The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-05

and dlsDleasure of the offender and
forced 70 apologize because of op-
position 70 crime? i 40 let rs a5ol-
jan faith IN public and private con-
science. and place arhvart our necks
A carnival Of crime with all The min
.ons Of evil laughing at such de-
based and disgusring attitude. But
II We have faith IN the integrity and
Justice or our laws z We hav. faith
n the manhood and vomanhood OF
our country f We believe in driving
the eyl.-doer from our midst, aud
making him go in hiding in fear Of
an aroused people, and II you as
grand jury vi, neither dodge to the
right nor The left but hue straight TO
he lines that your Oa1hs obligate
you 20 DO and duty 70 society and its
laws should stimulate you 70 DO, then
all viii BE well, and the supremacy
n the law viii not only IN theory
but IN fact be felt and known az the
one safeguard protecting the people
In thefr lives, property and the pur-
suit Of happiness.
These minor offenses carried on
70 the extent that gambling and
boone selling is reported 10 be, render
The offender doubly guilty, in this,
that the spirit manifested by him Is
10 defy the law and It's officers and
treat with contempt their opinion
o' crime Information has come 10
me that whisky selling IS not con
fined to what is known as he JOINT.
keeper, but that many grocery, drug
and confectionery stores are In com
uefitlOn with them n this regard.
r. Ia bad enough FOR the iointreeper
who by his occupation naturally feels
himself an Fshmael'e In any respect
able community, ~ sell whisky and
supply the Doo'legger, but TheH Il
comes "a drug store N, lanulY
grocery. where lovely women and mp
rigf, men moro Or less c0ngregate
being used also as receptIcai or
place FOR the keeping ~ that which
tho Law 50 severely denOuRces, ~
certainly adds a seuse ~ shame 90
an otherwise veil conducted busI.
ness and II upon your investigation
whisky il kept and sold in these
pIaces yWi should iryiict them be
cause II there he a difference in the
guilt II is against the man whom
tho law does not suspect.
call your attention - me owners
of these buildings in which liquor is
sold and gambling carried on; and
t0 the faci tha, II Is a violation Of
tho law 10 rent property whore such
violations are carried on.
To keep a gambling house. or a
place where gambling IL had Is vio-
la'i0n Of tho law. n will generally
be found that such places and the
whisky Joints are twin evils, operat-
ing together. Tho men VINO F"" N"
game az n rule are sober, cunning
and INSCRIPTIONS, while those Who
play are encouraged by an easy win
ming a. hrst, and excited 20 further
gain by the booze tina, Is always
handy. ~ plunge deeper and deeper
until their money IL gone, when they
are rIdely awakened 10 this condition
by the boot ~ the boss or his bOOster,
and what then? He flnds himself
dumped upon the sidewalk, kicked
there like n dog. and sneaks away The
most abiect object Of misery in your
midst. and while he Is 20 remain pen-
nlicss the gambler ls still allowed 10
! ply hls vocation. n Is no use 10 say
that men ought not To do thls, int
when you understand that gambling
Is a device that appeals 10 Ryarice,
eEcites greed and the unsnspectlng
soon becOmoR the victim NJ trap
set 20 cnsnare his credulity, you will
readily SEQ how the weak man can
fall
Carrying Weapons.
4 mistaken idea preyaila that thcre
is certain class of weapons that
can bc carried upon any and all oc-
cnsions by any one without violating
the law. II is unlawful for any per.
son tn carry concealed on or about
his person, saddle or saddle bags, n
pistol bowie knife, dirk, dagger,
slunE shot. sword cane. spear, metal
knuckles. or any other Kind Of knife
or Instrument manufactured or sold
for tho purpose of defense; and II 's
equally unlawful TO carry such wen-
pons whether concealed or not; and
the only exception being that Of pub
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