The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16
TE,-PERANCE STATE CON\EN-
TION.

27th and 2Sth OF 49,
been customary to hold these cohFe"
tons in Raleigh bi-annually III 'ahu
arv and with the completion OF Tue
auditorium, which Is ample lot .
great gathering, it has been deter
mined to hold a big State CONVENTION
to promote the cause or temperance
prohibition and laW enforcement III
the State his month. The 1ull pro-
gram will be announced IN Q Few Gays.
It is already known that speakers OIL
State and national reputation will ad-
dress the convention. Governor
kitchin has accepted an invitation TO
deliver the address of welcome on
| Friday night, the Goth. at which time
Rev. =. 4. Baker, d. D., OF WeSter-
Vile, Ohio, general superintendent OF
the Anti-SalOOn League is TO speak.
He is the founder of this League n
has for sixteen years given himself al
most wholly to this work. and is said
to be o speaker Of rare ability. Oll
Saturday night the chief address Will
be made by Hon. Richmond Pearson
Hobson, the distinguished Alabama
congressman who is winning as much
reputation as q temperance leader as
he won when, with a cOurage unsur-
passed in history, he made himself
the hero OF the Merrimac. On Sat
urday morning the main address will
be by Hon. L. Y. Webb, member Of
Congress from North Carolina, h
as a member Of the Judiciary Com
mittee has been for a trying to
secure the passage of an act prevent
ing the shipment OF liquor into pro-
hibition territory. The convention
will be opened with an address by
Hon. Heriot Clarkson, of Charlotte.
president Of the Anti-SaloOn League,
and the names Of other speakers will
be given from time TO time. On Sun
day afternoon the main address will
be made by Hon. John G. Woolley, Of
F., Chicago, the national lecturer Of the
Anti-Saloon League. He has long
been 3 leading temperance worker,
and is one Of the most eloquent lee
turers in the country He was a
candidate some years ago for presi-
lent on the National Prohibition
party ticket Among the other
speakers are Rev. Livingston Johnson
who will speak on Missions and How
They Are Effected by Prohibition
Other prominent North Carolinian.
will also speak. There will also BE-
= reports from all parts OF the State Of
the leading temperance workers.
The subjects for discussion will b.
10 The Success Of Prohibition in NORTH
" Carolina" Scientific Temperance.
'e alcohol the Great DESTROYER" "Lay
Enforcement" National Legislation
a. TO Stop Federal Interference OF Stat
NJ Prohioitory Laws and kindred sub
RS jects. The full program will be print
as ed in a few days. In the meantim
:" 1t Is to be hoped that temperance me,
q and women from all parts ofthe Stat
r. will prepare TO come to Raleigh
by make this convention a great one.
1nerc has been q systematic al
an tempt to talk down the good effect
OF OF prohibition in North Carolina, an
in this Temperance Convention will er
ng able its friends to show wherein
" has succeeded and what is necessa1
to to make 1t a greater success in Il
ilg present year.
The following editorial OF the XII
ston Free Press states condition
very accurately,
is throughout the State
n are calling attention to the fact tn
~ h past Christmas was freer fro
drunkenness than any other ever e
ler perienced in North Carolina.
'ill prohibition legally, preva:
lie throughout North Carolina. The la
~ is more or less strictly enforced in
- communities within the State.
10 some the enforcement is ideal, in OF
err erS it is lax and inefficient. But
the whole the prohibition law is a 81
cess.
There are blind tigers. of corr
- There are big shipments of liuu
from without, and Illicit manufactr
he ing of the beverage at home. A We
considerable portion of the peol