The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-14

buckingham. Va. Aug f3.~-Ars. ~
II ortense Ropp, The siyer-tongued or
ator Of I he Shenandoah. came 70
Buckingham county on SATURDAY
August 2, and made tour Of the
county. In company with frieHas IN
Mr. Lott swiger's big auto, Whlen she
named the Temperance Machine.
speaking at the following places on
sunday morning, August g. at The
Holiness Tabernacle. In the afternoon
M bethlehem Baptist church: at night
at the Dillwyn Baptist ehuFEh. on
| Monday morning at Cedar HaPltsN
| church, and at night at the C0rdsNtHe
! Episcopal church; on Tuesday mig NJ az
| the Antioch Baptist church; on Wed
| nesday morning at Mt. Tabor Metno-
dist church. and at night at GienmooF
Methodist church; on Tuesday morn
| ing at Ceutinary Methodist church,
ana Mt night at Haynes Chapel Metho-
dist church; on Friday afternoon IN
Inc grove in front of Mt Zion Baptist
church, and at night in the Arvcnia
Methodist church, Mrs. Ropp organ
ICED w. {. r. I. societies at Nit Tn Dor
and Haynes Chapel with good mem
hership at both places. On SATURDAY
morning she was. in company with
friends. driven in same machine TO
the home Of friend, Mrs. Peterson,
at Pampln city.
All the meetings held in the county
were well attended by enthusiastic and
apprectative audiences who gave her
hearty and cordial wtcome. and she
was received into the homes OF the
good people of Buckingham county
with that true Nirginian hospitality,
| the Kind that has made Virginia ia
nous during the centuries OF her ex~
| isience as colony and State.
Mrs. Ropp presented the great issue
now confronting the people Of Virginia
In a mastery and convincing manner,
| and never failed To enlist the approval
of her audience. She showed TO them
| the fallacies of the Local Self-Gov~
eminent league and kindred organiza-
| tons showing that they were in league
with the Honor interests, in that they
were all working for the one and
same purpose, that u, TO defeat state
wide prohibition In our grand old
state. She also took up the hue and
cry of rum interests. that Is. that
prohibition does not prohibit show
ing that there was nothing in their
claim that prohibition does not pro-
! hihit, but, on the contrary, that pro
! hibition in the prohibition States does
/ prohibit to the same degree as other
prohibitve statutes do, for instance
That commandment given by God To
Moses, amid the thunderinss of Mt.
| Sinai, which says, ~ hou shalt not
KILL" and yet, because that law has
never entirely prohibited murder.
1 would any sane man. for single mo-
ment think OF removing it from cur
| statutes. where II has So long been
| one of our organic laws, simply be-
| cause here and there a man land
sometimes woman) viii violate II
and commit murder, but as every one
! knows the violators of this law are
| always fugitives from justice and are
! hunted down as wild beasts and
! brought before cur court Of justice,
! there to answer for the crime they
| have committed against the peace and
dignity OF the Commonwealth, and
1 against society. and are adjudged of
their guilt by a Jury of twelve Of their
/ peer, who are sworn TO tell and truly
try. and true deliverance make be :
tween the Commonwealth and the
prisoner at the bar, and IA trua verdict
render according 10 the law and The
evidence, and the same IS true Of all
other prohibis.se statutes, rhowing
that we should no. require more If 4
statute prohibi nt the Manufacture
AMI sale af Intoxicating hlusrs that
we require OF i,milar laws, which ere.
in their nature, prohibitive.
Mrs. Ropp never failed 10 speak To
the wet church members i. G.. those
who have their names on the church
registers and profess TO love and fol-
low their Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ, and who are talking and say
ing they are going TO vote against
Statewide prohibition and by SO doing
vote on the side of the rum traffic.
for every vote against Statewide means
vote for the rum Interests, express
ing her sorrow for any man. especial.
~ church member who should so
far forget himself as to ally himself
with any interest that ruins our men,
especially our young men, and brings
70 much sorrow to the wives, mothers
and children of the old State. and she
earnestly tried to show them the err