The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-05-19
LOCAL OPTION.

The Cuebun correspondent Of the
Cliuch Valley Move ~riiiug Co that paper
last scck concerning local option iu wi-e
Count, -a,.
Ia-i May. she fefcrs of our Nseistcrial
District carried local option hy a good
majority. and it h. needless Co say thataii
unt better citizcus vcrs. aud afe yet
/ iricud- 90 ihc measure Vet the opposi-
uou rss qaiic strong. and was ied hy
/ those. AZ is aluass ihe case, who have for
,cats been violating the law Bog the sale
OF liquor. aud those Boo sympathy with
lfhom. to which uar Dec added most of The
/ foreign element ~ho take Pee *''' '"'et-
,-t and cane le--ur our laws aud govern
mcut.
THE opposit ion s.. stil smoug u-. sud
che, have iasi 900 opportunity Co defeat
iIc object oi local option. aud to annoy as
mach as possible abe temperance element.
both by violating the law and giving aid
90 Those who do SO.
bot th.s opposition. Do, the enforcement
ollle Jazz ts Judge skeeu b. sroeius
beautiful, ics.
Some of ihc offender, ore nos doing
ums iu itI aud on che chain gang. and
others uul shortly follow suit unless al
.Iens iai. Nutvuh-iaudine thc effort. OF
thc ~iavlr-s element in destroy ts results,
there be- 300 doubt hut taatlocal option ha-
been beneficial Co cur community boz ever,
respect.
before local urtiuu went INTO effect therc
crrNutn aud noudtovn aul several beer
hruscs we're in inll ila-t .n houdtonn.
and no. result. The staff eas 90 plentiful
aud convenient Go get, thtt drinking aua
drunkenness vcrc rampant. Loesl option
closed these dcns oi pollution aud vice.
tnd rr arr not nos ANNOYED with thc
lsil, spectacle ul dfuuAcuner-, urlthct b.
night made hidcuus With drunken Wells
aud hacchahaliau r~evclrs.
Forty thousaud dullars we've srCat tu-
uuaIls tor Whi-kc, aud hcrr at these
p..ccs. This mooney b.. uor usrd Cor l"eii'
Imato purposes Including thc uccv-saricf
oi llc toe the heretofore NEGLECTED. wives
aud children, aud a~ consequence, trad,
iu Coehum Aud houd,oen ASS at iga-
tecutN tive rcr cent better last year thai
tDc year before.
After ue bad gotten rid ot che disfillcr,
= aud hcer houses "a hrceiug company uu
dcrtoah io deliver hcer Go CUSTOMERS %
uur vicinity. hut 90 wH- brought Co ume
aud Was more than sulins o. retain i'
tht place vlcucs % came.
Then this moustrosity called SCOTIA
clubs was thrust upou u.s., hut that ut
thrntti,d hv Judge Mathews, aud 1905
sleep. tlc sleep that knows no waking
so. sou see We have bad a tough tim
ot BE-. but the cause oi local option st.
- survives. aud 10 here 90 STAY.
The cruse ct temperance has advance
step hY step. gaining new strength an
courage "a each onslaught, and 10 is NOR
than probable that WISE couuty will hevc
have another licensed saloon. Su moi
@ Sc lc.
We are nov grading a site between Co,
Be- burn aud Baudtovu Tor a i've thoussu
dollar Aisilict school building. aud O.
September tst, expect 10 havea aut-ols,
graded school iu tail operation. Had
not have becu Tor local optisu, tAis soul
NOT De.
Guod citizens will shortls begiu To- D,
! cate among us 20 give thrir children o.
advantages ct oar high school, and 3.
tAis class comes iu. temperance grou
stronger.
Believing whatever helps a communal
= morally, socially, financially aud educ.
uonaliy. also helps it reiigioasls aAd p,
hticaily, the foregoing l. submitted as a
%snsset 90 yoar enquiry.