Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-22
BOURBON AND VICINITY.
COMMUNICATION Bearing on Petitioners Vs..
Saloons.

social at |. o. II. Nj. hall Friday evening
for the tribe and council only
George Campton mas secured d new
boarding house. His wife will remain
at dome with her parents.
The w. c. L L. will celebrated their
first anniversary last night at the NJ. +.
chruch interesting program was render
ed.
The X. of P's and Pythian sisters are
preparing for Thanksgiving banquet,
at the X. OF p. hall. Aninvitation is ex-
tended to all visiting knights and SIS
tiers and Immediate friends.
Married Sunday afternoon at o:3O
at the home of the brides parents by
Rev. III. III. Flory, Frank Chively
and Mnnah Gerard. We extend our
best wishes for the future welfare.
About o'clock Friday night some
miserable wretch that is allowed to live
IN respectable community, maliciously
cut open the pneumatic tubes of Mr. E.
X. Byer's bicycle, which had been left
standing in front of his store. This is
the second wheel which has had the
tubes cut open in the last two weeks.
Bicycle owners should be on the look
out for this pneumatic, Jack the Ripper.
COMMUNICATED.
There is great deal of talk among
our citizens in regard to the petit ions
VS.. saloons which are being circulated
1t has only been few months since a
petition was circulated blythe same per.
sons who are now circulating them, for
the purpose OF raising the city license
TO the tull limit of the city ordinance
1t was previously to that time 5000
but the Pc itiOn being successful caused
it to be raised to $4,000 which places
our town on equal footing with our
neighbOring towns Of this county; which
are Incorporated.
At Bremen he license cost $4,000,
Argos $1,000 and Plymouth $1,000.
The state tax Of 500 and government
tax $500 being additional. At the time
the petition was being circulated, one
OF the circulators was asked why he
wished the ely license raised: and he
SAID at he had to sell out to the devil
at all, he wanted to sell for the highest
price" Now that remark does not go
hand IN hand with the present circu-
latlng OF petitions for if the license is
knocked out, each saloon Will be run as
a quart shop, and every one knows
what that is, it is five times worse than
a regular licensed saloon, there being
no specified time for their opening or
closing. but most OF ali they pay nothing
into our city treasury, therefore these
people that wanted to sell for the high
est price only, short time ago, will
now give themselves away, and have
besides more free with liquor, open all
hours and sell to ANYBODY except In
dlans, saloons than ever before.
Now more than the moral part of
this, Lex lis see what becomes of this
money pdid INTO our city treasure for
saloon license which with our three sa-
looms, amounts to $50. This money is
paid to our city treasure and by him is
paid over The full amount TO the treasury
OF the school board and is used directly
for school purposes PERTAINING to our
city schools.
Immediately after raising the city
license few months since, thereby
placing into our school fund an ex.~9
S223.00 our school board continued %.
school one month giving us nine months
school, where before we had only eight
months school. Now if we have no
license money forthcoming, we will be
just 1928 short of funds for our eight
months term; this 1925 will have to be
made up by an increase in our tax or
have one month school less.
1t is also remarkable to notice the in
consistency of some of these circulators.
The most of them are saying that "If
you don't sign our petition, you will be
classed as saloon bum, and more than
that, the temperance people will boy
colt you and won't nave anything to do
with YOU" These threats and saving
have kept great many good names off
of the petition, and of people who are
as much in favor of temperance and
everything else PERTAINING to the good of
the public as any name that is now on
the petition.
BY the way we are told that one of
the most earnest solicitors, while enjoy
ing himself at the Worlds Fair could
not find beer schooner large enough
to suit him even the German mugs
seemed small, but when this man is at
home he is most awfully interested in
every thing relating to temperance
work" *s*
Facts Conclusive.
We expect your patronage because the