Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-19

Yesterday was the fourth day Of the
Ohio Valley Prohibition Assembly and
| the exercises were more interesting
than ever. The day was bright and
COOL which had the effect of increas-
| ing the attendance to iarge extent.
The morning exercises were devoted
principally to the women, who are al
| ways big help to the meetings every
year. Mrs. Lizzie Boyd had charge Of
| the Bible reading, while the topic
Importance of the L. T. L. was discuss
ed by the State president, Mrs. ]. w.
Hamilton. The exercises by the
MoundSville L. T. L. was omitted and
will be had later.
In the afternoon Virginias noted
temperance lecturer, w. t. Bundick,
delivered his second address to large
audience Mr.. Bundick is quite
speaker, and it is not exaggerating it
any when people say he is the equal of
Balm or Wooley. He has clear way
of explaining fully just what he speaks
on and he does it in such a way that
he holds his audience interested until
he is through. Yesterday was no ex-
ception to the rule, and those who
were not present, missed a treat in the
temperance line.
In opening his address he said, 81 am
here, my friends, to lay before you
some solemn facts of prohibition, and
l promise to be as brief as my subject
will permit" He began by saying that
the alcohol was first used as powder
by the Arabians, women used it hun
dredS of years ago on their faces,
painted their cheeks, and in the same
was as women of our land to-day use
other things, to answer the same pur
pose. Later men used it to paint their
noses and to color their eyes, for they
found that by drinking the stuff that
it produced these effects. In the 18th
century it was used in France and
Spain, and in the 18th and 10th CEN
turtles it was used as a beverage, and
some even thought that it was a pre-
tentative of sickness and would also
cure in the same line.
Three hundred years of bitter and
cruel experience have passed and now
the civilized world uses it,
In the 10Th century it was pro-
nounced a suitable poison and equal
to opium. and the worst beverage man
could use for drink
If the human body were transpar-
ent machine you could see the demon
clutching at the vital parts and see just
what effect it has on it's victim. From
the stomach this poison circuates to
the blood, heart and brain, and all the
tissues in the body. You take the
blood of a drunkard and distill it and
and after the act was performed the
stuff was ignited and it blazed the
same as oil.
But why dwell longer on scientific
things. Alcohol is a poison according
to science, and millions of people die
from this demon, whose souls are not
saved
There are laws in this land for every
thing. All are good enough as far as
they go, but they don't go far enough.
Some people say whisky is all right
In its place, and rattle snake will not
touch you If you don't bother it. Well,
both are very dangerous to have
around. Mothers have boys at home
and If they were told that they would
grow up to be drunkards they would
despise the one who would tell them
this. They teach their sons while
young to be good and noble, but when
in later years they get out of their
reach the scene changes. Men lie in
wait to lead them off and give them
this alcoholic beverage, which in re-
ality is poison. Here the scene was
pictured out just as many young men
do go on the road to ruin and end in
a drunkard's grave. This" said the
speaker, "is no fancy picture. and |
have not drawn on my imagination Of
this terrible question. Must our children
run this gauntlet and be subject to all
these things? No man ever started
out with the intention of ending his
career as a drunkard
Il do not lay all the blame at the door
| of the dealer, for there are other agents
who are just as much to blame There
are saloon men who will follow this life
| as long as the law upholds it, and the
price of your boy goes to the public treas
ury. Our statesmen want revenue and
liquor men are licensed to sell this poison
which robs homes and wrecks both body
and soul. My friends, why do
you turn your back on the Prohibition
party on election day? Get away from
the manufacturer and dealer of this stuff
and on election day use your ballot to
serve God The Sth of next November
is election day again, and I urge all
to get in shape for that event and vote
for an act which will DO much to do
away with the saloon