Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-19
AT TIE CAMP GROUND.
A Temperance Lecture by Volney Ii. Cush-
ing the Attraction.

many brilliant thoughts ana IdcJS
place him among the leading prohibition
speakers of the day.
Society must consider the public
good. There is no personal liberty at
variance with the public good. How
ever high the license may be there will
always be a large class of men able
to pay the fee and able to get the license.
A law which drives one man out Of
a business and gives another a chance
ought to be driven out. If the injury Of
the liquor traffic was confined only TO
those that used it there would not be
much need for the prohibition party,
but as it causes the loss of 100000 lives
a year, debauches the lives Of our pure
boys and girls and breaks mothers
hearts, fills our jails and our poor
houses and controls the political parties
we do need the prohibition party.
There is no principle in high license.
What and where is the gain if we
have thirteen saloons under low license
and five saloons under high license,
when the five saloons sell as much liquor
as did the thirteen saloons under low
license. This is the state of affairs
wherever there is a change from low to
high license. 1t diminishes the number
of saloons but not the drunkards. High
license is not temperance measure, but
a measure to corrupt the public con-
science. Liquor men understand that
the one thing that saves them from out
lawry is the high license and that the
one thing they have to fear is the weak
e Il; rr, 1toonrc oroo1 MI
In Nebraska they license the houses
of sin and they have as much right to
license stealing or any and ali evils as
to license one. The home is woman's
kingdom. To find out if thing is
right look at the results.
The liquor traffic has destroyed thou
sands of peoples lives, liberty and hap
piness and continues to do so.
The kingdom of God can never come
while the drink traffic is here. 4
In New York in 1894 there were 425,-
600 voters who did not use their right
of citizenship, in Pennsylvania 100000
and in Ohio 100000 and in the whole
United States there were !, 100, 900.
More than usual interest was mani
tested in the devotional exercises this
evening, this being the day set apart
especially for the w. c. T. U. Mrs.
Rider, of Weston, who conducted them,
is very forcible and effective reader Of
the Scriptures.
The duty of the w c. T. L. toward
the question of unfermented drinks was
a paper prepared by Mrs. Merrick and
read by Mrs. McClurken.
1t called forth quite a lively discus
sion, some thinking that fermented |
wine could be used with good effect as
a medicine, while others emphatically
declined to have anything to do with it,
Mrs. Eugle. of Wheeling, gave a talk
on evangelistic work, having been an
NJ E. preachers wife for twenty-one |
years. She certainly knew how TO ham |
die the subject, What Hath God in it, |
Mrs. Morrow, whose address was
postponed until to-day, was a splendid |
production, showing much care in its
preparation.
You cannot afford to miss these meet !
ings, for they are very interesting
The address of Mrs. Emily l.. Nc
Laughlin, of Massachusetts, was very
eloquent and pathetic, and moved the
hearts of the people to sense Of the |
great need of father and mother duty
in teaching the children in the home
while yet under their influence. The
laws of God in regard to the drink traf-
fic that it is not only terrible sin,
but the extent of the sin, and so build
a bulwark around them to protect your
boy from this sin.
The Scripture reading was by Mrs.
Jennie McClurkin, Of Michigan, 18th
chap, First Cor. lead in prayer by
Mrs. Engle, of Wheeling.
Rev. Mead made the welcome address
to the w. C. T. L. Mrs. Morrow, presi- |
dent of the State Union, responded, |
thanking Rev. Mead, James Bodley and
all the good Christian men for their
help in the glorious work.
Mrs. Morrow then introduced Mrs.
Mclaughlin. Some people say let
man drink and take the consequences,
but it is the man who drinks and his
friends who take the consequences.
The nineteenth century is woman's
century. Never was there a time in
history when such great responsible
ties rested upon women as in the pres
ent century.
/ lie w. =. j. L. 10 lllt ldl Etcl UOu.
of women that has ever been organized,
The liquor traffic is no respector Of pera
sons We may have laws upon our
statute books, but we cannot enforce
them without public sentiment behind
them. The most serious problem that
is facing us to-day is the increasing Of
sin in our great cities.
This work is not one hundred years
old yet. In 1908 the first petition was
carried to President Adams by an In
dian asking that rum should not be
sold to his tribe, it was so fast destroys
ing their people.
Woman has come to stay in the greai
fight against rum, and we are going to
stay until this rum traffic surrenders
to us Internationally.
1t is in the home of the American peO-
pie where the first work is to be done
for the temperance cause.
There is a straight line from the glass
of wine on the sideboard to the drunk
ard in the gutter.
In the name of God, who has given
you your child, ask you, fathers and
mothers. to take your stand; don't let
your boy 90 out of your home doubling
where you stand on this question.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McAdams, Of
Wheeling, were down to spend the day
yesterday.
Mrs. Glib. Rose, of Zane street, Wheel
ing. came down to-day.
Rev. Leatherby and wife, of Silver
Hill, are on the grounds.
At the hotel Mr. and Mrs. John
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and family, Short Creek, w. Va; L. J.
McGea Marietfa O Charles w Oliver