Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-27

tnAt Ghafles Town Is going dry
and that the liquor people have
aiready given up the fight as
last.
While nothing but apathy on
~ part Of the No License, advo-
Gates on Election day can prevent
tie first prediction being verified,
don't believe the second statement
that the vet forces have
laid down. for single minute,
although they would like to lull
yon into 1 sense Of false security
while they perfect their plan of
campaign.
We are dealing with an UNI
scrnpalous, resourceful and re-
le4llsls foe, well nigh desperate
i,a as il notes the determination
a bur people to vote the saloon
out. True, as yet we have had no
arguments advanced on. behalf of
the saloon as to why they should
be allowed to continue to batten
on our community. The argu-
ments the liquor interests use
are generally circulated on Elec-
ton day, and are issued by the
Government Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing at Washington
on long green and yellow
paper, oblong in shape and in de-
nominations Of tens, twentys.
fiftys and hundreds. If they. have
any other, why this silence? If
the saloon business is defensi-
BILE, why not bring along the Rose
of Milwaukee, to counterfeit the
effluvia Of the gin mills.
Is it likely that an enormously
I profitable business, which is TAX
ing not less than Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars annually from
I l11s ee7eiin trade channels of
the town, will surrender at discre-
ton and gracefully bow to the will
of the majority?
1t has been charged and not
denied that in Martinsburg the
sum of Forty Two Thousand dol
lars was expended by the vets, !"
in a vain effort to stem the tide
setting towards patriotism and
civic betterment. All the money
that can be used will be furnished
the vets in the coming cleo
ton here. It will not be the first
time by good many that the
Wheeling Breweries, the nearby
Distil1eries and their allies, have
dumped money into Jefferson 70
debauch her voters.
Now, the saloon interests are
awake and at work; by stealth it
is true, and under cover of night
because their deeds are evil, !"
and the result will be in evidence
on Election Day.
Those enlisted on the dry"
side are making a clean fight in
the open light of day. How
about those on whom the saloons
rely for moral Cd support and
manipulation of the floating vote?
They may be ashamed of their
company, and that, to pay Aeaiti-
cal debts, they are now forced
under duress to serve their mas
tiers in an unholy cause, and hope
Z to escape the public notice and
condemnation by remaining appar-
cntlyquiescent and inactive. BUT,
our people are not in the humor
to be bamboozled and hoodwinked,
and will have their eyes open to
what is going on.
With those constituting a
very decided minority of the
wet side who sincerely be-
lieve that No License will not
prove remedy for the ills we
suffer, and frankly say SO, we ex-
tend an invitation to listen with
an open mind to the arguments
presented by the dry" side, and
to govern themselves accordingly
Their motives will not be inn
pugned by their fellow citizens
who concede to them the legal
right to vote on this question. as
their judgment and their con-
sciences may dictate. But we
want them to be convinced that
Charles Town has nothing to lose
and every thing to gain from both
the moral and the economic stand
point BY giving No License
trial, for year any how. We.
want you with us on Election
Day. Come over and join us!
THE BLACKLIST /?
TO those who, with apparent
r,nt;ve have ordered their adver-