The Forrest City times., 1908-05-22
Nhat the L<adisg Nsa of To-Day Think sf the Fstsre si the Temperance
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Theodore L. CGyleF says:
 We can never create 2 public senii- ment strong enough 10 suppress the dram shops until Gods people take hold of the temperance reform 2s a part Of their religion.
 1 This fact is clearly obvious, having been demonstrated numbers of times ba1 never before has the temperance cause teen ss universally agiiared zs now This battle with the saloon, which has been raging for 3 number Of years. Bos seems AS if iE might wax warmer and wzrmer. until the whole liquor rrarfsc is utterly demolished As this conflict has ragged in the past some notable battles have been won by the forces of righteousness, in spite Of the fact that some pessimists are inclined 10 believe that DO progress is being made One decisive battle that has been nnmistakabay won Is the re- cognition of the fact that total absti- hence from all that can infoxicate is the only safe course. All men do not practice this idea or live up to this ideal. How heartily we wish they did How much better it would be for all concerDed-the home. the church, and the nation-fhoagh We are compelled To admit with sad heart that they do not Vast -nultitudes Of inteIIi- gent men still enter the terrible sa- lo.on 10 drink that which works cer- tain ruin and death: but the idea of total abstinence has won, and almost all of these drinkers will admit that il is the only safe course. In view of this fact. il certainly behooyes every citizen 10 cast their vote opposing the sale Of il.
 Abraham Lincoln said of the liquor traffie:
 Tt is cancer in society. eating out its yitals and threatening destruction, and all attempts 10 regulate il will aggrayate the evil. There must be no attempts tO regulate the cancer 10 must be erzdicated-nor z root left behind-for until this is done all class es must continue in danger Of becom- ing victims of the dreaded drink.
 In commenting upon the recent election in Jefferson county. Alabama. one Of the leading business men, not prohibitionist, said thar in less than ten years there would nOf be legal ized saloon in all Dixie He also said that business men were fast be- coming convinced that business inter ests required the destruction of the liquor traffic, and that he himself had cast his first vote against license al the last election, because the saloon men had become too dictatorial and arrogant in their demands on public men.
 This healthy disgust Is growing rap idly among conservative business men. even among many who are not person. ally prohibitionists. Friends Of tenn perance should rejoice. and by wise conduct win approval of their pro gram.
 At present 5o counties in Arkansas are dry by vote and two others by De- tition- thus leaving only seventeen in which intoxicating liquors may be sold in one or more places in the coun- ty. Under the act Of the last legisla- ture there can be no more licenses granted outside Of incorporated towns, thus concentrating the light to the towns and cities. with two opportuni- ties Of knocking them out. First. At the general election by a majority of the votes for and against license Sec o1d. Failing by this process, they can 5e petitioned oat from within three miles Of church or schoolhouse through majority of all the inhabitants. which includes the mothers. wives. sisters and daughters over eighteen years of age. Already the aggregate vote is against the liquor traff1c, and in many ! places the local officers have been forced out Of office and honest. efficient ones have been put in their place. Thus se are preparing at z very early | day 10 swing Arkansas into the col uuln with those Rh0 already have Statewide prohibition