Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-10
The TEMPERANCE campaign.

The Temperance Campaign.
The temperance workers of Shepherds
town are waging an aggressive campaign
this week, with every hope that they will
be able to carry the town dry at thes spec
ial election on Saturday. Public senti-
ment, we feel justified in saying, is strong
ly in favor ofkeeping the saloon out, and
preventing the evils attendant upon them.
We urge all good citizens to assist the
Anti-Saloon League in its unselfish work
and vote against license on Saturday
A rousing meeting was held in the town
hall last night for the especial benefit OF
the colored people, many of whom were
present, the gallery being packed with
white persons. Rev. Ed. J. Richardson,
OF Virginia, made most effective address,
illustrated with clever cartoons that he
drew as he talked, and his argument and
his points were unanswerable. Rev. Mr..
Trigg, pastor of the colored Methodist
Church, also made very strong address
in which he urged his people to stand by
temperance Robert E. Clay, the famous
orator and worker from Bristol, Va,
made one of his inimitable speeches.
From his first word he had his audience
with him, and he held its undivided at
tention until late hour. With appro-
pirate stories and illustrations, which he
tells IN his own irresistible fashion, he
entertained the crowd and put in the most
telling blows for sobriety and decency.
Robert Clay is in class by himself, and
everybody in this community, white and
colored, ought to hear him. He will
speak in the Baptist Church this Thurs
day night and in the Methodist Church
Friday night.
There will be temperance meeting in
the town hall this Thursday night Rev.
T. M. Hare, of Charleston, is'expected to
be present and make an address, and
Rev. Ed J Richardson, Of Virginia, will
also speak and make cartoons. Every
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Rev. Cyrus p. Keen, Of Hagerstown,
district superintendent of the Maryland
Anti-Saloon League, delivered an effec-
tive temperance address in the town hall
Monday hight. His speech was logical
and convincing and there wasn't a dull
moment in it. A good-sized audience
was present and enjoyed and applauded
the address.
The temperance people OF Shepherds
town are rejoicing that they have with
them this week Rev. Ed. ]. Richardson,
field secretary of the Virginia Anti-Saloon
League, TO assist in the local-option CAM
paign. Rev. Mr.. Richardson was here
last year, and the strong addresses that
he made and the clever cartoons that he
drew aided materially in the victory that
was won at that time. He is as active as
ever in the temperance work, and in re-
spouse to invitations from his friends here
he has agreed to give several days TO the
cause this week. He will be at the town
hall tonight to make cartoons and talk
temperance. Everybody should hear
him.
Robert E. Clay, the noted colored
orator and temperance worker from BriS-
tai, Va, is in Shepherdstown this week
assisting the Anti-Saloon League in its
fight against the saloon. His eminently
successful work here last year in the same
good cause, when he proved so helpful
and effective, induced the temperance
leaders to call for him again, and he is
here in response to their invitation. He
is manly, square, fearless fellow, and is
becoming noted all over the South as an
orator and leader of his race. He advo-
Gates industrial education and freedom
from the blight of the open saloon as the
true solution of the so-called negro prob
lem, and is giving his whole energy to the
advancement OF his race along these lines.
His speeches are powerful, and are being
enjoyed alike by our white and colored
people. He will be here the balance OF
this week.
Rev. T. NJ. Hare, State Superintendent
OF the West Virginia Anti-Saloon League,
of Charleston, is expected in Shepherds
town today, and will probably speak in
the town hall tonight and tomorrow night
Come to hear him.