Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-02
NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS
Rev. ]. Il. Davis Defends His Course in De-
nounCing Wine Rooms.
THEY ARE AS BAD AS HE REPRESENTED
Facts AID Figures indicating that the Win
ister's Alarm Over the situation Is
Not the Result of imag-
nation.

nation.
Rev. ]. II. Davis took occasion, in his
sermon at the First Baptist church yester-
day morning. to continue his attack upon
the wine rooms of the city, and to reply TO
some Of the criticisms and structures that
had been hurled at him by some of the local
papers. He used "a good deal Of vigor and
spirit in his remarks, and made a strong de-
Tense of his course in calling public Gtten-
ton to the evil that turks in the wine rooms
of cities, Council Bluffs especially. Set
the Trumpet to Thy Lips was his subject.
He believed that as Chris ,ians we are all
trumpeters, and that we should set the
trumpet to our lips and send forth peals of
warning to the people of the danger that is
overshadowiug the young and innocent of
our city. He appealed to the mothers and
fathers TO look after their children and see
that they are not led into the snares and
pitfalls that are being laid Mt their feet and
at their very doors. The time had come
when, as Christians, we should take steps to
guard the children from these hell-holes
into which they are being drawn.
81 knew said he, "whuu | introduced the
resolution in the minister's meeting and
when 1t passed tina: | would be assailed ana
assailed violently, but | was hardly prepared
for the vituperation, misrepresentation and
abuse that was showered upon me by some
of the city papers. One of the papers comes
out and calls me a villain, a liar aud a
slanucrcr. That attack was cowardly. The
author Of it did not come to me to learn what
my facts were, as he could have done, or to
learn whether the statements he attributed
to me ana criticised were as ] made them.
lie made the error of attributing to me
some Measurements about the boys and
girls of the High school, mIsstatements be-
cause they lacked the qualification / had
given them.
stated Nothing but Facts.
~ have stated nothing but facts which can
be proven. Yesterday IL prominent citizen
came to me and told me that last year three
young girl pupils of the High school visited
these wine rooms afternoons after school,
and that he had taken pains to investigate
and had learned on other afternoons when
he was told they were visiting the wine
rooms that the roll book showed absent
marks corresponding with those dates.
This same citizen told me that all three of
these girls are now leading lives of shame.
The one-horse newspapers that upbraided
me and misreprcsented me could have mad
possession of the facts If they had desired
them. They claim that 1T was q slur cast
upon the teachers, and that | had no
right to make the assertions l did.
| did not wish to cast any slur
upon Prof. Sawyer or the High school
teachers, nor did |. l believe they are too
intelligent TO take any offense at what |
said. Because l referred to some of the
pupils of the High school who were in the
habit of visiting these places of iniquity is
no reason why it should reflect upon the in
structors. If any of the members of my
church should be reported to me rs using
profanc language it does not follow that |
am culpablc and guilty of the same offense.
or that it is n fault of mine that they do not
all conform strictly TO the doctrines of the
church.
npnt 1~t $40 NJ, 80, 80 tln o,,,,n - xl;,
hue and cry. If throw n brick intoa crowd of
dogs quarreling on the street it is not neces-
sary to inquire which dog is hit. The dog
that is hit is the dog that yelps. There is
no reflection upon Prof. Sawyer or the
city schools, but the reflection is rather upon
the parents, who ought to know where their
boys and gills are every hour in the day and
night.
Traps for Boys and Girls.
"The wine rooms are the trap set to catch
your DO Us and girls. oh, let me warn the
parents that within n stones throw of your
your darlings. These wine rooms abound
all over the city. The mayors attention
was called to them a few days ago, and on
Saturday, | am informed, that he ordered
three of the hell-holes on Broadway to be
closed. Let me tell you where this evil
starts. In the card parties at home. The
step from the card party is to the dance
hall, and the next step is to the saloon and
the vine room.
1.-TWO young girls started last spring to
frequent these wine rooms. Today they are
ruined. The vine rooms are the most ac-
cursed things we have In the city. The sa-
looms themselves are not SO bad as these
wine rooms. Their record is an unbroken
record of woe, crime and shame, monuments
10 the first aud last steps in sin. Their rec
ord in Omaha and Kansas City Is terrible,
the source of Il largo share Of the crimes of
the %citics.n
m,, axo, 4, 30 tlo ,.@.aa ,..a1.
that had been made upon him, the minister
said: Il knew full well when / began this
crusade that | must suffer for it. | am will
ing to suffer that kind of persecution" Con-
tinuing the discussion of his subject, he
closed with an eloquent appeal TO the
mothers. Let me give n word OF warning
to the mothers. know-kuow where your
daughters and your sors are. Pray with
them and for them. Warn them of the pit
falls and the dangers. My mothers PRAYERS
Let us not alone be trumpeters of the gos-
pei, but trumpeters of the dangers that
threaten and surround our darlings."
Underwear Announcement.
New goods at new prices are always to
be found at our store, but more especially
in this line for the present season.
Never were such values offered by us as
we are showing at present in u under
wear department.
Ladies' underwear, natural vests and
pants, 33c, 45c, Toe, soc to l.50.
White vests and pants, Doc, SOC, SOC,
$l.OO. in plain and ribbed.
Gents underwear gray and camel hair
at 50c, Toe, 81. 90, 81. so. The above is four
of our leading numbers.
Children's underwear, all wool, red
vests and pants from l27c up.
Gray mixed vests and pants from
Zoe up.
All wool camel hair and natural from
Doc up, See new line of children's
ribbed vests and pants in Natural wool.
FoTHERINGHAM, WHITELAW ~ Co.,
Council Bluffs, la.
Il. S.-Store closed every evening at {
p. M, except Monday and Saturday.
Boston STORE.
You can't afford to burn high priced
fuel i'll old, worn-out stoves. They waste
the price of a good stove every year
Cole ~ Cole sell the Radiant Home anl
Round Oak stoves, the great fuel savers
Williamson x Co., lU6 Main street,
largest and best bicycle stock in city.
George 5. Davis, prescription druggist