The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-29
w. C T. U. COLUMN,
CONDUCTED BY MRS. N. L. HOBBS.
PEARSON TO PREA CnERS.


Prohibitios Sheriff Stirs the Maine Con.
gregatiea.
4 A remarkable scene occurred al
the recent meeting Of the Maine N
IL. conference, held at Yarmouth.
'IRev. Samuel +. Pearson, the sheriff
detected b. the prohibition party at
Portland, accepted an invitation to
address the conference and created
Tremendous enthusiasm He first
'|placed on the desk revolver, a ra-
''zor, and two "sandpeeps," "a local
name for a little fiat bottle used to
smuggle liquor. Sheriff Pearson
then spoke in part as follows:
Does prohibition prohibit s'still
Ia vital question here.
This revolver is one OF my best
friends, but it is harmless as hold
lit now. Put my l4l pounds be-
hind il and it would kill. This ra-
Izor has as keen an edge as any razor
liz Yarmouth, but couldn't shave
with the back. This "sand-peep'
lis harmless as it is, but it would
help to get a man drunk. We got
a man yesterday who had GO sand
peeps on his person.
The prohibitorv law will not en-
|force itself, but even my l4l pounds
liz back of the law can do much.
1.-THE law is not a person or thing.
|It il a legal enactment.
i Why hasn't the law been en-
forced? The church has been too
|languid. DR.. McAllister is the
|most aggressive temperance man
we have, and he got a unanimous
Icall to 60 back.
! God help a minister when rum.
seller can look up from bis pew and
,|say, "Be careful, chipped in 500
when your salary was raised" Fol
'ltwenty.ive years you have been
hide bound and party bound. You
may not like to have me say 80, bu,
God knows it is true, every word o.
,|it.
| | stood between two rumsellerf
land voted the Republican ticket
lone year. | will never, God help
sling me, be the filling for that sort
of a political sandwich again.
/ l took q solemn oath at midnight
january 1, and have l kept it?
:. A Boston paper says l have cut
down the Portland orders for liquor
I5O per cent. I will wipe It all out
lin six months more.
When I came into Office 239 per.
! isons in Portland held United
States liquor license, and it wa'
'said that there were $50 kitchen
|barrooms. / ask this question
Does any man know where he Car
stand up to q bar in all Portland
and drink in peace2
!, Where are the Portland saloons
I've seized S461 worth of liquor in q
stable yesterday. How would you
like to take Z drink there?
. l could 20 out Of Office worth
Is2OO, 600, but how should l stand
with God? won't do it. (Criel
|of "Good!")
In one case it was said thai
Is4O. 600 would be paid me To gel
|out, and that it would be worth
l$1O, 900 to the man who could ar.
range the deal.
was offered 81, 900 to dismiss
Chas. A. Plummer, one OF my dep.
,,|uties, but he is still q deputy. A
leading citizen sent for me; | did
mot 70. He was buried in politics,
land / hate politics. He sent q mes.
|sage to me by q liquor seller.
Isaid to him: "You and have
nothing in common, and will moi
|go."
A LIQUOR seller came to my Office
land said: "Sheriff, you're looking
|poorly. Some Of your friends have
,|raised q, 300 to send you TO Eu
d|rope for three months. :" | said, 81
iiIwon't co."
1 II it's worth $500 TO get rid o
lime when I'm only little used. up
I'm stay until I'm prostrated.
(Cries Of "God bless you.")
l won't die rich. I've earned th'
right by twenty years Of good
honest work 70 die poor II ! want Z
to die in the poorhouse II
please. Think Of it, brethren
live seen hundreds converted anC
|made to sec the light that shone il
|the face Of Jesus Christ.
I've seen husband and wife re
limited. I say to the men who tall