The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-02-03
Press Comments on the
Three Mile Law.

law IS IN 0pefull0ht comes the EN- f
phatic announcement that the law
Is doing great good.
Says the Benton ReDieo The To-
cal option law IS doing good work
in Benton and many other towns in
the state. II wisdom prevails, the
legislature will not change the pres
eht law.
augusta Ftdette The hundreds
OF crimes that have beon committed
in the state during the past two
weeks by men who were drunk on
whisky sold under license, proves
very clearly that however well you
may regulate the sale of whisky,
You can do very little towards regu-
lating the effect il will have on those
who drink ii. 1t makes demons of
! the best OF men,
There is nothing which builds up
II country like liquor, especially the
grave yard sections of it. We con.
graduate Dardanelle on being free
from ;t, Ddrdanelle Post
The Pope County Reflector tells
in the following how Christmas Vas
spent at Atkins. and draws con
trast between 1881 and 1882
With the exception OF two or
three DRINKS the whole week pass
ed quietly away, and to have com
| pared the town as 1t was seen last
week with the sights and sounds OF
two years ago, one could have scarce
ly realized that the same men and
women were dwellers therein at the
two periods mentioned. Two years
ago it was fashionable to get drunk,
and swagger and brawl about the
streets. Now it is quite unIashien.
able, and Is looked upon rs dis
grace oven upon holiday occasions
for men TO stagger around, TALL in
the cutters and be picked up olt of
the dirt.
No sensible friend OF the present
law had any hopes that there would
be no violations of it. Bnt those of
us who have tried it can most ear.
nestIy and truly commend the law
to those who have not, In this
county we have lived under prohi.
bition for one year, and have no in.
cIination to return to the old sys
tenn. We do not believe there has
been half rs many violations of the
present law as there was of the Ii
cense law. 1t would be hard to find
u sa Don in the state that does not
sell liquor on Sunday, or a house
that does not daily violate the law
by allowing drinking in their hous-
es.-AggaSta Fidette.
Tho GAINESVILLE Herald has the
following to say upon this subject
The people of GAINESVILLE, that is
the orderly portion, and we are
proud to say tho most of them are
such, have great cause for congratu-
lation. While at nearly all the
nelghboring towns, during Christ.
mas drunkenness seemed to be the
order of the day, in GAINESVILLE the
'everse was noticeable. Among
The many people in our town on I
that day ha~aly u drunken raHn " rs
seen, and. though everybody seem
ed happy and joyous, not disturb
ance of any moment occurred. In
looking oyer the Little Rock, st.
Louis and Memphis papers we find
column upon column of fights and
murders that occurred on that holt
est of days-nne.tenths of which
were the direct fruits of whisky.
How many children were made
tatherless on that day--how many
families were made miserable for
Iile-how many wives were made
widows cannot be computed, and all
TO CRAFTY a heIlish appetite for
whisky. And yet there are men OF
intelligence who claim that the local
option law takes away the liberties
of the people. In one sense they
are right, for when enforced it de-
prives them Of the will to kill their
neighbol to mako widows and or.
phans, to violate chastity, to rob
and steal-lo disgrace themselves
and bring their wives and children
to beggary, and themselves finally
to fill u drunkard's and a paupor's
grave. Docs any man want such a
liberty ? We answer No-a thous.
and times No!
As we have said before, the three
mile law is the only rational, sonsi.
bic legislation that we have ever
seen upon the entire liquor quos.
ton. What boots it if, now and
then, some morally blind and physi.
cally bloatod old jug sucker will
send off tor bis dram? Let HIM do
it, if he likes. So long as he drinks
1t Mt his own domiclle, and does not
violate the law lot him drink il.
The more he drinks the sooner Inc
will get into his gravs, and the bet.
ter 1t will be for his friends and icl
low citizens. Let tho three mile
law alone. 1t hurts nobody but the
whisky dealers and gamblers, and
I they have run the state and county
quite long enough for the counIy's
| good. 4 We know,
/ from facts and observation, that the