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Vol. 20, No 24
DALLAS, TEXAS, JUNE 1, 1919
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FUNERAL OF JOHN BARLEYCORN
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system to watch our military and naval movements, to make photographs
and maps of our fortifications, munitions factories, etc., to dynamite our
munition trains, railroad bridges and canals and munitions factories, and to
put bombs upon our ships that we were sending to sea. That his work
finally led to the sinking of the Lusitania, the Sussex and the Arabic, and
Plunged America into war with Germany is well known. It is well known,
too,,that Mr. Busch, the famous brewer, bought one million dollars’ worth
of those bonds and that many other brewers bought heavily.
The fight that is now made to save beer has as one of its phases the
slogan No Beer, No Work,” and a desperate effort is being made to line
up the laboring men of America in favor of the German brewers. The head
In this issue of the paper we give the cuts of a great many who
have worked for Texas dry, but we by no means want the impression
made that these are the only ones who have fought for our cause
We simply used the cuts that we had on hand without going to the
expense of getting additional; that is the only reason why these cuts
were used and others not.
We well might mention Dr. George C. Rankin, now gone to glory,
who was a power in his day, and Rev. B. H. Carroll, who took the
journey with him. and who led the fight for state-wide prohibition in
1887. Also we would mention Dr. S. M. Provence, our associate editor;
Dr. J. B. Gambrell, Dr. J. H. Gambrell, Dr. J. P. Sewell, Dr. J. D.
Sandifer, Dr. S. P. Brooks, Dr. J. C. Hardy, Dr. W. D. Bradfield, Hon.
Epps G. Knight, Hon. S. P. Strong, Dr. C. L. Gregory, Hon. Thomas H.
Ball, Mr. George W. Carroll, Mrs. Nannie Webb Curtis, Judge O. S.
Lattimore, Judge R. W. Hall, Dr. E. W. Alderson, Rev. J. A. Old,
Judge Ocie Speer, Judge Marvin Brown, Judge O. W. Gillespie, Hon.’
Ellis P. House, Mr. Dwight Lewelling, Hon. Cullen F. Thomas, Hon. M.
M. Crane, Hon. T. N. Jones, Mr. A. W. Walker, Judge W. A. Keeling,
Judge William Pierson, Col. J. Z. Miller, Col. George Breckenridge,
Mr. H. L. Kokernot, Hon. R. E. Burt, Mr. J. L. Smith and a host of
others that time would fail us to mention here.
We would call special attention to the labors of Mr. R. Harper
Kirby, of Austin, who spent more money than any other man in the
State in this fight. Not only has he given his money, but of his time,
and has borne the burden of responsibility. During this campaign he
organized a little committee of his own at Austin and did good .work
assisting in the campaign, and Texas will love and honor Brother
Kirby, one of the best men in the State.
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been clearly established by the courts, was financed by the German Gov-
ernment, and David Lamar and Frank Buchanan have been convicted by
our Government and repudiated by the American Federation of Labor.
Now in fighting for the perpetuation of beer, the Dallas News is lining
up this same German crowd that has proved thoroughly disloyal to our Gov-
ernment. We write these simple, plain facts, taken from the records that
the public may know the source of the so-called news items and press re-
ports and syndicated articles as they appear from time to time. If the News
wants further light upon this subject we have an abundance on file in this
office. This is merely a hint to what can be provided. It is not our busi-
ness as to what the News shall publish, but it _is our business to let the
public know the source of what it publishes when it relates to the liquor
traffic.
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THE SUPERINTENDENT
MAKESANNUAL REPORT
• The Annual State Convention of the Anti-Saloon League of Texas was
held in the Central Christian Church, beginning May 28, when Superintend-
ent Rev. Atticus Webb submitted the following report:
To the President, Board of Managers and the State Convention of the Anti-
Saloon League of Texas: *
Dear Brethren: It is with a glad heart that I make my annual report
to your body. We have just come through a campaign for the adoption of
the dry amendment to our constitution, and I am glad to be able to report
that according to the present returns we have won a glorious victory, and
Texas has taken her final and firm stand for a dry policy.
