THE MORNINGr STAB, TOMmftTOKt y. C, TUESDAY, MABCH 28, 1911.
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GREAT, GRIM DESTROYER
An Address Before National W. C. T.
U. Convention in Baltimore
Evil of Saloon In War and
In Peace.
(Hon. Richmond P. Hobson.) '
It is high time that we pledge our
selves, the best that is in v.a, to de
stroy, this destroyer that is striking
t thfi standard of our citizenship ana
the character of our people, that
would actually blast our chances not
only of taking liberty but of carrying
the gospel to the world. When we
strike at character and lower its
etandard, we are blocking the way tor
the eosnel and the Christian religion
If the nations remain on a low level,
they will fight and destroy each oth
r. ntitn th er.d of time. The very
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prospect of peace in this world and
.,u:raotniir nt fcrnthrfrhnod and the
Ml LI w.wv -
ri nf the eospel is at stake, l oe
thnt America's Elorious destiny
Ir.as even a greater sweep than that of
rarrvimr libertv itself. In order that
there may be a maximum of develop
'mont for th human race, it is not on-
that there should be
eaualitv of opportunity between indi
viduals but it is further necessary
that those individuals should co-oper
ete, and they can only properly co-op
erate when they nave reacnea tuai
development of character where they
p ossess justice, charity and the prin
ciples of the golden rule, and I be
lieve that America's responsibility in
this matter extends to the whole
world. I will not develop this phase
cf the question, but I would remind
you that America is really the great
Christian nation of the world. To il-
liiatmtP! Tn the SDanish War. Presi
dent McKinley 'commissioned Fltz
Hugh Lee to take command of the
Seventh Corps, made up of regiments
from all over the country. In the
Fall of 1S98, it was assigned the duty
of leading the assault on Havana. The
toldiers were encamped all about
Havana, on seven hills. They had a
bymn, the" favorite hymn of Fitz-Hugh
Lee, because it had been the favorite
of his uncle. Robert Lee. On Christ
mas at twelve o'clock at night, when
the clock sounded and the sentinel
passed the word, "Twelve o'clock and
all is well," there was a little group
of soldiers lingering outside of the
leadauarters tent. They began to
ihura this hymn and then to sing it in
full voice, and soon the regiment band
began to play it, and the soldiers on
the different hills took it up, one after
another, until, from all the hills
were heard the words of that old
hymn. "How Firm a Foundation Ye
Saints of the Lord."
The Nation's Life at Stake
It is the first duty of any State to
protect the lives of its people. I can
not be true to -my facts without re
garding the saloon institution as
wholesome assassin. The State not
only has the right but it is its bounden
duty to protect the lives of its citi
zens. This is not only a question or
the life of the individual citizen, but
Jt is actually a question of the na
Ition's life itself and the first law
of nature the law of self-preserva
tion gives the State and the Federal
government not only the right, but the
l-ounden duty to strive as fast as pos
sible to put an end to this deadly
jtraffic,
You flood the land with degener
ates, and do you think we can con
tinue to occupy it? There are na
tions some people call them back
ward but they stand ready to give
the blow which will overthrow a ae
generate nation. Just across the Pa
cific Ocean there are 800,000,000 yel
low men. They all want America, it
is like a priceless land to them. You
fcay they are degenerates; you never
were more mistaken In your life. The
average yellow man does not eat half
as much as the American. You de
epise the yellow men, as the Komans
despised the barbarians, but the yel
low men can shoot just as well as the
white men, and can live on half as
much. If our people sit tjtill and fold
thelr hands, this land will be covered
wiin degenerates, and your great
grandchildren will hear the sound of
the hoofs of the yellow men'B horses
Suppose America does fall and your
great-grandchildren want to go out
and found a new nation. Here iln
America we are making the lant stand
or the human race. If America can
not conquer this evil, no other nation
can. If America falls, the human
a?ce must go downward, until the Al
mighty at last wipes out the whiole
creation.
The Virdict of Society.
You recognize now what is at stake
iv hat is your verdict? I have given
ou the cold, hard facts. No state
Jnents that I have made can be suc
cessfully! challenged, nor is there any
ettempt to challenge them; they are
vital truths.( I ask you, what is your
verdict? I will pronounce ,it. ,We
i cached a conclusion as to the inair
vidual, that the only reasonable life
Sn this world is a life of total absti
aience. We now register the verdict
r;f society and the State,, namely,
hat this great destroyer Itself must
le destroyed.
Now shall we proceed to destroy if.
!We have diagnosed this desease, I be
Jieve, correctly. It has been running
for 3,000 years. It has the grip of
P he generations not only on the famil
ies of the rich, the leaders, the gov
ernments of all the world, Tint the
ery governments themselves -are Its
ttllies and get the bulk of their rev
nues therefrom. Furthermore, It is
estimated that over eighty per cent
t,i all the people of the United States
end ninety-five per cent, of the peo
ple of other white nations are under
its sway. It is the most organic, the
ideepest-seated disease known to the
jbody politic or the tody social. There
fore, it Is very easy to prescribe the
a emedy. The remedy must Te organ
ic treatment.
Follpw the Laws of War.
, We are fighting ah tenemy that has
been conquering for three thousand
. years and he employs ' all the great
laws of war. We must follow these
laws. The 'first law . Is; Mak eyour
r reparation. The next law Is: You
amist be prepared so that you - can
wield all your forces. That means
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Girls
Girls ! !
Girls!!!
