Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-22
Things OF Special Interest To Morgan County People.

Things OF Special Interest To Morgan County People.
Why have a Local Option Election in Morgan county,
Because this is the legal way of deciding whether or not spridous or in
tosicatne liquors shall be sold for beverage purposes.
Can the county afford the expense of a special elecuon'
Yes. If We carry the county, it will prove al investment, rather than an
expense.
VIVA, If re fail to carry the county for Local Option. Then W have the
expense of the election, without any way OF reimbursing ourselves.
What effect will Local Option have on the morals of the peoplei
In all places, where thoroughly tried, crime and immortality have been re-
duced from seventy to eighty per cent. Criminal costs re reduced there
fore in like ratio.
wh, effect will Local Option have o n the business of the county,
The effect will be good. The money that is squandeIed in the saloon
will go into the honorable lines of trade. The merchants will sell more
goods and collect their bills with more case. More and better houses will
be built throughout the country. Many men, women and children will be
better fed and clothed. The attendance in the public schools will be great
y increased. The number of paupes will be reduced, and little if any
necessity Tor a county Jail.
Ish likely tina, druggists Or other persons will sell intoxicating liquors con-
uary to law7
No, much; see penalty for this violation in sec. 3O4sb. Every druggist,
proprietor of a drug store or a pharmacist, shall, on some day Of the first
week of each and every month file with the county clerk of the county in
which he is doing business, a list of all prescriptions compounded by him IT
those in his employ, prescribing liquors during the preceding month. And
said list shall be accompanied by an affidavit OF the druggist, proprietor OF a
drug store or pharmacist, stating that said list Sc filed is a true list of all pre-
scriptons (hled) (fned) by him or those in his employ during the preced-
ing month, and on failing, neglecting, or refusing so to do, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not less
than fifty or NOR. than two hundred dollars.
Approved March IS, 1907.
Sec. 1904. Late session acts.
Penalty for selling without License.
Any person convicted of a violation of any Of the preceding provisions
OF this article shall be fined a sum not less than forty or more than two
hundred dollars.
Against unlawful handling of liquor in local option counties, sec. 2 p. 232.
No person shall keep, store OF deliver for or TO another person, in any
county hath has dooted or NAV here aUer adoDt. Local Onion law I'M
Intoxicating liquor of any kind whatsoever
Sec. 4.
more than n thousand dollars or Imprisonment in the county Jail for not
imprisonment. Approved May 10, 1907.
How will Local Option effect the farmer IS o the market for his grain1
The effect "a only be good, a government figures show that only one
bushel in forty, Of the grain produced in the u. S. is used in the manuacL
ue of malt or distilled liquors, and ten times this amount could be used i
relieving the desttuion caused by strong drink. The wage earn would
spend his money for bread.
Is it right to license evil to get revenue for public improvements
'Woe unto him that buldeth a city with blood" Hab. 212. Judge
in yourselves is it right, to pave u streets, and improve ~ public high
ways, at the sacrifice and debauching of young manhood and womanhood.
Who should vote for Local Optoni
Every right thinking man. No voter can afford to do otherwise, for if we
fail to carry the county for Local Option, every man who votes against
this measure makes himself a party to all the crime and misery that fol-
lows as a result.