The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-06
WEST VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN
People of Mountain State Still Enthused With
Campaign Plan-More Than $4,000
Raised in Three Weeks

WHEELING, W. VA February 2-(Special cor
respondence) The third week of the mid-win-
ter campaign in this state closed last night. Dur
ing the week the speaker, Oliver W. Stewart, of
Chicago, visited ten places and spoke twelve times
In his meetings there was raised $1,001.23 for the
West Virginia Prohibition committee.
Since entering the state on this trip Mr.. Stew
art has visited thirty-two places and has spoken
thirty-eirht times and raised $42O9.41.
To sa, that the Prohbitionists of the state are
pleased and encouraged would be expressing it
very mildly. Great crowds, sometimes taxing the
capacity of the largest audtoriums, have heard
him wherever he has gone. That the people have
been interested has been shown by the large
contributed.
State Chairman Edward w. Mills is in the
field seeing that the meetings for the last week
are properly advertised He announces that he
has Mr. Stewart engaged for a return trip later
Last Sunday was the great day of the third
week Mr.. Stewart spoke in Sisterville Sunday
morning in the Methodist church. In the after
noon, at three o'clock, he faced an audience in
Parkersburg at the Y. M c. A. estimated at 1000
by the local papers, The enthusiasm was great
and the interest intense. At the close the people
gave $a53.33. The evening meeting was at Sis
terville-a union meeting of all churches at the
presbyterian Cnurcf, WHICH ndrdly neld the peO-
pie. In the two meetings at Sisterville there was
given $117.49.
Monday but one meeting was held, at Williams
town in the evening" in the Methodist Episcopal
church, which was crowded to the limit. The
enthusiasm resulted in a collection for the COM
mittee of $7252.
Mr.. Stewart spoke twice on Tuesday in Spen-
GER The afternoon meeting in the Baptist
church and the evening rally in the opera house.
Great audiences attended both, coming
considerable distance. The amount contributed
for the plan of campaign was $142.62.
Wednesday evening another fine rally took
place at Elizabeth. The people showed by their
presence and attention that they believed the ques
ton to be important and on hearing from Mr..
Stewart to the movement in the state offer
ing taken amounting to $2751.
Once more on Thursday two great meetings
were held. The afternoon found Mr. Stewart at
Belmont, where the whole town seemed to crowd
into the church. The close attention of the peo-
pie was followed by contributions amounting to
$780,
The meeting was in the opera house, which, large
as it is, was too large for the audience
which assembled. The strongest utterances of
the speaker were the most applauded. The
contributions at the close amounted to $1Os93
Friday afternoon an address was delivered to a
packed house in Reader, three-fourths of the
audience being men. They gave the committee, in
answer to Mr.. Stewards appeal, $47.47. In spite
of raging storm fine audience heard him in
the evening at Smithfeld, and responded with
contributions amounting to $780,
Saturday brought the worst storm of the sea-
son. and but one meeting was held and that in the
evening at Pine Grove, when in spite of the un-
favorable weather a good audience listened and
showed its. interest by giving $4,000
During the day Chairman Mills and Mr.. Stew
art met in Wheeling to plan for another visit
to the state which Mr. Mills is sure will result
n eve