The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-13
Anti Saloon League Sums
Up Results Achieved.
LAVE kFORCE M EN-
Four Hundred Liquor Licenses Have
Been Cancelled in North Carolina
in Four Years as the Result
of Effective Temperance
Work.

The Executive Committee Of The
Anti-SaIoon LeaPue Of the state held
an important meeting in the Olivia
Raney Library yesterday afternoon.
These present We're: Chairman, j. w.
Bailey. Of Raleigh: Secretary. Joha
\. oates. of Fayetteville; Q. x. MIN
Knocks, of Fayetteville; K. r. White.
Of Franklinton: Henry O. Page, If
Aberdecn: Rev. y. J. MckelHay. j..
d. Of Charlotte; Rev. p. Craig, Of
ROCKY Mount: Rev. EVander -. Cam
cron. of Rockingham; and Rev. J.. {.
MaSscc. MeSsrs. y. u. BrOughtou, /.
g.. Blair. W. y. Jones, Mr.. Gooch, J.
+. Johnson. Clarence II. Poe, and 10
scDhus Daniels.
There was a full and free discus
sion of the temperance work that had
been accomplished by the And-SalOOn
League and Of the success in freeing
the rural districts and most Of the
towns of the dcmoraIizing influence
of the saloon and the still. 1t was de-
termined to continue the aggressive
work on the Iines laid down by the
Temperance State Convention which
was held in Raleigh last February,
and to secure the service of q super
intendent who should be the field man
Of the work, going through the State,
perfecting the organization, pressing
enforcement of the law and making
gre in the fight against the S2-
loon and the still. 1t was determined
to secure the SerViceS of q man Of
ability of a high order who would he
q welcome angel of temperance Wher-
ever he should go. The selection Of
the right man for this important work
was delegated to a committee conf
posed of Chairman Bailey, ". n.
Jones and J0sephus Daniels.
Resolutions Adopted.
The following resolutions, offered
by Rev. DR.. a. j. McKelWay. were
unanimously adonted:
Resolved, That we continue this
aggressive policy mapped out by the
last Temperance Convention, with
special emphasis upon the enforce
ment of existing temperance laws.
"Resolved, That we refuse to accept
the resignation Of our Chairman, Mr..
j. w. Bailey. to whose conspicuous
ability and single-hearted devotion to
the temperance cause is due in great
measure our splendid progress.
"ResoIved, hat we elect a super
intendent who shall give his whole
time to the work Of promoting the
temperance cause in North Carolina"
Mr.. Bailey Remains as Chairman
Mr.. Bailey was persuaded to with
draw his resignation. He has under
taken to devote much time to raising
an Tor w axe FOfeSC Col
lege. and felt that he could not de
vote the time to the League. But the
committee decided to employ a man
in the field. and persuaded Mr.. Bailey
to continue as chairman.
Central Committee Chosen.
The following Central Executive
Committee was elected: J. w. Bailey.
j. |. Johnson, Josephus Daniels, n. 3.
B~roughton and Rev. j. c.. Massee.
The Following address was pre-
pared and ordered to be issued:
Address TO the Temperance Forces of
North Carolina.
We congratulate the people Of North
Carolina upon the progress Of the
cause OF temperance within the last
four years, and uDO the fact that the
situation of our cause at the present
time is more hopeful than at any time
in our history.
Legislative statutes have excluded
saloons and diStiIlerics from our rural
districts and small towns in which
police supervision could not be effec-
tual: while under local option thirty
of our best towns and cities have voted
out saloons. At present saloons exist
in only seventeen of the ninety-seVeR
counties in North Carolina, and dis
pensaries in seven. Within four years
about 400 liquor licenses have been
CdlittIieU Ill our state as Jle ulleCl re-
suit of u temperance movements.
While these facts are gratifying, the
conditions favorable to our cause are
more gratifying. An examination of
recent political records reveals the fact
that the political leaders in North Car
Dina are in sympathy with the tenn
peTanCe movement, and barring q few
localities, are independent of the C.
powerful Sa~lOon-Vote. Moreover, the
temperance people are in a state of
great encouragement. They take as
surance from recent successes that the
time is shortly at hand when the hopes
of the fathers who labOred before
them in this cause are to be realized,
when, with proper effort and sacri-
flee We shall be able once and for all
to utterly Danish the saloon from our
beloved commonwealth.
We recognize from year to wear a
most wholesome and substantial pro-
Sress in opinion favorable to our
cause. Everywhere now citizens are
saying. The Saloon Must Go" There
are stronghOlds. to be sure, but even III
them the tide of temperance opinion
rolls higher day by day.
Moreover, the state of mind with
reference to 1aW-enfOrcement is in
creasinSly gratifying. Officers of the
law are realizing that behind our tenn
per2nce legislation is the voice Of the
people, n that they must enforce
the DeOle's viii or retire in favor of
those who viii. Niolators of temper
ance laws are at last receiving pun
iShments commensurate with their
crime not only against the Individual