The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-12-30

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sTyzs.ADHANcssAND TkllPERANc1.
lam sorry to see q man who. knows.
better should take tie side of liquor
sellers and by misrepreSentiug facts do
allthat he can to iiijure the teinperauce
cause B. Il. Prince III lust week.
Journal. s.: :..:a. 3:s.==
Well. We are again rebnked. Tie Lord
has again used the weak elements OF
this world to confOund the mighty.
AS - the facts, we gave them jnst as
they were reported at the time and have
been ever since. As to Mr.. Egglrston's
boy. we heard at the time. and have
heard so ever since, that lie WAS oppos-
ed to:his son acting as sly and in
former. - - - =. =. .s,,.rs - - :.
+ But when Uncle Benny Prince. and
the little clique who assume to l,ave the
temperance work in hand, charge us
with doing ''allsthat we can t. injure
the temperance cause" they lie and
know they lie.
The editor of the ADVANCED did more
than any one man now living in Mobiles
county to establish the temperance fea-
ture and make this temperance COM
m"nity. We unhesitatinely accord
the first place in the: work to such men
~ Prof. Humiston and DR.. Creever,
who are not now living here, but to no
other man will We admit an equal share
with ourself in the hard knocks and
hard work of making this Temperance
community. The time was in Wor!
thington when the editor of the AD-
VANCE was compelled to take the mid
die of the street and then run gaunt-
let Of ji"es and vulgar epithets from
whiskey men OH the sidewalk because
he was one of the few me,s. who in a
public meeting pledged their all to the
work of shutting liquor saloons out of
WOrthington.
And now clique Of little pretend
ers, who scarcely raised q finger to help
on the work when it cost something to
be temperance man, have risen up to
read us out Of the temperance cause. A
new set, who ''know not Joseph have
come to the front to denounce and slan-
der and misrepresent as whisky men -
every man who does not approve of
their hypocricy and their contemplate
methods.
When the clique to which Uncle Ben
ny Prince belongs, pounced upon
Messrs. Law and Smith and had them
indicted for selling liquor rs Druggists.
and allowed their Druggist, and one of
their kind, Barber, to go untouched, we
denounced the acts as e,ninently worthy
of the hypocritical clique.
When they arrested two women, one
for selling Il glass Of cider and another
for selling glass of beer, when they
knew that men behind these women
were the guilty parties, we denounced
the acts rs eminently worthy of the
cOwardly methods of those "Christian
gentlemen" as they were pompously
called i'll a church meeting. who have
the temperance work j., charge.
We said before that the work had
been execrably managed by this little
clique. They have 70 managed it rs to
protect their drinkers aud liquor sellers,
and have prosecuted and denounced as
''whisky men" those who did not belong
to their church or political rings. To
the injury Of the t ,wn and the disgust
OF true Temperance men, they shut off
the sale of all liquors Legitimate pur-
poses, so that \ prominent official in
one of the churches of this county came
to the editor Of the ADVANCE to know
where he could get Il little wine for
communion purposes as the fools and
fanatics had made it impossible to get
any at the drug stores. Another gen.
tleman some time ago endeavored to
get two ouncrs of brandy for medicinal
purposes, trying both Law and Smith
and could not get it. He did not try
Barber.) He waited Il month and called
again and could not even get two
ounces.
Whenever the business men of Wor-
thington, outside Of any little church or
political cliques, take the: temperance
work in hand and conduct, it purely as
a temperance work, and not for spite,
or church glory, or political advantage,
they will 6nd that nine-tentl,s of tho
community will he with them.
AS to the ADVANCE, we shall always
throw our influence and vote against IL
censing liquor saloons in Northington.
And we shall always favor the execution
of liquor laws, but we shall also crit
icize the attempts Of a little clique who
take advantage of these laws to vent
their spite, or to get II little cheap. glo-
ny, and who assume to read better
men than they are out of the temper
ance work.
AS to Uncle Benny Prince, lie has
never liked us since lie xronged us
three years ago. lie was one Of the
notorious ia out of IA membership of
70'' who assumed to vote us out of
church. And lie gave us a reason for
so doing that we ''had encouraged Sab
bath breaking" Ivy getting off mere
sqnit, i goOd-natured joke. on the Sun
day Pioneer Press. We have had very
profound respect for his capacity ever
since. Having wronged- us once, lie
turns up again to help the liars and Ell.
emies Of the ADVANCE in their Efforts
to talk us down as an anti.temperance
man.
Two unto ye, church Pharisees and
hypocrits.
The Herald claims immunity from
criticism for lack of enterprise in Civ
ing news from the spirit land on the
ground that it has no dlsembodied cor