Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-12-16
State President Pledges supposl
of w. C. T. u. SsES
Editor The Advertiser:

Editor The Advertiser: d.
In view of the agitation for State9
wide Prohibition in South CaroH
ma, / am asking space in your collE
umns for a statement from the W'o.
mans Christian Temperance Union.
tine largest and most efficient organ;
ization of women in the world, ae)
tive not only in the United Statea
hut also in over SO foreign nations.
From the very beginning of its ex:;
istence 42 years ago till this gooaa
day. the Woman's Christian Ten;
rerance Union has stood unswerSs
inglf for total abstinence forithe iilss
dividual, and the prohibition ot
the liquor traffic in the State, The
Nation and the World. sasS
Beginning with less thar loo
members, and only a few States
represented at the first Conventions
The Woman's Christian Temper
apce Union at It's recent Nations
Annual Convention held in Atlanta.
GA, Nosember 1919, reportedS "a
g5.in of 3o,67s new paid up mems
b,.rs in the past year, making a#to::
tai paid up membership of nearly
100000 in the United States alones
Every State in the Union including
Alaska, was represented in the 1000
d..!e. .ates and visitors at this
4ist annual convention. Five
States had been added to the list Of
dry States, making IA States which
have Statewide Prohibition. There
lisa bill now pending in Congress
asking for an amendment to the
Constitution of The United States
prohibiting the Sale, Manufacture
for Sale; Transportation. and Inns
portation for Sale of Alcoholic Lis
quors for Beverage purposes" and
we believe that Nationwide Prohi,
bition is in sight.
It's been 10, g way to ProhiT
bition s31
It's been long way to go
It's been a long, long way 70
Prohibition Ss;
Toaths fairsst land swes kao IS
So it Is good-by Local Option
High License we'll not spare
It's been long, long way TO Pro-
hibition
But we are almost there!
This, adapted from the popular
marching song Of the British troops
in the war over the seas, IT'S a
long way to Tipperary." and sung
at our Convention expresses the
feelings of the white-ribbon army
which ia marching with such a
steady tread against that arch, enc
my of mankind-tbe localized Ii
quor traffic. 1t must be Goodbye
to Local Option - High License
must not be spared''-it has been
a long, long way to Prohibition, =
but, in truth, we are almost
there"!
The time is ripe for Statewide
Prohibition in South Carolina. The
w. G. I. U. heartily endorses the
Movement for Statewide Prohibi-
tion," launched i'll Columbia, Octo-
Der %, and the plans outlined by
Nr. J. K. Breedip, Secretary, and
we pledge our cooperation We
believe that it is a question which
should be decided by the voters of
the State, rather than by Legisla-
tive enactment. We believe that
it is wise to settle this great moral
and economical question on Its
merits, and not mix it up with any
candidate, therefore the hest time
to vote on it is during an off:year in
politics. 1t is the people who are
asking, that the Legislature give
them a chance to express themselves
on this question-,whalever the sew
eral candidates may or may not
have promised last summer sc far
as each was personally concerned,
the people certainly made no prom
ises toilet this live question lie
low" Our Governor-elect is an
honorable Christian gentleman and
though he may be of the opinion
that local option is the best solu.
ton of the liquor problem, if the
voters of South Carolina declare
for Statewide Prohibition he will
respect their wishes and enforce the
law.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Joseph Sprott.
Pres. S. c., w. G. U.
Manning, S. c., Dec. IL, 'l9l4.