The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-19

CHEEK III IudL WuoiS duuiCuSS.
The governor told the congregation
that there is no length to which a
whiskey slave will not go for drink.
He related the story of Congressman
Yates Webb, brother of Judge Jas L.
Webb, who sat on the stage with him,
in which narrative there was the
drunken father who stole the shoes
from his dead baby's feet to pawn for
a drink. Men and women" he thun"
dered, eff the curse can take the shoes
off baby's feet, in Gods name, ISM
IL time for us to drive 1t forever from
our state" (Shouts and applause)
He renewed his challenge to any
man to come before him, have an DATA
administered and make affidavit that
whiskey as a beverage had ever done
him. his family or his state any good.
why don't you Gomez" he exclaimed.
Because you know that you can't
come up here and laying your hands
upon Gods word take such an oath.
But they say why don't you an
swer our arguments (accent on the
last syllable and laughter following
it, I didn't know You had any argu-
ments. All that ever saw were some
circulars that somebody sneaked of
and sent to the unwary voters. and all
the men that you have are Brother
Settle and a few others talking about
liberty And if there ever was any
body that liberty is done up, he is the
man." (Great applause) This whacN
at Settle was enjoyed.
The governor took up the argument
that whiskey helps business AMI
smote it into smithereens. He rode it
with spurs. ridiculed it, exploded it.
tore it up and made his audience laugh
at it. He declared that no man, no
business corporation, nor any element
of our society desired any employe
who drinks. why some of the rail-
road companies absolutely refuse to
employ a man who takes drop" he
said, land not even the whiskey men
themselves will hire service that is
not sober. If saloons were good FOL
towns the railroads would have put
them along its lines. II a cotton fac
tory regarded whiskey as a helpful
thing it's builders would establish
drinking places alongside 1t. Wits.
key helps nobody. Whom can 1t help?
If l spend Is cents for a drink, there
goes my beefsteak. II / take quart,
that costs a 81 and there goes of my
cotton hat. II l spend Is cents off
goes my shirt. (Iaughter) II buy
gallon that costs 81 and my coats
gone. spend $3.50 and there goes
my shoes. Another 50 ami off comes
my britches (sn!ckering) and I guess
d better not 90 any further" Shouts
and laushter)
The governor took up North Caro-
! lima towns and dealt out statistics
against time so rapidly that reporters
grew dizzy. He sail that ten years
ago the cumulative wealth of North
Carolina was $3.50. 100000. Now it is
| 81. loo. 900, 900 lone billion one hundred
millious.) We have progressed so
finely that North Carolina is led by
Massachusetts, alone in manufacture
of cotton. We are ahead OF twelve
states that formerly surpassed US in
literacy ami in 1906 Townsville a
| dry town, made enough chairs to give
one TO every man, woman and child
In the United States to 90 way back
and sit down AMI be at peace. Uaugh.
teri don't say that prohibition diG
all this, but | do say that prohibition
has not killed business. But with all
of this we have lost something awful
We have lost our liberty AMI our
booze" (Iaughter.)
The governor told funny story Che
was funny all day. of the irrepressi-
bic boy and his daddy. The old man
was a booze CRATER AMI the kid asked
him how he meant to vote. "Am go
ing TO vote against prohibition" the
old fellow said. why paw" the boy
asked. Because son. prohibition
won't prohibit. Wen have as much
/ lIkker then as We do now" Then,
paw, why are you agin prohibition?
the well drilled boy persisted. where
upon the irate sire said: "Looky here,
you little rascal I'll beat you IL you
show me any Of that impertinence.
You are entirely too smart" laugh.
teri
The hest figure and the most lurid
picture he threw upon the canvass
0f the imagination. was that Of the
states marching TO victory under the
white oridamme of prohibition
North Carolina Is going dry zap
plauseD Virginia is going dry. South
Carolina is going dry. Tennessee Is
now almost dry. Alabama has gone
dry. Georgia Is dry, Texas will soon
be dry Mississippi is dry. and In a
short time the whole south will be
solid again and thank God. II Is going
dry." (Great shouts and continue
eheeTing.)
The governor said that nobody
claims perfection from prohibition and
the best hoped for Is the gradual re-
lease from the thraldom Of drink b.
laws that make II more dlfficult TO get
He said that prohibition would prohIb
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