Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-03-01

ing nominated.
Many Prohibition teas are being held in
several states.
The Prohibition bill before the Missis-
sippi legislature failed to pass.
A large field Of prohibition effort has
just been opened among the colored col
leges Of Texas.
John G. Woolley says that the United
States is farther advanced on temperance
lines than any other country.
W. W. Smith, Of Smith Bros cough
drop fame, has given the National and New
York State committee $500 each.
The saloon Must Go" pencil is a
beauty. Good stock and has eraser. so
cents dozen. Address Backbone.
OF all the exports from this country to
the Philippines is is said that more than
one-half or $1,1O2,6O1, are Intoxicating
liquors.
Send to Secretary Calderwood for sup
ply Of the stickers advertised in the Feb
ruary number. Assorted, 100 for cents !;
1000 for 35 cents.
A Chicago saloonkeeper has been con-
victed Of selling liquor to two fourteen
beastly state of intoxication.
An Indiana county chairman writes the
state committee that his county will send
young men to the state convention, and
that he will rally ten others from his own
township.
From 1895 to 1901 the population of
South Carolina may be supposed to have
increased about eight per cent, while the
dispensary's sales of liquor have increased
Al per cent
Order Backbone sent to your friends
and neighbors. See our rates at head of
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ready on our list.
J. M. Hamilton has been compelled to
sever his connection with the Iowa Com
monwealth large number Of subscrip-
tions in arrears tells why. He cannot
ignore his duty to his family.
Prohibition friends of State Chairman
Higgins surprised him and his wife on the
5th inst, and presented them with a beau
tiful silver teaset. 1t was on the occasion
of their 26tb anniversary. Served 'em
right
Commander Booth Tucker, Of the Saliva
ton Army, believes that religion and sociol-
ogy 20 hand in hand, like twin sisters to
redress the sins, the evils, the sorrows, and
the pains from which the world is suffer
ing.
The Prohibition League of st. Olafs
(Norwegian) College, at Mortified, con-
tains 3s members it holds literary meet
ings monthly and has a study class Of Is
hot
a prominent feature of the league work.
Manitoba Prohibitionists protest vigor-
ously against the proposal of the provincial
government to submit the question Of the
enforcement of the prohibitory law to
other referendum" They are being trif1ed
with and the government has dsregarded
it's pledges to them.
1t is a most significant fact. that in
England, where separate classification of
total abstainers and users of liquors has
been in use for some years, the death-rate
among total abstainers is reported by one
company to be only one-half Of that among
the users of liquors, and by another com
pany at three fourths.
Fred z. Britten has been pushing things
in Wisconsin. Quincy Lee Morrow has been
stirring up Arizona, Arkansas and Texas.
Jas. A. Tate has been making friends for
himself and voters for the party in Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Nebraska. Volney
b. Gushing is speaking and organizing
alliances in North Dakota.
The will Of Jerome Plummer, late of In
dependence township, Pa, has created IA
fund to aid the temperance cause in Wash
ington county and to prevent the licensing
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and will be increased one-third on the
death Of the testators widow.
AS we go to press, county conventions
for the election of delegates to the State
Convention are in progress throughout the
state If no convention is held in your
county come to the State Convention any