The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-07
Attention, Farmer Friends!

prohlbltlon IN many towns and
cities of North Carolina recently
has discouraged the opposition to
such an extent as to turn it's at
tention largely to the rural dis
tricts, in the present campaign
against the evil of making and
selling liquor. Late activity in
the country districts upon the
part of whisky advocates indi-
Gates clearly their purpose and
the strenuous efforts now making
to Influence farmers to vote
against prohibition should be
promptly counteracted by an ap-
peal to reason and the right.
The purpose of the opposition is
expressed in the following state
ment reputed to one of it's advo-
Gates:
THE strength of the LIQUOR in
terest is the country. We admit
that you prohibitionists will carry
the towns, but we are going to
sweep the rural districts. We
used to have the negro to stand
by whiskey and save it in every
election, but while we haven't
got the negro any longer we have
got the farmer and we are bank
ing on him to take the negro's
place"
Think of it, farmer friend.
Was there ever a more brazen
insult offered to any class of citi-
zens? Following the boast they
have dared to make, the country
is being flooded with printed
matter in advocacy of a return to
former conditions in this State
and shedding penitential CD
tears over the proposed infringe
ment upon personal liberty"
AS Governor Glenn puts it: Lib
erty to get drunk, to neglect and
desert your families, to take pro-
visions away from those depend
ent upon YOU" Every farmer
in the State should promptly and
emphatically resent the suggest
ion that he is to occupy the posi-
ton in the election on May rs,
taken by the colored voter in the
disastrous campaign upon the
temperance question in 1881,
when eighty Thousand negroes
marched to the polls and defeated.
prohibition.
Anent the remarkable claim of
liquor advocates, Mr.. Clearance
H. Poe, editor of the Progressive
Farmer and one of the best
friends the farmer has in North
Carolina, presents the following
interesting conclusions, which
should be carefully reviewed by
every citized to whom the oppor-
tunity is afforded:
This is the claim, farmers of
North Carolina, that the liquor
men have made from the begin
ming of this campaign. What do
Won think of it? What of this
studied and oft-repeated insult
that the farmers, the intelligent
country people of North Carolina,
belong body and soul to the whisk-
ey selles, and may be counted
upon to step into the poor, ignor-
ant venal negroes shoes as the
great refuge and standby of the
liquor interests?
For this reason, it for no 9th
err: the farmers of the state
should redouble again their efforts
in behalf of prohibition. Let the
country vote be so decided so
overwhelming, that never again
will friends and hirelings OF the
saloon dare insult the sturdy
farmers of the Old North State
by such a reflection upon their
manhood and their honor:
TT was the farmers OF North
Carolina who won immortal re-
nown at Mecklenburg COURT
House. 1t was the farmers OF
North Carolina who gave to Ala
nance and Moore's Creek and
Kings Mountain their undy1ng
fame. Tt was the farmers OF
civil war who won for North Car
DINA the glory of being hrst at
Bethel and last at Appomatox.
To saw that the sons OF sucn slres
have now degenerated lnto Lne
willing slaves of saloon-keePers
and Whiskey interests, and that
fhev NAV be counted on to take
the negro's place as the tool and
cats paw of these men-tnls Is a
SANDER. which as their spokes-
man, cannot too bitterly deny
nor appeal to them too strongly
to hurl back at its or iglnat oaJ 49,
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