Smyrna times., 1900-11-21
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
Cleaned From the "UniOn Signal" and Other
Source BY the Press Superintendent.

The Union Signal of November con-
,ained the official call for the twenty
seventh annual convention of the Nat
Ional W. G. T. U. at Washington, d.
c., November Both, to contine in ses-
sion until December 7th.
The Call makes the encouraging
statements, "That large number OF
the States have made net gain of 800
or more members during the past year
and that the activity of State officials
organizers and other workers has
never been surpassed" 1t is antlcl-
pated that there will be large repre-
sentation of white ribboners from Del |
aware at the convention.
The four General State officers ex-
pect to attend it and the three elected
delegates or their alternates will
doubtless join them, and number
will go, it is thought, as visitors from
the different towns of the State.
Mrs. Jennie G. S. Price, of this
town, represents the Kent county w.
G. T. U. on the Resolution committee
of the State w. c. 7. U. Anew plan
going into effect this year, makes prep
Grafton of the Resolutions before the
convention by the committee which Is
of one from each county
A recent number of the Literary Dj-
0est contains this information, which
is of interest to Temperance people.
Rev. G. NJ. SheldOn's statement be-
fore the Worlds Woman's Christian
Temperance Union at Edinburg, Scot
land, to the effect that the Kansas pro-
hibitory law was as much enforced as
any other law, and that the selling of
| LIQUOR was considered a crime have
been questioned, but the Topeka cor
respondent of the New York Tribune
has looked into the subject and finds
| that in the main Mr.. Sheldon is cor
rect. The correspondent shows how
ever, that the mere fact that Kansas
during 1899 imported 1912 barrels of
beer does not mean that this was the
only beer received during that time.
The law does not bar out liq-
uor that is purchased across the bor-
der and brought to Kansas; what it
does prohibit is the unlawful sale of
liquor, and since 1881 (the year the law
was put into effect it has been steadily
enforced. Consequently says the cor
respondent, the large number of drunk.
ards have decreased, because the bus
mess is too risky when the law has tC
be dogged at every corner. Loafers
have found it to their advantage not
to loaf, and the illicit joints which the
regular drinkers frequented, have dis
appeared. Says the heroic Rev. Viii
bur F. Crafts in the Union Signal
eff Christian nations have not mad,
ten drunkards to one Christian in Asia
it is because we have there met witt
two great total abstinence religions
Mohommedan and Buddhist, who's
adherants number half the race, >
conclusive answer to the shallOy
sophistry that assumes that appetit
for intoxicants is as universal and a
inherent as mankind. The people {
the tropics, even when not under tott
abstinence, are usually more ten
!, perate than Europeans and American
The Army and Navy Journal says th
Filipino lacks 'the American toleri
tion for drunkenness. But tits ever!
! where among native races the ol
story of vice, they first deplore, the
!. pity, then embrace"
The issue of the Union Signal fro
: which the above is given quotes Ex..
; President Harrison in this come
! tion as follows The great natiol
have combined to suppress the sla
trade. Is it too much to ask that tn,
shall combine to prevent the sale
spirits to men who less than our ch
% dren have acquired the habit of Sc
n, restraint. If we must have consume
- let us give them an innocent diet.