The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-10-26
W. T. U.COLUMN
Mrs Merrill Pipkin, Press Supt.

The Sabbath is the bulwark of our
because 1t is the bulwarE
of our morality Daniel Webster.
1t now seems certain that Maine
has gone dry by majority reported
as low as l23 and as high as 700. So
that decency won out, but by a
close shave, even as the Dutchman
vino escaped with a tight squeeze"
The Verdict in Maine.
There still seems to be doubt as to
the verdict of the people on the pro-
hibition question in Maine. For
awhile the metropolitan press pub
lished IL AS a fact that Maine had
gone wet" by twenty majority, but
II seems as we write that the of1icial
count has not yet been made final
and that the probabilities are that
Maine will still go dry" by over
700 majority. This, however, II
must he remembered, should be re-
gardcd as doubtful, because when
ever an election Is as close AS this
the money of the liquor forces usu-
ally finds a way to have 1t decided
in their favor.
The campaign in Maine, no mat.
ter what the final result declared
may be, cannot he regarded as vic
tory Tor the brewers. They had sue
ceedcd in Missouri, Texas, Florida
and elsewhere, and they threw thou
sands of dollars and all of their
strength into Maine to carry that
State. II they have taken the pro-
hibitiuu law from the constitution
IL is said they still will be compelled
to take statute from the statute
books Of Maine prohibiting the man
ufaCturc aud sale of Intoxicating IL
auor. Here they will have another
stupcndous fight with the sympathy
of the best people the world around
against them. In the campaign III
Maine expert testimony was sent To
the "drys' against the use of lhtoNl-
eating liquor from almost every
quarter of the globe. The very best
experts in Great Britain, France and
Germany sent scientific opinions
against the use of Intoxicating IL
quor.
This great fight did much to show
the world that science as well n re-
ligiun teaches that intoxicating IL
quor Is now the one great menace to
our race.
Growth OF Temperance Sentiment IN
Missouri.
Temperance sentiment is growing
RAPIDLY in Missouri. The proof is
ample and conclusive. To begin
with YOU can discover this from
common conversation all over the
commonwealth. Men are rapidly
turning against the saloon, aud do
not hesitate to say so. The nc
| knowledged dehanchery "i the ballot
boxes in the prohibition election has
turned them against the brewers
Then the admitted increase Of crime
since last November Is having MS
effect everywhere IN molding pubic
sentiment against the saloon, 10y
actual statistics crime has increased
in Kansas City more than III pei
cent since the Sth day ct November
The liuuor forces are bold now, amt
they glory in their own shame
Then the fact that prohibition pays
IL dawnng upon thousands of Not'
ers. Even though local option oi
prohibition is poorely enforced, II
is being conclusiveley shown that
they are far better than the reign oI
the saloon. Much talk Is still he
ing INDUCED in about speak cas-
les" aud "hlind tigers" but people
are beginning to understand tina
there are more of these disrcputahl'
places where they have saloons than
where they have none.
Only Check in the War
In Missouri there has been checl
in the war with the liquor interests
The election was n battle, not cam
! paipn. There has not been rea
q defeat. 4 man il never defeated
until he lies down. He will regail
his balance, his fighting power. II
can, aud he will, cease fighting tn
: phython only when he or 1t dies
. 40 one thinks for one momen
, that the people, for example III Wis
souri,. who believe the aunihilatio
Of the saloon is the only real reined
/ for the long list of miseries am
f. crimes the saloon entails, have bee
, whipped. No one thinks the peopl
will not wipe of the bloody sweat
see where are the next vulnerabI
. points of this foe o! all good, an
again reach for the sword ana &
iorth to challenge the python agaiu
We are not done. We hay" only ht
: gun. We will again, and again
throw the gauntlet full IN tn" lar
- Of the whiskey power. There WI
never he peace, nor silence, unit
the God of Israel Is honored an
7 humanity Is upIiftedhy the annihlI'
ton of the PRISONERS who trade !
: alcoholic drinks. Humanity need
1.-THE destruction of the saloon; col
science demands it. We are throw
' down. We rise to our feet and issu
5. again the challenge of defiance. ~
the name Of our God we set NJ OF
banners We will not fear thong
the earth be removed. Our hope
!, in the truth. Our expectation is
d good men. K entral Christian AdN'
cate.
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