The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-23
Words Appearing on Banner in
Sunday School Parade May
Have Sinister Meaning to
Liquor Dealers.
SALOON MEN PREPARED
TO MEET ANY ATTEMPT.
Claim Argument of Taxation
Figures viii Be Forceful
When Hime Arrives for !
Struggle viii Count.

To those citizens of Richmond and
Wayne county who are opposed TO the
temperance movement, which threat
ems to sweep through county and
leave 1t as dry as a well picked bone, |
the Sunday school parade yesterday !,
afternoon was an alarming spectacle.
Every man, woman and child partici-
pating in the parade is openly opposed
TO the sale of intoxicating liquors in
this county. True the women and
children could cast no ballots should
the anticipated battle between tho
wet and dry forces be fought out
in old Wayne, but the leaders of the
wet army who witnessed the parade
realized that these women and child
rem, in nearly every case. reflected
the opinions of the voters in their re-
spective families.
After the parade passed there was
not wet" supporter who did not re-
fleet: Was not the parade show of
strength on the part of the temper
ance advocates? In nearly every,
case they decided this was one of the
prime motives of the parade. This
conclusion was reached because in
cluded In the parade there was an or
dinary buck board but which displayed
on each side signs which ominously
read County Local Option" the bat
tie cry of the anti-saloon forces
| throughout the state. On the front
seat of this blackboard rode President
Kelly of Earlham college and Timo-
| thy Nicholson. two of the mightiest
war chiefs of the temperance army
in this county.
Two Liquor StronghoIds.
Should a county local option law be
passed by the next legislature IL will
be signal for the anti-saloon forces
in Wayne county 10 declare war on
| the liquor interests. The wet" army
is strongly intrenched in Wayne coun-
| ty and If the clash ever comes it
promises TO be q most bitter fight. It
| is true there are only two liquor
strongholds In the county, Wayne and
Jackson townships. all the other town.
ships being dry. but the liquor men
claim they are as impregnable as Glib
ralter and that as long as they hold
out the county will remain wet.
At the present time there are fifty
seven saloons in WAYNE county. forty
nine in Richmond, seven in Cambridge
| City and one in East Germantown.
All of these annually pay into the
county treasury $4,000 for licenses and
fees for the issuance Of licenses and
recording them. The city of Rich
mond, which issues each liquor license
at the rate of $3.50, receives annually
from the saloons s12,250. Cambridge
! City gets $50 for each licuor license
issued and its income from this
source annually amounts to sI,050.
! The total amount all the Liquor deal
ers in the county pay out each year
equals s1e.7O0
/ Vets Have Argument.
Local wet chieftains argue that
If the city of Richmond was deprived
of its lauor license income there
would not be enough money in the
city treasury to operate the munich
pal government machinery.
One skirmish between the wet
and dry" forces has occurred this
year. resulting in victory for the tenn
perance warriors. This skirnish was
fought at Hagerstown with the result
that three saloons were driven from
that community and IL is now dry foe
the first time in years.
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