Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-05
THE SOUTH is GOING DRY.


M Mwak HE following paper was read by Mrs
! 4 8M&s Brooks Marmon, Of Tupelo in response
! IlSgs9s M to the address Of welcome at the recent
| eLAs state W. c. T. u meeting at Hatties.
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! @n.r-Ss fulness and appreciation we have
listened to the various addresses Of welcome extended
this convention by the city Of Haesburg and in behalf
Of the Mississippi Womans Christian temperance
Union, we thank you for this most royal welcome.
Words are tame things when one tries to express ap.
precation and like Bob Taylor, we feel that if words
could be coined into roses American Beauties would best
express our thanks so much do appreciate the gene
rous hospitality and lavish kindness of their people, May
the throwing open Of its doors to this convention prove
blessing to this fair little city.
think this convention ought to be a convention Of
praise and thanksgiving. Oh praise, for the Lord Of
Hosts on our sde Of praise for God has been good U.S.
Of thanksgiving for what has been accomplished in
Southland in the past year for temperance.
I'm an optimist and on this occasion would love to
shout from the housetops one refrain The South going
dry the South is going dry rejoice ye people! I'd sing
to glad refrain the passing Of the mint ulep, the
now is nogess and rye has gone awry and the punch
bowl holds carnations, for the South is going dryT
I'm fan to confess two feelings predominate when |
study the temperance movement in land wonder and
S1miraon; wonder over the age-n which live admir-.
alton for the results which in have been accomplished
| am glad I've stood in the threshold Of this mighty
temperance movement am glad that live where drink
ing has changed my generation, from popular
fad in which gentleman could indulge with impuniy to
disgrace in which no gentleman would be willing to let
the world know he practiced.
Popular opinion has changed We are at last awaken
ing to the fact that the saloons called fares and best
The wall of mothers and wives lost hopes in deso-
late homes where ruin salked through temperance has
surely reached the ear Of God He surely hears and
listens when ten-thousand daily at that noon-de
hour sent up that petition for God and Home and Every
Land.
OF course we realize that the fight is just on nor do
we mean 10 pause and shout victory song while the
uggernaut Of drink crushing the lives out Of thous-
ands The vail OF through rong drink is still in
the land Little children still or. themselves to sleep in
cold miserable novels because oi IT. women still watch
and wait and pray with aching ers ideals shat
tered, homes gone and manhood n women still suffer
because loved ones choose that awful Of a miser-
able roads to Hell. for to women always fallen heavi
est the OF intemperance we re alize htt
the liquor leagues getting Il, alarmed over the
situation, working as they ed before for they
realize their business seriously cted They are Bio
ding higher for the lives Of be- cody calculating how
best to create thirst Think Of it rents meeting in cor
vention trying find the surest ehods to send our
boys jail insane asyums and cg gangs inviting them
10 suicide and murder. DO you woder we are begging
next legislature sweep the accused traffic from
Mississippi Q
And thanks be to God brighter picture IS turning to
tie light The South IS going dry the fight III Alabama
a combat 10 the death. The Indian said Alabama
and stopped 10 rest The w @. II u says @Alabamas
and pushes to still greater victories The entire South
is going dry, why should we net rejoice. The saving
has heen long and weary, but the harvest IS at hand
Every Southern state to-day has Of dry territory
South Carolina has abolished saloons The governors oE
florida, North Carolina and Mississippi are avowed pro-
hibdoniss. Kentucky has but fouF counties that are
entirely wet and nineyEour that are entirely dry Ten
Alabama Georgia and Oklahoma have made the droue Il
unanimous,
To quote from Mr.. Dickson this is not revolution i
evolution not purtancal spasm. but a cold-blcos
business proposition marks the change that has * 8
over the people. a great change IS at hand " s
Stephens cry "On to Washington our nation mrs ID
dry does not seem like an idle dream or an impossib u
now Sentiment is SO strongly in favor of prohibition at
the people will not rest until this issue shall be de
national.
! i predicted that one of the great political pssties
will take i up FIVE years hence but whether either or
both parties take up ihe w @. I. Y. of America has
taken i up the battle cry has already been sounded IN this
organization reless fearless and dauntess will shout
AGAIN and again I'LL every nook and dOrner oE the Y. S.
shall ring with Il