Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-02-17
RESOLUTIONS.
PREAMBL.E E.

Father, and rejoicing that II
has called US by His Spirit int
4 peaceful warfare for the pro
lection Of the home against tn
legallzed liquor traffic, We, th'
mem berS O! the Woman
Christian Temerance Union o
the First District of North Car
alma in convention assem- bleC
do hereby ConseCrate anew ou
powers to aid in the overthrow
of the saloon with all its trains
of evils, and the upbuilding o
every righteous principle anc
work.
REsoLVED,-That We advo'
cate total abstinence for the in
vidual. and prohibition for the
State, as the only wise means OF
dealing with the liquor traffic
and the only attitude which car
be taken towards this terrible
curse without compromise. We
believe that God through natu
raj and divine law, calls man tc
be as chaste as woman. In a
word we stand, heart and soul
on the basic principles of ou1
grand organization. viz: Total
abstinence, purity and prohibl-
ton.
RESOLVED, That the comb,
ned strength of all Christian
people being necessary to sue
cessfully combat the powers of
evil as they are today concen
trated behind the laws of the
land in the liquor traffic, we
press upon the people the i'm
portance of organization and
recommend the Woman Christ
ian Temperance Union as the
society of com bined mother>love
and christian effort which sa-
loon men say is the greatest
menace to their business today.
REFORM SCHOOL.
RESOLvED,-That we renew
our Petition to the State Legis
lature for a Reform School tor
young criminals. The record
of successful, work i'll 1898 of
these schools in our country by
which six thousand children
are reclaimed to lives of use>
fulness and industry, encourages
us to hope that North Carolina
will fall into line with forty oth>
er states in founding such an in,
stitution for the wayward chii>
dren.
REsoLvED,-TEat we regard
local option better than license
aud we insist upon the adoption
Of the law in every town, towns
ship or county, where public
sentiment will not only adopt
the law, but to see to its en-
forcement. This being the
year in which such elections can
be held, Local Unions and Tenn
perance Advocates should be
active in working up CAM
paigns.
SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE
INSTRUCTION.
REsoLvED,-That We rejoice
that Scientific Temperance is
now a mandatory study for all
pupils in all public schools I'm
der State and Federal control
save four. That we gratefully
recognize the wisdom of the
Statute in our own State OF
North Carolina, and believe its
thorough enforcement would be
one Of the greatest factors in
the temperance reform and most
conducive to ultima ate prohibit
tory law.
REsoLVED,-That We deplore
th,: carelessness and neglect con
cerning its enforcement on the
part OF many of the executors of
law ii the State, believing that
by such neglect, they are not
only guilty of deprlving the
children of their legal right
but also setting before them an
example of disregard to law by
school officers and teachers
which is liable to be followed
by a spirit of lawlessness on the
part of numbers of pupils who
witness this neglect.
We, therefore, call upon all
school boards, officers, and
teachers to set before the chill
dren of the state, who are soon
to be its men and women, ar
example of obedience to law, by
promptly making adequate pro
vision for the study OF Physio
logical Temperance in the
schools under their control, anc
require of the pupils the same
examinations, or tests of prof
cheney, as is used in case o
other mandatory branches.
REsoLvED,-That we advis'
the local unions to secure th'
publication of the state law OF
Scientific Temperance Instruc
, ton and these resolutions ii