The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-11
\ ECHOES FROM CAIRO PULPITS E:


county, heHtuChN, luhiiihS b'Nh a."
far as 1875. filed these facts as val
liable campaign ammunition, not
thinking that would be able TO use
them so soon in behalf of the temper.
anee cause.
The saloons were voted out Of Bar.
How County. Kentucky. about 1873, on
llS76. while Mr.. j. W. Gholson lived
there. He has been familiar with the
town oil Wickliffe and the county Of
Barlow ever since.
In 1897 or 1898 the town Of Wick
life voted the saloons back into the
town. They have been in operation
lin the last year, when the citizens
again voted them out Of the town.
During the twenty years, or more.
LOT no saloons in Ballard County,
there were just two murder cases in
the county One Of these was com
United by a man under the influence
of strong drink, who had cotton his
/ whiskey at Mounds, Illinois The 9th
er was the result Of an old feud and
inc one knows but what whiskey had
ia part In the beginning OF the fend
I But the fact is. to which Mr.. Gholson
itestifies. that during all these twenty
/ years. there were only these two
murders in the entire county.
I In 1Sg7or 1898 the people of Wick
life. on the plea OF revenue voted
! Jack the saloons They wanted new
sidewalks. and We're led to believe
/ that the saloon license would give
these and other needed improve.
ments.
/ Soon after the return OF the sa-
looms to WicNiffe, two young men
from the county went to Wickliffe
/ and while there drank heavily. While
returning home they got into an ar
gument and began to quarrel. At a
1 bridge they got down from their
horses aud began to fight. One Of
them snatched up a piece of iron that
lay by the bridge and with it crush
Ell the head Of the other young man.
The murderer was sent 10 the peni-
Tertiary.
| Net long after this, a farmer who
had been ITO Wickliffe drinking, was
| returning home in his buggy, leaving
| the wagon to his young son. While
ldriving around mud hole. the boy
hung the wagon wheel in tree, and
was not able to pull the wagon out
He told a man passing by ON horse.
back to ask his father TO come back
to his help. When the drunken faith
er did return, he was so enraged with
his son, that he fell upon him with a
club and beat him to death. This
murderer also went to the state $
prison.
| These two cases OF murder were but
the beginning, and the foul stream
that has been running eontinuallr
Since the voting back of the saloons
| into Wickliffe. there have been at
least four murder cases a year on
THE docket of Ballard County. This IS
! a dark commentary on the return TO
power of the saloon in Wicklffe in
/ 1897 or 1898. During these last eight
or nine years there have been at least
thirty-two or more, murder cases ~
Ballard County during the time Of
the open saloon in Wickliffe. Over
against that stands the record OF
twenty years of no saloon In Ballard
County with only two murder cases IA
all the county.
And the history of Ballard County
for the last thirty years is in har
mony with the history of the saloon
influences in every other place WHERE
records have been kept The saloon
is always the companion of crime
and murder. The same territory al
ways shows a marvellous falling of in
crime and murder when the saloon is
removed. And the history OF Ballard
! County. Kentucky is probably the
history of the entire state of Ken
lucky, in so far as the influence of the
saloon can be ascertained in its effect
on crime and murder
The people of Wickliffe have also
discovered TO their sorrow the folly
OF depending on the revenue of the
saloon for the Improvement OF the
town. one of the most reliable citl-
gems of Wickhffe told Mr.. j. W. Ghol
son lately that the revenue from the
saloons had not built their sidewalks.
as they had supposed. aud that their
debt, during the last eight or nine
years had increased at least five
times. The wickliffe experience goes
to prove that the saloon revenue
never does make permanent improv p.
ment in town. and that. on the con
trary. the presence OF the saloon ia
town tends to constantly increase the
expenses OF the town. There is abund
ant testimony from the most reliable
business men all over the land To
the utter folly of depending on the
saloon for revenue tc run the town.
The contrary is always the case.
These facts, which do not appear TO
be well known by many of our
friends in Cairo. will probably b.
sbundantly supplied during the com
ing months.
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