The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-13
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ln.-~ ..-iuu This .as strict
business session. aaI al $1,000
GOO. a-.n .a Open session
H...r m..rra aa- held n the
.r OBJ. afternoon 40 O'Clock,
.. OBJ. public speaking Dog
E.. .ra -ay band stand ON The
court mons. square.
Qair" a. lars. crowd 1f enthusiastic
Vorb'r- were present "a. THIS meeting
au' n-e speaker was loudly applaud
'd ou numerous occasions during her
Address. Mrs Armour divided her
subject. Prohibition" into several
phases. First The Common Sense
standpoint then "A business Stand
poin'," ami The Standpoint of Public
Morals
The climax ul the DAYS work Was
the meeting al ia, church last even
ing al = O'Clock. when Mrs. Armour
spoke on The neliycramce OF Geor-
gia." The beginning of the movement
IN Georgia was meeting of forty VIC
men in Americas. Sha called arten-
ton 10 the fact that an the beginning
OF the movement there not a single
daily paper in the state Was in favor
OF b.: also me fact that nearly all the
weeklieS favored IL. Three weeks af-
ter the Americas meeting Fred Seeley
started a daily paper i'm Atlanta. and
started The advocacy OF prohibition.
IL was only a few weeks after this
meeting that organizations were PEI
{ fected all over the state LOOKING go
! prohibition for tEa Empire State of
/ the South Through the efforts of
! Mrs. Armour and her c0-Workyrs ey-
| cry preacher i'm the state was asked
TO make "a special plea for the rom-
/ perance cause on the same Sunday.
The w. c. T. L. and the Auli-SaIooa
! League then went into the primaries
with a view TO electing members Of
/ the legislature who would lake care Of
| their interests and pass prohibition
| laws. With what success they were
/ rewarded is seen by the fact that they
elected l39 dry" men TO 80 wet"
men, and captured the organization OF
/ both houses. Mrs. Armour said that
/ the reports sent out about personal
! encounters ON the floor of The house
were untrue, save that SeabOrn
Wright did slap Joe Hill Halls face in
/ front Of the speakers desk.
Mrs. Armour is a very forceful and
convincing speaker, and is no doubt
the foremost woman prohibitionist
speaker in the country today.
She held her audience in rapt at
tention for nearly an hour and half.
Enthusiasm ran high, eliminating
in a monster collection Of 1925 to be
used in temperance work N Florida
/ between now and Tie meeting of the
next legislature, TO create strong
enough sentiment 10 pass lrJhi5i-
] ton measure at its session.
The meeting of the W. c. T. L. now
being held here is by far the largest
that has ever been held in Florida.
The contributors to the fund are
as follows:
Miss Neal. sic: Edward Nelson,
So: Palm Avenue Baptist church,
So: Miss lille Harrison, 81; Miss
Blanche Ausley. So: Miss BERTHE Bach
elder. So: Miss Rena Smith. 81; P. \.
. Ausley. SO: Miss Seller, 81; TWO
boys. Vanbrott. 50; Mrs. Doig. So;
Mrs. T. E. Packham, So; Quincy
Dwight. 81: Mrs. Futch. 50; Miss
YANKEES. 81: Mrs. G. p. Edwards, 81:
Mr.. w. II. Barco, So: a friend, So;
! Mrs. Nelson. $25: Mrs. Van Hood,
$50. Mr.. John Edwards. $25: Mr., w.
ID earn. S25: Mrs r. \. Burford, $25
Mrs 7 W. Pearson. S25: Cedar Key
Union. So: Bryant Of Belleview. So:
Mrs. Barnett. $40: Lake Weir, s.:
Mrs. Wilson, So: fernando, So; Tai
laNaSSAA. So. " inter F1oNElis CIV .
Mrs. Mott. $40; Mr.. Colbert, s.; Mrs.
I Rftineer So: DeLand. $40; Gaines.
vile. SO: II. L. Anderson. S25, Belle
view. So: Duuon. s.; Packham So;
H. p. Phillips. 50; Bridges. s.; Mrs
( BRIDGES. $40: Fairfield. 50; Mrs G. W
Tavlor. s.: Eustis UuniOn, s.; Baxter
. earn. So: Mrs. Baxter earn. s.; Cole
man Union. s.; Lawrence jones. s.;
Mrs Norton. So; Mrs. HatcheM 50;
RedJick Union. So: Mrs. G. 5. Cleve
land. s.: Cedar Goce Church. SO:
1ronfbrook Union. Miss SnelIer). s.;
Mrs c. II. shaw, s.: Mrs, Geo, Felt
ham. s25. Mrs. Rentz. $25; Mrs. Ian
5ers. 81: Dmuellon, So; Miss Barnett
81. Mrs. c. P. earn. 81; Mrs. Lover
idpe s.: Mrs. Halle. So: Mrs. Payne
81. Mrs. Neelam. 81: Mrs. Smith. 81.
Mrs NcConathy. SO: T. B. Snyder