The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-23
THE ANTT-sALOoN LEAGUE OWES
NOTHING At END OF THE
TWELFTH YEAR.
ONE FIGHT is WON
REPORT OF GENERAL SECRETARY
MALIsTER SHOWS MORE Eff
FECTTyE WORK THAN
EVER BEFORE.

1Oice over our victories, lnuulge our
hopes. deepen and strengthen our pur-
pose, snd altogether get mightier
Inspiration for the work which We
have undertaken in Jesus name--the
abolition OF the traffic in intoxicating
liquors." said General Secretary J. ID.
MeAisteF in opening his annual re-
port, at last nights session of the con-
yention. He continued: 80
In many respects the past year
has been one of the most gracious
that our work In Virginia has ever
enjoyed. Our associations have been
harm onious and our workers have
been diligent and effective. Your
secretary is impelled to say that the
been greatly heightent by the dill
ladies who have the Office work in
charge.
THE comparison of the reports of
our field work with reports OF other
years are most favorable from point
of diligent labor and successful issues
along certain lines OF work. The 1919
summer field day work for many rea-
sons fell far below that OF other years.
and as the result our finances for sew
eral months were very far behind, our
bills and salaries going unpaid.
In the last thirty days, however, a
large number Of the Sunday schools
of the State have responded splendid
ly to an appeal sent out by DR.. Can
non. Other friends haze come for
ward in a nice way with their contri-
buttons, with the result that in thirty
days we have come up from behind
to the amount of $4,000 to a clear
balance sheet, as Is shown by the re-
port Of the treasurer.
Won Fight For Dry House.
Our people went with grim deter
mination into a fight for a house Of
delegates pledged to the enabling act,
and for the purpose of convincing the
senate that the sentiment of the State
was by a large majority in favor Of
the enabling act. The result OF this
work is manifest In the vote taken on
the enabling act in the house Of dele
gates this evening at 6 o'clock, in
which seventy-five votes were cast for
the enabling act, and nineteen against
1t.
THE will OF the people ie made
manifest. The senate of Virginia has
no further call to protect the saloon
at the expense Of the suffrage rights OF
the people, and l cannot believe for
one moment that 1t will so do.
In addition to the legislative cam
pdlSii, pANNtil lOCdA Cpfkti tiS|ttoiiS
have been held during the year with
the result that ten cities and towns
have voted dry and one has voted wet.
The places voting dry are as follows.
Waverly voted out dispensary, Lees
burg, Suffolk and Clifton Forge re-
manned dry; and West Point. Danville
! Chatham, Swansboro, Shenandoah
and Staunton voted out saloons The
one voting wet was Bristol.
The victory for Statewide prohi-
bition Is within our grasp. The most
pitably best that the saloon OF Viz
ginia can possible hope for is that
and save them their existence for two
years longer.
Even IL this be so, so sure as the
Almighty reigns and the will OF the
people Is supreme, we shall come Joy
ously and triumphantly according &c
our purpose and plan before the end
of 1916 with the saloon scalp at our
I belt.
/ Il submit the following tabulated
/ report:
! Office supplies and literature used
/ for the past year are as follows:
/ Letter heads ,....... -...... 81, o0t
Statement slips ...-,..... 29,00(
| Remittance, subscription and
post cards ......... ..-... 1880
! -
I "In the way of literature we have
/ distributed:
| 1000 programs 8 1000 prospectuses
/ 800 posters: 2.060 leaflets; +. year
/ books; LOG song books; lot hand
| books; 80 American patriots; 81 edi'
/ tons Of the Virginia issue, amount
ing to 1S3,50o copies, and l,164,o0t
! pages.
Mr. Richardson reports 10000
pages of literature sent out from Falis
! Church, which gives us a total of L.
3l4 200 pages of literature distributed
/ cuts used. %"
Field Day Statement.
Tho statement of the field day worl
of tile regular men of the league
shows:
| j. D. McAlister travelled 1914:
miles, delivered ZIG addresses, tool
! s5.073.24 in subscriptions. Total casf
! he received was $1,449.90: cash ant
subscriptions, $6.523,14; expenses
! $1S423.
| f. J. Richardson travelled 1890
miles. delivered l4S addresses. tool
/ sS,29S.s0 in subscriptions. Tota
cash received was sl,s71.42: cash ant
! subscriptions. $467o.32; expenses
! $4T006.
d. Hepburn travelled 1859 miles
delivered l52 addresses. took s3,7s1.2:
| in subscriptions, Total cash received
! sa1647; cash and subscriptions, 81,
| 69T.70: expenses s589.S9.
Decatur Edwards (eight months,
delivered so addresses and took in sub
| scriptions SS61.S1. Cash received wa:
] s39427; cash and subscriptions, ST.
/ 255,5s; expenses, S196.45.
! Mr.. Richardson office and specia
! expenses totaled s5Ss7S, bringing til.
/ total field day operation expenses te
! $2,574.4I
| During the year there were travel
ed a. total OF 50202 miles, delivered
I, t.saasess~s.-a~-s s; tt a.es taken -fr
subscriptions: total cash received, 81.
2 , as see-sa- subscriptions, r
/ 1874.
Others Assisting.
1 The report of Mr. McAlister con
tinues, showing that in addition to the
! field work OF the regular men, "tht
| following named brethren have assist
1 ed us. as per following statistics:
Subs Cash. S. and G
| r Reeves s 1885 s 42.20 5 151.1i
j. r. Doan 1915 $50 62.2;
J. g. Wolley 1925 1905 l19.st
j. n. Earle. 1884 509S3 1891
w b. Miller 9440 1856 259 ~
J. NJ Henry. 1910 4452 77.6.
/ ID L.Bl'k'm'e 124.d0 1891 1863:
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