, GOIN' TO THE CORNER SiiiiiiSip^iPW -wSLOYA I solemnly or touch any Wi other drink that AM knowingly ta&te jgf Whiskey, or any JT Name. 4m* Place and Date., Lulu Thomson Coll . Temperance Pledge Card medicinal reasons. Instead of visiting taverns, Islanders began to make their own "moonshine" and sell it to others. Every community including Elmsdale had a house at which alcoholic beverages would be available, most of this liquor having been brought to the province by rum running ships, dropped overboard and picked up in barrels on the shore. Elmsdale had two organizations that promoted prohibition although the word "tem¬ perance" is in each group's official name. Men joined the Golden Star Division #214 of the Sons of Temperance; women joined the Elmsdale branch of the Wom¬ en's Christian Temperance Union. Both groups used pledges that members signed solemnly swearing to not knowingly drink spirituous liquors. 578