While the vote was light, the liquor men polled far nearer their full
strength than did the pros. The pros felt that national prohibition was
sure, and many did not see the need of voting Texas dry. The liquor men
were fighting primarily to defeat National prohibition, and fought with all
their might. The election was at a time that practically disfranchised the
farmer vote, which would have been almost solidly for us. Furthermore,
the various “drives” on the part of the churches and the Victory Loan
Drive on the part of the Federal Government, almost completely absorbed
the attention of the very ones upon whom we must depend to make our
fight. But none of these matters were of any concern to the liquor forces,
and they were free to work their interests to the fullest. These facts, coupled
with the majority in this election, emphasized the overwhelming sentiment
against liquor in Texas.
It fell to our lot to lead in this fight, But not of our choice. We were
put into this position by the duly constituted authority among the pros,
and while we would never have assumed such responsibility of our own
accord, yet we would never shirk an obligation. We wish to thank the
great body of leaders among the pros, and especially the ministry of the
various churches, for their co-operation which, considering their multitudi-
nous duties in other lines, was most gratifying. To them and not to us,
belongs the glory of this victory.
The conviction that obtained very generally among the pros that the
prohibition fight is over added very materially to the burdens upon our
organization., To allow the pros to slumber on in this conviction meant
certain defeat for our cause. To arouse them from it amid such overwhelm-
ing distractions from other sources was a most expensive proposition. We
did our best.
During this campaign we have put out fifteen tons of literature at an
expense of $5,390. Our stationary and printing bills have reached about
$2,200. Our postage bills have run over $3,000. Our expenses for advertis-
ing, investigation, interest, exchange, etc., have reached $700.00. We have
spent about $750 for telegraph and long-distance telephone. Rents $425;
traveling expenses $4,400, and under our direction there have been between
1,000 and 1,500 services held that cost us about $9,500. Total expense of
about $30,000. This is about $1,500 more than we received in cash, leaving
bills to that amount yet to be paid.
We have raised these funds in a quiet way. There have been no high
pressure colections; there have been no agonizing efforts to get funds;
there has been no body hurt; and the Anti-Saloon League has not failed to
answer to any call for expense when such seemed to be needed or wise or
reasonable.
During this campaign there have been very few services held in Dallas,
Fort-Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Waxahachie, Sherman, Denison or*
Wichita Falls, So practically none of these funds came from these cities.
The work of the Anti-Saloon League will go right on. Of course the
expenses will not be so heavy. The various churches in the cities above
mentioned, and in smaller places where we have not been during this cam-
paign should give the League hearty opening during the summer months,
and if so, we will be able to work out our financial problems and meet the
bills unembarrassed.
We feel that the prohibitionists of Texas should congratulate themselves
upon such a financial showing of so expensive a campaign. When the cam-
pagin began prominent pro politicians of the State contended openly that
no expenses would be needed; that the campaign would be conducted by
merely putting a few articles in the public press. Those statements very mate-
rially hindered our work in collecting funds for the battle. Our leaders and
the public need to learn that on great work can be done without expense,
and such statements cripple the work and hinder our cause.
In conclusion we wish to say that while we have won another great vic-
tory for prohibition the fight is by no means over. There remains yet the
passage of sane and safe laws for the enforcement of prohibition in Texas,
and the same before Congress for the enforcement of prohibition through-
out the nation. The liquor traffic is fighting both with all the fury of their
fiercest onslaught of the past. Its forces are appearing at every session of
the Legislatures of the various States where such laws are to be passed and
are presenting their own bills, designed through loop-holes and jokers to
prevent adequate enforcement of laws, and yet so adroitly drawn as to de-
ceive the pros themselves. Let no one doubt that they will be at Austin
at the called session in June with an organization to put through their bill.
No doubt that bill will be introduced into the Legislature by pros, and those
Pros may never know the source of their bill. The liquor bunch is so
shrewd and sleek that they have performed this trick innumerable times in
the past. They never let up. They may be expected to attempt the same
again. . I he pro who thinks the fight is over is the worst fooled man in
1 exas, and the pro who says the fight is over, may not know it, but he is
damaging the cause of prohibition more than he could do in any other
way. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty from rum.
