The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-02
WILL BOYCOTT
LIQUOR DEALERS
W. C. 7. U. PLANS A CRUSADE.
LOCAL MEMBERS APPROVE Ma
TIONAL PLEDGE TAKEN.

All Stores Handling IntOxicants In
stock VIII BE Passed by-Excep-
ton VIII BE Made In Certain
Cases-HOnOrary Male Members
May Use TObaccO-New Manager to
Assist in Campaign-Mrs. Richard
Webb Talks About 1t.
Members of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union in Savannah will at
once become more earnest in their boy
colt of stores handling intoxicating
liquors.
Mrs. Richard Webb. president of the
associations branch in Savannah, is
emphatic in her denunciation of mer-
chants who cater to the liquor trade,
and in accordance with the pledge APP
proved in Philadelphia Wednesday by
the National Womans Temperance
Union, approving the withdrawal of
patronage from any store that sells
intoxicating liquors, will at once call
upon local members to make a like
avowal of warfare upon merchants
who conduct retail liquor business
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For the last twenty years something
of this kind has been practiced by the
branch located in Savannah. That
there has been no small amount of
deviation from the set rule is, however,
admitted. Now that the national or
ganiZation has stamped its approval
upon the idea by action in convention
the members in this city will be urged
to be more strict in their boycott.
Tobacco VIII BE Tolerated.
Honorary male members may con-
tinue to use tobacco, though the use
of the weed is not approved. The mo-
ton to prohibit the use of tobacco on
the part of male members was over
whemingly defeated in the national
assembly. 1t was considered too adj
vanced a step to be taken at this time.
Mrs. Webb was prevented from at
tending the national gathering because
of ill-health. She would have voted
for the boycott resolution had she been
a delegate, considering the sale of
liquor should, at all times, be froWned
upon.
Faithful adherence to the pledge is to
be asked of all members, regular and
honorary. Mrs. Webb knows there are
but few stores that do not handle liquor
in Savannah. Exception is to be made
in all cases where the store will pro-
cure liquor on the demand of GUS
TONER but which does not carry liquor
in stock. This exception will permit
members to patronize a greater num-
Der of stores than if they were limited
to stores not handling liquor under any
circumstances. The pledge is consid-
cred elastic enough to permit this ex-
ception.
How Mrs. Richard Webb Feels.
Mrs. Webb has herself been strict in
regard to patronizing stores catering
to the liquor element. The kind of
stores hardest to classify she thinks
are the grocery establishments. These
stores, she says, will be the greatest
sufferers from the boycott to be in
stituted.
Most of the grocery stores keep in
stock small lines of liquors. 1t is a
very profitable trade and also accom-
modates customers. They consider
there is a certain part of their trade
held by this accommodation, and it is,
therefore, evident these stores will con-
tinue to trade in liquor regardless of
any boycott instituted by the w. C.
7. U.
Drug stores, too, will suffer through
the boycott, if as rigidly enforced as
threatened. Proof positive that whis-
ky dispensed is for medicine will have
TO be furnished by druggists if they
desire a clean bill from the w. c. T.
u. That this will be difficult is adj
United. Most druggists will not even
essay the task.
The members of the association are
in hearty cooperation with their pres
ident in the matter. They are quite
willing to buy only from merchants
who look down upon the traffic in in
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new manager, is enthusiastic in the
proposed withdrawal of patronage
from stores which foster the liquor
evil, and will aid materially in draw
ing the lines of boycott taut and
strong.