Warren sheaf., 1911-10-26
YOUR VOTE COUNTS

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This year has yielded bounteous
harvest of grain and other crops,
which naturally brings high wages to
the working man. These are things
which ought to create a grateful
heart, and be the cause Of giving
praise to the Creator of all things.
But poor thanksgiving it is among
many.
Many men spend their money at
the saloons and get in return no food,
lost character, lost reason, and vul-
gar speech, and bring home curses
and blows for the wives and children.
When the Indians called intoxicat-
| ing liquor, "frewater'', they gave it a
just name. For it burns out of the
human soul, every trace of character
and respect for others and for itself.
have had occasion to see the ef-
feet of this so-called .firewater" late
ly. A drunken father came home to
his wife and children with his friend
the whiskey bottle. It was a sad
sight Wife and children with tear
stained eyes, were afraid of the hus-
! band and father and huddled together
in a corner while he was using his
| threats and curses. Unhappy fami-
tly! When the one in the family
/ who is the strongest and the one to
! look to for support, becomes so de-
moralized and base, what will be the
! result? Poverty, misery and unhap-
piness.
! This is only one incident of the
many both in this neighborhood and
elsewhere. Such men who do not
/ get home in the drunken state will
carouse around and in the saloons
and are piece of nuisance. Then
the saloon keepers or bartender see
that they are taken to Jail to make
room for other victims. For now
they are robbed of their money and
reason and no one has any use fol
them. Sometimes they have to be
taken to jail for disturbing the peace
Of decent people. But the saloon
man goes back to his Satanic busi
ness. Why should the doer of wrong
not be prosecuted? No, nothing is
done to him because he is licensed
to sell.
| IT a doctor gave a person some
thing that left him crazed, people
would soon investigate the matter
and have the doctor punished. If a
storekeeper sold wares which pois.
oned body and mind, he would soon
land behind iron bars. But the sa
loon keepers may do all these things
without even being handcuffed. When
he only pays his license money, he
has washed his hands of all crime
If this was land of heathenism
there might be an excuse for such
doings for it could be said, "They
know no better" But in a most
highly civilized land like ours, and
among people who wish to call them
selves Christians, it is a scandalous
act to let such business exist.
When temperance speakers come
and relate the many incidents caused
by the use of intoxicating liquor, the
liquor sympathizers say, "they are
exaggerating it. It can not be sc
bad No, it can not be exaggerated
but the naked truth is hard to hear.
Should we see one-hundredth par
of the suffering and wickedness caus
ed by the use of liquor in one da!
in our civilized country, we would di,
of shame to know we are blessed viii
civilization and the word Of God ant
still let such things exist.
How long till the time when thi
land shall be rid Of this evil? It i
in the power Of every voter to put
stop to it. Let not only few strul
gle for a thing which would be th
, best for all, but awake to the trut
and put out the saloons.
"A Temperance Friend,
' From Oak Parl
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