The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-05-12
A Trumpet Call.

In times Of old the kings herald
put the trumpet to his mouth and
sounded "a silvery, ringing, bugle-
ike note. He prolonged the note
until 1t echoed over hill and dale.
lie blew the trumpet In n fierce,
final blast that tinglcd upon the ear,
and set every heart to beating, for
this trumpet blast meant war. Its
clear, ringing tones were call "TO
arms! to arms! the kings throne is
in dangernn
Today trumpet sound rings over
all Missouri. Fierce its blast calls
men to action, to war, to battle.
Long and longer again sounds the
note Of appeal. To whom? This
time to women. "Oh, women of
Missouri! Arouse ye!n Wives and
daughters, sisters and sweethearts
of more than half million Missouri
men; mothers of a million Missouri
boys and of million Missouri girls
do you not see that the fate of your
boys hangs in the balance? 300 900
of these bright manly boys will he
come drinking men If saloons stay
in our State. Will it be your boy?
Your son? Thousands of these
sweet, innocent girls will be ruined
in the winc-purlOrs of Missuuri's
great cities, for today the saloon is
not content with getting the boy,
but 1t is sacrificing the girl to draw
trade, and to satisfy the lust of drink
inflamcd customers. Have YOU "A
girl to spare for this blacklist of
traflics?
Women of Missouri, this is the
battle hour. You may live to an
extreme old age and never again
have such sublime opportunity to
work for Il glorious cause. If Mis-
souri, goes dry it does much toward
making the nation dry. II the
State goes dry, that act alone closes
every distillory, every winery, every
brewery, every beer garden, every
saloon, every wineparlOr, every
liquor house aud every
beer depot in the entire State. Not
another saloon sign will crcak in
the breeze, and not another local
whiskey advertisement appear in
the newspapers. Instead of the
Of the State being be-
hind the liquor traffic it will he fight
ing it. 1t will be II stupenduus gain.
the State recognize that il would be
their Waterloo for Missouri to adope
statewide prohibition. They arr
ready to give literally from theft
swollen fortunes to prevent this
to their trade. They
are ready to whip business men into
line with scare cries of depres sion
and bankruptcy that they loudly
claim would follow prohibition, and
truly 1t would depress and banrupt
them; ready to make black seem
white in specious promises to curb
the lawless saloon and to drive ont
the dive, and they are quick to plead
personal liberty to continue their
though it breaks women,s
hearts and fills penitcntiaries.
Women must stand like IA wall
against these fOaming waves of false
logic and Misrepresentation. We
must fight for our homes, for our
husbands, and sons, and our little |
ones. There Is no compromise for |
rs. No license high enough for us, |
no regulation drastic enough for us,
when 1t comes to the liquor traffic.
Y must go, root, stem and branch.
The fight is on to the death.
Come from the home, be IL man.
ion, cottage, or howell, so that il is
N Missouri soil. Join our ranks,
.ou Oh the mountain top, or you by
he swampy lowlands, onlthe prairie
n in the woods. Fall into the line
rom every church, for we all are
listers In this warfare against the
'reatest enemy Of the home. Re-
ekahs, Eastern Stars, Royal Neigh
ors, Club women and Y. w. G. A.
re welcome, thrice welcome, into
ur ranks. The w. G. T. u, thous-
nds strong, are armed for battle.
regiments of recuits are coming
rom the cities. The towns, village
nd country are uprising. Shall a
be left that loves God, or
ONE or native land? No, for we
eed them all. Let us work and
Ing and pray, and may God give !
8 the victory. s. LaMance,
tate Press Superintendent of Mis-.
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