The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-02-18
Loyal Temperance Legion.

ary, 1913, by Misses Bessie BdrneLl
and Bessie Lee Black. We have not
grown very rapidly, not near so rap
idly as we would like, yet our faith
full few" put their shoulders to the
wheel" and accomplish, under the
Splits leadership, the pest results
we can. When not hindered we hold
our meetings twice month. The
Legion regretted to lose Miss Bar
nett.
Our Legion has taken up the excel
lent manual study with Miss Brad
ham as teacher of the girls and Mrs.
Hampton Jennings teacher of the
boys.
A prize has been offered to the
boy and to the girl who is best in at
tendance and recitation. Miss Hay
den will also contribute her service to
this work. We use the Legion song
book and try to have helpful and in
teresting meetings.
The general secretary, Miss Bessie
Lee Black, has supervision of the Le-
gion.
The following are the juvenile Of
ficers for six months:
President-Lonnie Zeigler.
Vice president-Nell Black.
Recording and corresponding sec
retary-Edith Rice.
Treasurer-Homer Godbee.
Then we have the following super
intendents of department work:
Literature-Harrie Dele Free.
Flower k1ission-Homer Godbee.
. Press-Hughline Ray.
Vista Brabham is our Crusader
Monthly agent. A few copies or this
valuable paper are taken.
The Loyal Temperance Legion is a
branch organization Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, and
what Legioner is not proud Of our
mother organization?
We love the name of Mother Will
lard, Miss Frances E. Willard, Miss
Anna Adams Gordan, Miss Margaret
Mirtringer, Mrs. Lillian NJ. N.
Stevens, and many others who have
so gladly contributed their labor of
love to these two organizations, the
w. C. T. U. and the L. T. L..
l take from the L. T. L. catechism
the following:
"The L. T. L. aims not only to
interest the boys and girls in total
abstinence principles through the
teaching of scientific truth from care
fully prepared textbooks called tenn
perance manuals, but it seeks to in
culcate the very highest ideals, and
it's purpose is in the broadest sense
character-building. The whole effort
is educational, and it Is founded on
the principle which Miss Willard ad-
vocated; that the real way to solve
the temperance problem is to set be-
fore the young the truth concerning
alcohol and the saloon, give them a
knowledge of their relation to So
ciety and to humanity, and to show
them that the only way to stop
drunkenness is to reach human souls
before the chains of habit have bound
them"
The w. C. T. U. therefore seeks to
enlist her boys and girls in the l.. T..
L.. because she knows chat the liquor
dealers realize that if their business
is to prosper they must create an ap-
petite in the young; no wonder they
set every conceivable trap for the
children. So true is this that liquor
dealers association has declared that
"nickles invested in the boys would
later bring in dollars"
This being the case, we submit that
it is Just as profitable for the ". c. T.
u. to make an investment in the ma
tion's youth as it is for the saloon or
dispensary to make an investment.
The w. C. T. u, at it's first con-
vention, which convened in Cleve-
land, Ohio, made provision for the
formation of children's societies. The
educational character was stressed,
and in the year 1885 there was ju-
venile song book and manual issued.
In 1856 the organization received the
name of L. T. L., and it was then
that the present general plans OF
work were adopted. "In 1891 the
worlds w. G.. T. u, at it's first con-
vention, adopted the L. T. L. work
with Miss Anna A. Gordon as secre-
tary."
The l.. T. L. has grown wonderful
!y; it now reaches out into many
countries.
The white rlDDOnerS are QolHS
their best to keep boys from using
dreadful cigarettes and from being
into saloons and d1spen-
saries. We know that cigarettes are
very Injurious to the young as well
as the old, therefore, we fight them
so persistently. Boys and girls, let's
get in line and work harder than
ever before in the past for "the boy
hood and youth of the nation, for
God and prohibition.
Twenty-one counties in South Car
olina are dry; the others are black
as ink. It is stated that about three
fourths of the white population of
our State live in "dry' territory. "A
vast majority of the population of
dispensary counties is composed OF
NEGROES" B. L. B.
Bamberg, Feb. 18th, 1909.