The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-03
MAKES STRONG ADDRESS.
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS GOV.
HANtEY TELL OF EVILS OF
LIQUOR TRAFFIC.


National Prohibition, He Says, is the
Ultimate Aim OF Flying Squadron
Mayor Jennings Says Legislators
LACK Backbone to Make State Bone
Dry-Music is Delightful Feature.
Former Gov. Frank 4. Hanlev OF
Indiana Tuesday night made q stronr
address to a large audience in the
Academy of Music. Gov. Hanley was
scheduled to speak on prohibition
and he told in forceful language OF
the evils OF the liquor traffic and O,
the fight which was being put up by
the Anti-Saloon League and the Fly
ing Squadron for national constitu-
tional prohibition. Incidentally il
might be said that it was, represent
ative prohibition audience in attend
ance and many Of the points brought
out by the speakers were literally aD-
plauded.
The meeting was presided over by
DIR. j. II. Wilson of st. James Lu-
thcran church. At it's close q mo.
tion was made that it was the sense
Of the meeting that the South Carroll
ma representatives in congress be re-
Quested to do all In their power tr
make the Reed bone-dry amendment
to the postal bill effective at once.
and oil in favor Of the motion were
requested to stand. When those op-
posed We're called for there was ono
vote against the motion.
The meeting was opened with n
song By male chorus, after which
DR.. w. E. Thayer of the First Bap-
tist church made short prayer. a
vocal solo by Miss Marie Rotholtz.
How Beautiful Upon the Mountains''
was delightfully."- rendered O. very
pleasing feature of the musico,
part Of the program. At the close OF
Gov. Hanley's address envelopes were
passed around and a collection tn
ken to aid in carrying on the work of
the Flying Squadron" A Violin solo
was rendered by Master William
Truesdale.
Mayor Jennings was presented bv
DR.. Wilson to introduce the speaker
Of the evning, as "Sumter's bone-dry
mayor" statement which was
greeted with. applause. Mayor jon.
nings in his remarks stated that orc
OF the things which was much needed
at this time was men with more back
bone to act according to their con-
victions, and not as a matter of poiicy
or politics. He said that If the men,
bers of tho legislature had had more
backbone. a bOne-dry measure would
have been passed at the recent se3-,
sion OF the Legislature, and not q
auart-a-month act. The act, he said,
would have gone into effect immedi-
ately upon its being signed by the
governor. too. instead of delay OF 60
days having been provided. He re-
-ferred to the fight which was being
made on the Reed bone-dry amend
ment to the postal law, saying that
the liquor men were constantly try
Ing to defeat or defer prohibition leg
islation.
Gov. Hanley's remarks indicated
the fight which had been waging for
some time and was still being waged
relentlessly against the liquor traf-
nc. He said that on his visit to South
Carolina year and a half ago, lie
had been asked by someone if he
came from a dry State. and when he
said that he did not. the man tod
him to 60 back to his own State and
mako 1t dry before he went some
where else to try to make the State
dry. He said he believed the man
was pretty near right and now H.
bore a greeting to dry South Carolina
from dry Indiana. for since he was
here last Indiana had voted out
the liquor evil
National constitutional prohibition
was the end sought by the nyinS
squadron, the speaker stated. Already
70 states had voted dry and sc had
TO be prohibition, before the last
great move could be accomplished. In
the Eastern States, New York, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
ne said the last strong fight would be
made. During his remarks Cos.
rianiey showed the evil in death and
oisease which the liquor traffic was
causing. The makers of the constitu-
tion. he stated. had an opportunity 10
retuse to recognize slavery when they
formed the constitution of the Unite Il
states, but they had failed at the
crucial moment. They had sowed
the wind and reaped the whirlwind il
the iour years of civil war. They had
another opportunity to make consti-
.uuonai prohibition, but they had
iaiieo. and yearly and daily the
american people were reaping the
Whiriwind from this wind which WAS
sowed' or the 100000 deaths every
sear In the United States. co per
cent. , were directly the result OF the
.quor traffic; he showed chat a great
nsa'ority tna of the insane. nearly all OF
90 ome and thousands Of deformc I
u mentally deficient children were
results of the liquor evil. He said tina.
up 10 now the national governmert
&c, au always been, as it We're. a partner
- .ne hquor traffic. because it had
.e.osh'sed 1t on a business basis. He
,bn eu s 10 the part he had taken in
,nu u t,s nsnt IN the past eight years, say
dutv '"a' g. ne had conceived it to be hi .
10 give up other business and
probable advanceron, ,,, =