Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-17

~. extract the following from [,
,;,.t, letter to the editor, from a.
.,tern loan company
onr Company have been thinking OF entering
W. a.ld in which you reside for the purpose
,,a.,in. money. we have considered this fol
~ ,ue. and from the information received
'v'" .r. iucl,ucd to think. that securities in
=. mart of the Country are good and the
respects bright.
nf ouur.e he manager reads tbs
HERALD, and keeps posted on Je'auld
.ouuty prospects.
Thar. WAS moro drunkenness in Kmball
,', week than ut any time for years. Who Is
',;,,, ,hr selling of the liquor: Is 1t not II fact
ha, ,he prohibitory law is being daily violated
.y,ry town in South Dakota: Out with this
"r.p ynu prollibtionists. Either 90 your duty
.i,,x.us and help the officers OF the law ferret
:, III. hell llOlcs-fOr u place where liquor is
so1 in violation Of the law is nothing else but
.h,,-nr else get of from your high horse aud
.oruowlrdse like men that the law Is ahOWling
hire, The officers of I he law are willing to do
hair duty. You prOhibltionists do yours and
~. .r, will he rid Of the dives.--BRULE
1SpEN.
The first assertion, in the above ar
icle, is an admission that does not
,ps.k very highly for Kimball, and
her citizens. And in reply to the
onestiop. We feel safe in asserting that
there are plenty Of towns where liquor
/, not sold, and the prohibitory law ID
uubroken. Certainly there are towns
where the law is broken; but, who are
ID. men by whom it is broken! They
.re the same men who violate the law
That says: s'rhou shalt not steal. !"
tTbou shalt not kill" Howlno more
Quit you, ,selves like men and help en-
force tho laws now in effect, and it they
". net strong enough, make them
stronger and broader until the last
hell hole is trodden under tho feet Of
Liberty, and she shall be permitted to
mve the Flag Of Freedom over the
,bode of thousands liberated from the
Aunabls influence Of strong drink,
No, aud until then, can America le
~ termed ..The home Of the troe." /"
There is . law torbidding murder,
lb.tt, the manufacture, sale, and use Of
into1ic.tiug liquor and kindred Of
fences, aud there are Two classes oi
individuals living under tho jurisdic.
lion o. shese lsws-one obeys tho law
the other does not-and, unfortunately
/. lew Of the latter named class belong
to the newspaper fraternity, and they
use their position and its influence to
arouse popular predjudice against the
latter above law. The liquor. men, Of
South Dakota, see that unless they dc
something to create supreme con-
tempt for prohibition, among the mass
60, their profession is doomed, and IN
order to kesp their side Of the argu'
neut before the people, they have
hired, or bought, several papers through
out tho state. which. time after time
contain articles written like these:
John Jones murdered Henry Hendricks, a
Sothton. last saturday.
John Jones and Henry Hendricks were fo'int
drunk, On the street, last night, at 10 O'Clock
iirre!! prohbitionists is IL chance for you to u
some mission work; here are two men wiz
nave fallen. and their fal: is due the negll
gent carryou have exercised in keeping tn
hell-holcs closed. Come now!, either stop TIL
sale of liquor. or, admit that prohibition is
farce.
lfw. are to live with out part o
the law, let US live without any. Ju'
swell repeal one as the other, AM
then everybody 60 in for . cut .n'
clash time the cenqueror to be king
1or surely such . man is ssfer to pos
as reulr than King Alcohol