The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-09-12
FOR THE AMENDMENT

The Stetson quartet have been in
Ocala and give two entertainments at
the n r. church yesterday, afternoon
and evening. The afternoon enter
tainment was well patronized. the
body Of the church being comfortably
filled. while at night 1t was crowded
to the doors and many could not get
seats.
Mr.. Edwin Spencer who has charge
Of the local work for the W. G. T. U.
and the Anti-Saloon League of the
city. made a few Introductory remarks
calling attention to the fact that all
the college men of the state and those
in charge Of college work were on the
side Of temperance and he gloried in
that fact.
Rey. J. w. Bigham. pastor OF the
church, offered a prayer, when the
quartet began their program by sing
ing, Beautiful Land God Is My
Shepherd" and Nearer My Fathers
House."
The quartet is composed OF the fol-
lowing young men: Doyle Carlton of
Cove Springs: Arthur Milan OF Jack
sonville. and Frank Wideman Of De-
Land. They were neatly dressed in
u8HI gray Suits With SCdAAS W "dtCh
and presented a very attractive ap-
pearance. Though the boys don't travel
on their good looks or their shapes.
but in their good voices and the bright
minds they possess to present the
subject Of statewide prohibition.
Mr.. Carlton was the only speaker of
the afternoon. The others were in
disposed and reserved their strength
for the evening. Mr.. Carlton, who is
ia graduate OF Stetson University and
a young lawyer Of promise, is now
| takingfa postgraduate course at the
University Of Chicago. He made a
good speech. full of convincing argu-
ments, and handled the local option
| lists in a masterful manner. He want
| ed the audience to distinctly under
stand the speakers were not ministers
and what they said was their own
conception and compilation and not
| written for them by ministers, as some
were uncharitable enough to comment
on their addresses
| We can only intimate the young
| mans line Of argument. He said the
present campaign was one Of right
against wrong. That prohibition was
a means to an end to aid the temper
ance cause. He admitted there were
| two sides to the question. as to all
| others submitted to the voter to con-
slider, but the experience and argu-
ment for prohibition was so much
greater than for the wide open sa-
loon there was no comparison to be
drawn. He said he had nothing per-
sonally against the barkeeper, the sa-
loonkeeper or the brewer, but didn't
like the business they were engaged
in. He said the buzzard Toasted on the
dead, the saloon on the living. Tina,
strong drink took to an untimely
grave 100000 of the men and women
of this country and was responsible
for IS per cent of the insane and II
per cent Of the lunatics of the land
and such an evil demanded the pro.
test and condemnation of every
| thoughtful and right thinking person
| of the land. He spoke of the decep'
tions Of the liquor traffic and the IL
logical reasoning that local option
was a democratic principle. He SAID
| the liquor traffic had always fought
the spread of temperance sentiment
and progress. In 1885 when the 1oca
option feature was adopted in Flor
ida they fought 1t. Now that within
| the past rs years temperance had Sc
grown that its principles should b.
/ more expansive in Its repressive ef