The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-21

man who Witnessed the incident. toia
well behaved and respected negro
labering men, had only contempt for
the iliiterate whites. And by the way
hsrei "a ii ssos very signieanafb edaes
ton affairs of the State. >.
But, more to the point This talented
woman. who has now almost iost ner
sight. spent her eighty-second ptTthuays
the 2Sth of last July, canvassing Tor the
Virginia issue. and sent in a hne ilst
Of Subscribers with the money Not
long after this she took sqostanti ,at
part ofssoine money that had been sent
for her own support and USED " 70
have printed In local papers the in
drinking and liquor selling ut the state
fair. believing that great good would
result by the informing the people.
another large list Of names and said
that she had secured them after
thirty mile ride through the country,
biting wind---and this this IS BY young wo.
man of nearly eighty three whose soul
is on fire for the upfift OF her fellow
men, white and black alike. To sueh
practical love. zeal and loyalty my
hat is lifted in grateful acknowledge
ment, and this story from real lite Us
stimulate to greatest endeayor our
friends all over the State and result
IN placing the Virginia Issue In every
| Just last Sunday In Norfolk. from the
time / landed from the washington
steamer at O'clock until reachea
my appointment at II o'clock, not less
than twenty newsboys offered 10 sell
me the morning papers. This sort OF
thing was going on all over that citys
and In every city and many towns OF
the State--and every day IN the year.
AS reflected upoR II | gould not nelp
the thoughr What potential agency agency
I the Issue would he III Its IFlGnuS at
every turn should be seeking 70 put
/ II Into the hands of the people hours.
reading and writing TO put into the
small space OF the Issue the matter
/ each number contains, the important
4 information that the people need and
/ is unequal and the work ts not even
/ half done when there is not eiicient
/ eo-operation in putting me virginia
voters or the Old Dominion.
/ There are many things that the
people ought te knew They ought shs
/ United states 1,732 are under prohibi-
/ ton, and that West Virginia has given
/ loud notice that hftyfive. more VIII
soon be in line; they should know that
eight states are now under. prohibf-
/ ton, and that nearly half Of the, re-
naming states are from ope-tourtn TO
two thirds dry: they should know that
amongst the 3s,coo,ooo people in the
South there are less than 1000 saloons;
/ they should know that the great IN
! crease In drinking il In liquor states,
not dry ones; they should know that
the per capita consumption of liquor
/ in dry territory, according TO the
Bfswers Year Bo9k Is i25 salons ssllons
( they should know that the PennsEi-
yyania railroad, by REQUEST st. of of the the
Gently decided not TO sell any more
/ liquor on its trains east of Pittsburg;
/ they should know that the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad has taken similar
/ course in Maryland and Iennsylvania;
they should know that after the dis
astrous wreck at Corning, ". Y, the
last Fourth OF July, caused by drunk
debarred liquor absolutely from use by
/ Its employees or sales on it's entire sys~
| tenn; they should know that banks no
| longer employ drinking men, and that
some of them will not lend money to
men who drink; they should know that
| liquor sellers are requiring total ap-
| stfnence men to handle their business,
and that q total abstinence bartenders'
society was recently formed in Chicago:
they should know that this same prin-
ciple of total abstinence is gaining
many women OF shame are prohibiting
the use of liquor by the inmates OF
/ tfiat there is not d irop Of union made.
| whiskey in the United States, and that
the average weekly wage of the work
ing man in the whisk making bust
that according to the statement OF
President Thos. Gilmore. Of the Model
License league. that the liquor traffic
uses less than one per cent of the
should 'R know that NJ town eS q state tate
has ever increased IT'S tax rate merely
because the saloon has been put out
they should know that alcohol is the
chief cause of insanity, is responsible
for much Of pauperism and at least IS
per cent of crime; they should know
that In 1911 $4,000 persons in the
United States died directly from liquor.
and that 200 of them were women;
one man in the Anti-Saloon league
work twenty years ago there are now
upwards of 500 skilled workers in the
United States and effective. organiza-
tions in every state in territory; they
should know Of our great national
printing plant at Westerville, Ohio
coo and an provided for. and are turn
ing out l00 tons Of literstue annually
which, 4 plkeed upon = bin board II
feet high would reach from New York
to San Francisco and dry up a part
OF the Pacihc Ocean: they should know
that Virginia has 66 of the 400 coun-
the cities are dry and that $50 of the
Ia towns are dry; they should know
that there are now only goo licenses IN
the state as against over 1900 ter
years ago: they should know that We
/, nave lost only five places of fifty we
have gained ia ten years, and these
Z IpSSeS were que almost exclusively ft
the nullitication OF the constitution In
the placing or Vcnal negroes on the
poll books by interruptions white
Itquofites; they Should know that there
are l,46e,eQ0 of the 1000, 900 people in
Virginia who live where there are no
saloons; they should know that Vir-
ginia has the best laws preparatory tc
statewide prohibition of any State tx
the Union, past OF present; they should
know that they have the right to vote
on statewide prohibition and to send
their votes as far as saloonkeepers car
, send their jugs: they should know their
power and privilege to throw off this
shackles of the saloon forever--and
knowing these things especially
through the. medium of more FREE
quently published and more largely
circulated Virginia Issue, virginians
VIII come into their own; knighthood
viii again be in flower. the sovereigns
OF this grand old Commonwealth will
march to the ballot box, and, un.
trammeled and unafraid, with an ava
ilanche of pure white ballots. in the
inspiring presence OF the good womer
OF the. state cheering them on, will
, bury forever Virginla's debauchery
ana shame and them march out into
the meridian spleHdef of a more sieri.
~ Gus day.
MIR H0IICH NhuFn