Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1907-04-05
"A Tax Payers" Hand Bill.

the morning or Marcn 81, In tho
year of our Lord 1907. q go the
trouble to record the exact date be.
cause the date of all Important"
events should be recorded for ben
eft of posterity.) 1 will not reply
but will leave that to other "tax.
payers' who are not in harmony
with the sentiment expressed in
said "hand BILL" This "Tax
Payer" classes himself as one of
the "best citizens" of Jefferson
and complains of persecution. !"
I have sought to attack nothing
but low dives, houses of prostitu.
ton, prostitutes and lawlessness in
general, and if this is "persecu
ton" of the 4f''tax payers" and
"best citizens" of Jefferson I have
not said half what ought to have
been said. 1 want "Tax Payer"
to tell the people how an attack
upon brothel "pelsecutes'' him.
| heard great many citizens who
pay taxes state upon the streets
that they did not feel "persecuted'
in the least.
Now I do not believe this ''hand
bill" represents the sentiments of
the ''best citizens" and "tax pay
ers" of Jefferson The following
are the reasons l have for believ-
ing it dnes not represent the "best
citizens.
1st The best citizens would
have gone tn the .IlMPLEcuTE and
explained to the editor that they
were b-ing prosecuted" and de.
mandsd that be desist; but this
tax payer" goes abroad to have
his printing dune and never asked
the use of the columns of the JIMP
LEcUTE that would have been free.
ly given him
2ud The best citizens would
have shown how and when they
had been prosecuted. but TAX
Payer" merely says they are per
secuted" and tired of it aud le ayes
the public to guess the rest.
3rd. The best citizens would
have denied the truth of what
"Citizen" had said or admitted its
truth and used some argument to
show why the truth should not be
spoken; but this "tax payer" de.
MES the truth of a statement "Citi-
zen" neve rmade and Tax Payer"
would have to he in or near house
of prostitution all the time to make
the positive denial he has made.
and uses no argument save that he
is "persecuted" and tired of it.
4th. The best citizens would
not have evaded every good thing
in the Bible from Genesis to Reve-
lations and sought to distort part
of the 3rd chapter of Ecclesiastes
into a defense of brothels and lib
crimes
9Th. The best cit;zsns would
not have made their reply to "Citi.
zen" in the silent watches of the
night. They feel that Jesus
Christ spoke the truth when be
said that man loved darkness r.th.
er than light. because their deeds
were evil John 3:19 The best
citizens do not believe this old
town can be built up by following
the leadership of tax payer that
seeks to condemn crusade against
vice and lawlessness by having
hand bills printed abroad and or
the only night for weeks that the
plying moon had yelled her face
with dark rain clouds and the
threatening ell 'ments had driven
most people to shelter, this "tired'
and "persecuted'' ''best citizen
: and "tax payer" with a stealthy
cat.like tread, fearing to awaken
I honest people that were sleeping
) the sleep of righteousness. tackec
; his Important Word to Reason
!, able people" upon telephone pole
: all over the city. Our old town il
, being ruined by persons who d.
their WORK in the night.
r There is indeed time ito" al
things and I think that prostitute
and their supporters have jus
about had their time in Jefferson
and its now "high time" to effec
, the setting oftheir sun.
t l want to tell TAX Payer" tina
l don't see much difference in tn
l cleanliness of bird that will be
foul its own nest and one that will
!. try and keep it foul. I don
know who befouled it; 1 have beef
trying to clean it and you seem t.
be tired of my operations.
l have said more than l INTENDED
to say. I could abuse and appl,
vile epithets to TAX Payer lik
he has done me, but am a gentle
man and won't do it. I dom
mean to say that he is no gentle
man l mean only that "I'' cam
do it and be a gentleman.
l don't call this reply, hecaus
if this tax payer" represents tn
best citizens and tax payers of thi
town and county l have no repl
to make. but l won't apologize
What do the citizens and tax pay
J ers say about it, anyway? We wan
, to hear from you.
Next week l will give my nam
in the J1MPLECUTE and tell yo
why 1 wrote over a fictitious sigma
ture, and l ask Tax Payer" to d
! likewise and tell why he did hi
work in the night, and how h
knows "positively" that two third
of the married men don't 90 to tn