The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-04

paign of law enforcement.-S States
vile Landmark.
Continues to Go Toward.
North Carolina has shown that hel
people are on the right side of {
moral question. The good old State
continues to go forward.---Green
vile Reflector.
The Yoke Shaken Off.
The death knell has been sounded
in thunderous tones, and the State
has shaken off the yoke of saloon
domination for all time to come.
The prohibition election is now
over, all bitterness and strife should
be laid aside and forgotten Eden
ton Transcript.
All Should Aid the Law.
While there has been some bitter
ness created in some sections during
the campaign, which has been to some
extent a heated one, yet now that
it is over all differences should be
forgotten and all law-abiding citizens
should lend their best efforts for the
enforcement Of the law which has
been ratified by so large a majority.
Chatham Record.
One Pauper Mill 10 Stop.
A great tidal wave has come up
on our North Carolina waters and
strong drink is swept adown the cur
rent and from the borders Of the
"Old North State" The people
have spoken and by a majority Of
more than forty thousand say that
whiskey cannot be sold in North Car
oline and wives made widows and
children paupers. Elm City Mirror.
|, Row Ii was Done.
A prohibition wind like unto the
scorching dry simoons Of the desert
of Sahara blew across the state from
the light of Hatteras to the utmost
pinnacle of the great smoky noun
tains in the west and its cyclonic fury
spared, it now seems, but few spots
to the wet" advocates. The ballots
fell like rain, but 50 dry" were they
that only the covers of the ballot
boxes kept them in their receptacles.
-Asheville Citizen.
Work Just Begun.
But the first step only has been
taken. A mere enabling act, as it
were, has been passed. The people
have merely signifed their desire in
the matter and the real work is vet
to come.
We hope that the Anti-Saloon Lea
que in both state and county will
maintain its organization and will
continue as live factor in law-en-
forcement and law-perfecting as it
has been in Observation-Disclosures
Free Press.
Heard Across the World.
North Carolina has spoken a piece
of her mind on the liquor traffic, and
the sound thereof has gone through
out the civilized world. Nor is the
voice of that Commonwealth low
pitched or ambiguous. By major
lty of tens of thousands she has de-
clared that Intoxicating drinks shall
be banished from her border; that
bins and pitfalls shall no longer be
laid for the feet of the unwary, and
that indulgence shall be denied to
the besotted. The Old North State
has Joined the great and growing
ranks Of imperial Commonwealth
that declare for sobriety, pure homes
and citizenry based upon virtue
Richmond News Leader.
lne ul0fy l0eS k0und.
May 26th was a glorious day for
North Carolina. Every man, woman
and child who had part in it, should
feel grateful. While the chief cred
it belongs to such leaders as Gov.
Glenn, Judge Pritchard, Gov. Aycock,
Senator Simmons, Gov. Jarvis, Chair
man Oates and the News and Obser-
yer, yet the mention Of these is not
the exclusion of others. There's
glory enough to go round" as the
Schley said at the bat
tie OF Santiago. And we applaud
the spirit of a Jealous wet voter
who said Tuesday evening: "Imove |
that we make it unanimous" ~
Webster's Weekly.
The Tiger Can be Suppressed.
The matter has been settled as it
should be-by vote of the people.
Now let the law be enforced. It is
up to every good citizen, no matter
how he voted last Tuesday, to see to
it that when the law goes into effect
On January LIST, 1909, that every vio-
ator OF that law is reported, just as