The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-12-09
coLoREp TEMPERANCE RALLY

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Hopkins. pastor. Mrs. E. Van Hood.
president Of the ". c. T. L. presided
T The pastor made tho welcome address
and among the many good things said .
was that ne was in the cause heart .
and soul 70 help his fell0wmen and .
free them from the use OF rum. He .
knew one Of his race that earned 500 I
a Week and because Of his appetite for
strong drink ne spent most of his ,
earnings al the saloons and left his +
family To get along as best they could
on the rittance brought home. This .
man said he could not pass saloon
without entering il and drinking. If
the saloon was not here he would take
. his money home and give il to his
family. The pastor said he was in the
service without pay, because his heart
was in il and no inducement in money
could buy his silence or induce him 10
work for the saloon interests That
Covenant was at the disposal Of the
prohibition workers Of Ocala and any
time they could use il they were well
come TO it. Rev. Hopkins is one of
the staunch temperance men of the
town and his race.
Mrs. Thomas Bridges was down for
Bible Reading on Temperance. but
owing TO Unavoidable absence Mrs. H.
c. Packham took her place and read
in splendid enunciatiOn and impress
siveness many of the Bibles warnings
against strong drink and putting the
cup to thy neighbours mouth.
h
ceilent teachers in Howard Academy.
cOlOred, made short but effective
talk She instanced the case of
colored woman who had worked hard
all week at washing, earning 81. and
which she gave TO her husband to buy
groceries and instead he went TO the
saloon and spent every cent of il for
drink If the saloon was removed
this could not be done and the family
would have enjoyed the earnings.
Mrs. C. l. Bittinger gave an account
of the late state convention of the w.
c. T. l. at Palatka and instances Of
what the women had brought about
by consecrated prayers and Jealous
and unremitting work for the cause.
Mrs. j. A. Hopkins. wife of the pas
tor of Covenant church, read splen-
did production on some Facts About
Alcohol" This paper contained so
many pertinent things that alcohol
does to the ruin of the human system
that il is worthy of publication. She
instanced a case in Pennsylvania
where cows had drank beer. left ex-
posed, and they died. The owner
brought suit for the value and recov-
cred the same. She thought it was
indeed peculiar that the law could
protect COWS from the deadly effect OF
alcohol and yet permitted millions OF
human beings to be lured TO theiI
death through it.
Mrs. R. S. Mitchell, one of the de-
voted members of the church. was
down for a talk, but said when II
came to that she was like Moses. who
was so poor in speech that he had tC
n have Aaron speak for him in the name
of the Lord She could not talk bu
her heart was in the cause; other:
could speak for her, but work sh'
would and do all in her power to Close
the saloons in Ocala. the cause of 81
much misery and degradation TO he
race She also reminded the audienc
that there were many wet womel
y among her race that needed DIR.
tonic as well as the men.
Mrs. E. Van Hood INDUCED in som
pertinent remarks. Among them wa
% the spirit in which the sixty odd mem
beers of the Ocala w. c. T. L., as good
true as walked the earth, who ha
pledged themselves that at every moo
hour of the day they would offer up
prayer for the saloon men and thos
engaged in the business. that thei
hearts would be touched and renounc
. the traffic. That in this campalg
the women engaged in this wor
would do in the spirit of love an
tenderness and in prayer, asking tn
men TO vote TO blot out the demo
rum from our fair city and county
A feature of the meeting was tn
fine signing by the choir and solo b
I Mrs. Wilson, which was indeed wort
l hearing. as she has magnlhce1
l voice and delighted all by her splend
voice.
Mrs. Hood then announced she ha
i white ribbons to pin onto the Wome
i who would sOlemly take the pledt
I to refrain from using intoXicants al
work in the temperance cause. 81
also had green ribbons for those WI
didn't desire TO take the total aost
nance pledge. but seeing and feeii
the baneful effects OF strong drink
their race would labor during the car
paign for the abolition of the saloo
To this request most of the women
the church. and it was about MI
n with them, came forward and took |
pledge and were adorned with viii
ribbons
The meeting was grand succe
and Pastor Hopkins and his zealo
co-workers are - be congratulated
the spirit displayed. The white pe
- sons present were Mrs. + Van Hoo
Mrs. II. {. Packham. Mrs. Henry
"a Groves. Mrs {. L. Bittinger. Dr..
Fl Hood. r. {. Loveridge. c. l. Biting
Ell and Edward Carmichael.
81 REMARKABLE RESCUE
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