Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-20
Anti saIoonists .a Convention :

II
Petersburg, Va, January 16.-TheI
ANN n address of President Cannon
and the speech of DR.. George b:
YOUNG. of Georgetown, KY, assistant
natio lal superintendent, were the
featu es of the opening session OF the
esfh annual convention of the Anti
SaIool League of Virginia at the flrsu
Ranti IT. Church tonight. There was
no general discussion, and the
Ioogners' present fight against the
foIss social club appeared only III the
n,,,y|b asis of that issue in the presl- |
Snnt's address, which strongly advo- |
uo4od tbat regular bar licenses be re-
o'';,ed NJ all clubs where liquor is SOLO
The president of the league, rev
Ias Cannon, stated that the year JuS'
losing had been il some reapectS wv
SiOSt Successful in tne history OF tu'
ia ao There has been great III
ore9se IN contributions. -FOUR Uhou-
eand dollars was the total Tor Ihe YSal
1SoG six thousand FIVE hundred LOT
| Inc wear lust closing, an increase VI
t NV hundred dollars-oYer
s;,tv 9er cent. The olO debt OF tWelVeI
hMnSrsd dollars had been wiped ouu,
and every expense of the present year
%aG been paid in full. This shows Iiie
o,reat increase in practical interest," III
| 9,ho work More literature has peeh
| Eetrihuted and more speeches nave
Seen made thanin any previous year,
INV territory has increased; all ur9
torritoIv except the city OF DahVlile
has been held, and shenandoah a~
linburg, Mount jackson any II A.
lCharles have been added 10 'ii0 w.
towns. .,. s+o+istics
were given: Number OF saloons d.
present in Virginia, including the iour
nj Cane Charles, which will be closed
| in a few DAYS, LOIS, reducing, there
fore the number to 1,0l2, decrease
lof fifty during the year. Number Oh
ordinaries, forty, a decrease OF elghUi
retail malt dealers, none, decrease
If four:wnolesale malt dealers, thirty
two. a decrease of one; rectiheIs
lone A decrease of five; wholesale
lhnnor dealers, thirteen, a decrease
of fo1r: social clubs, eighty-t1Ve, al
, increase of thirty nine; breWerleSS
seven. an increase OF three; houel'
with LIQUOR license, siXty-three, al
increase of twenty-One; WhlsKey ols
ltilleries. ninety-eight, an increase o
2 seventeen: brandy distilleries, l76, al
=. inrrease of thirty-three. There are
only twenty-four saloons III the coul
try districts of Virginia.
These facts show where the mex
work of the league Is to be done. ~
p great additional results can De 90
!. ltained from the Mann law until uis'l'
leries are brought under its provisions
r ne saloons have virtually been sWep
70 ont of the country districts OF tn
1 State and out of the towns OF less thal
five hundred inhabitants >.
Two flank movements were dls
Ioussed which had for their purpos
e the practical notification of the Nam
llaw; namely, the social club and IN
Il ldistillprv. The address insisted tina
d Inc provisions of the Mann law mus
?. he extended to include the distlllery
o and stated that the best solution
tbe fake club difficulty was to tax
: away all privileges held by socla
d clubs in reference to the sale c
IS liouor. An appeal was made TO IN
II bona fde club to surrender their PRIV
leges of small license and the rlghu
Is sell liouor on Sunday in order to tax
II away the reason for the existence
" the fake club.
The greatest stress of the report wa
. laid upon the matter of law enforce
Is ment. 1t was shown that the creates
Sc argument against local option was III
is statement that the law could not {
=, enforced; that the blind tiger woul
y roam at will, and this was given as
Is sufficient reason for favoring the ope
E. saloon. In other words, the lawles
r. ness of the liquor traffic is presente
80 as an all sufficient reason against an
~ attempt to abolish it. The speak
g called for the enforcement OF u
n laws, and urged that the Goyerno
alb elect of Virginia had stated that
80 elected he would maintain and e.
- foSes IL sds:rffr f5 w. as tfe T76SId
snt other laws of the State. He was urg
zen therefore to use his power as l
hill Chief Executive to do everything p'
- sible to see that the liquor laws
III enforced and to offer reward Tor |
'ab detection of violators of the Hql
we law from the contingent fund, just
itb rewards are offered by the Govern
= for assaults and murders.-llmes-D
-, patch.