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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
3
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A Durham church backed plea argues against saloons and calls voters to reject liquor by May 26, urging residents to choose their moral crowd for judgment day. It contrasts church aid with barroom charity, cites Bible condemnations of intemperance, and questions personal liberty vs welfare of the needy.
A fragment quotes a speaker condemning selling votes as a betrayal of trust and principle. The text includes the phrase no to selling a manhood and betraying a cause, followed by a partial list beginning Bene. The fragmented note hints at political or wartime rhetoric about integrity and coercion in voting.
A speaker argues that women have long borne men’s drinking and domestic chaos. He asks men to imagine reversed roles and sobriety, describing a sober husband and drunk wife, and the ruin of a household. The plea urges men to show relief and empathy for women’s burdens.
A preacher warns Durham voters that next Tuesday offers a stark choice between the Church and the Saloon, urging them to choose the church of their parents to uphold heaven on earth while avoiding the curse of the liquor trade.
A plea urging the community to close every liquor house to protect the weak and temptations facing sober, industrious men. It argues against selling alcohol and warns that open saloons threaten brothers and neighbors, calling for strong constitutional safeguards to curb drinking.
A public appeal urges elder Confederate Veterans in town and county to vote for prohibition next week. The writer, addressing the aging soldiers, asks them to vote for the measure to honor their past and shape future generations, noting this may be their last ballot on the issue.
Nelson hosts Saturday night May 23 at 8 with W J Brogden and W C Barrett Old Bethel Church Bahama Sunday 3 30 with J H Southgate Pickett s Mill Sunday 3 J C Angier Bragtown Sunday 8 with J C Angier and Rev J H McCracken Reservoir School House Saturday night May 23 Rev P H Massey
The 1907 North Carolina Methodist Conference declares opposition to alcohol sales as a beverage anywhere in the state and endorses statewide prohibition. The stance reflects church leaders urging moral reform and temperance among congregants and the public.
The remarks attributed to Bishop Robert Strange of the North Carolina Episcopal Church advocate voter responsibility for others and call for careful consideration to vote for state prohibition. He stresses welfare and spiritual welfare and urges support for prohibition.
Eder P. D. Gold of the Primitive Baptist denomination states he will not vote for prohibition as it is called. He argues it will not exterminate drunkenness and may appear to encourage the great evil rather than reduce it.
The conference notes a hopeful temperance trend as people across the state and nation unite beyond politics or denomination to overthrow the legalized saloon and supports statewide prohibition.
In 1908 the North Carolina Diocese convenes to declare its stance against liquor production and sale within its borders, except for medical purposes, urging Christian unity to curb moral harms and protect homes. The resolution frames the issue as a moral question facing the state and calls for prohibitionist action aligned with religious values.
A historical statement records efforts by Western North Carolina Christians to curb manufacture traffic and use of intoxicants as beverages and luxuries. The text emphasizes discouraging all related actions and social acceptance.
The North Carolina Synod meeting at Hendersonville from October 22 to 25 endorses temperance and prohibition progress. It calls on the people to banish the intoxicating liquor trade and degrading drugs from the state by lawful means and strong example.
The North Carolina Christian Conference of 1907 denounces all forms of intemperance. It argues intemperance spawns crime, creates drunkards, paupers, criminals, widows and orphans, corrupts politics and raises taxes, filling county and state homes.
A fragment notes that prisons in the county state and nations corrupt men, calling the situation dishonest and concerning public welfare.
The N C Baptist State Convention of 1907 praises North Carolina for progress in temperance over the past decade and endorses a rising movement to drive liquor traffic from the state. It declares intoxicating liquor traffic inherently wrong and supports state prohibition.
The conference advocates a state prohibitory law aligning with Georgia. It expresses belief that the wisest solution is prohibition and urges rapid adoption to join its sister state.
Primitive Baptist Elder Sylvester Hassell declares distilling liquor was unknown in Scripture times and opposes its manufacture and sale as a beverage, publicly and privately. He addresses moral concerns and upholds temperance within his church community.
The North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends meeting in 1907 reaffirms its opposition to the drink habit and to manufacturing and selling intoxicating liquors under all licenses. It favors state and national prohibition of the liquor traffic.
Qualified as administrator of Osborn Green late of Durham County. All indebted persons must pay immediately and all claimants must present them by April 9 1899 or be barred. The Fidelity Trust Company admr.
Durham Division train schedule from Ex Sun Daily with times in am and pm. Travel inquiry offers quotations on routes fares and schedules. Map folders available from M. F. Bragg Trav. Pass. Agi and W. B. Bevill Gen. Office Roanoke Va.
Trains depart Durham at 1 20 a m for Greensboro and south and west with connections at Greensboro Salisbury and Salisbury for Asheville Knox ville Chattanooga and more. Eastbound Nos 112 108 136 and others serve Raleigh Selma Goldsboro Jeffries and Richmond with numerous connections. Dining cars on Nos 36 and 30. Contacts and agents listed for further information.
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