Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-29
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TYLER COUNTY COURT vINDI-
GATED.

To the Editor of the Register.
The court of Tyler county has been
looked forward to with great anxiety,
not only by those who wanted license,
but by every good citizen of the coun-
ty who did not want the court to grant
license. The saloon-keepers were very
anxious that the court would give
them license to sell that liquid fire to
destroy both soul and body in hell,
while all good citizens hoped and
prayed that the court would not grant
license to anyone, which hope has been
realized. The men composing the
court are men of principle, knowing
that to grant license would r, to lend
their influence to one of the greatest
evils the sun ever shone on. and that
they, too. in the end would have to
give an account for granting license
which would be the means of bringing
about every crime in the decalogue.
The influence that was brought to bear
upon the court was no doubt great.
Earth. hell and money was no doubt
ready to play their part. Then those
church members and ministers whose
names stood out so conspicuously on
that petition that the Tyler County
Review speaks so boastfully of sup
pose those iEustrious names were
pointed out to the court in order to in
duce them to grant license. But Sis
tersville, with all it's influence, could
not induce the court to inaugurate a
system to impoverish and make
drunkards of their fellow-men. 1t is
awful to think that men who profess
to be called of God to preach the Cos
pei and call sinners from IN would do
a thing to plunge men into sin Of
every kind. For the good of Sisters
vile there should be no liquors sold
in the place, and not only Sistersville,
but this whole county. 1t would be
better that the money spent for liquor
were thrown into the Ohio River, or
much better given to the poor or some
other good purpose. The editor of the
Review, at Sistersville, in his defense
of saloons, advises sa.oonists, if they
fail in getting license, to open up and
sell any how. l would have expected
better advice from our good editor.
| supposed that the editor and all the
good citizens of Sistersville were law
abiding people. If the saloons con-
tinue in full blast, as they say they
are, Sistersville will be a regular pan
demonium. If everyone is to disregard
the law, farewell to peace and order.
1t will be more tolerable for Satan in
the judgment than for Sistersville. God
pity the ministers and church men,
bers of Sistersville who signed that pc
tition to make drunkards and bring
much distress on many families 1t is
a sin to sell liquor, whether lega,ized
by law or to sell it without the sane
ton of the law. Whenever intoxicat-
ing liquors are sold without law the
seller should be punished and the peo-
pie should uphold the officers in the ex-
ecution of the law. 1t would be more
honorable to steal than to make drunk
ards and bring woe and sorrow on the
poor wife and family. The court did
just right in not giving license to any
one. They will forever have the con-
seriousness that they have done their
duty to their fellow men. I hope they
will hear the well applaudit at last
"Well done, good and faithful servants,
enter into the JOY of thy Lord
CAPT. J. w. WILLIAMSON,
Friendly, w. Va, October %.