The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-23
DR. THE GREATEST
! FIGHT ON LIQUOR
rhe Anti Saloon League State
] Convention in Raleigh jan
uary 26-27-28
SPEAKERS OF BIG NOTE
q WILL MAKE ADDRESSES

Men of state, National and l%nternat-
ional Fame Will Be Heard.-The
Convention To Be In Isaleigh's
Grca, Auditorium.-What las Been
Done For Temperance In North
Carolina Will DC Told.-P,ans Fol
"A Forward Movement Will Be
ance In North Carolina Is Invited
To Attend.
The coming to Raleigh Of Congress
man Richmond Pearson Hobson, Of
Alabama, as one Of the speakers in
the great State Anti-SaloOn League
convention is an event in itself Of
gleat interest. The convention. at
~u,,h VIII gather a great force or
temperance woI kers of the State
tan,s pace tituay, Saturday and
Sunuay OF this week, January 20. ~,
20. nc at II viii be men
ri State. National and international
fame. n nIeeting is TO be q great
one IN every way for the pronotlon
ot the temperance interests IN North
ia ollna.
Congressman Hobson. or as he may
he petttr known, Captain Richmond
feaIsun HousGn, is a man admired
throughout al the State. he is q man
81 Noitn tarOliha ploOd and loves
the state. He has made many visits
to Il. ann on his visits 10 Raleigh he
has always attl acted the people. HIS
au0resS al the unVelfiDg of the Ensign
worth faEley monument Wall lOIi6
be rpmempered. And on his other
visits here he grew in the esteem Of
the people. Richmond Pearson Hob
son jeai,ed into fame by reason Of
his caring in Santiago Bay, wnen by
his intIepeGity and his bOldneS he
Won the praise Of the world and be-
cau.e the hero Of the Merrimac. His
personal courage was a thing no man
would uispal age, and he has the cour.
age of luteiiect and OF purpose
hos campaign in Alabama and III:
election to Congress increased hi!
ho.d upon the American people ane
his figure has become a dominant one
11e is a speaker and a worker in tn
cause Of temperance, n his eloQuen
presentation Of this great cause doe
service of value. The people hear hin
gladly, and when he speaks mex
sunday afternoon in the Auditorium
III Raleigh he will be greeted by
great audience.
The convention will also give
great welcome to Hon. HeriOt Clark
son Of Charlotte, the president Of tn
North Carolina Anti-SalOOn League
MI. Clarkson, as g. legislator, n a
the solicitor Of his district. has bee
d working force for temperance. II
is a man. q speaker of elO
puence and force. His addresses gri
the people and he clothes facts i
an attractive form. President Clark
son will open the convention with a
ADDRESS on Friday night, January Il
in the Auditorium.
The ~aSSeInbiage from start TO fms
Is to be one of absorbing interest. TIL
main meetings will be in the Auditor
iun and big guns in orator" and elc
quence will be heard at these meet
inss on Friday and Saturday night
and Sunday afternoon. The cthe
meetings will be held at the Table,
nacle Baptist Church. Each will /
distinctive and of value in the wor
IF temperance in North Carolina.
The address OF welcome at the gre;
convention Will bc made by Governt
". ". kitchin on Friday night in II
Auditorium. That il will be. an ell
uuent n Is certain and sure. And G
friday evening also, and in additiO
TO the address OF President Herr
Ciarkson, there viii be an address
Rev. +. A. Baker, D.. D., Of Weste
vile, Ohio, h general superintendel
OF the Anti-Saloon League. He is
speaker OF ability. the founder Of Il
League and for sixteen years has give
himself almost wholly to the gre
work.
On Saturday morning the ma
address will be made by Hon.
Yates Webb, Of Shelby, the memb,
of Congress from the Ninth Congre
Slonal District. Congressman Wei
is a virile figure in temperance wor
He has pressed with devotion to Il
cause a bill in Congress to prove
the shipping OF liquor from any Sta
into one in which prohibition is Il
law. The passage Of that bill wou
mean a great onward impetus +
prohibition, would make 1t effective
1t can never be SO long as by int
state State can d