The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-04
DRY WORKERS To
SPEAK ALL OVER
VIRGINIA TO-DAY
Prohibition Address Feature Of
Fourth OF July Exercises in
Many Places
People Awaiting
Next Revelation
Mild Sensation Is Created by
Simultaneous Publication Of
Liquor Interests Confidential
Letters-Will Make Cam
paign Hot

Stirred es by few things revealed In
the course # this or other campaigns.
by the simultaneous publication in
The Nirginan, the Virginia Issue
and the Christian Advocate of the
confidential letter TO the trade Of the
Virginia Wine and Spirit Merchants
association and of the Strauss Gunst
& Go. liquor house letter, openly Of
fering to violate the prohibition laws
of local communities that had al
ready declared against the sale OF IN
toxiCants within their borders, the
city and State are today awaiting
with inte-est the next revelations that
are to he made in the campaign.
The work of the Anti-Saloon league
in the exposure of these letters re-
veals a perseverance that Is little
short Of marvellous. for secure In the
knowledge that the Nemesis of their
deeds would in the end turn to the
DISADVANTAGE Of liquor interests, the
letter of the Straus-Ganst company
had been kept for five long years In
the records of the league. Realizing
at the very first moment the letter
came into their hands that the paper
would be "of inestimanie value IN
time to come. the leaders of the anti
liquor orce preserved it in safety.
and at the very first moment that the
its literature. the Nemesis arose ana
struck.
Workers Out Today.
Confident in the strength Of their
work, the workers Of the league are
today speaking all over the State, In
the various counties Of the State. and
on Sunday will speak in the churches
Also at many county courts on Mon
day the speakers will put before the
- ,nyn ta az
has been gathered
The StraEs-Gunst and Wine. assoc
ciation letters are not by any means
the only evidence that will be pro-
duced in tire course of the campaign.
but az starters the league considers
they serve very we'll
Good news Of petition signing Is still
coming in from all over the State.
but the ten perance leaders are not
content with bare ma forities; large
and overwhelming maforities in every
dry community is their slogan
Petitions in Richmond are circula-
ting with great freedom. and while
only half a much time Is being given
70 the work in this city as was given
To other localities, still the results are
even better and more gratifying than
the circulsfors had hoped for
To-Day and Tomorrow.
he pFusfam OF the Ieag0e W0Fk~
ers for tom orrow is as follows:
DIR. James Cannon. Ir., will be IN
Norfolk fur the fourth. and on Sum
day will sUeak In three churches IN
Lunenburg county. In the country
districts te6ay there are bein- held
a large number of alt-dav picnscy
and temperance rallies, which are be-
ing addressed by the workers. Rev.
r. J. Richardson speaks today at
noon al Chester. on Sunday he goes
TO Gloucester and on Monday speaks
al Gloucester county court day. In
the work In Gloucester, he will be
nccompanie.. by DR.. G. w. Perryman.
who speaks today at Cumberland
Courthouse DR.. r. r, Reeves is at
Emporia, and will speak In the sur
rounding territory on Sunday and
Monday. Professor ". D, Anderson
speaks to-day a an ail-day meeting
at Phoenix and on Monday at Char
lctte Courthouse, court day. DR.. J.
S. Peters is today at buckingham
Courthouse and on Sunday and Mon
day will speak a number Of times in
Cumberland county, Rev David
Hepburn and Rev Decatur Edwards
are at SJlphur Mines today and on
Sunday vii! be at Louisa Courthouse.