The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-12-04
". O. r. q. NOTES.


No programme arranged for any one OF the
sessions Of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union Convention presents such
problem to the programme condenser as does
that Of Jubilee Night" unless 1t should be
Demonstration Night" But. you say. what Is
Jubilee Nieht7 Itwould be impossible for me
to attempt description with pen If space would
allow and will only write Of a few OF the States
taking part.
The presidents of States that have made gain
in membership sufficient to entitle them TO
place on the programme on Jubilee Night had
story to tell that had lost nothing by being
"bottled up" during the six preceding days
the convention. Thirty-one States claimed
recognition on the programme at Omaha. the
time allotted each being from one to five min
utes according to the number of mem
bers gained. A little mathematical deduction
demonstrated the necessity for strict enforce
ment of the time limit, even though, In some
cases, it seemed to work a hardship-and in some
other cases failed to work at ALSO irrepressble
was the desire to publish the fidingsr Of
achievement. Due allowance had to be made,
also, for Spontaneous combustion" of rally
cries, State songs, etc., and since nothing short
of an election campaign would justify Ma
tional w. G. T. q. Convention in singing, as
home till morning. the programme was put
through in double-quick time.
The opening song was. fittingly. "The Sound
of Jubilee" and after a brief Introductory the
minute women we're called for. New Hamp-
shire led of. its president. Mrs. Ellen r. Rich
ardson standing under beautiful silk flag. said.
"Loyal women of New Hampshire cut up their
wedding gowns to make the first American flag
that ioated from an American war vessel. More
New Hampshire volunteers were slain at the
battle OF Bunker Hill than from any other one
Of the colonies. New Hampshire was not only
one of the thirteen original States but also one
of the eighteen original States that sent dele
gates to the first National W. @. T. q. Conven-
tion, for the crusade in New Hampshire dates
back to 1859. Therefore, New Hampshire is first
in war, first In peace, and first on the programme
of Jubilee Night.''
South Carolina Mrs. Sprott, president: About
sixteen years ago the qualified voters of South
Carolina asked their Legislature for State
wide prohibition law. 1t gave them that great
moral institution the State dispensary. Three
years ago this institution fell by the weight of
its own rottenness and the county dispensary
system went into effect. Under this law, in jan
uary, 1909, South Carolina showed half white and
half black-21 counties dry and q wet Again,
the Legislature was asked for State-w wide pro-
hibition law. We got law providing for an
election in the 21 wet counties August II. 1909.
At this election Is counties went dry. The dis
pensary in South Carolina has been driven to
the Jumping of place. along the Atlantic sea
shore, and we hope that at the next session of
the Legislature in January, 1910. the order will
come for it to walk the plank and that our be-
loved Palmetto State SHALL at the next National
tiful. without spot or blemish, fit companion
for its sisters Georgia, North Carolina and
Tennessee"
Maryland. Mrs. Mary r. Haslup, president
sThere are more than 1900 women in my great
| little State who wear the white ribbon and who
the prohibition of the liquor traffic. It has been
| the persistent, self-sacridcing effort of these
women that has made possible the growth that
not yet gone dry, but we shall go on with our
education and our agitation, and in some glad
day we. too. shall have made our map all white
and be able to sing with the rest of these States
| Maryland has gone dry ~
Georgia. Mrs. Patterson: II will give you a
little Of III the @ experience & which Georgia M has had had
hibition law. One Of the largest cities in our
State was facing q very serious position just be-
new stockade, and with ali her license fees, had
no money to build one. In October the city
f1oated bonds to the amount of thousands of
| State went dry, and in the following October ]
was told that the stockade door was standing
| open-they bad no use for stockade-and the
bonds had been turned over for city improve
| ment. Just nine months after the prohibition
| law went into effect citizen of Macon took q
| business census of the CITY. He found that the
| business houses that had been occupied by
| saloons and breweries were now filed with
| traders and prosperous businesses. Contrary to
| the prophecies of the liquor element before the
prohibition law went into effect, all of the
| merchants were selling more goods, they were
selling better goods, and their cash business was
| better.''
| Mrs Mitchner of Kansas quoting from the
| Governor of that State, said In part 1.-THE
| present felicitous condition in the SunhOweI
| State may be in large measure accounted for
by the fact that her banks, barns and bins are
| filled TO overlooking {; that 30 per cent. of hel
| jails are empty that % per cent. of her poor
houses are empty, and some of her counties
have had no criminal prosecutions for any crime
for more than ten years past. For more than
| 20 years Kansas has received no revenue from
| the beverage liquor traffic. When it comes to
assessed valuation of property, Kansas is the
| fourth State in the Union. The assessed wealth
of the State is 81, 300 per capita, which exceeds
| all other States.
| PRFss Sr1pT ToWsON W. c. tt u.