PROHIBITION AND DIVORCE least 60 per cent of the cases coming
With, the coming of prohibition, before him, and adds that he believes
many homes will be saved. In Chi- “divorces will decrease 60 or 70 per
cago, two judges, each of whom has cent when liquor is prohibited. De-
handled more than 2,500 divorce cases, sertion and cruelty are often the out-,
assign liquor as the chief cause, growth of drink. The real causes of
Judge Thomson of the appellate court most of the misery are the things that
charges liquor with 70 per cent of his make up the underlying reasons for di-
cases. Judge Brothers of the circuit vorce and not the divorces them-
court says liquor is the cause of at selves.”
REV. ATTICUS WEBB,
Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Texas, who led the fight for a dry Texas
________________efficiently, unselfishly and persistently, to a glorious victory.
The great} victory won for State-wide prohibition is the culmination
of a long fight. To no one person or organization exclusively belongs
the glory of success. Among the forces that have built the sentiment
for a dry state and nation, we mention pre-eminently above all, the
ministry of the evangelical churches. No truer, braver, more unselfish,
more determined band of men ever fought for a common cause than
they. They never knew defeat; beaten at the polls today, they came
again tomorrow with renewed determination to rout the rum traffic
Their services were . not paid for. Their influence was not to be
bought. Their devotion was unquestioned. Their power vell known
by the enemy.
Along with the ministry we must place the good womanhood of
Texas. They stood behind the pastor in his fight for a saloonless
state, and if he paused in the fight, they prodden him on. If he held
back, they took the middle of the road and fought themselves.
Through the organization, the W. C. T. U., led by that queenly woman,
Mrs. Nannie Webb Curtis, they never let up in the fight; they never
accepted defeat; they never lost hope; they always knew they would
win; trusting in God as to the time of victory, they never gave John
Barleycorn any. rest. Mrs. Curtis, by her matchless oratory, her un-
faltering faith in God, her self-sacrificing devotion to the cause, was
one of the most potent agencies of the state for this cause. All Texas
today will bare their heads and do honor to this queenly woman.
Many politicians rang true to the cause, regardless of their politi-
cal fortunes. Many suffered in their political fortunes in their devo-
tion to prohibition, and our cause owes much to their influence.
The Anti-Saloon League bore the brunt ef battle all through the
fight. Wwhen the force seemed hopelessly defeated the Anti-Saloon
League rang out the clarion call. They refused to acknowledge defeat-
they refused to give the liquor traffic peace; they refused to let pro-
hibition rest until it had come into its own. No organization in the
world has been “cussed” so roundly as has the League, but today it
is honored for the enemies it has made. And today it stands stronger
than ever before to continue the fight until Texas is made actually
dry as well as legally dry. Never was an organization served by more
unselfish men—men who suffered any sacrifice necessary to victory;
men who bore the abuse of the enemy and oftimes bled within when
those who should be friends faltered in their stand. Today the Anti-
Saloon League looks to the future and to a world-wide contest with
a radiant hope and enthusiasm of a young warrior returned from a
victorious battle field.
But in the last analysis the victory lies with the Church of the
Living God. It is the blood-washed throng that stands as a mighty
bulwark against the tide of wrong that would sweep our land. It is
the church that has given the strength to the Anti-Saloon League in
the past, and the same church must give her the strength she needs
for the future conquest. •
On page 62 of that report they quote from a confidential report of the
United States Brewers’ Association the following statement: of the movement,_______... ... ugu 1Oegs
“During the past year a large number of articles have been published in I same Ernest Bohm was treasurerofthe Lors pence Counciiandassociated
many of the leading newspapers and magazines which have either been sug- with David Lamar and Frank Buchan. This Labor’s Peace ’Council it has
gested by us or have been based on our investigations, and from the medical
viewpoint articles and editorials have been published in the Medical Record,
in the Journal of the Medical Association, and in the British Journal of
Inebriety.” a
The article was not an Associated Press article, but was a special syndi-
cated article that had all the earmarks of a production of the United States
Brewers’ Association. No other prominent daily in Texas had this article.