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E' have Votir shoe. W e say we have your
shoe because we have just what you want
in a one-stfc-ap sailor tie. We have this sailor tie
in Cravenette and in all leathers, arid what will please you
most to know is that we have them at the price you want to
pay $3.50. Why not save yourself $1.50 for pin money by
buying the College Woman's Walking Shoe at $3.50.
O ther stores will ask you $5.00 for rio better shoe.
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WE guarantee that the College Woman's Walking Shoe
which we sell for $3.50 in Cravenette, Suede, Patent
Leather, Gun Metal and Kid is the equal in quality,
snap, wear and workmanshipof "any $5.00 woman's shoe sold
by our competitors. Thisapjlies to the Boot as well as all
low cuts, Oxfords, Pumps, one, two or three strap Sandals
and Gibson Ties, a full line of which we carry in stock.
We have your shoe at your price. We have all the
latest styles and leathers at $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50.
We sell for less because we sell for cash.
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Wilmington Shoe Company
217 North Front Street.
must be organized to the last unit.
The liquor element fooled some or the
farmers down in Alabama, but not the
farmers' wives, and from that day 1
have been a strong advocate of wo
man's suffrage. I believe that we
should gain woman's suffrage and be
able to marshal into the ballot box,
the women who cannot be deceived.
When we finally declare war and
when we are upon the battle line, we
must follow tha eternal laws of strat
egy, and here is the fundamental law:
Whenever a great battle is to be
fought, whenever a great State is to
decide whether it is to have prohibi
tion in its constitution, turn the whole
power of your army on that battle
field. Down in Alabama we had to
fight all the liquor forces of the na
tion, and almost of the world, but we
were left practically alone on our
side, except for the W. C. T. U.
A Note of Warning.
Now I want to sound a note of
warning. Last Tuesday (November
8) ought to have taught us a few les
sons. I believe the greatest battle
in the history of temperance is to
come off before long. The enemy is
emboldened and, as surely as you live,
he is going to strike at the citadel or
prohibition, where there has been
real organic prohibition. He is go
ing to bring on a fight to wrest the
State of Maine from our ranks. It
will be, as I intimated, the great bat
tle of this century; it may be of all
centuries. We have had organic pro
hibition in Maine for over half a cen
tury, and we must prepare for the at
tack upon that State. I am nere to
sound a warning. The entire temp
erance prohibition forces of America
and the whole world ought to begin
to gather,, and not lose a day In pre
paring for the great battle that is to
come in Maine.
You are engeged in a terrible war.
but you may well go away tonight
with a song in your hearts, because
i. is written in the book of fate that
the universe . is not to be blighted.
'Wnile all other life is able to go on
in its development, it is not destined
that the human fannly, created in the
ima-e of the MakeT, shoHild be slougn-
ed oir.
It lis written in the book of fate
that this great destroyer the liquor
traffic shall be destroyed. But the
Almighty is hot coming down to do
the work Himself. He has placed
this work In our hands. Therefore, i
say , to you, although yon may have
ceieats, build up strength upon de
feat! do not let depression and defeat
discourage ypu, but realize that in our
mignty effort to destroy this mighty
destroyer, we are in line with the
great forces of the, universe.
HAS APPENDICITIS.
City Editor Louis T. Moore, of Dis
patch, Stricken Sunday.
Many friends of Mr. Louis T. Moore,
city editor of the Evening Dispatch,
will regret exceedingly to know that
on Sunday he suffered an attack of
appendicitis for which he went last
night to the James Walker Memorial
Hospital for an operation today by
Drs. Burbank and R. H. Bellamy. His
hosts of friends in Wilmington and
elsewhere throughout the State sin
cerely hope that the operation will be
successful and that he will be early
restored to his accustomed good
health. Mr. Moore first noticed the
symptoms of the "disease on Saturday
morning, but paid little attention to it,
thinking it was merely -an attack of
indigestion. Sunday, however, there
came no relief and a physician was
called in and the case ,diagnosed as
appendicitis.
Their infant dead.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Mills Sorely
Bereaved in Death.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
W. Mills will tenderly sympathize
with them in the death of their little
daughter, Elizabeth McLaurin Mills,
aged one year and eight months,
which occurred at 12:30 o'clock this
morning at the family home, No. 105
North Sixth street, after a brief ill
ness with bronchial pneumonia. It
was the only child of tenderly devoted
parents and their grief is inexpressi-
Die. Mrs. McLaurin, wife of former
U. S. Senator John L. McLaurin, of
B,ennettsville, S. C, mother of Mrs.
Milli, was with her when the sad
death occurred. The funeral arrange
ments will be made later.
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m as a armv; W AS P&lace today. AskWanda,
For the Famine Relief.'
'ine Htar acknowledges a further
contntration of $2 in cash from an an
onymous contributor at Sloop Point,
yj., ior me unmese Relief Fund.
This brings the total of the contribu
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Showing scenes In the beautiful
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Charleston, S. C, March 27. In the
first of a two-game series the local
Salley League team was defeated by.
the Philadelphia Nationals 10 to 0. i
Announcing
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SPRING. ANNOUNCEMENT., v 1911.
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The point is, that the name of Hart Schaff
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There's more reason than iever for making
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TAILORS, CLOTHIERS f? FURNISHERS.
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John B. Stetson Hxits and Manhattan Shirts.
A Standard of Quality
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Article of , Moderate Values.
Large Expensive Pieces
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Wilmington, N. C., March 13, 1911.
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could not ask for any better.
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