Smyrna times., 1907-10-16

out. There has been radical change |
for good in the moral tone of the town.
You need no better argument in favor
of local option than the growth of this
town and its steadily increasing pros
perity."
While we were talking, Mr.. Stevens
of the firm came in. ''Try local option
once," he said, land you will never be
willing to go back to licensed saloons.
1 must confess was some undecided
about the question once. but fair trial
has convinced me that it is an inestim-
able benefit in every way.
W. II. Hooper, Leading Hardware Merchant,
Said:
$50 satisfactory, is it that the ques
tion is no longer discussed here. 1
doubt if you could find business man
in Cambridge who would speak a good
word for license, l am sure you could
not, unless it were some fellow whose
business has gone behind, and is seek
lux bOUlO 6ACuS6 lOL ~ VI oOlnO OuC
who wants to sell liquor"
1 said, 81 wonder what kind of tes-
timonials a whiskey emissary could
get here"
81 don't believe, he could get one he
would have" said he. 81 think he
would be compelled to invent his testi
monials. Any man who might talk
favorably to him, would be ashamed to
have his name used, or the whisky en-
issary would be ashamed to use it."
Judge Henry Lloyd said to me.
"Local option is good thing for Cam
bridge. I know many man here, in
good financial condition, who would
never got on his feet if the saloons had
stayed"
W'N. Andrews, States Attorney, Said.
81 have been looking to Delaware
with some considerable anxiety since
your local option fight began. feel
an interest in it, because of my associ-
alton of years ago. You know 1 went
to school in Dover. hope, in the in
terest of public good, you will drive
the saloon out.
Local option is a success in Dor
chester county. AS prosecuting Off
Ger, I unqualifedly say so. An officer
of the law who declares it to be any
thing but a success, practically admits
that he does not discharge his duty,
and should be ashamed to say so.
Arrests for drunkenness and disor
derly conduct are nothing, compared to
what they used to be, and our court
expenses are far less heavy. You
, know the oyster industry is a great one
| in Cambridge, and brings into our
midst all sorts and conditions of peO-
t pie. If the saloons were open to that
class the town would not be fit for a
decent citizen to live in.
''The whiskey advocate may tell you
: that our taxes are higher than they are
in some other places. Well, they art
Q a little higher, but that is not because
of license, or of no license. 1t hal
nothing to do with it. 1t is partly be
t cause large area of Dorchester County
q about thirty miles-contributes no
thing to the county treasury, and re
! quires a greater expenditure of publi
I money than any other part of tht
county. Our people understand thai
and there is no complaint.
Z Eyes, you may go where you please
among the good citizens of Cambridge
t and you will find them all one way o1
|: thinking on this question. Local op
i ton is not an experiment now IN Cam
). bridge, it Is an established condition
Z and we are satisfied with it,
John W. Fletcher, Register Of Wills, Said:
= THE best day Cambridge ever saw
g was the day it got rid of the saloons.
! Nothing else we could have done woul
have improved our condition so much
. With proper vigilance, good officials
u and the honest execution of the Law
10 local option cannot help being a su,
u cess anywhere.