Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-11-10
W. C. T. U.
COLUMN.

f.,tso b, the Local Chapter Of the
lads Christian Temperance o"'o"
VIC. I. U. SLOGAN
wide Prohibition for 1912
.' ~ wide Prohibition for 1870
Farmers. Lookout.
s.io,d of our cause who ran across
Fox. secretary of the United
9 ~, Brewers Association while
cling in Adirondack mountains, SO
the American Issue, got come
oftbe plans the Brewers Trust is
IN pursue in the campaign in
nj Virginia
I, friend reports that the brewers
work this State under cover by
inc smooth talking "agentso to
harness, names, and various kinds
.oods to the rural districts and
y agents will not only get their
mo as they go off of the people but
a at the same time, in an offhard
= comment Hnfavorably upon the
.sndment, misrepressnting its phases
a pointing out imaginary evils.
IN truit growing communities the
.0re are to be told that it prohibits
nstipg cider and thus will kill the
i,eOsr industry and so on. They will
inter- the farmers homes and ingra-
s,e themselves in the good graces Of
bsjr wives and daughters. Land is
abe optioned from the leading men
tthe different communities for coal,
| Al vas and timber for the smallest
AMOUNT of real money paid out and
With the understanding that if the
tate goes dry the deal is to fall through
Their contracts will be most adroitly
vorded, and, by all means, watch for
|thinterllned clauses in very fine print.
Projects (on paper for large hotels,
|n,iLes houses end factories will be
named, with the understanding that
h case the amendment wins the en-
gprise will not be put through. These
mans will not be realized any way for
|bis game wss worked in Charleston
and Wheeling and the project fell
through. they understand our weak
Oint. of character better than we do
|mrselves and will conduct personal,
old cash, nand to hand mpaign.
If The influential farmers of the
sgeral counties do not get together
.ud KEEP informed and up 10 date, and
aand tOgel her, some of them are gong
% be trall Ell easily enough. Ask
some 0. ne Alabama small farmers
who a,e pow renting from the brewers
,geuts.
0Be ,l-A now i. 10 get property
cheap h1t If The amendment Goes
or Due. 4ss. carry the brewers will have
valuiUt odnes ia lhe richest por-
Nns OF the state.
ONE DOCTORS WAY.
DR., Frederick Peterson, professor
fmental AID nervous diseases in and
ledcal department Of Colum bia Uni
er,ity, New York City, m an article
the New York Medical journal,
tates that on the back of his prescrip-
lon blanks he prints the following
elements:
"Alcohoi is a poison.
"It is claimed by some that alcohol
"a food. If so it is poisoned food.
"The daily, regular use of alcohol,
ven in moderation, often leads to
hronic alcoholism.
"Alcohol is one of the most common
auses of insanity, epilepsy, paralysis,
iseasts of the liver and stomach,
TOpsy and tuberculosis.
"a father or mother who drinks
oisons has children born of them so
bat may die in infancy, while others
Tow up as idiots and epileptics."
NO TRAMPs IN KANSAS
At the recent annual convention OF
be Young Peoples Christian Union
1.-The Presbyterian Church, held in
'ittsburgh, Pa, the point was brought
ut that among the countless good
hings which prohibition has done for
Kansas, the absence of tramps can be
lOted These wanders on the face Of
he earth prefer to go their rounds
where liquor is sold, and while the fact
sad commentary on their manner
{ life, it is worthy Of careful consider
lion from an economic tandpoint.
PRISON STATISTICS
The chaplain of the state prison at
ollet, ILL.,, makes the assertion tha'
linety per cent of the men imprisoned
n that institution are there because OF
rink, and that of the 15S men serving
lie sentences, all except four or five
the crimes for which they
ne being punished while under the