The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-09-16
WHERE EDWARDS WIN.

1t pretty generally admitted by friends Kentucky
behind the Of the Union wealth and ed
ucao spite the that her people the best aud cveress
alive In looking for the for this situation people begin
ming that tie way which look the carrying Of
cead taking life has much to do with it,
This of the things which the rest of the world most SEN
will change considerably before will get
and development from the outside Outsiders really
afraid to come into the State.
go the extent to which weapons
red Hardly aday but what has his in his pocket
ready for ready too he should happen to feel
like it, And the times when is and need
lsy usually but causing immense harm and pain to innocent
people
It is idle to urge to stop the hab-they practically
forced it, No travelling the roads knows what minute he
drunken brute dangerous No knows
but what the slightest dispute with the he does business
WITH he will find his opponent with weapon to enforce his views OF
the matter And he knows certainly that II he shot, there will be
very little legal punishment his slayer His only pro-
lection is hme-unless armed he at the of
who for spite thru liquor for other wishes kill
many of the shooting of unarmed men,
killing behind give any any right the
babe killing except in fair fight Nohe coward has all the ad
The only protection against who
affairs always the who is scared
that shoots sand it is no telling how scared some of the brave
fellows pistols pockets may Often, of pure
fright fool with kills where with little
would have watedmany death caused by the hardness of
weapons So long the carrying of goes UNPUBLISHED
the best citizen at the the wosand the baest man
the most likely to get killed.
In these circumstances preaching evil gun ong
do just hng will induce the best citizens quit They will
be the with the highest for law and the best
The bad will not be effected an fact it is all the better
them, because they carry with less danger themselves
things which be done and which would
reduce the danger from the low gunoter that all decent would
be able unarmed The thing make hard
weapons which be concealed Alabama law forbds the
owning pistol less than "a inches long Enforcement of
law of that kind would almost stop pistol carrying wants to
around with like that strapped him. and he
did the fact that he had would be well advertised and
would protection ohethey would be able to keep
away from him,
The other method of dscoyragng this great evil the rigid
orcemen Of the law against pistol ong especially against d
puable Nowadays usual penaty-which
does not hinder much Other penalties should be resored
ofenses caught with gun him four five times ought
to be locked If he were inanehe just dangerous to
community.
Every citizen should do his share toward this
enorse itself and the officers of justice find very little
without the help the good citizens people
think they ought aors who happen live their neigh
borhoodmore afraid testify against such Both
these classes wongthe who protects violato nurg
himself and keeping alive serpent which sting him tm
the who afraid increasing condition
Of The evil will grow less by being open
against will have quick for after ALL
good community than bad and the bad
and will behave all right they the good going stand
together
And thing more-the law is made for all the people,
OF that the the fellow OF
that true but must forget that is for
And the first part seeing the enforcement of law is
force il yourself
The time has when this evil should be squarely. 1t
has been growing less of late but there signs that
is back along with the whkey No afford to have
it all know too well how terrible the results of
likely to be- Now before it gets good start is the time it,
And all good citizens irrespective Of party ought to join for this