The Opelousas courier., 1894-04-28

President, Miss Stella Truman.
Vice-President, Mrs. r. r. Settoon.
Rec. Secretary, Mrs: s. T. Crawfosd.
Cor. ~" Miss Florence Truman.
Treasurer, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hayes.
PLEDGE.
thereby solemnly promise, God help
ing me, to abstain. from all alcoholic Ii.
uuors as u beverage, including beer,
wine and cider, and that / will employ
all proper means to discourage the use
of and traffic in the same.
Here arc the nanes of some OF the
most recent su subscribers to this total alb
stinence pledge : Messrs. Fl. Bodemnller,
A. Foster, A. Long. Il. E. Jones, Leo
Mayer, Jno. Lewis, D. NJ. Knox. c. Set
toon, - Hanley, Mrs. W. L. Truman,
Mrs. Mamie B. Evans, Misses Fannie
Brown, Lizzie Morris, Pattie Price,
Trust Foster-15 in all.
The last meeting of the W. G. 7. u.
was held Tuesday, April Gath, at the
home of Mrs. Brooks. Little was done
beyond appointing committees to az
range for the public meeting OF next
Friday night, to attend to the collection
of dues from delinquent members, and
to see the principal of the st. Landry
High School in reference to holding
meetings in a OF that building.
The committee upon last Sundays
program reported an interesting meet
ing resulting in a show of interest in
temperance work among the children,
twenty of whom agreed to attend the
Loyal Legion meetings with a view to
becoming members of that organization.
The next regular W. G. T. u. meeting
will be held next Tuesday afternoon at
the Opelousas Female Institute. Please
be on time. Our recent meetings have
been held so late that important bust
ness was often omitted or postponed.
The hour is $3.50 p. m.
Through the kindness Of Judge Per-
rault the Parish Courthouse is placed at
the disposal of the Union for next Fri
day night, April 9th. The public is COR
daily invited to attend the lecture of
Mrs. Hoffman upon that occasion. Her
style is pleasant and entertaining ; she
is one of the foremost lecturers of the
w. C. T. U. You will be fully repaid
for coming.
Boys and girls are urged to attend the
meeting to be held for them next Mon
day afternoon at the public school
house. It may be interesting to the
public to read the pledge Of the Loyal
Temperance Legion Trusting in
Gods help, I solemnly promise to ab-
stain from the use of alcoholic drinks,
including beer, wine and cider, from
the use of tobacco in any form, and
from profanity"
No child is allowed to take the above
solemn obligations and become a full
member Of the L. T. L. without the full
consent of his parents. But any one
asserting to the following Company
rule may attend tue meetings: 81
| promise to be quiet and orderly, at.
| tentive to the instructions OF our Lead.
er, and thoughtful on the great subjects
of temperance and purity" After at
| tending three meetings and obtainingth
enough to discern good and evil and tC
! understand the binding quality of q
/ promise. may take the pledge and be
admitted to the privileges of full
membership.
Surely no parent in Opelousas is vii.
ling for his bright-eyed boy, his limo
cent daughter to use alcoholic drinks
and tobacco, thus debasing mind and
body, or to profane the name Of the
| God who said Il will not hold bim
guiltless who taketh my name in vain
Surely, then, not one of them will with
hold his consent to the children's unit
ing with the Legion.
If every boy and girl would take and
keep this excellent pledge, how healthy
aud happy they will be IS men and
women! How unlike the tobacco.
poisoned, alcohol Worshipins genera.
ton of to-day F!
The W. C. I. U. pledas is less exact.
ing than hat Of the L. T. L. whose OBJ.
iect is to prevent the formation of any
enslaviog habit by the Young:
Il hereby solemnly promise, Goo
| helping me, to abstain from all alcoholic
liquors as a beverage, including wine
| beer and cider, and to employ all proper
means to discourage the use and traffic
in the same.n The signing of this
pledge and the payment of the annua
dues entities any u to wear the white
ribbon, the badge of the w. G. T. Q.
It should be remembered that 9
pledge Of this kind is binding for life
| One does not get rid of the obligation
by Withdrawing from the union and
taking off the white ribbon. One il
not released from this solemn promise
to God and man even after the pledge
has once been broken. 1t is a mora
obligation from which the pledge-sign
| er is released only by death.
After next week all regular meetings
-;n ho hold Of tho ruh1io aohoci hnueo