Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-06
Wllirnantic Camp Ground
Tri- County w. c. T. U. Field Day
 Rev, w. E. Bates Pleads for Men
 with Less Wishbone and Jawbone . and More Backbone.

The Tri-County field day and an- nual field day meeting of the Womans Christian Temperance Union or New London, Holland and Windham eoun- ties was held on the camp ground Wednesday beginning at 1.45 p. m- in the tabernacle. The attendance was good, but not as great as in former, years due to the unfayorable weather in the morning. The meeting was in charge of the presidents of the three counties. Mrs. J. L. Randall of Groton for New London county, Mrs. J. K. Fuller of Scotland for Windham coun- ty. and Mrs Emma J. Holman of South Wilmington for Holland county.
 The New Campaign.
 The meeting was opened by the singing of All Hail the Power of Jesus Name, after which the Rev. MT. Lover ing of Scotland read the scripture and offered prayer Then Mrs. Alice Wit- loughby gave a vocal solo.
 Mrs. Nellie Gager of Willimantic ex- plained the new campaign that the Women's Christian Temperance unions were to carry out in the interests of prohibition. She read an article from a current magazine explaining the poster and sticker system and the good these do. As part of her explanation eleven of the ladies went on the plat form and read from posters each bear ing on the subject of the liquor traffic.
 Who Owns the OK?
 There followed. a selection by an orchestra from Scotland. Mrs. J. l.. Randall then introduced. Rev. w. E. Bates of the Baptist church of Mys- tic, who gave a most interesting ad- dress on the subject. That Old OK. pr. Bates took for his text, Exodus XXI, 2S-29: If an OK gore a man or a woman that they die, then the OK shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the OK shall be quit.
 But if the OK were wont to push with his horn in time past and it hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or woman, the OK shall be stoned and his owner shall be put to death"
 In the course of his address Dr. Bates compared the saloon with the kills. The saloon does all these,'' he said. We know this from the testi- mony of judges, doctors, history, law yers, criminal courts and real estate men. When we see an OK with brass tips on it's horns which have been cut short. We know that the animal may be doing damage. In like manner we put brass tips on the "Old OK We prohibit selling on Sunday, on cleo tlon day, selling to minors and to in- toXlcated persons.
 The speaker went on to show that the scripture said that if the OK killed a man or a woman the owner should be killed also. But who owns this "Old Ox2' he said
 He explained how everyone from the actual owner of the saloon 10 the voter who had any part in voting for license, or signing any document granting it. are all part owners of this old OK. In conclusion. Dr. Bates said the remedy was not to put brass tips on it's shorns. but to kill the crit ter" Don't vote no and go to sieepi What we need is men, not with a wishbone and jawbone, but men with backbone.
 E. J. Hohenthai's Address.
 Mrs Emma Holman then presented the next speaker, Emil J. Hohenthal, who gave short talk in which he endorsed the ideas of Dr. Bates and related some of his experience along temperance lines. He told how he had discovered that many men while not belonging to the prohibition party still were in favor of it. He said the remedy would be to bring all the men of one mind together and we soon would find that right would conquer wrong.
 At the close of MT. HohenthaHs talk the orchestra rendered a selection, af- ter which the Rev. MT. Bates closed the meeting pronouncing the benedic-