Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-24
THREE TO ONE FOR PRoHI. :"
Antd-Saloon League Now Actively at
WOrl-SOme Results.

Spartanburg, March 19.-Editor
! Keowee Courier: We think it well to
| say a few things to the friends of pro
| hibition just at this time. If ever a
}has. Truly we have had wash day"
Both the bills prepared by the Anti
Saloon League and introduced by our
| friends in the House and Senate at
the last session Of the Legislature
passed by overwhelming majorities.
The anti-shipping bill, taking ad-
vantage of the Webb law, went into
effect March 18th, and has been
great surprise to blind tigers and
clubs. The tiger can no longer get
| liquor and beer in case goods nor by
| freight. This forces all liquor pack
ages through the express office, in
one gallon lots, once month, and
virtually destroys the jug trade in
! regard to beer. AS liquor and beer
cannot be stored except in private
homes, liquor in the social clubs is a
thing of the past.
The referendum bill means that
South Carolina will vote, on the 18th
! OF next September, on the prohibition
question, making the State the unit
| instead of the county. If the State
votes dry" it will be dry by October
lst, for there will be rush for last
supply and every dispcnsary will be
| empty in two weeks That will wind
up the liquor business, and it is Joy
Gus to think about. This should stir
| tG" hC2rt of every man and woman
to action. This is the goal-the end
we have prayed and hoped for so
long. But, brethren and friends Of
our cause, this means work, more
work and harder work.
Every county in the State must
have good central committee and
every precinct a precinct committee.
| The liquor forces are already organ
| lZed, and for several weeks have been
circulating most pernicious literature
in our State.
" - ''iN " bS COllS IntlJ
nearly every local and daily paper in
the State is with us in the fight. 1t is
hoped that we have nothing to fear
from vicious attacks, at least from
any paper in the State.
Our principal trouble will come
from pernicious methods that the IL
quor trust and its friends will en-
ploy among the negroes, the foreign
element and the ignorant Our
friends must be on the alert, looking
after the registration of voters, dis
trihution Of literature, and organiza-
ton. The Anti-Saloon League will
90 all it can, but we need your help.
Our work just at this time is in
the Piedmont section. We have al
ready organized several counties and
nave the names of committeeman on
ttt!!G- In our office. In the near future
each man on county or precinct
committee will receive our manual Of
instructions. Appeals for help have
been coming in from different parts
or the State. AS soon as we have
completed the work of organization
in the upper counties, we shall begin
in the middle and lower parts of the
State.
If our friends who have already
made subscriptions to our work will
send in their dues it will aid us much
IN distributing literature and in other
ways. We are getting good assist
ance from men like DR.. Clinkscales,
Of Wofford College, and Hon. Heriot
Clarkson, Of Charlotte, n. c., in our
public meetings on Sundays. We have
arranged with Dr.. James Cannon, Jr..
OF Richmond, Va, the leader Of the
Virginia forces last year, to come to
this State in June.
We had hoped to make South Car.
olina the 18th dry State, but three
other States have gone dry by legis-
lative enactment, to become dry jan
uary l, 1916, so we must be content
to take 10Th place.
Our slogan is: Three to one for
prohibition" Send this down the
line and work to that end. Our mot
to is: Organization, agitation, edu-
cation-Victory! j. l.. Harley.
| State Supt. Anti-Saloon League.