The Ocala evening star., 1911-05-25
The Price of Quart of Whisky


The Price of a Quart of Whisky
They are lying in a grim, dark cham
ber of our county prison. Neither are
very old men. The younger criminal
Tin his twenties) leaves a bride of
few months in a delicate condition and
the young mans father took him a
quart of whisky. While under the in
f1uence of this liquor he and another
man. drunk on the same whisky are
accused of committing a murder. The
other day the younger man was sem
fenced to twenty years and the elder
to life Imprisonment. How much has
that quart of whisky cost? How much
| is it yet to cost? Who, in the face of
these harsh facts, dare vote a wet
ticket?-Florida Baptist Witness.
| The drunkard's woes, shams, pains.
griefs and hells are an old. old story.
| Wonder if the prophets did not get
tired, as you and / do, repeating them?
What's the use? The drunkard knows
| them better than we, and yet will
awake from his debauch and seek the
saloon again. Usually there is no help.
His will power and his manhood are
dead. One thing we had better do
give ourselves with terrible intensity
to prevention. Don't let your children
ever have chance to say their father
ever had chance to strike the demon
and didn't do 1t. Beg your boys never
to taste whisky. Teach them the shame
of being seen In a barroom. Make
| drunkenness the abominable thing.
Speak approvingly of the Anti Saloon
Lea nrnhihiti0n
Stand for God, home and heaven.
Drunkenness is a sort of hell that
may be likened to a monstrous beast
with an Unsuitable appetite. 1t swal-
lows property, comfort, self-respect,
character, usefulness, happiness of
homes, the smiles OF wife and the
gladness of children. 1t is a gigantic
sensuality, binding men to feebleness
of will, dullness OF understanding and
incompetency in action. Would you
put your case in the hands of a drunk
en- doctor or lawyer? Would you look
for a just decision from a drunken
Judge? Would you expect victory at
the hands of a drunken general? No,
this horrible beast unstrings un-
mans and units all its victims. God
smite the monster!
The great prophet Isaiah's theory of
a ruler is that he is a servant of God,
and that state and church are both
alike holy. I believe that emphat atical-
ly. The legislator, the congressman,
the governor. and the president are
first and foremost servants of God.
Drunkenness, immortality, graft in a
public officer is an offense to God and
a disgrace to political life. Never vote
for an ungodly citizen. 1t is one of
the good signs of the times that cor
rupt officials and shrewd, crafty poll
ticians are getting in bad odor in our
country. The Lord give good, strong
men TO rule over US.
| Every good man, every wise man in
Scripture utters his protest against
the wine cup. In all the ages, men have
craved the stimulus of strong drink
The devil never devised a more cruel
weapon against the stability and hap
piness of the home, the comfort and
usefulness of men. Why multiply
words? All men know the peril, and
yet SO many march right into it. II
killed two Hebrew nations. lying al
the root OF nearly all destructive in
f1uences. No man can tell the ruin il
IL FlSnt no" IN our country
1t drags the innocent wife and hel
children to poverty and shame YOU
men who drink. who dig your owr
hells, won't you quit. that the innocent
may not fall in with you? Vote the
prohibition ticket and close the bar.
room.
DR.. Gambrell says the prohibition
campaign for the constitutional
amendment opened at Waco with fif
teen hundred present Men of al
walks of life except saloon men. gam
blers and such, were present-Baptis
Record.
Texas people are tireless. Thei
lighthouse purpose to rid the state o
the barrooms may meet with Difficult
ties but we confidently expect them t,
be victorious in the end So shoul,
Florida do. In this worthy task W.
cannot afford TO despair.
Il am not much OF a mathematician
said the cigarette. but I can add L
a mans nervous troubles: l can sub
tract from his physical energy: l car
multiply his aches and pains; l caI
divide his mental power; l can tax,
interest from his work and diseoun
his chances of success"