Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
POMONA'S CHURCHES
MAKE GOOD SHOWING
DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS
WELL REPRESENTED
Prohibition Leader Declares Immense
Majority of Citizens Favor His
Movement and Has Hopes of
Democratic Party
Especial to The Herald

POMONA. Oct. 11.-Nearly every re-
Pomona, and the Salvation army has
barracks on Second street near the
new Commercial hotel.
At the Baptist church Rev. Mr..
Watson has held the pastorate for two
years. His church was the second de-
nomination to establish work in Po-
mona. 1t will celebrate it's twenty
fifth anniversary next week.
Since Mr.. Watson took charge two
years ago there has been a marked
period of progress. During this time
1914 new converts have been received
into the full fellowship of the church.
The members of the First Baptist
church have now under consideration
the feasibility of building a new
church.
The church's Sunday school has 1876
members and the young peoples So
cieties have $50 members. Rev. H.
Russell Greaves, d. D., corresponding
secretary of the Southern California
Baptist convention, occupied the pull
pit this morning.
At the First Christian church Rev.
Mr.. Clubb holds the reins. He has a
splendid building, and the church as
an organization is accomplishing good
work.
During the year the church has
raised for local work, including i'm
provements on house, s6026.9S, and for
missions. $1707.7S.
The present resident membership is
ass, a growth of rs within the year,
and the Sunday school enrolment is
400. All departments of the church
are in a prosperous condition. There
are strong ladies' missionary and la
dies aid and Christian Endeavor So
cieties.
The church is planning a great evan
gelistic campaign, with Rev. Herbert
Yeuell of Washington, d. c., as leader.
Strong for Prohibition
]. E. Burnham, one of the most
prominent prohibitionists in Pomona,
speaking on the good work of the
churches. says: while Pomona is
known the world over as a town of
churches and much religion, the reli-
gion of the place is now taking a, more
decided practical phase. One of the
outgrowths of this is the Prohibition
club of Pomona, an organization of
about 100 people, who take the view
that the way to get prohibition of the
liquor traffic is to prohibit the manu-
and that the decisive, effectual, prac-
teal and most expeditions way to pro-
hibit is by the use of the ballot.
Very few people of Pomona are
against prohibition; indeed, it may
truly be said that nine-tenths of the
people of Pomona are for strict tenn
perance and prohibition, but there are
some who have not yet opened their
eyes to the fact that simply voting
for good men, or either of the old
parties, is not the short cut to prohi-
bition, to say the least.
However, the good people of Po-
mona are not lacking in appreciation
of the cleanliness of the Los Angeles
Herald and the fairness it exhibits in
giving space to reports of all truly
progressive movements for the good of
humanity. and hope the example it is
setting will be rapidly followed until
the party it stands for will make it.
self so clean that none but good,
strong, clean men, thoroughly imbued
with prohibition principles and pledged
to enact and enforce prohibition laws,
will be nominated, for then nothing
can prevent its success.
THE Prohibition club is the only
political organization in this town
having regular weekly meetings and
advertising them. Monday evening,
October 12, the following program will
be rendered:
Prayer, by ]. e. McComas; song, by
Miss Hazel Roe; The Last Ditch
a five minute paper; piano and man.
dolin duet by Miss Inez Roberds and
Earle Williams; recitation, by Ruby
Ritter; uniform marriage and divorce
laws; business meeting"