situation and of finding
ways of enforcing the prOhibitOry Ordi-
nance of our village. Addresses were
delivered by Rev. E. I. Hagerman, and
| W. R. Wean, which will long be remem-
bered by all who heard then. A plan Of
organization was presented, the fOrma-
tion of the W. P. A. proposing to itself a
single aim, the enforcement Of existing
law, having platform 50 low and broad
that all good citizens could stand to-
gether upon it, and so strong that it
conld not be upset by any attacks of the
enemy and it expressed in these words
''The object of this Association shall be
to maintain and enforce the laws and or.
dinances relating to the sale of intOxi'
eating liquors in the town of Yelling
ton" All who werein sympathy with thai
object and willing to aid in promoting
it were requested to hand their names tt
| the secretary, thereby constituting them
selves members of the Association
Some 200 hundred gave in their sigma
lures that night, and the number ha
since been increased to about 400.
The machinery of our Association il
very simple. 1t has a president, vice
president, secretary and treasurer
The management of the society is yeste'
in board of directors, twenty-five il
number, elected at the annual meeting
and chosen with reference to the differ
ent churches and other organizations 0
the town that wish to cooperate, an
) thus aims to befairlyrepresentative. TIL
detail of work is delegated to an executiv
0 committee Of nine. The officers Of th
Association, Of the board Of director
0 and OF the executive committee, are tn
same individuals. The Association
0 in full sympathy and cooperation wit
the state Anti-SalOOn League, our execl
% tive committee constituting what
know as the local executive committee
70 the state League.
On Jan. 1. 1894, committee of Il
IS Association was granted an audience b
fore the mayor and council, and an a
dress was presented by President Paine
10 stating the nature and aims of the Q
ganization, appealing to the mayor al
70 council for leadership in the enfOrc
ment Of law, and assuring them of Il
support Of the people in so doing. II
5 mayor expressed himself as gratifl
with the interview, and gave the assn
ance that the city fathers were willil
80 to cooperate with the Association in t
furtherance Of its purpose.
Early in January several cases
90 prosecution upon which the mayor h
been sometime at work, issued in su
against the keepers OF three social
% shop tea joints" all Of whom plead
guilty and were fined. Suit for illel
sale Of liquor was also brought agail
100 the proprietor Of one drug store, "
pleaded guilty and was fined. ]
net results Of this vigorous ca
paign were summed up in
100 ter Of the mayor printed in
Enterprise Of Feb. Z, in which he SO
''tOday there is no open drinking pl
,ad in our village" The Association {
cd. daily places the success Of this me
Of ment to the credit Of the police depi
ment, and we note with pleasure
vas emergence Of general truth, viz, t
to organized public sentiment moves
/. police, and together they move upon
ink enemy. The Association felt too that
ex- own existence was more than justit
the Less than two months since its for
tion, and no open drinking pl
on left in the village. We thanked God
ck- took courage. On Sunday evening, !
Iay, 4, union temperance meeting was
in the opera house, at which addres
les were made by Rev. Father John Pow
,On- Hon. j. T. Haskell. The next effort
and our friends the enemy, on discover
tier that the law could be enforced, was
Jail effort to secure its repeal. IN some
not accountable way they managed 10 OBJ
the signatures of twentynine of