Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-01-14
Scattered Items.

Holster, of Cole Camp, who shipped
them to 81. Louis. They weighed 1850
and brought IS 90 per hundred here.
Friday night the music lovers near
Zion church met at Uncle Pete Blossers'
and spent the evening singing. Uncle
Pete and family made It pleasant for all
in attendance aud there was good sized
crowd out
Sunday Henry Callison and wife, of
Excelsior, visited with Allen Bowlen and
family.
Hughes & Co. last week sold Bud
Marriott eighteen feeding cattle that
weighed close to 1000 at $4 so per 100.
Last week Joe Roe, west OF Versailles,
bought n fine lot of hay Of Mr.. Wilson.
Of Enid, and brought down 2S head Of
cattle to which MIR. Wilson will feed the
hay.
Tuesday Bose Brown, Of Enid, Ben
Filter, Of Barnett, shipped car load Of
fat yearlings for which they expect
good price. Mr.. Brown fed most of these
on his farm. while the rest were just
bought to fill out the load.
Last Saturday ID. p. Taylor received
She sad news of the death OF his
only sister She was near 50 years
old and was the widow of Rev Wilson
Alice, Of near Clarksburg.
Last Friday right about forty.fve OF
the friends of the Clifton b. ps. gathered
ct their bachelor hail and tipped the
ligh, fantastic toe until all were satisfied.
Five fiddlers armed with all sorts Of
musical tools we're present aud furnished
plenty Of good music. The young ladies
and gentlemen that graced the occasion
speak highly Of the hospitality Of the
Clifton Bros. and their sisters.
George Bose and Tom Brown last
week sold about so head of good cattle to
a gentleman from Howard cou uty, Mis-
souri. All parties concerned express
themselves as being: we'll pleased with
the deal.
: Tuesday night Eh.sa Es.essad family
gave the young folks a dance and the
w~a her being chrstinas.like It Was an
enjoyable affair.
t'RoHIBrTIoN ENrORcEMENr.
The difficulty of enforcing prohibition
laws, however, is conceded to be one Of
the chief obstacles to its absolute success
in many states" according to a writer
on well known western newspaper.
The correspondent devotes one half Of q
column to showing that prohibition has
made great gains and the only objections
lie finds to it anywhere are failure to en-
force the laws against the liquor traffic
failure to solve the problem growing out
OF deficits in county, municipal and state
treasures from the loss OF the wh:skey
tax, or the inability to cope with the
illicit sale of whiskey' and failure to
meet "Otber obstacles that follow in the
wake Of prohibition" And this on tor
of the concession that reports from pro
hibition territory indicate "a great de
crease in the record Of arrests for drunk
.eDmess, an increase in the bank deposits
II laborers, fewer cases of wife abandon
ment and the decrease in criininality
generally"
One needs but to read prohibition
argument to realize that all Of the incon
s,sency Of the world is not feminine
Prohibition increases bank deposits all.
decreases crime, but II IL not success
because it cannot be enforced! Wha
logic! II we enact prohibition laws ant
then only get partial prohibition, a
the opponent Of the cause maintain, thi
half prohibition giving us less drunken
ness and wife abandonment and les
crime generally, what reforms might no
be accomplished by the kind of prohi
btion winch prohibtionists content--ti,
i'nd We are going to have some day al
over this broad landl This old "prol,i
bi,ion that doesn't prohibit" srgumeu
has worn itself full OF holes as the muci
abused typewriter ribbon on tile ma
chine tina, is putting this editorial il
shape for the linotype operator. ~
Ike the ribbon, IL must serve in the at
scencc Of any thing betier--and the stoc
keeper is out Of new ribbons now.
Thes. ioeicians inform US that we m,,,
put NY with the liquor trafiic becaus
there Is no means Of avoiding IT, If "
''prohinir u. it keeps right OH. niercl
taking the fnrn OF the "blind tiger" an
other wild apinials. Equsily read