The log cabin Democrat., 1912-08-03
SUPT. BARRETT
 ADDRESSES RALLY IN THIS CITY LAST NIGHT FIFTEEN TOWNSHIPS REPRE- SENTED IN PROHIBITION
 CONVENTION.

Whatever effects the individual effects the state, whatever effects the state effects the ndividual-anything that tends to raise or lower the stand ard of individual life to that. degree the standard of citizenship of the whole state is raised or lowered" de- clared Rev. Frank Barrett, president of the Arkansas Anti-Saloon League, at the county prohibition rally at the Methodist church in this city last night.
 "This is not question of state wide prohibition as against local op- tion. The state-widers of today were equally as jealous for the adoption of local option laws. The people were not then ready for statewide prohi- bition. The lines of advancement have only been extended from that of the county as unit to that of the state. No county is able to cope with the whiskey interest, which is backed up by resources amounting to over two billion dollars. It will take the combined efforts of all the counties of the state to drive this monster from the states boundaries. The whiskey interests are today advocat- ing local option because it is their on- ly fighting ground. The mere fact that they are fighting statewide is proof conclusive that such law would be hurtful to their interests" Rev. Barrett said that the whiskey people had established headquarters in Little Rock and were circulating literature broadcast over the state ad- vocating local option. He exhibited periodical containing the pictures of many prominent men of the state and the nation, accompanied by state ments favoring local option, which, he said, were misleading in almost every instance. He cited the case of Mir. Bryan. "Of course Mir. Bryan favors local option in places where a fight is being made for local option. He is for statewide in places where fight is being made for statewide"
 The speaker gave statistics to show that the consumption of intoxicants was greatly lessened in states after statewide laws had been passed. "The consumption in dry states is 1 IA gallons per capita, whereas in wet states it is over 21 gallons per capita. In the case of Tennessee, where the statewide law has notsbeen enforced, the law was passed by statutory en- actment during the heated Carmack- Patterson fued as a rebuke to Cover nor Patterson, who refused to enforce the law"
 The address was very earnest, log ical and eloquent, and was we'll re- ceived by all who were present. A feature of the program was a quar- tette selection, sung by Mrs. Clarence Sherin and Messrs. Anderson, Craig and Rennison.
 The meeting yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock was we'll attended, Is of the 22 townships in the county being rep resented. Cadron township had by far the largest delegation, composed mostly of Conway citizens, though there were several out-of-town repre- sentatives also in attendance.
 The meeting was addressed by Dr. A. c. Millar, president of Hendrix College; President J. J. Doyne of the State Normal, and by Professors s. c. Parish and R. H. Cannon of the Conway high school. Volunteer ad- dresses were also made by Col Bruce, Rev. E. R. Steel and one or two oth- CTS. Much interest and enthusiasm