The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-23
REPORTS FROM THE FIELD
MAKE SPLENDID SHOWING
General Secretary MoAlster and District Superintendent
Give Encouraging Reviews of the Years Work

agree with the methods of the ANTI
Saloon League or not, that with In
sptred tongues and hearts aflame they
proclaim IL from the house tops, teacn
1t to the children, preach when thou
goest out and when thou contest in,
bind II as frontlets between thine
eyes: mo drunkard shall enter the
kingdom of heaven" Proclaim Gods
woe upon the people who puildetn
city through iniquity, that establish
eth a town by blood; God IS woe upon
him who is mighty to drink wine.
man of strength to rningle with strong
drink, which Justify iniquity tor a
reward, and take away the righteous
ness of the righteous from him;
curse SO fearful, So horrible in its
results that the sacred writer most
solemnly declared that because there
| of hell hath enlarged herself and
opened her mouth without measure
| out OF the preaching OF such
| crusade shall come a sentiment so
mighty and Irresistible that before it
the saloon shall perish and wither
away. The puerile pratings OF the
violation OF personal liberty and the
anarchistic cry of law enforcement
will wither as a gaudy flower before
the sand blasts Of the Sahara. Man
hood shall be rdeemed from the thral-
| dom of a hellish appetite, woman
hood shall be redeemed from the thraI--
sacred portals of a happy home, the
future of childhood shall again be
| arched with rainbow of promise;
law will become more majestic, gov
| eminent VIII become more stable.
peace and prosperity shall enjoy
wider reign, and God. even our own
| God. shall give us his blessing
| Northern Virginia.
| Ed. j. Richardson, superintendent
| OF the Northern district of Virginia,
| read his report. showing that there
| had been no change in the past year.
| except the closing of four distilleries
| in Page county and an advanced dry
| sentiment.
Clarke. Culpeper, Essex, Highland.
| King George, Lancaster Loudoun,
| Middlesex. Northumberland. Orange,
| Shenandoah. Spotsylvania, Stafford snG.
Warren are dry" Alexandria has
| one brewery at Rossiyn: Augusta, two
whiskey distilleries; Bath. three hotei
bar licenses; Fairfax. one saloon con-
| tiguous TO Alexandria City; Fauquier.
| four saloons In Warrenton; Fred
| erick. one brandy distillery in Back
Creek district: Greene, one bran6
distillery; Page, one brandy distillery
| in the county and one saloon In
| Shenandoah; Rockingham. six saloons
| in Harrisonhurg; Westmoreland, ten
saloons at Colonial Beach during tne
summer. only four or five during the
| entire year.
The city of Alexandria is stin
! wet" stanton and Winchester have
forever cieansed their own conmuni-
| ties of the last vestige of the bever-
age liquor traffic.
| OF the 2s counties 10 are dry;
! are wet, but with saloons at only
one point or with one or a very few
distiileries in rural districts. OF the
rs incorporated towns In this dis
trict four only are ''wet"-Colonial
! Beach. Harr!sonburg. Shenandoah and
| Warrenton. OF the nearly so saloons
| In the State only about 10 are in
this district. including nearly so in
| the city OF Alexandria. OF the So
distilleries reported I'm the State only
| ten are in Northern Virginia
| In Virginia. about seventy days
were given to local option elections
| at Leesburg. Winchester, Lynchburg,
Fredericksburg and a dispensary cleo
, ton in South Boston and Houston
Aid In local option elections was rem
dered by your superintendent at shep-
herdstown. w. Va. and in Rural New
Castle county. Delaware
| In the election at Leesburx the
/ 'drys' won and increased their ma
! iority from 43 to 81. Winchester In
| creased her dry majority from Ice
| to ISL. while Fredericksburg increas-
ed her dry majority from 81 10 90.
The elections in Shepherdstown
dry, and Rural New Castle county.
| wet were lost by two and about
| 200 majority. respectively. The la
/ ter election was held on the same
| day as the general November election
and over six thousand votes were in
yolved.
| Sentiment
| In concluding his report. he said:
IF unusual attendance at annual
county conventions. large gatherings
In new conventions. Increased contrj~
| buttons. as a rule. In the churches al
ready visited and substantial offerings
d! In churches entered fer the first time
can be relied upon as good evidence
4 then temperance sentiment is coutin-
uouslS ON the up grade In the aprth-
ern district
| In Southwest.
| Rev. David Hepburn. snperinten-
| dent of the Southwestern district, made
| his report. lie said that his report
| would be brief. as his service in the
league had been brief. But he de-
clared that his work for the cause
| began with his conversion as a Chris
tian. That the saloon was opposed
| to all the work that the church was
| doing and hence it was the duty Of
| the church to defeat the saloon. Dur
| ing his service he had visited twenty
| two counties. travelled 9es miles 494
! churches, delivered 125 addresses and
n IT,