The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-18

again, after Gazing att0ntt0n TO
Forrest City's calaboose ut tho
time tho editor came to the town,
and describing it as "an old dilapi-
dated, filthy and disgraceful one
room plank building" he adds:
"Had it not been for the revenue
from license, the probability is
that the town would still be using
the same building for the incarcer-
alton Of It's prisoners" Indeed,
for fourteen years" ago, when
tho editor camc to Forrest City
"local option" prevailed, and had
it not been for tho return of ali
ccnso" the probability" is For.
rest City would have needed moth
ing more in the way of a prison
than her cold dilapidated, one.
room plank calabooso." / am sur
prised at the editors making use
Of such reasoning as this, as it is n
conceded fact that the saloon is
not surpassed nor equalled by any
agency IN America in building (by
creating the necessity rather than
furnishing the money! and peo-
ping the prisons. 1t is exactly for
this reason that we oppose the sa-
loon and will do so 10 the send OF
the world"
I'VE might stop to reply" says
the editor, "to the very studied
sarcasm which he saw fit to launch
at the editor of THE TIMES, but
we have long since learned that
thero is no profit in personal jour-
nalism. Therefore we shall OF
notice Rev. Davidson's efforts
along this line, and this disposes
Of the major portion Of his argu-
ment." Now it is a fact that the edi-
tor noticed, in some sort of fashion,
every position that l took except
me one in regard to the bible from
which l quoted Habakuk 2: Gil.
This he absolutely ignored and
must therefore constitute the
major portion" Of my argument.
If this is not the every studied
sarcasm" to which he alludes there
only remains unnoticed the mere
pleasantly of my opening remarks.
I still insist that the editor recon.
Gle. if he can, his position as a be-
Iiever in the word Of God to his
position on the saloon question.
This was not meant for sarcasm,
but may truly be admitted as the
major portion of my argument"
can afford to stand or fall by the
word Of God, and this l am will
ing to do, and SO should the editor
Of The TINES.
He says; eve do not pretend to
say, and never have, that it is a
good thing to drink whisky. On
the other hand those whe have
known US long and have read our
paper know that we, as much as
anyone, deprecate and regret the
awful consequences of intemper-
ance in the use of strong drink. Z"
This being true, then the only diff.
florence between the editor and
myself is the method by which we
propose to deal with what both
concede to be an evil. But how
does he propose to deal with this
evil? He answers first, "by pre-.
cept and example," In this l
agree with him. And just here l
want to suggest Tin a whisper of
course) that our editor, for the
sake of consistency, eliminate from
his paper all the saloon advertise
ments as they must help the sa.
looms in the sale of liquor and
The production Of evil, to
which he is opposed as we'll as my
self. In the second place he an
swers, "by licensing and CONTROL,
ing" Here we differ. To eli.
cense" q saloon is for a certain
money consideration, not only to
consent TO the liquor traffic, but it
is even to defend it in quitting
the bottle to thy neighbours lips
and making him drunk" This
we are forbidden to do by Al
mighty God under the penalty of
threatened woe, and God forbid
that l should go to the judgment
with the stain Of q neighbours
blood on my soul! Again, in deal
ing with any evil the object is not
20 control" but to destroy all or
any part of that evil. Jesus Christ
came into the world to destroy
the works Of the devil"-not to
control them; and tho editor of
rHE TIMES and / cannot afford to
change our Masters policy. he
may take the risk, but as for me
II will take moral suasion in one
hand and the laT in tho other, and
with these two most powerful wea-
pons in Gods armory / will drive
this enemy out.
eve believe" says the editor,
that during the last year Of local
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