The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-05-01
Whito Ribbon Echoes.

The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union is an organization of
Christian women banded together for
the protection of the home, the aboh
tlon OF the liquor traffic and the
triumph of Christ $ golden rule in
custom and in law It is the out
come of the Woman's Temperance
Crusade of 1S73-74 which failed to
accomplish permanent results because
the saloon was found to be but the out
, cropping of the liquor system which
is protected by law, and is intrenched
IN the very heart Of our government,
so that legal suasion was found to be
necessary as well as moral suasion.
1t Is now organized in every State in
the Union, including the District of
Columbia and all the territories.
Our Basis Of Membership: Each
member is required to sign the pledge
and pay annual dues tone dollar in
South Carolina)
Our Pledge: hereby solemnly
promise. God helping me, TO abstain
from all distilled. rcrmcntcd and malt
liquors. including wine. beer and cid
er. as beverage. and to employ all
proper means 10 discourage the use Of
ana traffic in the same
Our Motto: For God and Home and
Native Land.
Our Badge: a knot Of white ribbon
symbolic, not only Of purity and peace
but includes all the reforms that GEN.
tre in the protection of the home.
Our Line of Work: Organization,
preventive, educational, cvangclistic,
social and legal. Under these heads
are grouped several departments
forty-one in all.
DIR. Wolling gave a very interesting
address to the Cynthia Mower l.. II.
l.. Tuesday afternoon at the NJ. f..
church, after which an egg hunt was
given at Mrs. Mary Wrioht'S whose
courtesy was appreciated by all. The
children had a royal good time. In
der the proficient care of Mrs. +. T..
Williamson the l.. 7. l.. is increasing
in number and interest.
The South is Going Dry.
Lay the jest about the .julcp in the
camphor balls at last.
For the miracle has happened and the
olden days are past;
That which makes Milwaukee thirsty
doesn't foam in Tennessee,
And the lid in old Missouri is as tight
locked as can be
O. the comic paper Colonel and his
cronies we'll may sigh,
For the mint is waving gayly, but the
South is going day.
BY the Stillside on the hillside in Ken
tucky all is still,
For the only damp rcfrcshment mus.
be dipped up from the rill;
Moth Ca lima s stately ruler gives
his soda glass a shove
And discusses local option with the
South Ca lima Gov;
1t is useless al the fountain to be
winkful of the eye,
For the cocktail glass is dusty and The
South is going dry.
1t IS water, water, everywhere and
not Il drop to drink;
We no longer hear the music Of the
mellow crystal clink
When The Colonel and the Major and
the Gen'l and the Jcd"c
Meet to have LITTLE nip to give their
appctiicS an edge.
i',r the c""nog now is no"olcss and
the rye has gone awry
And the punch bowl holds carnations,
and the South is going dry.
All the nightcaps now have tassclS
and arc worn upon tlc head
Not the ni@htcaps that were taken
when nobody went to bed;
And the breeze above thc blue grass
is as solemn as is death.
For il bears no pungent Glove tang on
its odorifc breath.
And each man can walk chalkline
when the stars are in the sky,
For the fizz glass now is fizzless and
the South is going dry.
Lay the jest about the julep meath
the chestnut tree at last,
For there s but one kind Of moonshine
and the oldcn days are past;
Now tbc wafer wagon rl,mblcs through