The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-17

OF Cumberland, yea. more tnan tna1,
To adjoining counties, for Fayette-
vile has large trade from this
section Of the state.
Financially, the city was never in
such good condition Our revenues.
under the same tax rate, are nearly
double what they were under the old
day of~the saloons. Let me make you
a list that you may see something
OF the growth here.
1900
Parks in county, l.
Deposits, $250,00O.
Cotton mills in Fayetteville, 1.
Electric light plant and sewerage.
none
Street railway, none.
Silk mills, none
1897.
Banks in county, s.
Deposits, 81, ,325 900.
Cotton mills in Fayetteville, )
and 2 now projected.
Two silk mills working 500 ne
groes
These mills are owned by north
ern men who are very anxious to
keep the sale Of liquor out of Fay
etteyille> e-
THE next largest worker of ne
gro labor is F. A Poe, who operates
two large brick yards. He is an en-
thusiastic prohibitionist
This county voted prohibition five
years ago by a vote of 1881 to 612
after having prohibition in force by
legislative enactment for eighteen
months.
Twelve years ago this county had
IA saloons and cotton mills. Today
she has no saloons and IL textile
mills, with two others in prospect.
which will give us Il to take the
place Of the IA saloons
Builders and contractors say that
there has been more building here
in the past five years than ia the
previous 25.
Morally and 5nGustriously the sa-
loo1 is a curse Better homes, better
labor, better business is my nbserva-
tion Of the workings of prohibition.
Il trust thai your splendid noun
tt4in city will throw off the yoke of
the liquor traffic and the good old
Scotch towc on the banks of the
Cape Fear sends you greetings in
your fight.
"T. J. POWERS"
l wrote to the mayor Of Greensboro
which as you know is a prohibition
town and zone Of the nzast prosper
Gus cities in the state, but / did not
receive a reply to my tetter. How
ever, l had-~the good fortune to re-
ceive a communication from Hon
Jas. M. Milliken, U. s. marshal, at
Greensboro, which tef4s the whole
story, and reads as follows:
EET n int IF ~
the 18th instant, requesting me to
write you whether prohibition has
injured the business interests OF
Greensboro.
81 desire to say that prior to the
adoption of prohibition in Green's
boro ] advocated license saloons, and
If I'had been in the city on the day
of election, I would have cast nv
vote against prohibition because
then believed that the adoption oil
prohibition would inJure and drive
away business from the city Now
after seeing prohibition in effect in
Greensboro since January 1, 1906, ]
am glad to say that prohibition has
not only failed to 1njure business
here, but has, in my opinion, been
a great factor in building up the
SACJ1 S~hu hopO t1C 4OCSC1oI vi oc-
looms in Greensboro will never be
agitated again, but if an election
should be held On that question ]
would certainly cast my
vote and II nfucnce for prohibition.
81. NJ. MILLfKAN
GREENVILLE, S. c.
| now desire to call your attention
to a letter written by the mayo: OF
Greenyille, South Carolina Green
vile is one of the most prosperous
cities in the south The letter is az
follows:
In reply to yours of the 18th
would say that prohibition has prov
en- beneficial to our people; not near
so much drunkenness, and many
more who spent their money foI
drink Snow spend it zon their fami-
lies; therefore, in my opinion, help
ing the finances of all classes. 1t has
been beneficial to the laboring class
es and they would not vote for the
sale of liquor again. Our cotton man
ufacturers do not favor the estab-
lishment Of bar rooms as it would
disorgantze their help to have bar
rooms in their midst.
&C. HEYWARD MAHON,
Mayor of Greenville, S. c.
In order that there might be NO
doubt about the attitude of the cot
IEton manufacturer on this subject, ]
wrote letter to Mr.. Tanner, of the
Henrietta Mills, at Caroleen, N. c.,
land the following reply >ieaves no
doubt as to the position of the cot
ton manufacturer in so far as the
sale OF whisfey is concerned.
I'm reply to your favor of the
12tn, which came during my absence,
| beg to say that we could not be
induced for any consideration to
have saloons In or near our mill
| towns.
when we built our mill villages
this vicinity was noted for its
blockade distillerdes, and We had no
end of trouble among our operatives
which interfered seriously with the