The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11
pRoMaooLE ApVERTIsEo.

DRoMGooLE ADVERTISED
In the year A. d. 81 Paul said 70
Timothy: Drink no longer water
INIT use a little wine for thy stomach 5
sake. and thine often inhrmities-
This quotation is the opening para
graph in a circular letter with which
Maury county is being flooded the
last paragraph reads: In conclusion,
I. like Paul, will say: Drink no
longer water or spirits, but use NJ
tie Jack Daniel for your stomach's
sake. The communication is mod
estly signed. Jack Daniel"
We quote this letter merely 70 dish
lusionize that portion Of the public
that would concede TO the liquor dealer
some consideration for things sacred,
and for the added purpose OF establish
ing the truthfulness of the familiar
quotation: The Devil, too, can quote
scripture for his purpose.
But it is to defend the fame Of one
of Tennessee's gifted writer's that We
use this space. Enclosed in the cir
cular is what purports to be clip
ping from the Nashville Banner. It
is headed Song and Story" by VIII
Allen Dromgoole." The ingenious nc
ton harps and dwells upon the virtues
and graces of that anointed saint
Jack Daniel, recent Baptist and refers
especially TO his conversion.
The fulsome praise which Miss
Dromgoole heaps upon the regen-
Grated distiller spreads itself over
nearly a column. 1t reeks with
laudations for the corn masher, pic
lures him as a maker Of the best,
and certifies that he is a at candidate
for Heaven from having made the
best"
1t concludes with that camp meeting
slogan:
she has landed many thousand, and
She'll land as many more,
oh, Glory Halleluiah."
The Herald does not question the
ability of the Good Ship to carry its
thousands, nor does it attempt to as
sert that Jack Daniel is not pas
senger on the trusted boat, but 1t rises
in protest against the distribution OF
Miss Dromgoole's article as a whisky
circular and the gratuituous advertis-
ing of that excellent writer. 1t also
protests against the use Of Jack Dan
iels conversion as a commercial as
set. The sins of Jack Daniel may be
no greater than those of thousands OF
other men, he may be the pleasant fell
low personally that he is pictured by
Miss Dromgoole while in mellow MOOD,
but the granting of this does not en-
title him to get religion, and then try
to sell that religion to the consuming
public.
Song and Story" is nearly all song
but it is not all STORY" 1t contains
some truths. Among others this:
"A famous old drinker remarked the
other day that lit was well for the
preachers and other good folks that
they never tasted the famous No. T."
undisputed passage is: his Ia
nous liquor that has helped to make
a dry and thirsty land of the great
state of Tennessee. We agree with
the famous old drinker in regard to
the well, and with Miss Dromgoole in
regard to the assistance that the state
received in going dry.
1t is reported that Jack Daniel has
sold his liquor business Be that as
it may, his name is still appended to
the circulars. We would not do this dis
gentleman an injustice, nor
would we see an injustice done Miss
of whom Tennessee is
proud. Let her copyright her articles
in future, and then call on Jack Dan
el to quit marketing his salvation, and
get another horn blower