Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-25
District League Celebrates Its Seventh
Anniversary.
LIST OF THE AFFILIATED SOCIETIES
Address on the New Emancipation
by Rev. {. L. Watson.
PROG AMOF EXER CTS p S


loon League of the District of Columbia
was held last evening at the Eastern Pres
bvterian Church. Rev. DIR. Easton. pastor.
corner of 9th street and Maryland avenue
northeast Mr.. James l.. Ewin, president OF
the organization. presided. The exercises
were opened with organ voluntary by
Mrs. John l.. Shedd. organist of the church:
Wine is 4 Mocker'' was sung by the quar-
tet chcir composed of Mrs Hobart Brooks,
Soprano. Miss Emma Houchem. contraito:
Mr. Ed. Il. kmble tenor. and Mr. Philip
Gerry. bass. with Mrs Shedd as orsanist
and director. y selection from the Scrip
lures was read. and the opening prayer was
offered by Mr.. 3. T. WEIGH
The hymn Jesus. Lover of My Soul
BY the choir followed. after which Mr.. r.
E. Harvey of the Eastern Church delivered
an address of welcome. The entire audience
sang the hymn "A Foe is Abroad, at the
conclusion of which Mr.. A. n. Garfield,
first vice president. gave brief review OF
the seventh years work of the league.
The Affiliated bodies.
Mr. Garfield stated that the application
OF the anti-saloon forces of the District of
Columbia continues. The leading affiliated
bodies are: From the Baptist denomina-
tion. Calvary. Z STREET, FRS. Gay Street,
Grace metropolitan. Nineteenth Street.
Second and Zion Churches; from the Chris
tian demnomination, Ninth Street c. E,
Vermont Avenue c. +. and Whitney Ave
nue. Meu0ria! c. f. Societies: from the
Consrrega innalists. Fifth Church c. E. So
cicty. First Church Temperance. First
Church c. f. and Mount Pleasant c. E.
Societies ana Mount Pleasant Church; from
the Friends Friends G.. +. Society tortho-
dom ana Society of Friends NHicksite);
Lutheran. Keller Memorial c. +. Society.
81. Marks Church Memorial c. f. Society.
West Washington Church, West NaShlnS-
ton e. L. Society and Young Peoples mon
Of the District OF Columbia: from the Meth
cdis,s. Douglas Memorial Church. Sunday
school and Epworth League. Ebenezer Ep~
worth League: Emery Chapel, Brishtwood,
Emery Chapel c. f. Society. Faith Church.
Foundry Sunday School Temperance So
ciety. GorSuch Church. Grace Epworth
League. Hamline Church Marvin c. +. So
ciety. Mckendree Epworth League. Metro
poitan "a. NJ. e. C. f. Society. Metropoli-
tan VI. f. Church Mount Vernon Place c.
+. Society. New York Avenue. North Capt.
tai. Ryland. Tenleytown and Trinity
Churches; Trinity Sunday School Temper
ance Society. Union c. f. Society; Waugh
Sunday school and E,pworth League. Wes-
ley Chapel Epworth League; from the
Presbyterians. Assembly's c. f. Society,
Eastern Church. Eastern c. E. Society,
lexington Christian Templars, First
Church c. f. Society Fourth Church c. f.
Society. Garden Memorial Church. Gunton
Temple Memorial Church and c. +. Society,
Hyattsvile c. E. Society. New York Ave
nue c. f. Society, Peck Memorial Chapel
and society West Street and Western c.
L. Societies: from the United Brethren.
Memorial c. Z. Society; from the Good
Templars, Grand Lodge of the District of
Columbia Columbia, Independent. Mime
haha. Silver Star and Takonla Lodges and
Juvenile Temples of the District of Column
ba, from the Rechabites. Columbia District
Tent Of the District of Columbia Anacos-
tia. Cammack. Covenant. Faith, Heber and
Union Tents: from the Sons of Temper
ance. Grand Division of the District of CO.
luInbia; from the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union. District. Capitol Hill.
Chaplin. Frances Willard, Georgetown
Hamline. lie Droit North Capitol. North
west and West End Unions, First Congre
mont Avenue VS. Our Union and Wesley
Chapel Bands of Hope Father Mathew
T. A Society. Prohibition Union. Soldiers
Home Union. St. Andrews T A. and p
Society, Association Cadets. District of Co.
lumbia c. +. Union, Federation of Young
Peoples Societies of Liberal Churches.
Florence Crittenton Mission. Howard Uni
versity. Junior Christian Endeavor Union.
Junior Equal Suffrage Association. Spen-
cerian Business College and Washington
District Epworth League of Baltimore con-
ference.
The National League.
Mr.. Garfield said that there were fed
Grated with the District league in the Amer
lean Anti-Salonn League. for nationwide
work, over 30 bodies. nearly onc-fourth Of
which are national in their scope He said
the attorney for the league. Mr. \. L,
Shoemaker. had throughout the year ap-
:7eared daily before the excise board in be
S4.lt Of The community: also, that the mum
o7r ri licensed places in the District has
been reduced from 'h,i at the end al h. Ii
Gems" year closing October Il, 1855 to GAL
II the end Of the next license year and 10
~; june -, Saturday last.
Continuing. Mr. Garfield said the officers
Of the league feel much encouraged by the
g. .r...
sell Intoxicating Kinks is i,il less Than in
1N"2, Notwithstanding the steady growth OF
our populate n. the close during the pa Il
year Of four OF the saloons on Pcnnsyl "a
MIA avenue between the Capitol and It'll
street: the preservation at least of the nigh
character of our District Commissioners
by the appointments for the new term:
better work than ever before the part
Of the police in leutenants' reports on ap-
plica tions for license and the enforcement
of the law; the appointment Of the third
Sunday in November as Temperance Sun
day in the Protestant Episcopal Church
the commentator Of the work of tbs. Dis
trict of Columbia Anti-Saloon League by
the annual Sunday school convention Of
the District; the recognition of the Dis
trict of Columbia league by the Congress
Slonal Temperance Society, and gift Of It's
anniversary collection and freedom from
all Indebtedness. with an outlook t~ward
enlarged usefulness supported by incrcas-
ing contributions"
Rev. WatsOn's Address.
y solo was sung by Mrs. Hobart Brooks
after which the annual address was de-
livered by Rev. Edward L. Watson of
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Mr.
Natson's subject was THE New Enamel
patton" Some day" said he, there will
be a new holiday i'll the calendar Men will
gather 10 celebrate new liberty, the like
OF which they have not yet known. Magma
Chara snatched from the king by the
barons. The Declaration of independence
"a Rev liberty. some three millions Of col
"nists given freedom to govern themselves
are landmarks Of progress: Yet in COMPARE
son the human race by this emancipa-
tI"n viii have obtained a benefi. far he
You'd these old victories of peoples over
princes.
Political freedom is a great boon. but
less than that freedom which liberatcs
men from appetite. from the demon OF
thirst from baseness, from degradation
and sin. There is no slavery ike the
slavery of drunkenness. no despair deeper
than the drunkard's gloom. no chains 50
CALLING.
Let us see the magnitude of the evil by
studying II as business. In 1898 there
We're consumed .i51 $4,000 gallons of