Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-18
.ROUSIAG MEETING
IN OPERA HOUSE
GOV. Esnly Delivered One Of the
Greatest Temperance Addresses
Ever Heard in Martinsbura.

Ever Heard in Martinsburg.
One of the greatest temperance
meetings in the history OF Martins.
burg, perhaps, was held sunday after.
noon in the Central Opera House. The
address was delivered by Hon. j.
Frank Hanly. of Indianapolis. ex-
governor OF Indiana, and the theatre
vas packed with men to hear him.
The meeting was held under the aus
pices cf the No-License League of
Martinsburg. whose members. togeth-
e. with the local clergy and others
filed the stage. A number of ushers
seated the large audience quickly and
| without confusion
When Gov Hanly appeared en- the
stage he was given the chautaugua
greeting twaying of handkerchiefsl
al the previous suggestion Of DR.. Cru
yer
Rev. Or. w. F. Gruver. president Of
the league, presided at the meeting.
Led by Mr. Harry NJ Grove, with
Prof H. Ray Wolf as piano accom-
| PIANIST, the audience rose and sang
| Onward. Christian Soldiers" as an
orening to the meeting. This was
followed by the song of stand Up
For Prohibition to the tune Of
'fstand Up For Jesus" President
Gruver then remarked that "agita-
/ ton was one Of the chief elements
If a temperance campaign, and in
view Of that fact he said quartet
would sing a song entitled "Agitate,
as appropriate to the occasion. The
Singers were Miss Mabel Crawford,
soprano; Miss Meta Crawford, alto;
Mr.. A. II. Stanley, tenor and Rev Or.
Gruyer, bass. Miss Frances Willard
Iplayed the piano accompaniment.
When Gov. Hanly was introduced
he was greeted with hearty applause.
Having been heralded as temper
ance speaker of national reputation,
The audience was prepared to hear
something far above the ordinary and
he did not disappoint it. II was more
than a mere address-it was an ora
tion, and the speaker held the rapt
attention of his audience for over an
hour. The speaker emphasized the
moral side eff the temperance cause
a.s against the mere commercial,
though as matter of fact he made
some telling hits on the latter side OF
the case, drawing some of his illus
trations from local option conditions
in his own state of Indiana. His
points and his flights or oratory We're
vigorously applauded. The governor
with the temperance question in all
its aspects, moral and commercial
and what temperance means as a
} moral uplift in a community, but an
! orator of high rank. SO, in the pop
ular Judgment his address was easily
city on similar occasion and it pro
duced a profound impression on tht
audience.
That Gov. Hanly has the power G,
! swaying an audience by his oratory
was particularly exemplfied by a mar
alive Of a case of executive clemencJ
during his term as governor Of In
diana The story was most pathetic
and its recital highly dramatic, ant
when he concluded there was scarce
ly a dry eye in the audience
When the speaker took his seat
round after round of applause attest
ed the general appreciation of the ad
dress.
After the audience had sung Gamer
lea" the meeting closed with the ben
ediction pronounced by Rev. w. d
McCurdy.
GOV. HanIy Met at Train.
Gov, Ha1ly arrived here Sunday
forenoon on Is. e O. train 50 and was
met at the station by a reception com
mittee consisting Ct Mayor w. r
Caskey. Rev. Dr. Gruver, Postmaster
Z. c. Henshaw Hon. John ]. Hetzel
Mr.. Lee NJ. Bender, Mr. w II. Thorn
as. Mr.. f. F. Willard Mr.. w. T. Nc
Quilkin, Mr. A. NJ. Staubly and others
He was taken in an automobile &c
the Berkeley Hotel fer dinner, and
where a number of the citizens call
ed on him. He left for home in ths
evening on No. I, expressing himself
as delighted with his visit to Mar
tinsburg.