The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-25
DR.. WE|TH PLEADS
LAW ENFORCEMENT
MINISTER DOES NOT MiNcE
WORDS AND POINTS OUT THE
PLACES WHERE LIQUOR is SOLD

! Righteousness" He said the recent
/ stir in municipal affairs was not the
| occasion for the sermon and IL the
people came to hear eomethng sen.
/ satonal they would be disappointed.
/ He said he was going to talk more
plainly to the men that he had ever
/ talked before and he arranged the
men hearers to themselves and ask
/ ed each to arrange his seat SO they
might see his eyes. because he had
direct message for every indiyid.
ual lie said there was a load On
/ his conscience and that ne would
put that load upon the people who
came to hear him preach. He said
/ this city, like all others In the state,
needed a cleanup campaign. and
/ that campaign could best be- started
/ in the church. lie also said the
/ press was a good medium to use in
| cleanup campaigns, but said ~ was
/ often found to be the case that
newspapers were tied up in such
manner they could not or would not
raise their voice against crime.
The topic for this sermon was oc-
/ casioned by letter which came from
| the police judge of Shawnee. This
I Judge has started a campaign I'm the
/ state against crime. He has sent out
/ list Of questions to the police
/ judges Of twenty-five towns in which
/ he asks a series of questions and
eaid he received no reply to the let
ter sent t. ArLmore and asked the
minister to answer the questions. The
/ Shawnee Judge says in many places
gambling and prostitution are licens-
ed by a system OF monthly fines,
and he wants to start campaign
| in the state Of refusing to license
crime in this way. His idea is that
the inmates of such places should
/ be fined, not once a month but
every day, and instead Of being fined
stipulated sum these people should
be fined the limit
| DR.. Weith said from this time on
| he was going to expose crime and
| to expose officers who failed or re.
fused to enforce the law. lie said
the police judge in writing him said
the enforcement of the law depended
upon the officers aud he knew the
officers could enforce the law. He
said he knew his church. 1t was his
business TO know his church. that
some church members might want
a sissy or a niny for a pastor, q man
who could shut his eyes TO drunk.
enness and close his ears to swear.
ing, but he was not that kind OF
pastor He said he made human char.
acter a study and received many let.
ters asking about the character o.
people in this town, and he always
told the truth In making reply To
such letters and he would continue
TO tell the truth If it cost him HE
life. He congratulated the Pittsburg
Pa, ministry for the work il had
done IN cleaning up that city, and
called attention to the pulpit in 9th
er cities where il had been used
as an agency for municipal right
eousness.
, The minister said wrong wouiu
flee and flee quickly when properly
, attacked. There is no use crying out
about how Russia treats the jew
and be silent about how matters are
y run in Carter county. He said the
:. most imbecile policy was applied IN
this city and county he ever saw
: He said the officers stood for the
protection of the home and We were
helpless when the officers did not dC
their duty, unless people arise II
their might and put the officer
out.
DR.. Weth told of his custom o
walking down the street each nigh
at ten o'clock before retiring.
lie told OF having met a man VIII
was hunting for friend who wa
drinking and in the conversation be
tween the two men DR.. Weith learn
ed where whiskey was being sold
and named the places in his sermon
He said these places named ar
not in negro town nor on blood
Caddo, but they are In the main paI
of the city where our families pas
every day, He said he made inquir
Of the officers and learned that thes
places had been raided and were rul
ming again. His opinion is that the
should be ralded every day and twic
day until they quit the town. II
said II gambling houses were raide
frequently that respectable busines
men would not go to them and Wit
) out the patronage of such men III
- gambling houses could not exist. II
- said Carter county had "a candid a