The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-03
TRUE FACTS
FTTLY FRAMED.
A Few Things Whleh We WOaId
Lihs tie Citizens sG Lees

testimonials, setting f0ftn the great
advantages derived from prohibition,
that we have not space 70 publish them.
A long list Of names has just been re-
ceived from Gainesville, names Of the
leading business men, declaring them
selves against barrooms and the condi-
lions which accompany their existence.
We thought we would have space for
these expressions Of our best known
men In the interests Of temperance, but
they are too multitudinouS for repro
consistently: LESS drunkenness, less
crime, fewer arrests, less criminal
court business; more sobriety, more
business, more bank deposits, more
building, more employment Of labor I"
The temperance people could easily I'll
one whole issue Of this paper with sub
gtantial and authoritative testimony
from the most reliable sources proving
the great help that prohibition has been
70 ell these counties, were II necessary
and practicable. And that, too, from a
class Of men who command the respect
Of the people; whose upright, Christian
lives and excellent capacity for business
have made them worthy Of confidence
and esteem. They are men who are
living TO build up, rather than TO drag
dOlDfI; men who seek 10 hold out the
helping hand, rather than to give the
proveTbial "kick;" men who are making
an honest living by the work Of their
hands, rather than getting II by degrad-
ing their fellow man, and running
Hdrunkards' factories" The men OF
Gainesville, Live Oak, Lakeland, De-
Land, Barlow, Arcadia and the other
fortunate towns that have voted out
saloons, are men who can prove what
they say by figures and facts. We have
noticed that while q good deal Of howl
ing u done by the whlskey element,
and all sorts Of extsavagant statements
made by them, they are unable 70 give
respectable authority for what they say;
and as for giving figures and facts, they
seem 20 think that the class Of people
with whom they deal are not Of the
kind 20 require it.
We have noticed q tendency on the
part of some people 70 rather underrate
the intelligence Of the men and women
who are lined up or the temperance
side. For the benefit Of this clsss, we
wish TO say that we would gladly put
this matter 10 the test. The women In
TaIIahassee who have interested them
selves In this great and noble cause, are
women who are intelligent, educated
and, best Of all, spiritual; they are
women who are not living for the vain,
frivolous pleasures Of the world, but
who have the great cause and the best
good of humanity at heart; they are
women who are we'll informed on ques-
lions Of sociRlistic, economic, political
and religious matters; they can look
anybody In the face with q conscience
unpolluted by any compromise with the
world, flesh, devil or whlskey element
Who wants barrooms any way7 Do
spiritual, self-sacrifcinR, GOd-fearing
women want thsm3 DO the pure and
cultured young ladies want them7 Do
our school teachers want them? Do
the ministers Of Gods gospel want
tbem7 Does legitimate business want
them3 Do the young men, who are
trying 10 build up character and who
are striving 10 resist temptation, want
An, no. The man who wants to get
rich by making others poor, wants
them; the man who cares nothing for
the walls Of childhood or the heartaches
Of widowhoOd, wants them; the man
who has no regard for the morals Of q
community, no regard for law and or
der, who wants 70 debauch himself with
drink, and kill and rob and plumber, he
wants them; the gambler wants them;
that bawdy house wants them the cor
rupt politician wants them.
Let the people draw the contrast.
On one side IL intelligence, culture, re-
hnement, morals, endorsements Of law,
order and purity. On the other IL to
be found ignorance, crime, lawlessness,
immortality, gambling, drunkenness and
irrellgion. Which side are you ont
The temperance men and the temper
ance women Of Leon county wish 20
hereby inform the whiskey element
that they are wide awakel Ready for
the battle and strong In the power and
might Of the God whom they serve.
We are not afraid Of you. The Leader
Of our hosts Is as strong and mighty
as He was two years ago He neither
slumbers nor sleeps +" Thine. o Lord.
10 the greatness and the power and the
glory and the victory and the majesty.
In Thine hand Is power and might; In
Thine hand Il is 10 make great and TO
give strength unto all " IF God be
Tor Va, who can be against usf"
During the month Of December be-
fore the town went dry there were OF
arrests; the December following the
election recorded only 10 arrests.
From the mayors docket book we get
the following information; Number Of
arrests made the last year Of barrooma,
1855; number made first year Of prOhibi-
ton, 140; second year, 1874 Please no.
tica that the total arrests In the past
two years does not aggregate the num-
her made n ONE wear nFoVtu19 70 The