The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-12
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TEXAS WORK NOTES
Items of Party Interest in Big State of the
Southwest

DALLAS, TEXAS, March 2-Judge M. NJ Brooks
has declared himself against state Prohibition and
some Democrats are expressing surprise at this
stand. Mr.. Brooks, during the campaign of 1906,
expressed himself in favor of local option and
against state Prohibition, and he has simply
NAMED consistent to this declaration, while many
other Democrats have come over to the state
Prohibition idea The determination of temper
ance Democrats to force this question into the
primaries this year will undoubtedly arouse much
opposition on the part of Democrats who do not
believe in Prohibition. Prohbitionists will stand
off and watch the fun, while doing all in their
power for the furtherance of state Prohibition.
OzoNA TEXAS, February 25-Ihe w. c. T. u.
of this thriving inland town gave a press social.
The different ladies paper costumes, repre-
senting various Prohibition and temperance pa
pers and Miss Lille Bourner represented The
Ad0ance of Dallas, more properly speaking,
The National ProlnbitioniSt. The motto,
The pen is mightier than the sword" was exem-
plifed by large pen and the sword fastened
against crimson back ground A memorial ser
vice in memory of Francis E. Willard was held
in connection with the social Several new sub
scribers to The National Prohibitionist were
cured.
DALLAS, TEXAS, March Estate Secretary P.
F. Paige has just returned from trip through
North Texas He visited among other towns,
Ladonia, Honey Grove Bonham, Nocona, White
wright Evansville and Wichita Falls. At each of
tneSe towns PrOnlDlt1On1StS were secured 10 rep
resent the enrolment work of the committee and
to work for recruits to the national ticket
NocoNA TEXAS, February 27-Geo c. Ulmer,
representing the state Prohibition committee,
spoke here last night in the opera house to a
good audience on the subject of state and ma
tonal Prohibition. great deal of interest was
manifested and converts made for the cause.
State Secretary Paige present and said few
words about the progress of the battle for
tonal Prohibition.
Mr.. U1mer has been spending a good deal of
time recently in Montague county and at Ringgold,
Belchervile, Stoneberg Spanish Fort, ST. 10 and
other points has secured many recruits to
the Prohibition party ranks The idea of large
increase in the national vote is taking hold all
the county.
DALLAS, TEXAS. March 6-The state committee
is making call for at least thousand workers
each for the national ticket this year, and
Der taking up the work and sending in their
lists
O. w. Outland has recently visited Edna, FL
Campo, Victoria, Yoaktm, Kennedy, Goliad and
Beeville At all these towns recruits have
been secured and additional interest manifested
in the work
Another result that has followed the work of
MIR. Outland and others the state has been
the inauguration of press bureau which already
reaches fifty papers in the state. This press
service is expected by the committee to reach
several hundred papers within the next few
weeks and is the latest Prohibition facts and
figures
The Texas Prohibition committee proposes to
be right in the middle of the road in the state
campaign All of the workers and speakers
dor will tpfu in