As further evidence of the Dallas News’ fight to save beer, on Monday,
May 26, the Associated Press, the news agency that supplies the Dallas News,
had a report of a great dry meeting in Chicago and some reference to the
speech of W. J. Bryan, who vigorously attacked the beer trade. This article
was published by other dailies of Texas being served by the Associated Press,
but did not find a place in the Dallas News.
In reply to an article by Rev. Chalmers Kilbourn criticising the News’
fight for booze, the Dallas News makes the statement that it gives more
space to the pros than to the antis. In that very issue of the paper it had
five articles from the antis and one from the pros. Recently it refused to
admit an article from the Hon. Cyclone Davis on account of its length, and
in the very issue in which it should have appeared, published an article from
M. L. Landers, of Mineola, equally as long in defense of the booze traffic.
The public may not understand why a great daily published in the very
heart of the dry section of Texas should take such a course. THE HOME
AND STATE does not understand why it does so. We certainly would
not bring any rash charges against a paper that has so many good qualities.
But the investigation conducted by the United States Senate in the pro-
German and brewery propaganda throws some light on their methods of
gaining publicity.
THE FIGHT IS ON TO SAVE
THE GERMAN BREWERS
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The Whiskey Jug Abandoned to Its Fate—The . ° News Is Prominent in.
Defense, But the Alien Enemies are Having O• h Time of It.
For several years there has been indications of . - • in the liquor
forces. The brewers have presumed that if they abando. p ir ally, John
Barleycorn, they might have an easier time with public sen. .ent. It seems
now that in their desperate effort to save beer the brewers have secured an
absolute divorce from John Barleycorn, but they will be disappointed in the
results, for American sentiment is as strong against beer as against booze.
Nearly all the great papers of Texas have gotten on the water-wagon.
The Dallas News is about the only exception. On Saturday, May 17, the
Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League asked for a $150.00 space in the
advertising columns of the Dallas News to make an appeal to the pros of
Texas in behalf of the dry amendment. He was turned down flat, and yet
the next morning in the very issue of the paper that he asked for adver-
tising space, on the front page with flaming headlines, the most prominent
article to be found was a beer propaganda article written by Samuel Gompers.
A more vicious, villianous, malignantly mudacious booze propaganda article
has not appeared in print in the last five years. It was timed to have its
fullest force upon the labor vote of Texas in our election, and as stated,
came out in the very issue of the paper that the pros were forbidden even
to advertise in.
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“Articles have been published in the Survey, Outlook, American Under-
writer, and the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and the
American Food Journal, and the National Muncipal Review.”
The method of the brewers is to get some prominent writer or some
man prominent in politics to prepare a booze propaganda article arid pay
him for it, and then let them present the same article to such of the public
press as would carry that article, and if possible, in turn get pay from the
paper for carrying it. Oftimes the writer would thus get double pay, one
from the United States Brewers’ Association and the other from the news-
-paper carrying the article. You will find this evidence on page 62 of the
Senate Report.
Referring to the same Report, page 462, we find that the National News
Bureau was created by the United States Brewers’ Association, and in two
months in 1914 had 1,308 special articles in 614 papers in thirty-two States.
Some were featured on thic front page. On page 806 the Report shows that
in 1909 the United States Brewers’ Association had 3,000 important news-
papers on their mailing list. By reference to pages 58 and 87 we find that
John Koren, who wrote the celebrated article to the Atlantic Monthly that
claimed to be an unbiased discussion of the prohibition question was at that
time receiving $5,000 a year for his literary work from the United States
Brewers’ Association, and we find that an official of Washington City, Chas.
Nagel, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, was at that time on the payrool
of the brewers for publicity work.
