Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-06-06
FIELD NOTES.

NOlES.
BY MRS. MARY l. HOSKINS, COR. SECRETARY
AND STATE ORGANIZER.
Ga counties are enrolled on the white
scroll of freedom, free from the en-
slavement of legal liquor license.
ChickaSaw is marshaling her temper
ance hosts, and will GUST the enemy in
a wet and dry election in July.
At our State Convention it was re
solved that every local Union should
appoint an agent for the MISSISSIPPI
LEADER to solicit subscribers and push
the cause of this paper of reform all
over our State. Will the president of
each union attend to this at once.
Winona is dry town. but the watch
full enemy is abroad with hydra headed
scandals about more whisky being sold
in Winona today than when saloons
were established at every street corner.
This is a vile, scandlous untruth, and
the whisky men that palm off this ''old
chestnut" should be asked for proof. If
such is the case the town council should
be tried for failing to enforce the law,
but it is not true and cannot be proven.
Durant is dry town and when the
strawberry -nosed" tOpers want to in
dulge, they have to take a trip to Can
ton or Tchula. But there is no such a
desire upon the part of Durant. The
courtesy and polite attention ladies
travelling receive from the gentlemen
of Durant mark that town as without a
peer in our State. It's growing, thrifty
condition is due to the continued en-
forcement of its prohibitOry laws One
of the State organizers recently visited
that place and returns thanks to
Messrs. Drake, Almon, Wherry, Boil
ing and West, for special favors re-
ceived while there
A Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was organized in Durant May
Is, under tiattering auspices. The la
dies are willing to bear the burden {?
so as to reap the rich reward. The
election resulted in the following eff
ficient officers: President. Mrs. NJ E.
Howard; Recording Secretary, Miss
Pearl Magee; Corresponding Secretary
Miss Rebecca Carson; Treasurer, Mrs
Paul Murphy; with Vice Pres idents
from the four churches. The gentle,
men have promised to be the power
behind the throne" and if the organic
alton is not Christian help to Durant
it will be the fault of the ladies'.
A Young Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union was organized a. Vino
ma on May 1G, with the following di-
rectOry: President, Miss Ruby Pank-
ey; Vice President, Miss Sallie Richey;
Recording Secretary, Miss Jimie KEEL
ly; Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Mollie Drain; Treasurer, Miss Teddie
Howell. We sincerely hope this Union
will be a stronghold of help to the
young men who are daily
Tempted and tried
oh the terrible tide"
And may its holy influence be har-
Dor of safety to some old shipwrecked
mariner, yearning for the calm, peace
full haven of happiness. God grant it
Mrs. Prof. johnson is welding a
Fail inf 60 GOOD in nx,Fn-I
the great educational hub of Missis-
sippi. She is the beloved president of
the w. G. L. u. and she teaches through
her girls every student in the Uniyer-
sity. Thirty-fve earnest. consecrated
Christian girls certainly means some
thing for the redemption of that town.
For years past so many of Mississippi's
talented, gifted sons have entered the
University with pure white lives, but
alas! they passed under the foliage in
that town, and come home fighting
hopelessly with shadows they could
never strangle. Instead of the bright.
sunshiny boys we sent to Oxford, men
with gloomy hopes, reeking with moral
pollution were returned to us. Why
was this! Simply because the young
ladies of that town condohed and fos-
tered the evil Of intemperance. They
realized not that they we're awakening
the slumbering demon of appetite so
difficult to handle when aroused. But
now the Oxford girls have banded to
gether to work for God, home and ma
tive land. Thirty-five girls form the
beautiful crown of sweet innocence