Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-23
REMEDIES FOR
|NTEMPERANCE"
DR.. Robert Watt Gives Some
Timely Advice to c. E.
Members.

Topic: "Renedica for Intemperunce.
| written by DR. Robt. Watt.
There ia no subject that affects the
public veal that has undergone such vital
| and radical changes by way of rnmedyinp
| the evil to which il gives rise as the matter
| Of curing the evils Of intemperanee.
In n day not far IN the distant past,
| moral auason was the chief reliance
| Men and women were exhorted tn abstain
| from the habit of taking intoxicants as
! a beverage. pledge cr,sadea were conduct
| cd by men like Cough and Francis Murphy
and thousands pledged themselves to
shun the flowing howl.
But the dreadful inroads Of this monster
evil increased with such frghtfu rapidity
and the traffic IN intoxrants became so
nsolent and aggressive that public indig
nation was excited and other methods
than those of moral suasion were seen To
hc necessary II was reasoned, and
rightly, that since the legalized saloon was
creature Of law the law could abolish
what IL had created
What an inspiring story is that which
deals with the efforts made tD destroy this
evil thing from among us The formation
Of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. like cry III the night, The Third
Party, known aa the Prohibition Party,
sort of moral and political John the
Baptist. crying in the wilderness. The
Auti~Saloon League an organization
that sought TO net rs a clearing house
where all who were opposed 10 The
lnpalized saloon could without sacrifice
of party come together to strike a common
foe The uprising IN the South that
spread and spread until nearly all of the
South is under prohibition
And how cheering the signs of the times.
Who quarter If a century ago would
have believed IL possible that both
houses uf Congress would have passed
y resolution submitting to the several
States the question of the abolition 0f
this iniulitoiis trafTic9 Already goodly
number nf the States have ratified the
amendment ~ the Intleral Constitution,
and within four years II ~ confidently
predicted that The amendment will have
carried and nur land will he rid of tins
curse of all curses
Nav We pray and work and hope until
The glad dav tlawnH when there viii he
schoohouse on every hilltop and no
saloon ir the valley
II any of thn Endeayorrrs have not
been IN tho habit ~ attending The Union
meetings please snnd the president ~
some member Of the Executive Committee
little note stating just why. and II there
ie ANYTHING the Executive can do to make
tho meetings more attractive and helpful
they will gladly dn u
Zach and every branch of tho church
is IN. the army. what does II mean to
YOU II means this. that thny Worship
,od tnenther and their fellowship together
tnakrs a stronger aud more dependable
will make stronger local aoeirtles look
around aud see Il tho society that IS the
most useful Ia iis pastor and church lsn /
als,, q good mixer .ei ~ the Union work
mngle Your IDEAS with nure and see II II
won't help your individual sofaety You
neeH us We need yuu
Westminster Indra VOTERS. ynu will do
well in read the March isEtIe oi Asso-
ciatinn Nru and sec what IT has io say
about ono of your members lon will
find the picture of General Chaa. Bird,
L. = A. retired. under which n short
story Of his life from iSsN How helpful
such - person ~ 10 q society. he Hhould
he an incentive to greater work he
CITY 6 T. Union is proud of Cen Bird
"a we'll as IS Nsstninster Sncleit
E.ndcavorcrF do not let all these sayings
about doing your bit, etc take YOU away
from Cod Those of ua who are Mt home
must above all keep close to God. keeping |
good thoughts uppermost and thus have |
our homes iit to receive the boys when |
they come home.
II may bc long way Ia lipperarl and |
Vour heart may ,c there. hut Il should |
not hc So far to the State convention SsV |
won't vou the State Executive tell us |
where we 90 from here. aud hau far Il |
will hc To the State convention
West 6 j.. had n splendid meeting |
last Sunday evening. and there was q
large crowd of both Young and old present