Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-05-20
ROWAN COUNTY FOR PROHIBITION.


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people are largely for it, the coun-
try people ara chiefly for it, in
both towns and country the wo-
men and children are for it, and
the colored people, who are not
disfranchised by the constitution
al amendment, are almost entire
~ for it.
WHO THEN ARE OPPOSING IT.
The saloon keepers, the brewers
and wholesale dealers of the coun-
ty, state and nation. The brew
ers recently met in Now Orleans
and decided to spend 8 million
dollars to check and defeat the
prohibition tide in the South, and
the wholesale dealers are to fur
nish the money to defeat prohibi-
ton in North Carolina. These
and the local distillers and dealers
have combined to defeat it in
Salisbury and Rowan county.
1t is generally admitted by the
opposition that a large majority
of the people living in the towns
will vote for State prohibition,
but most of those living in the
country will vote against it, and
as the greater strength is in the
country, they will be able to car
ry the state against it. But this
is not true. It is we'll known
that the few honest men in town
and country, who oppose prohibit
ton are greatly in the minority,
and the evidence is multiplying
every day that the people in the
country of ninety per cent of the
counties will vote as strongly for
State prohibition as they will in
towns and cities, and many of
them much more so. And some
of them openly admit beyond
question that prohibition will car
~ in the State.
FARMERS TO TAKE PLACE OF NEGRO.
Formerly the anti-prohibition.
lists depended upon the colored
voting population to maintain
their business by voting and drink
Ing. But this factor has beer
eliminated by the constitutions.
amendment from the ballot box
and now they say, "The strength
of the liquor interests lies ID the
country" The editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer, Clarence 81. Poe
vouches for this statement by one
of them: "We used to have the
negro to stand by whiskey anc
save it IN every election, but while
we haven't got the negro any
longer, we have got the farmer
and we are banking on him te
take the negroes place." This il
an affront and a reflection upor
the character and honor of the
farmers, which, I have no doubt
they will resent with emphasis OIL
the Goth. of May. They will not
be banked upon to take the place
of the poor, deluded aud dlsfran'
chised negro to save and perpet'
uate this monster curse upon ou]
homes, our fair county and state
In a recent prohibition mas
meeting in Rocky Mount, a travel
ing man every way Trustworthy
and in a position to know, said
1.-The farmers are going to vot,
with the good people in the town
and cities for prohibition in
much larger measure than som'
people have reported" In thu
two townships-Gold Hill ant
Morgan-in which I travel, thu
chief part of the voting popula
ton is composed of country people
and farmers. In 1881, the two
townships gave only seventeen
votes for prohibition. From
present indications, in the coming
election, they will give not less
than three hundred votes for pro,
hibitlon, and in Gold Hill pre-.
cinct, it is believed that hardly 6
dozen votes will be given against
it.
BUT WHY SALISBURY AND Rowan
ESPECIALLY?
Because they are prominently
and centrally located and have
become "headquarters' for the
manufacture and distribution Of
intoxicating liquors for all west.
ern North Carolina. Salisbury