Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-10-10
A TRUMPET CALL.


In times OF old the kings herald put
the trumpet to his mouth and sounded a
silvery, ringing, bugle-like note. He
prolonged the note until it echoed over
hill and dale He blew the trumpet in
fierce, final blast that tingled upon the
ear, and set every heart to beating. For
this trumpet blast meant war. lite clear.
ringing tones were call, To armsl ITO
armel The kings throne is in dangerO
Today trumpet sound rings over all
West Virginia. Fierce its blast calls men
to action, to war, to battle Long and
longer again sounds the note OF appeal.
To whom? This time to women. s0h
women Of West Virginia! Arouse ye
Arouse vel Wives and daughters. sis
tiers and sweethearts of nearly half a
million West Virginia men; mothers OF
zoe, 600 West Virginia boys and Of 100000
girls, do you not see that the fate of your
boys hangs In the balance? 10000 OF
these bright manly boys will become
drinking men if saloons stay in our state.
Will it be your boy? Your son? Thous-
ands Of these sweet, innocent girls will
be ruined in the wine-rooms OF West Nir-
ginia, for today the saloon is not content
with getting the boy, but it is sacrificing
the girl to draw trade, and to satisfy the
lust OF drinklnfamed customers Have
you girl to spare for this blacklist Of
traffics?
Women OF West Virginia, this is the
battle hour You may live to an ex-
IRENE old age and never again have such
sublime opportunity to work for glo-
rious cause. If West Virginia goes dry
it does much toward taking the nation
dry. II the state goes dry that act
clone closes every distillery, every wine
ry, every brewery, every beer garden,
every saloon, every wine-parlor, every
wholesale liquor house and every beer
depot in the state. Not another saloon
sign will creak in the breeze, and not an
other local whiskey advertisement APP
pear in the newspapers. Instead of the
government Of the state being behind
the liquor traffic, it will be fighting it.
1t will be stupendous gain.
Rest assured the liquor forces Of the
state recognize that it would be their
Waterloo for West Virginia to adopt
statewide prohibition. They are ready
to give literally from their swollen for
tunes to prevent catastrophe to their
trade, They are ready to whip business
men into line with scare cries Of depres- |
sion and bankruptcy that they loudly |
claim would follow prohibition, ready to
make black seem white in spacious prom
Uses to curb the lawless saloon and to |
drive out the dive, and they are quick to
plead personal liberty to continue their
business, although it breaks women's |
hearts, and fill penitentiaries
Women must sland like wall against |
these foaming waves Of false logic and |
misrepresentation. We must fight for
our homes, for our husbands and our
sons and little ones, there is no compro- |
mise for US. No license high enough for |
us, when it comes to the liquor traffic. |
1t must go, root, stem and branch. The |
fight is on to the death.
Come from the home, be it mansion, |
cottage or hovel, so that it is on West |
Virginia soil. Join our ranks you on the
mountain top, or you in in the rich val-
ley, in the prairie or in the woods. Fall |
into the line from every church, for we |
are all sisters in this warfare against the |
greatest enemy of the home. Rebekahs, |
Eastern stars, Royal Neighbors, club |
women and Y. W. c. AS are welcome |
into our ranks. The w. G. T. u, thou |
sands strong, are armed for the battle. |
Regiments Of recruits are coming from |
the cities. The towns, villages and |
country are uprising Shall woman be |
left that loves God, or home or native !
land? No, for we nee ] them all. Let us
work and sing and pray, and may God |
give us the victory.
LENA Low YosT, Pres. Morgantown,
JENNIE EVERETT ENGLE, Y. Pres. Fairmont. |
BLANCHE PICKERING, CorSec Rowlesburg
OLIVE G. BARNES, Rec. Sec. Fairmont.
A, ]. S. CHEoGwErH, Treas. Elkins. |
West Virginia Woman's Christian |
Temperance Union.