Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-22
PROHIBITION ASSEMBLY.
The Exercises Yesterday We're Inter-
sting and Well Attended.

The Exercises Yesterday We're Inter-
sting and Well Attended.
THE WHITE RIBBONS WERE VERY
MUCH IN EVIDENCE ON THE
GROUND - ADDRESS BY MISS
BELLE KEARNEY IN THE AFTER
NOON-ADDREES BY LOU BEAU
CHAMP LAST NIGHT-THE PRO
GRAMME FOR TO-DAY.
The White Ribbons were very much
in evidence yesterday at the Mounds
Vile Prohibition Assembly. 1t was
W. C. T. U. Day, and the ladies did
themselves proud in arranging such
pleasing programme. Besides the
usual large number of people on the
grounds, about 800 Sunday school child
rem from North Wheeling were at the
Assembly. 1t was their annual outing,
and the young folks enjoyed the treas.
The exercises at the Assembly open
ed promptly at $50 o'clock with
fair attendance of ladies. Bible reading
led by Mrs Jennie p Sisson was the
first exercise, while rext on the pro-
gramme was a talk by Mrs. Calvert, Of
Pennsylvania, on the subject OF How
Best Conserve Our Forces" and many
good points were brought out during
her discourse.
Music by the Beam Brothers was
next, and this was followed by beau
tiful recitation by Miss Justice. Mrs.
| Jerome H. Raymond, of Morgantown,
spoke on "Hgher Education and Wo-
mems Opportunities Her remarks
were brief, but we'll pointed, and she
! gave those present much information
which will be of interest to them.
Tn the afternoon Rev. C.. H. Mead, in
making the announcement, paid quite
| compliment to the W. c. T. U. or
ganization, and stated that the ladies
had full charge, and for them to do
as they wanted to-day. Mrs Morrow
then took the floor, and in few words
| introduced the speaker of the after
| noon, Miss Belle Kearney, of Missis-
sippi. Miss Kearney has spoken in
nearly all the principal cities OF the
United States, but this was her first ap-
pearance in West Virginia.
She opened her address by eulogiz-
ing the work of the late Francis Will
lard, and stating that this lady did
much toward uniting the ladies Of the
north and south.
1.-THE war question at present attracts
nearly all the attention of everybody,
and considering this fact I feel very
,, grateful for so many of you to come
out and hear me speak this afternoon"
Continuing the said it was out Of
fashion to abuse the saloons longer,
and what the w. G. T. u is doing now
is digging up the roots in order to get
+hA thing properly. "The roots
branch out to our legislators, our
homes and society, and here we will
have to commence in order to kill this
internal traffic.
THE liquor traffic Is legalized, and
the money derived for revenue IS
blood stained, every dollar of 1t. Men
who vote for it commit a crime, and
they know it.
1.-THE license saloon makes paupers.
and our legislature builds jails to place
these paupers in who help the saloon
out"
She told Of the saloon business IN
Alaska and how the men there sell 1t
to Indians, which is against the law.
81 have visited many saloons in this
country" said she, "and know consld-
cradle about them. When / was in
Chicago, | saw the inside of the
Maize This is said to be the finest
establishment of the kind in that city,
and was much surprised at what |
saw. There were winding mirrors, and
if you were not careful you could lose
yourself. l was with minister when
I went into the place and you can rest
assured that l did not go there for the
purpose of imbibing any OF the stuff.
I have travelled all over the different
States aRdt have seen the lowest dives
and knowowhat they are in their true
light.
Now we have local option in one
county and the reverse in the adjoin-
ing one By this when liquor is forced
out of one it is sent In by another.
What we want now is men to enact
prohibitory law and have it enforced.
Our voters know who to elect and if
our men could pray before they cast
their ballots we would have better
nation to-day.
"There are 1900 ,Oc0 voters in this
country to-day, and 5000. 600 are said
to be Christian people. If this be true,
why don't we have better laws and the