Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
ILIIDDI LEAGUE OPPOSES !:.
II Changes IN DRY LAWS
,,ns OF PROHIBITION Held LEI,,I1
FIBNDp E,,c = At DOVER JAN. nth
s..tistics Were Told and
b and 4 Give Fresh Impetus
Be Adalsss dsslv Attended Meeting

u ne mass meeting Of the friends 5
gl', s;sitian % Of Delaware was held
E'2aW 3. Church, Dover, on
"a a.,'' January nth.
Gay, o+ing o was largely attended
h' ! nss sections Of the State. Prom
= \ i.,rlen, representatives Of the
~ y I' + and many ministers were
sa.s l,.sting was opened with pray
paT n Alfred Smith. Mr.. W. 0.
,ta, n Of Smyrna, was elected
.ss.n .ssSl' of the meeting, and Rev.
l I 1I1I wight, pastor Of Cookman N.
1.n,lb rIs1 wilmington, was chosen
4. M, Per. ]. W. Colona, superinten-
! I'M wilmington District Of the
n,ton N. E. Conference; Mrs.
c-sr Killen, of FELTON,, and the
1s csorce A. Cooke, a committee
.,tad for that purpose, issued the
~ ~ statement Of the delibera-
# the meeting:
n purpose Of the meeting was
.,,i5er what attitude the friends
.ab5ition should assume toward
announced intention Of the foes
.sIiTtiOn to amend or repeal the
aF. The Rev. T. c. Pretty
~Derintendent Of the Anti
a League Of Delaware, present
I aralvtical statement of the
,s,n q The body On request Of the
--sn The statement submitted
n Prettyman presented the fol
n alternatives:
Whether we should stand by the
-hw as it now is.
Whether we should yield to the
rsn Of some of the physicians
\ State that the Klair law be
,sIs 50 that physicians can write
-rydons and druggists fill the
ir whiskey and brandy.
Whether we should present any
sgslatiOn.
: propositions presented by Mr..
snan we're thoroughly discussed
Il considerable length. During
nxion Of the question whether
snis Of prohibition should yield
program Of some physician to
zi The Klair Law, it was asked
6g the death rate Of pneumonia
Uphold patients had increased or
zad under the Klair law. Mr..
lyman replied by quoting from
nsn of the State Board of
Iii saying that there had been a
led decrease in the death rate I'M
tie Klair law. He showed that
rrng the last four wet years
tie dry years the general death
I'D decreased from 1876 deaths
~ population to 1876 deaths per
pNlatiOn. Comparing the last
tWs years with the dry years,
had been a yearly decrease of
ssths from pneumonia and that
asd from typhoid fever had
Hd from an average of SIG
PEI year during the last four
laafs to 22.1 deaths during the
lHs.
vas further brought out as a
= of fact that many physicians
State and indeed many of the
z medical authorities of the
% not believe that whiskey
naldy have any place in the
aa 0f medicine.
Fs further developed in the
sHqn that people generally are
a'ed that the insistence for this
aaaoh is purely wet propagan-
vas also brought out that twen-
Y States in the country at the
U llne DO not allow their ply
p write prescriptions for
NJ and brandy. They are: Maine
North Dakota, Oklahoma,
"a a North Carolina, Mississippi,
Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama,
Il , n Idaho, Oregon, South Caro-
y. 'sssAingtOn, Nebraska, Utah, In
~ AROMA, New Mexico, Florida,
n, y likewise brought to the at
II I ne meeting that the Medi-
I Saety Of North Carolina ! few
". " had drawn bill which
"a Hssented ssI to the Legislature,
| = Prohibits the sale on prescrip-
I'M, aay hnd of intoxicating LIQUOR,
4. e'ayl alcohol. A committee
H., physicians, including DR.. Nc
N l. ~ PRESIDENT Of the Medical So
\ s..l " p. Rankins, secretary Of
M M !. Board Of Health, were ap-
N Y appear before the Legisla-
sir u'ge the passage, and that Is
d ,all1 ] mat State at this time.
5i,.I .fault Of the above discussions
arsDai'a aoiares, on motion, it was
ss.i 1y and with great enthusi-
IA ss9 ,Ss1 that the friends Of pro-
| n / ,,s., nv. stand BY the law, as it
,D5ass meaning the Klair Iaw, and
saibv9 afb9It ! Z the limit any attempt
stss ing sa authorized a standing
II g. representative z, Of all Sec
w. y NJ L state to be raised for the