In short, the public may thoroughly understand that all of these articles
coming out in the Dallas News, and such other papers as will accept them,
are either written by or inspired by the United States Brewers’ Association
and are beer propaganda articles. Texas is to be congratulated that there
remains only one prominent daily in Texas who still receives these booze
propaganda articles.
We call especial attention to the fact that all of this fight is for the
brewers, not for the distillers. The fact is that about 70 per cent of the
distilling business in America is in the hands of the Jews, and about 90 per
cent of the brewing business of America is in the hands of the Germans.
The Jews, during the war, proved loyal to our Government. The German
brewers proved thoroughly disloyal.
We quote further from Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General of the
United States, the following:
The organized liquor traffic of the country is a vivious interest be-
cause it has been unpatriotic; because it has been pro-German in its sym-
pathies and its conduct. Why, you and I know perfectly well that it is
around these great brewery organizations owned by rich men, almost all
of them of German birth and sympathy, at least, before we entered that war,
that has grown up the societies, all the organizations of this country intended
to keep young German immigrants from becoming real American citizens.
It is around the saengerfests and the saengerbunds and organizations of that
kind generally financed by the rich brewers, that the young Germans who
have come to America are taught first the fatherland, and second, America.”
Let it also not be forgotten that before America entered the war at the
time that we thought Von Bernstorf was the Ambassador from Germany
to the United States, he proved to be the chief of the German spy system in
America. The investigation shows that he floated an issue of the Kaiser’s
bonds here in America and sold somewhere between seventy and one hun-
dred million dollars’ worth. This money was not to be sent to the Kaiser,
but was to be spent right here in America sustaining a gigantic Germany spy
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On Tuesday night, May 27, the prohibitionists of Dallas
and surrounding country met in the Municipal Building to
hold the last glad rites in memory of John Barleycorn.
The following invitation was given to the public:
“The John Barleycorn funeral at the Municipal Building
tonight will be rich, rare and racy. Everybody is invited—
friends and foes. Come, see and enjoy a real bone-dry
wake, and take a joy ride to the grave. No flowers. Every-
body wear a smile.”
They came, a great audience, and rejoicing to see him
go. Upon the platform was a coffin supposed to contain
the remains of John Barleycorn, though some of the offi-
cers declared that evidently all of the remains was not in
there. Accompanying him was a part of his family—the
little brown jug, now quite pale from long drouth, and the
German beer stein, reminding the audience how faithful
to the Kaiser was his ally, Herr Beer. A part of the family
could not be found. Urgent invitations were sent out and
search made for two beer- kegs upon which the coffin
should rest, but they seemed to have departed, as none
could be found in the city. Their whereabouts are un-
known.
In opening the exercises of the evening, Superintendent
Rev. Atticus Webb called attention to the fact that a
desperate effort was being made to separate Herr Beer
from his old consort, John Barleycorn. The Superintend-
ent protested against this on the ground that they had been
bosom pals all through life and he desired to see them
not separated in death, but carried to their final resting
place in the same grave.
“Laying the Ghost” was Mr. Webb’s subject, and he
referred to the difficulties in "Macbeth" with Banqua’s
ghost, that would not down, and said that, like the cat,
the liquor traffic has even more than nine lives. Sam
Jones said that if he were going to preach the funeral of
a mule that he would stand at its head, so he was not
willing to take any risks with John Barleycorn, even though
apparently dead. The Anti-Saloon League will not accept
the results as final, but will wage the battle until the state
and nation are actually dry as well as legally dry.
Mr. Webb then introduced Mrs. Nannie Webb Curtis
President of the W. C. T. U. of Texas, the Henry Grady
of her sex, the peerless orator of the South, who was
greeted with rousing cheers by the entire audience rising
to greet her. No one In Texas is worthy of more honor
than Mrs. Curtis in this day of victory for the pros. Mrs.
Curtis announced that had it been left to her she would
not have buried the deceased in an elegant coffin. In as
much as no flowers were appropriate, but because the de-
ceased had strewn the pathway of millions with many a
thorn, she thought it was appropriate to lay a wreath of
thorns upon the coffin, which she did, while the auditorium
rang with applause.
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