Stricter enforcement of the prohibition laws in North Carolina was the theme of the annual meeting of the trustees of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League in the offices of the League last night, when R.L. Davis, Superintendent, was re-elected for another term of office.
Dr. W.L. Poteat, president of Wake Forest College, presided over the meeting attended by the largest number of trustees present at any meeting since prohibition was voted. A committee to consider and recommend needed legislation to a future meeting of the trustees appointed last night is composed of Heriot Clarkson, Dr. W.L. Poteat, Josephus Daniels, A.M. Scales, and John A. Oates.
A great convention of the temperance forces of the State will be held in Raleigh in January, under a decision of the trustees. The date will be decided later.
Strenuous Year
Superintendent R.L. Davis reported a strenuous year for the Anti-Saloon League with a quickening of the organization made necessary by the desperate efforts of thirty-odd liquor associations throughout the nation to bring back beer and wine.
“Judging from our reception, there is no doubt that the Christian patriots are anxious to see the prohibition laws enforced,” he declared, reporting that strong resolutions for law enforcement were passed by virtually every district conference and Baptist association in the State this year.
Strides toward stricter prohibition enforcement in the nation, Mr. Davis reported in the efforts of the government to stop leakages from bonded warehouses and the Daugherty ruling against liquor on ships.
Commenting on the recent primary and election in North Carolina, Mr. Davis held that law enforcement advocates were victorious in virtually every county in which law enforcement was an issue.
Progress in State
“The Anti-Saloon League forces have also made great progress in North Carolina during the year,” he said. “The emphasis now is on law enforcement. This was the issue in a good many counties in our State at the time of the primaries and the county conventions last spring and summer, and usually the Anti-Saloon forces won. This was true in the nomination of the judge of the Eighth district, and Judge Cranmer, who requested and received our support, was the successful contestant. It was also true in the nominations of the solicitors in the Fourth and the Seventh districts, when Mr. Williams, the Sunday school superintendent of the Sanford Methodist church, was nominated in the Fourth and Mr. Evans, a church official and Sunday school teacher in Raleigh, was nominated in the Seventh Law enforcement was an issue also in many of the county primaries and usually the candidates endorsed by the Anti-Saloon League forces were successful.
“In the recent State election law enforcement made further progress. There were notable victories in Cabarrus, Avery, Catawba, Burke, Davie, Surry, Graham and Stokes counties, and possibly other counties. Law enforcement was the one issue in Sampson and although the liquorites were not defeated, they received the scare of their lives. If the officers do not reform and bring forth fruits meet for repentance, they will be defeated next time.”
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From the front page of the Raleigh News & Observer, continued on page 9, Nov. 15, 1922
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