The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22
PROHIBITION
LECTURES HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT

On Thursday night Ex-Gov. Pat,
terson and DR.. A. c. Bane will speak
en- prohibition at the Auditorium. OF
the latter one of his friends says:
Away out west there are great
things and greater men. Great things
are accomplished out there, greater
things than the effete East, with its
older civilization and its more album.
dant population can accomplish.
Among those states out yonder
easily the one of chief magnitude,
viewed at any, is California, a state
that, should it ever become an inde-
pendent country, could get along very
nicely by itself, than you. Indeed, it
is an empire within itself.
California has produced things of
vastly more worth than gold or rails
ms or grapes or oranges. California
has produced some remarkably great
men, and either has set them at work
in their own state or sent them back
East to do missionary work.
California produced a man by the
name of Adam Clarke Bane. She
set him at work doing remarkable
things for herself, and then lent him
to the rest of the United States.
This man. who is now Financial
Secretary Of the Anti-Saloon League
OF America, started life as news.
paper reporter and city editor. Then
he was elected to a county office and
reelected. During his incumbency. he
studied law and was admitted to the
bar. He entered upon a successful
practice, but soon felt the call to the
ministry. He was made a Metho.
dist Episcopal preacher, and held
some important pastorates on the Pa
cific coast The Governor of Californ-
la recognized his worth and appoint.
ed him as member of important
boards and commissions.
Then DR.. Bane took up Anti-Saloon
League work. So well and so faith
fully did he discharge his office in
California that the National League,
needing man for the office of finan-
cial secretary, sent out to California
for him, though reluctant to leave his
native state. he saw the larger field
of opportunity and accepted the posi-
ton of great trust and responsibility
California didn't want him to 20, but
sent him forth with her blessing.
AS he was leaving, the San Fran.
cisco Preachers Association met and
paid him tribute in the following
words:
TO California, Dr. Bane owes his
birth and training, and in return he
has given his native state many years
of distinguished service as pastor,
evangelist, and temperance leader.
Possessed Of unusual gifts, he has
ever held them in loyal conservation
for the service Of his Master, and by
INV AoiSO Va hlS HiuIStIy, DOlH Ill INC
pulpit and on the platform, has made
for himself hosts of devoted friends
and ardent admirers in every section
OF the state. His SUPPLEMENTARY of
the Anti-Saloon League has won for
that beneficent organization the en-
tire confidence of all the churches.
BY general consent, no small part of
the credit for the victories won in re-
cent years in the war against intern. |
perance will be accorded to DR.. Bane. '
His smashing arguments have been ir-
resistible and while the foes cannot ,
help but respect his spirit of unde-
Waiting fairness, they HAVE MANI
FESTLY LEARNED TO DREAD HIS
POWER"
DR.. Bane is a man of the rarest
eloquence and an orator of first mag
litude. He has been very effective in
pulpit, in platform and through his
writings in the cause of Prohibition.
He is, indeed, one of the best men on
he Anti-Saloon Leagues speaing staff.
It is a joy to hear him and a great
pleasure to know him.