The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-18
a GREAT DAY FOR TEMPERANCE


eader for the lunch this noon, while
Bugke Culpepper prepared the children
fsr the march. by pinning on them the
pE0hibition badges and the various
Scsi0red ribbons representing the diff
Eeeent religious denominations. At 10: 30
e'oock under the leadership Of Mar
ShAl John L. Edwards, the children.
headed by Revs. J. B. and Burke Gull
Depper and Harris. marched UP to the
and around it. There were
ksl1y 800 children, 100 women and a
Few men in the procession. At the
west entrance Of the courthouse the
col1ldren rang. Down with the Sa-
syeon.~ The procession then marched
sAswn Nsrth' Magnolia street to the
Seaboard depot and back to the tent,
when the Hon. JnO N. G. Stockton
made q great speech for temperance
Promptly at IL O'clock, after the
Bows and girls had sung several songs.
front and introduced the Hon. Jno. N.
sC Stockton. Of Jacksonville, who was
received very cordially.
b Nj. Stockton extended congratula-
ti0ns on the magnificent demonstra-
ton and said he could not see how. a
man could look on the picture and
falf to vote the dry ticket. He then
tp1unged right into his theme and said
he could see how the business men in
Ms town who owned property and it
was rented at high rate, could favor
the liquor traffic. or men who enjoyed
tie trade of the liquor men in the bus
tness, but all this was pure selfishness,
hut he had sympathy for the man who
believed his liberties were improved by
the doing away with drink. He read
a interesting article from Golfers
sWeekly, showing the liquor habit of
500 years ago in England. Signs were
prominent saying, drink for a pen
NY: a dead drunk for two. This shows
the low stage of civilization at that
era Of the worlds history He said:
Does liquor license pay? No. 1 wifi
tell you why. In my city with 100 sa-
looms the revenue to city, county and
state Is 100000. Our citizens spend
saloon men but bad for the people Of
the city. Ocala, Marion county gets
900 from liquor license. The peo-
pie spend 100000 a year He then
took UP the argument that a prosper
Gus town must necessarily be wet
Town. He denied that liquor brought
money to anybody but the saloOnkeep-
er. He illustrated it by instoncing
HAStieaburg, Miss. a town of $4,000
people and enjoying prosperity and
public utilities beyond the average and
had school nine and ten months in a
year.
II business men will only study the
liquor traffic from a financial stand
point and with honesty Of purpose.
they must see that 1t is not necessary
to have drink to be prosperous. The
trouble with the business men is they
are selfish and hidebound as a class
that their eyes can't see anything but
the almighty dollar. He said in jack
:uonville the liquor men held the bal
'aace Of power and used 1t to further
ance of their. traffic. He said the IL
sQuOr men were the men Who controlled
the finances of the town and owned
large blocks Of property and had
mortgages on the rest. He gave a
pqrsond experience. He bought prop
efty that had a mortgage held by a
H0uor man. Knowing Stockton's po-
ttdcA sentiments. he was at once no
9t04d that the mortgage was due and
0lnet be paid. He instanced Hender-
eonviile's IN. CO. prosperity under
StSoaibition; read letter from mayor,
swe1ch said since Asheville went dry,
wohibitton does prohibit. for in fif-
$o0n days there was not a case Of
drunk up before his honor. Spoke Of
~ influence Of a Florida boy at
tkehceton University. A custom had
existed at that college Of learning for
MY years known as "keg day." when
the frisky youths went out a mile from
the campus and INDUCED in a celebra-
tfoa- This Florida boy was asked to
aesist. He said no. That no good
'Ceaid come out Of it. Another man
he Is right. Another said. let us
'thtllkit over three days and then de-
scs0e: They did and voted it down.
Later the faculty prohibited 1t and be-
Cause forty-two wealthy youths des-
troyed the rules of college. were ex-
peeled.
He then appealed to the boys to
learn to love Go and fear no man and
With this sentiment in their hearts and