The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-14
CLOSED LAST WEEK.
THE CAMP-MEETING FOR COL
ORED PEOPLE.
Anti-Saloon League Organized With
About 800 Members-The Evan
gelist Talked About the Saloon
and its Eyils-Other Talks.

ABOUT SUO MemDerS-1ne EVdn-
gelist Talked About the Saloon
and its Evils-Other Talks.
The great tent camp meeting closed
last week Wednesday night. The tent
was taken down bext morning and
shipped to Charlotte, where the Evan
gelist is holding meeting, which
began last Sunday.
Pastor Walker announced that the
meeting would be continued at the
African Methodist church, beginning
the following night.
collection was taken for expenses,
after which the Evangelist made sew
eral announcements
He said this was the first colored
Anti-SaIoon League he had organIZed;
that he had never visited place
where there was such an arOusement
10y both races) against the saloon as
here. He said the saloon boasts OF its
power to buy votes with whlskey, but
he believed the colored people OF Win
ston-Salem would resent this insult
by voting against the saloon. He
urged the colured people to be true to
themselves and their homes. He
thought a new era would dawn for
them if the saloon was banished.
MANY of you are slaves to the sa-
loon." said the Evangelist. He re-
garded the men who vote for license
meaner than the bar men.
II the churches in Raleigh do not
rise up in Indignation against the &C
tion of the Aldermen of that city in
giving the saloons permission to keep
open all night during fair week, he
thought they would be to blame. He
wished he could keep all right-minded
men away from the fair this year and
thereby learn the Raleigh officials a
lesson.
The Evangelist said he had back
bone enough to stand by his convic-
tiCns and he did not propose to hedge
on this whiskey question. He touched
up the Aldermen who voted wet"
He said he would swallow a dry negro
In voting before he would saloon
man He had no collar around his
neck and no ring in his nose. Whis-
key and saloons, he added, do not
honor the Sabbath. There is not
saloon keeper in this town but what
would he in the penitentiary, IL he
had he just deserts. They are
Sabbath and law breakers" said the
Evangelist, who added that "the
more religion you have the more you
will be against the saloon" II he
could get 1900 men and women here
to sit down on the saloon 1t would be
as fat as pan cake.
He told the colored people that
whiskey was the cause of so many of
their race being in the jails and peni-
teutlaries. He asked IL the saloon
they got into trouble. He also want
ed to know how mauy wanted to
board at the Jail. OF course there
were no responses.
He thought If the manufacturers
and other leading business men were
willing for the saloons to be closed
the people who patronize them ought
not to object.
The Evangelist referred to the
charge that to close the saloons would
increase taxes. He answered this by
saying that If men would stop drink,
ing and save their money they could
buy houses, horses and buggies-but
they would not object paying few
dollars tax on these.
The Evangelist said he had been
told that he had been criticised for
scme things he had said. "If the
truth makes them mad let them get
mad" he added. LET 'em die"
shouted an old colored sister.
Talk about social equality, said the
Evangelist, you will find it 10 the bar
room-white men waiting on negroes
and sometimes white men drink
with them. He told the colored peo
pie that the man who would sell them
whiskey was their enemy and he did
not deserve their respect. He told
them that history said that not sa-
loon man left his bar during the late
war to fight for his country.
No man ought to blame the colored
men from being free, continued the
Evangelist, but he thought there was
danger in them going to the extreme
in their effort to prove that they are
free-especially their freedom to
drink.
Mr.. Lee said he expected to live to
see the laws of North Carolina en-
forced and to see Prohibition in the
State. He urged all who had joined
the Anti-SalOOn League to stand firm
and not to vote for any man who Is in
favor of the saloon. He also told
them not to let any man fool them
again.
| come members of the League. Their
names were taken and all Of the mem
| bers took seats in front Of the plat
| form.
LEAGUE ORGANIZED.
The colored League was organized
/! by the election of the following Off
i GERS:
President-Henry Pendleton.
I Vice Presidents-Frank Carter, x
Harwood and Thomas Reich. Th.
latter lives in Salem.
Secretary-Prof. 8. G.. Atkins.
The nominating speeches were cred
liable to the men who made them.
All OF the officers went upon th'
stand and made short but encourag
ing talks. Prof. Atkins made stir
ring speech. He and other speaker
referred to the way the saloons wer
| arranged here-making q screen Ou
Il of the coiored man for the whit
man-in other words make the col
ored man go In the front door Will
the white man has back door {
Pastor Walker, of the Zion Methe
dist church, urged the church men
bers to stay out OF the saloons.
Rey. J. A. B. Fry and Mr.. w.
Taylor also spoke enc0uragingly {
the meeting and the work against til
| saloon.
One of the most stirring speeche
was made by Ohas. Foster, coloret
He was against whiskey coming an
IL was decided for the colore
League to hold its first business NEE
Inc On Thursday night of this wee
at the colored First Baptist church.
Tue Evangelist announced that |
would leave for home at $40 this a
ternoon. He invited all who could
SO to meet him at the train.
After singing "God be With u
/, TIL We Meet Again. the meetiI
! closed with the benediction by 9