The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-02
ANTI-SAL0Cn LEAGUE MEETS

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rnss Reelected tie Same o =.
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s. ,os1s;.s SUPERINTENDENT, !.
The officers of the Anti-saloon
League of South Dakota together
League. of South Dakota togsther
with the field workers met in the
League rooms for conferences Mon-'
dayssnd' Tuesday, Which on theKhole,
were very Satisfactory. The follow
ing persons were present.: Head
quarters Committe, DR.. H. Pearson,
Hihron, Rev. c. E. Hager. Huron,
Rev. c. E. McCauley, Bridgewater.
Rev. j. E. Booth, Desmet. 1. w. Sea
man, MITCHELL; The board of dir
ectors, constituted by the following
persons as we'll as the headquarters
committee: DR.. II. w. Thrall, Huron,
Rev. A. H. Seymour, DeSmet, Rev.
j.. j.. Schaeffer, Madison, Rev. G.. T.
Notson, Alexandria. Rev. y. d. Car
hart, Fairfax, Rev. A. A. Rowen,
Parker, a. Loomis, Redfeld. The
field workers present were as fol-
lows: o. l.. Bland, Elk Point, G. Jen-
son, Madison, S. Oak, Rev. j. p.
Randolph, South Bend, Ind, DR.. G.
G. Jordan, Valiant, Penn.
The report Of the superintendent
was received with hearty applause
from every one in the house. The
financial report showed bookings to
have been larger and the increase
in the assets greater than any pre-
vious year. All debts are paid ex-
cept some small current debts and
the assets are much greater than
the liabilities.
Plans We're made for the organic
ing of each county in the state for
aggressive campaign for county op-
ton.
The following officers we're elect
ed for the ensuing year: President
DR.. H. P. Carson; vice president, 1.
w. Seaman; Secretary. j. E. Booth,
treasurer, w. I. McConnell; SUPER
intendent, w. M. Grafton. The fol-
lowing names we're added to the
Board of Directors: Rev. H. r. Best,
Sioux Falls; Rev. Urdahl; ]. NJ.
Wick, Toronto; G.. S. Royse, Rapid
City; M. P. Beebe, Ipswich; Bishop
Nelson, Omaha; M. NJ. Ramer,
Pierre; w. H. Thrall, Huron; A.
Loomis, Redfeld; S. E.. Morris, Nit
chell; j. j. %Schaeffer, Madison.
Trustees: Rev. A. E. Carhart; A.
Loomis; w. T. Mcconnell; A. H.
Seymour. The Headquarters COM
mittee as above was reelected.
The board of directors passed the
following statement and resolution:
We recognize this has been the
greatest year in the history of the
Anti-Saloon League of this state
that We have yet known. The lar
gest amounts for carrying forward
of the work has been booked; the
greatest campaign for the spreading
of literature has been attempted;
county option has ben prosecuted
with yigor in every county in the
state, and we record with pride the
progress of our League and the pres
tige that has been given to it.
The Superintendent, Rev. w. M.
Grafton has sbeen busy covering
many departments of work which
should be distributed among four
or five men. He has travelled &c.,
600 miles, delivered $50 lectures, at
which many thousand dollars we're
raised; IL besides this attended
100 meetings where conferences
We're held, m preached, or adj
dresses given by himself. He has
edited with little assistance the
South Dakota Edition of the Amer1-
can Issue, dictated hundreds OF coll
umns of newspaper matter in the
No-License Appeal alone. amount
ing to 100000 book pages of tenn
perance literature, putting out the
astounding volume of 100000 book
pages Of temperance literature. He
has dictated the copy or written in
dividual letters during the year
wide correspondence with the men,
bers of the supreme court, judges
OF the nine benches, all the county
auditors and county treasurers, pres
idents of our penal reformatory and
charitable institutions, tabulated sta
~tistics which have to do with the re-
lation of the saloon to crime, to in
sanity, to %pauperism. to jails, to the