The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-17
WORK FOR TEMPERANCE.
Report OF X. l.. Davis, Supt. ". G.
Anu-Saloon League. Jan. 1st-Marcfl

engaged IN carrying forward the
work committed unto him by the N.
I. Antl-Saloon League. We feel en-
courased as we see the IN
the work. and We believe that the be-
i1ef in prohibition and total abstin-
ence is growing all the while, and
That more and more the citizens of
our State are adopting the policy Of
teetotalism.
Since the first Of January. I have
delivered s~lxty-One sermons and ad-
dresses in twenty-one counties in the
State. ] have SPOKEN in the following
towns and cities, and the communities
in those ytcinities: New Bern, Farm
VILE, Charlotte, Shelby. Reidsville
and Lumberton. I have travelled by
rail 1851 miles and OF buggy 198
miles Our audiences this year have
been much larger than last year,
and everywhere We find that the peo-
pie are deeply interested IN our
cause.
The Near-Beer Saloon.
Public sentiment over North Caro-
lima on the G~ear-beer saloon evil is
now very emphatic. The church has
spoken out against it by committee
reports and resolutions. The press al
most universally has condemned it,
and the experience Of al localities is
that it is a cover fer the violation OF
law. Many towns are taxing it to
death and when they do not succeed
in this. they are laying heavy restric-
tons. North Carolina has reached the
point where the only wise thing for
the Legislature to do on this point is
to give the n~ear-beer saloon d death
blow. 1t must 60.
Club Lockers.
The sentime nt against liquor selling
by the clubs over the State is fast
crystali=ing. The fight is on in Char
lotte and soon will be in Wilmington.
Under prohibition in North Carolina,
clubs have been organized for the
prime purpose Of supplying members
with liquor. The good citizens Of the
State Will not stand for this, and
therefore the fight is on. To con-
tinue to tolerate this evil would be
10 invite just criticism from many
citizens in the State. The united
church is against liquor selling IN
any form, and the Christian citizens
Of this State are not satisfied with
this locker system. Club liquor must
go.
law Enforcement
North Cardinals experience with
the prohibition law has taught her
that the enforcement Of law is as i'm
portant as the enactment Of law, and
the increased activity on the part Of
all law-abiding citizens against this
form of rebellion and anarchy Is very
pronounced everywhere. Our audi
ences this year are possibly 80 per
cent larger than they were last year,
and ia every community we find a
fixed determination on the part Of the
best citizens to see that the law Is
enforced. It IS very evident also
that officers are more active, and as
we study our work from this stand
point. we find encouragement on
hand 81 citizens in fypTy corn
naunity lay the responsibility on their
respective executive officers to exc
cute the 1aw-give them all moral
support and encouragement in doing
it, and il they fail, lay the blame
upon them. From every quarter
in North Carolina comes
aging letter concerning officers
who are doing their duty. No COM
munity can stand for anarchy and
rebellion, and no citizen CAN uphold
crime; therefore, we must give our
influence for the execution OF 81
law. We are not yet "a IN earnest
about this matter, but the cause is
growing all the while. Blind tigers
mus go.
National Legislation.
The great need. not only Of North
Carolina, but CT all the States today,
Is national legislation. n prohibition
cause in all dry territory is greatly
injured SA oax AtoSA Aite>N
state commerce laws, which protect
the liquor shipment OF other States.
The prohibition sentiment all over
the nation today is strongly IN favor
Of some legislation that will give re-
lief from this evil. The Anti-Saloon
League Of America n temperance
workers in all other organizations feel
that we are in sight CT this needed
legislation. We nave the assurance
of the assistance Of the national ad-
ministration. The legislatures of four
teen States have petitioned Congress
for this legislation, and many states
men are working to this and. h
united church and every temperance
organization IS s. unit on this dues-
ton, and we are compelled to believe
that Congress must heed this call that
comes SO strongly from two-thirds of
the territory of this nation. Faith in
God and an incessant fight will bring
US early victory.
Literature.
The North Carolina Anti-Saioon
League is now scattering much liter
allure over the State. The liquor laws