The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-23
MINISTERS REVIEW
CONVENTION WORK
HEARD ADDRESSES OF wooLE>
AND OTHERS.
Or. oliver Presents Ministers With
Copies o. His Book, soul Win
ners' Secrets"


ners' Secrets"
At the meeting OF the Methodist
Ministers Association OF Wheeling. al
the Fourth Street VI. z. church. Mon
day afternoon at . o'clock. DR.. s. X.
Arbuthnot. the district superintendent,
in a few felicitous words presented
each pastor in his district an attract
i've calendar for 1912. while DR.. q r.
Oliver gave 10 each one present as a
Christmas token a copy OF his popular
book. Soul Winners Secrets" Each
was accorded a hearty vote OF thanks.
The chief features OF the meeting
we're the addresses Of the Rev. ID. :.
Hammond and the Rev. F. f. Ross.
who were in attendance last week at
the annua convention o. the National
AntiSaloon League in Washington.
h speakers noted the fact that al
most every state was represented at
the convention. The delegates were
not only preachers and reformers. but
educators. congressman. Judges. gov
ernors. etc. II was a gathering rep.
~resenting a very high level OF educa-
ton. morals and patriotism. And Il
was there In The interest Of an issue
vital and momentous 10 the nation at
large.
over 200 OF The most representative
men OF the country had issued a Gail
Tor a national council to consider the
growing evils Of the interstate LIQUOR
tranic 400 pen sat down 20 the
opening banquet on Thursday even
ns. Sixty members OF the senate and
house OF representatives were present.
many speaking In favor OF speedy leg.
inlation forbidding the Issuing Of fed.
ersl liquor licenses in prohibition
states. and the shipment OF liquor into
dry territory. The next morning the
conference was organized. Gov. Mann
OF virginia. being elected chairman.
breat enthusiasm was aroused. and
plans were outlined for the beginning
OF a nationwide campaign TO secure
this legislation. II II confidently pre-.
dicted that a measure OF his kind
VIII pass both houses Of
within a year.
At Mondays meeting Rev. Mr..
hammond reviewed the address OF
the Hon. John G. Wooley. entitled.
prohibition With the People Behind
II. with the choicest language and
VIVID hgures OF speech. with an i'm.
posing array OF facts linked together
by a chain OF inexorable logic. and
carried home with the eloquence OF
a mighty faith In truth and righteous
ness. such was the speech OF the ce,e-
brated temperance orator. II Is ne
doubt his greatest u~ttorance. and 10
was received with long and hearty ap-
plause.
The Great Destroyer" r. the sub
jet OF the speech delivered nv the
Hon. Richard p. Hobson. congress
man from Alabama Rev. Mr. Ross
asserted that this address d. doubt
less he most powerful Temperance
argument ever presented upon 81.
platform. Every American re "a
less Of creed or party. should read a.
Il Is a magazine ~ facts. exact. ecien.
tihc. appalling. and the power - ire
appeal IL well nigh overwhelming
Mr. Hobson declares that science
has ~ last cleared up the mystery o.
the fall OF nations. Alcohol Is the
"GreM Destroyer Exhaustive IN.
v~estlgations b. the governments OF
Europe agree IN the conclusion that
alcohol Is never a food. but always
a poison a narcotic. and not a slim.
NNWH ~ MlAF NN HNNHM QOHeN II
lowers efficiency. n is shown 10 be
a toxin. the iquld e%xcretion % the
Yeast or fermcnt germ Biology shows
that the toxin ~ one form Of life II
a poison 10 al higher forms Hence.
says Mr Hohson. alcohol e. deadly
10 plants. animals md man Labora,
tory tests show that every time a
q takes p drink OF liguor he is III
bic 20 contract disease D. puts HE
life ia peril The total absfalncr has
nearly twice the lfe expectancy ~
the moderate drinker End about three
times that ~ the heavy drinkcr
Evolution is % mainly concerned
with those hrain areas which are the
scat % the rational and moral facui
Ties These are tho first arers fo be-
attacked by alcohol The result is de-
generation ~ The cells and f'ssues
win resulting breakdown o. The moh
tal and moral bowers Here We have
the scientific explanation Of the in
sanity and crime witch follow the
use 81 alcohol Alcohol works against
nature. ard nature throws the degen
crate upon ue scrap heap.
The Army War college nf Washing
ton estimates that since 500 % g..
2 100000 men have been wounded and
10000 men killed in war Compare
tive figures show that alchoi ie killing
or az many Americans every year as
we're Killed in OH wars uagcf in 1900
vears Alcohol today o. kiIlng g.-Hr
600 white mon. almost Eve times o.
many ne have been killed in war in
23cn years War is ouis "a secondary
cause ~ national ruin.
Mr Hobson points 10 hoU alcohol
hI' Ehts no progeny OF mon Of the 81
children Of total sustaining psrtents