Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-05-05
w. CT. COLUMN.
Edited and Compiled by the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.

DOPlCo 0CllNSlSN bNlOhN CAASNN1
sembly at De Funiak Springs,
Florida
The subject announced for this af-
ternoon is "Ravages of Rum" ] be-
lieve there is no question butprohibi-
ton. 1t is an old subject. 1t is hard
to say anything new about it but not
hard to say something strong.
The whisky question has three
phases. First, prohibition; second
high license; third, free whisky. The
time is coming when we must choose
one of the three. Everybody is a
temperance man. / was one when l
could not keep sober half of the time.
AS long as l was temperance man
would get drunk, but have not been
drunk sinceI became prohibitionist.
DO YOU know the difference between
temperate man and a prohibition
list? A temperance man goes down
to the river, watches the barroom
push it's victims into the water, and
then pulls them out one at a time
with his hook. Thank God, we have
such temperance men.
The prohibitionist goes down to the
river and with club in his hand
stops the barrooms from pushing the
men into the river. have taken up
my club and am going down to the
river.
The American people must choose,
and that soon, either high license,
free liquor or prohibition. High IL
cense makes the liquor traffic more
respectable. To make it more re-
spectacle gives it longer lease on life,
Hence can never be high license
man. If l 60 to Pensacola and say
to the Mayor, 81 have mad dog
which l want to turn loose, he would
say "No sir, it would bite the people,
and perhaps my boy" l would say,
eyes, but am willing opay a$l ,OOO
license" The dog is admitted. When
the Mayors boy is bit, that official
could say to his wife. "Nevermind,
dear, it was no common dog, but a
high license onel that bit our boy"
NV friends, | would rather have my
boy mad-dog bit than bar-room bit
Ask the woman whose husband has
been led to the penitentiary, death
and disgrace, brought misery anC
want to her family, how much mon
ey would assuage her grief, and she
would tell you not all the wealth O
the Indies. If liquor is such a gooc
thing, bring it to your homes ant
let every one have it.
/ am opposed to free whisky be
cause the cheaper, the more drink
ing. The fight is whisky Or no whis
ky, high license or prohibition.
There are more Prohibitionists nov
than there were Republicans tel
years before the emancipation procla
nation. Before ten years more tn
liquor traffic in this country will b
destroyed.
They tell US prohibition will no
prohibit. Who says it? Preachers
Our women ? No, it is the whisk.
man. They say let us sell it unde
high license and it will be all right
If you don't, we will violate the lay
and sell itanyhow. We have lay
against murder, but it does not pre-
hibit. Prohibition will prohibit
you want it to. Enforce the law an
send violaters to the chain gang. |
my town offered to pay $50
any man who buys drink in OF
town. I had to pay it but onc'
and we put the man who sold it int
the chain gang. What we want
law; then judges, jurors and either
who will see it enforced.
Begin reforms at the top. 1t
gilded, high up sin that is ruinin
this country. Reform thehome frs
Let every father be as good as l
wants his children to be. If the fail
ers and children are good, then a
our officers will be good.
A man in GAINESVILLE, Ga, was tai
en- to Jail drunk. Next morning |
asked why he was in Jail.
The jailor said, "You killed yol
wife,"
He fell back unconscious. Presen
ly he asked the jailor to summons
posse of men and have him hung
the nearest tree, for he had killed Il
sweetest, best woman God ever ga
to man. What made him kill i
wife? Arsenic? No. Water? n
1t was whisky. Some of that san
stuffsome Of you were drinking
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