The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-28
GOING DRY
Temperance Wave Spreading
+ in the South 49,.
Alabama the Last State to Exclude
- Intoxicnnts and Whole State
-, VIII Be Dry Jan. 1, 1903.

Birmingham, ,.Alas, Nov. 23.-When
the Alabama legislature this week
passed the bill establishing prohibi-
tion throughout the state, beginning
. anuary 1. t)03, ann:nu: inlprIa mt
step was taken In The movement that
promises to make the entire Sout II
dry.
That this sectivn OF the country,
whtc ordinarily Is strongly opposed
to all sumptuary laws and loves its
julep and its> brandy, hnc caused
some amazement throu s1nnt the
North. -. s.,. ..,. .....| 49,.
AS a matter of history, tho cru
sade2 has not appear u IL the white
mans antipathy to liqu3r as q gener-
al vicious agent, but it l., tn the use
by Negroes. that 1T has nst it's doom.
Better labor and less crime--these
have been the ar guments that have
won the South to the temperance
ranks. And, while the prohibition
leader was arguing, his finger was
pointed at the Negro.
BY the fusing of the race and ?in-
dnstrial problems and the liquor
question. through inevitable re-
suits, temperance in the South re-
tcaived an impetus that the old meth
cd Of berating demon rum" never
approached. The weird pictures OF
the fingers of the black men around
white .women's throats fred the
South where tons of literature fail
ed. 4< :~. "..----
Whisky, is was proved by statistics
wasY striking !. at, the South, socially
and -ipdustrially Through the Negro
and the dive saloons: These rem
dezvous, where the Negroes brains
Were fred by cheap whisky, were
depopulating the ,fiSlds and breeding
crime. The rope was reaorted to
as a. remedy But lynchinR did not
increase, the safety to. women or aid
indallsstsy that was crying far lahar
S!5!k Va ben Ca me Ca lentRtion. the
aaa aia Ill hnrE were ! at saMti
asset, the NegreS ana " iffsstl sNtifiHKy
were dangerous Inability: %,FaAf south4'
.erner was willing to- i1nattt laws, that
might Affect ;ownNpersona habits
that heWmtg hit : safeguar d. his home
and "upbuild' his business. ''.i><.ul j.:
The South, began to understand, pr o..
hibitiOn from an economic standpoint
and voted against saloons, oIlitha same
reaso soptngl that the. Federal govern.
meht excludes, liquor u from INDIAN
reservations and shuts it out by In
ternational agreement from the is
lands Of the Pacific The British
government, having learned the les
son Of liquors effect upon an un-
developed race, bars 1t from the Ne
groes Of Africa.
Arguing that the Negro and bad
whisky were as great a menace as
fire and gasoline, the father and
brother and the merchant and plant
.er went to the polls. .
/ In Georgia, the mpvement was
statewide and, after the first Of the
year, liquor will be barred from 146
counties and 3,414 towns. ........
And Negro dives which permit
gambling and loafng, will be leveied
by the torch, officially applied.
In Florida OF the At counties, "a
are dry. aIn4Alabama only 181 towns
under existing conditions, continue to
license the saloons, three-fourths Of
the state being dry. The drouth will
be statewide In 1909. OF the rs
counties in mississippi, SO are with
out saloons. More than half OF
Louisiana has banished the saloon
and the same condition applies to
Texas.
After next April there will be only
six cities and towns In Tennessee
that will license saloons. And Ken
lucky, the home OF bourbons, has
put the lid on Sd Of the 119 coun-
ties. .
Senator Tillman's state, South
Carolina, has closed the saloons in
81 OF the 81 counties. Only 80 cit
les and towns have dramshops The
sister state, North Carolina, has made
II OF the 41 counties dry. OF the
100 Virginia counties, 46 are without
saloons and 33 Of the SIS West Vir-
ginia counties have stopped liquor
traffic.
Oklahoma came into the Union as
dry state