The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-17

Asheville. he said, was the central
point of the liquor interest in Western
North Carolina and it was going 10
take hard work to get it out of s
vile. For there they a the biggest
foreign population of any town in
North Carolina
DIR. Wente, OF Southern Pines, read a
letter showing that the Ohio people
were with this convention in spirit.
He then proceeded to make a vigorous.
eloquent speech, in which he denounced
the saloon-keeper as the man who was
opposed to the good people Of North
Carolina. He would fight the saloon
keeper as long as his voice held out.
Drunkenness he arraigned In num-
berlesS terms of denunciation. The sa-
loon he characterized as the apothecary
of the devil. He pitied the poor drunk
en- man. He ought not to be fined,
but the man who sold the liquor ought
to be fined.
At the close Of DIR. Wente'S speech,
Mr.. Bailey announced that the time for
action a been reached. He then made
a plea for the means to carry on the
york.
DR.. Templeton asked if the money
would be used to establish a dispen-
sary. MI. Bailey replied that he would
frankly state the purpose was to es-
tablish a ~dispensary in the city of Ra-
leigh. ana II 1t SnOulu ne IOullu iieSSS-
sary, to do so in other places.
Then Mr.. Bailey called for subscrip-
tons, and stated that L. j. Mitchell, OF
New Bern. wanted to head the list with
S25. Then the subscriptions came
thick and fast. Some wer for individ-
ual subscriptions, and in other cases
the persons whose names are on the
list are responsible for their counties.
towns. or churches, as the case may be.
The following is a list Of those pres
ent yesterday and who enrolled their
names as members of h A~nti-Saloon
League: NJ. A. Adams, Auburn; D. D.
Edwards, Fuquay Springs; I. D. Ar
| mold, Lexington; D. W. Edgerton, Ken
ly; Rev. Gordon Matheson, Durham;
H. A. Reams Durham; Rev. r. S.
| Stephenson, Raleigh; Rev. w. 7. Harn-
don, Elon College; n. G. Bethea, Elon
| College; J. V. Rigsbee, Durham; NJ. A..
Leard Raleigh, w. c. T. U; A. c.
| Irwin, Pearl; Rev. ]. l.. Shinn, Salem
burg; S. E. Mercer, Roberdel; Rev. R..
l.. Davis, Windsor; Jas. H. Frizzle,
Pittsboro; E. P. Pierce, Currituck;
Rev. J. P. Rodgers, Asheboro; Rev. M.
T. Steele. Morven: w. c. Douglass,
Raleigh; w. A. Berry, Havelock. AL
mon Upchurch, Carey; D. P. Robbins,
Ellington: Edwin Shaver, Salisbury;
/. E. Buchan Manly; J.. H. Rich,
| Greensboro; Rev. r. J. Bateman. Ra-
leigh; S T. Moyle, Sanford; D. NJ Lit
aker, Wadesboro; HeriOt Clarkson,
Charlotte; ]. ". Bryan, G~reenville;
| w. L. Cunninggim, Durham; A. j. Nc
Kelway, Charlotte; S. c. Olive, Apex;
H. H. Poe. Buie Creek; A. ". Gregory,
B~arclaysville; I. c. Blair. Raleigh; !.
D. Bundy. Henderson; Rev. ]. Marvin
| Culbreth. Raleigh; Geo. b. Sterling,
| Cary: Rev. J.. G. Johnson Battleboro;
w. 3. Green. Graham. w. c.. [. u; J..
J. Adams. Graham, W. c. T.. T.: A. A.
| Pippin Wakefield; J. NJ. Beatty, Smith
| field; L. d. Scarboro, R~olesville: H.. G..
| Ormond. Cary; c. D. Turner. Hillsboro.
H. Pool, Auburn; J. A. Senter. Ra-
| leigh; j. c.. Smith, Wake county; w. G..
| Hilliard. M~orrisville; s. z. Sears, Nor
~risvile; A. S. Sears, M~orrisville; G. c..
Coppedge, Wakefield; A. w. Setter,
| Morehead City; J.. 3. Jackson, Colds
| boro: W. n. Johnson. T~eacheys; w. c.
Evans, Kelford; Jas. A. Campbell,
Buie's Greek; G. ". Coppedge. Wake
field: Edwin 0. Cole, Rockingham; T..
w. Oates. Burlington; J. Walter Long,,
DobsOn; Rev. H. F. Critzburg, Casio
MIA; Livingston Johnson. Raleigh: ]. G.
Parker, Linden; Frank Nash. Hills
bOrO: Rev. @. r. Hente, Southern
Pines; \. ". Brown, HillsbOro; Pro-
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