The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-04-03
w. G. T. U. Column.
Edited by local secretary. J
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Sound the jubilee.
These items were too late t.
he published last week.
Local treasurer s report shows
the total receipts for the year
ending March /, 1919, including
cash on hand March 1, 1918
were $65.06, expenses, $51l3,
leaving cash on hand 1898.
The present generation has
little conception Of the task UNI
dertaken over IS years ago by
Neal Dow, to revise the public
opinion founded in the customs
Of centuries and to change the
policy Of legislation touching the
liquor traffic. One time the wife
of a prominent man asked Neal
Dow, a young lawyer, to try to
induce the rum-seller not to sell
her husband liquor. When APP
preached the liquor dealer be-
came angry and reminded Mr..
Dow that he had license to sell
liquor and he intended to do so.
$50 you have license to sell
liquor retorted Mr.. Dow, "and
you support your family by i'm
poverishing others. With God s.
help we'll change all this. He
went home fully determined to
devote his life to the suppression
of the liquor traffic. This was
the origin of the Maine Law =
the initiation of movement
which resulted, Jan. 16, 1919, in
the ratification of the eighteenth
amendment to the Federal con
stitution providing for prohibit
ton.
Sound the Jubilee
On March 20, our prohibition
rally day. birthday Of Neal Dow,
was inaugurated our Jubilee
Drive for a million dollars and
a million members. The day
was observed in every state in
the Union by public meetings
for prayer and jubilation. This
Million Dollar Jubilee drive was
planed by the National W. c. T.
q. Jubilee Committee In Jan
uary. North Idaho's quota is
$11OO. Nezperce union quota,
$500. The State Jubilee Com
mittee sends each union plans
for raising their share. The first
plan was to ask men and women
not members Of the organization
to contribute to this fund. 1t
thought they would be glad to
help the work hlong and they
were. cit is a great cause
1T is a good work" and similar
words almost invariably accom-
panied the contribution. This
lnion went cover the top" the
,irst day. $500 was subscrib-
I'd and mailed to the state
treasurer March 20 s. 1t is hoped
will be the first quota paid in
,ull, and win the $3.50 prize, to
,e used in the local work.
Following are the names of
he twenty five people who gave
i. 90 each, for which the union
sincerely thanks them:
Mrs. Clifford johnson, Mrs.
'red Turner. Mrs. John Turner,
IRIS. Andy Stellmon, Mrs. P. M.
Harding, Mrs. George johnson,
Irs. Harland Moser, Mrs. Lloyd
turner, Mrs. Charles Booth, Mrs.
Toe Durham, Mrs Abe Fike,
INN Jacobs, Ethel d. Thompson,
Dixie Il. Davis, Mrs. O. A. Bio
leau, Probate Judge Niles, Leo
Farmers State Bank,
lick Later, Union State Bank,
/ G. Pencil, Nezperce Trading
To-, E. T.. Schnell, w. R. Emer-
on and FL. G.. Anderson.
The million dollars will be us
d to help carry on the work
damned by the various depart
lents Of the National w. G. T.
J. in the United States among
Which are Child Welfare, Ameri .
Health and Morality,
Women in Industry, Admins
ration, and 100000 will be us
d to help promote world prohi-
ition Sound the Jubilee !!
Mrs. Frank Cargill, local sup
of soldiers and sail
rs work, lately received a let