The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1906-08-03
THE |. CT. F. CAMPAIGN,
Speakers and Andersohian
Quartette in Drinkley.

Quartette In Dr1Akley.
The Inter Church Temperance Fed
GRAFTON campaign for temperance edu-
cation and no license has begun.
This organization is composed OF all
the evangelical churches in Arkansas
working through an executive COM
mittee made up Of representative men
of each church. sesa-sss-
The plan Of the Organization is to
carry on a campaign Of temperance
education and for no licence, putting
competent speakers and singers in
every voting precinct in every county
In the state before election day.
Revs. Frank Barrett, secretary. and
Rev. w. M. Wilson. one Of the COM
mittee members, have been assigned
seventeen counties. They are ac-
companied by the Andersonians, a
splendid quartette of business men who
furnish soul-stirring music.
This sextette Of noble christian
workers filled an appointment in Brink
ley Wednesday, night at the Method
list church, furnishing high class,
instructive entertainment
Rev. Frank Barrett called to order
A prayer was offered by Rev. n. B.
Cox. The first selection rendered by
the quartet was that worship inspiring
song "Holy. Holy. Holy Lord God
Almighty and the second was wha'
might be termed rally song, Awake
the Bold Other appropriate selec-
lions we're rendered later in the even
ing. The singing Of this quartette wa:
Of high order and greatly delighted
the audience. The members of the
quartette are: S. E. Anderson. frs
tenor: F. G. Briggs. second tenor; w
n. Woodfin. baritone; v. G. Craig
basso.
Rev. w. M. Wilson, OF Batesville
was the speaker Of the evening. He
began his address by stating the origin,
purpose and plan Of the Inter Church
Temperance Federation. then BY facts
and figures clearly demonstrated the
proposition that the question involved
temperance VS. the liquor traffic-was
the greatest one confronting the ma
stion today-political. financial and
moral. He cited statistical figures
showing that as destructive force
liquor caused more deaths annually
than small pox. yellow fever and
earthquakes combined; that the liquor
traffic cost the people Of the United
States in 1895 over 700 million
dollars more than the army. the navy,
the pension rolls; that instead Of the
revenue from ficence being necessary
to maintain municipal governments,
figures showed the rnaintance Of the
saloon to cost the people Of every
.town and vicinity where located sew
eraI thousand dollars more than the
revenue amounted to. He cited Des
Arc Is an illustration. The town
derived an annual revenue Of $ SOC;
tiSe saloons cost the people over
10000. these figures being partly
furnished by the Wholesale liquor deal
ers themselves and partly by reliable
citizens OF Des Arc. The speaker
also cited the testimony Of a promi-
nent active court Judge. giving name
and address. who had carefully COM
piled statistics IN MS JURISDICTION DC
fore and under prohibition. The re-
III OF his investigation was that the
cost Of prosecution Of crime Matched
10 the saloons was $1,000 more thar
the revenue derived from them ane
that after the saloons were voted GU
The prose cuticn Of crime OF all kind.
whatsoever was a little more thar
IS. 900.
Concerning the expense TO the in
dfvldsal. the speaker submitted the
Following estimate made BY q promi-
nent merchant:
Three beers day. which Is low
>et,,rate for habitual drinkers, viii