I don't actually know anything about this subject, although I'm in Texas,
but I do happen to know of an obscure publication on the subject (revised
MA thesis from this department) by Jean McCarty.  You've probably already
seen it.  C. Ambler
 
At 11:04 AM 1/9/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Nailing down some of the details in the next chapter of my
>still-uncompleted dissertation on prohibition in Texas, I stumped myself
>with the following question:
>
>When the United Friends of Temperance split from the IOGT in 1872, did
>they retain the requirement that members pledge to support statutory
>prohibition?  Might this have varied from state to state, or even locally?
>
>I expect I could find an answer in Scomp, or in Paul Isaac's book on
>Tennessee, but I can't seem to lay my hands on a copy of either.
>
>I was going to send this query directly to Prof. Fahey, but I thought
>someone else might also know the answer, or have some interest in the
>subject.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>James Ivy
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