The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-20
BRYAN WILL TALK
AGAINST LIQUOR
Two Addresses Scheduled for
Next Sunday on 100000
Fund Campaign.

William Jennings Bryan, who is again
| 10 the forefront In matters affecting
! the future conduct OF the Democratic
| party, will deliver two addresses in
! Memphis Sunday in the interest Of the
| AntisalOon league local campaign for
| Sl00. 600 He will reach Memphis early
| Sunday morning from Nashville and will
| deliver his first address at the First
, Methodist church at o'clock in the
| afternoon and will deliver another. ad-
! dress in the evening at another church,
| to be announced later.
| Col Bryan has for years been an
| ardent advocate Of prohibition and Is
! devoting large part Of his time to the
/ national campaign for funds at this
| time, despite the urgent calls upon him
| for conferences and other engagements
! concerning matters pertaining to the
Democratic party's presidential COM
| paign.
It is Col Bryan's purpose to tell the
! people of Memphis the reasons why the
| AntisaloOn league is endeavoring to
| raise a fund to he used for law enforce
ment and educational purposes The
| Antisaloon league believes that the
| present Is the time OF their hardest
! figlT, pointing out that the liquor forces
| Throughout the nation are spending un-
| told thousands of dollars fighting for
the restoration Of the liquor traffic and
attacks upon the eighteenth constitu-
! tional amendment.
| Continued agitation Is necessary, and
| the law enforcing officers throughout
| the nation must he given assistance and
| the people Of the country must be
shown that prohibition is a blessing
| and not a calamity. as the wet forces
would have us believe" Mrs. W. M,
| Roykin. director for the womens divi-
sion for TIE Southeastern department
Of the Antisaloon league, said. Mrs.
Boykin is here to assist in tho local
campaign and is acting in an advisory
capacity with Mrs. F. S. Latham, local
chairman of the womens division.
Educate Children.
! The children Of the nation are the
| ones upon whom we must center our
| efforts il prohibition Is to be continued,
| for they will be our lawmakers of the
| future, and much depends upon them
in the years to come.
"Tf we quit the fight now Mrs.
| Boykn continued, 1--WE would lose our
fight. The liquor forces would soon
elect congressman and legislators who
would repeal the enforcement measures
and would doubtless adopt another
amendment repeating the eighteenth
amendment.
I'm foreign lands we are going to ex-
tend the fight against liquor and when
we have worldwide prohibition the
money now being given to foreign mis-,
sions will go twice as far These and
other reasons are the ones upon which
we are basing our request for FUNDS.
Just because the eighteenth amendment
! Is in effect does not necessarily mean
| that our work is done; on the contrary,
we have lust begun to fight"
| With the assistance Of Mrs. Boykin
the organization Of the womens divi-
sion was completed Monday afternoon
at meeting held in the Chamber OF
| Commerce. Much of the work in the
local campaign is going to devolve upon
the women of Memphis, Mrs. Boykin
said and they are responding to the
| cause nobly. .
Pastors of the various protestant
churches of Memphis are lending their
assistance in avery way possible ana
the purposes Of the campaign will be
brought to the attention of all church
goers throughout the city through the
nupits Mrs. Bovkin will make num-
Der Of talks during the course of her
stay in Memphis, as will ex-Gov. NAL
colin R Patterson and other speakers.