The Adair County news., 1912-05-15
A Few Days in the Blue Grass
Metropolis.

On Thursday morning May 2nd., the
writer, with his grandson, Cyrus Will |
liams, left Columbia at 2 o'clock in the
morning for Lexington, KY. in search
of an eye and throat specialist. We
drove old Allen to Campbellsville in due !
time to catch the train for Lebanon.
When we reached Lebanon the vote
was being taken on the question of wet
and dry and the town was full of peo-
pie, many coming from different parts
of the county to see how it was going.
A large procession was marching the
streets, flying "Old Glory" and carry
ing banners with suitable mottos for
the occasion, some as follows: -
'Papa vote for me-" "Woe unto
him that putteth the bottle to his
neighbours lips, Save the Boys, Vote
for the Dry's, &. Two bands were in
the procession, one colored and one
white folks. 1t was touching scene
to see women and children, who are the
ones, that suffer the most from the eff
feet of strong drink and drunkenness.
| The mothers, wives, sisters and chill
dren suffer the abuse of drunken faith
ers, brothers and sons. But in spite
of all the entreaties of men, women
and children the town went wet.
The election will be contested and
predict the drys will win. Several
saloon men have already rented old sa-
looms to commence business as soon as
the matter is settled, and if this con-
test should be decided in favor of the
vets, then in June the vote will be
taken under the new County Unit Bill,
and then she will go dry. The majority of
the good people of Lebanon do not
want whiskey back and saloons reopen
ed.
We learned that one man from Hus-
tonville rented the old saloon connect
ed with the Vaughan hotel and agreed
to pay one hundred dollars per month
and went back home and Sunday after
noon dropped dead without any warn
ing.
Hab. 2: 1917 "Woe unto him that
giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that
addest thy venom, and maketh him
drunken also, that thou mayest look on
their nakedness! l6 Thou art filled
with shame and not glory: drink thou
also, and be as one uncircumcised, the
cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come
around unto thee and foul shame shall
be upon thy glory. II For violence
done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and
the destruction of the beast which
made them afraid because of men s
blood, and, and for the violence done
to land. to the city, and to all that
dwell therein" R.V.
Columbia is interested in this contest
for the people would suffer more thar
can be told from the easy access to the
drinkers of this and adjoining counties
j So we trust and pray that the contest
will be decided in favor of the drys
, The Anti-saloon League comes in t.
take the lead in such contest and al
ways shows their hand in the wantet
y place.
We left Lebanon on time and arrived
in Lexington at $3.50 p m. We stop
!, ped at the See bach hotel, rented room
u and started for DR.. Stucky's Office
which was within block of the hotel
Y After an examination of Cyrus Viii
liam's eyes the doctor decided that ont
!, eye was hopelessly gone, but the Other
was in good condition, and might no
l. trouble him for long time and might
J. never do so. His tonsils were remov
ed on Saturday and he remained in thu
vi Good Samaritan Sanitarium until Sun
! day afternoon and return ed to the no
tel. We started for home Monda,
" morning at 9:45 and arrived at Column
n bla at 3 o'clock the next morning.
While in Lexington | met quite
good many Adair county people. and
number of friends from other places
. was entertained at the home of m
e friend and comrade in travel to Pales
o tine in 1900, R. H. CroSfield, who
IL now President of the Bible College an
Pennsylvania University. Mr.. Cross
; field is one of our best and creates
e men, and is leading old Pennsylvania
e higher and better things. Four OF u
Il Kentucky preachers started together o
q the trip to Palestine in the year l90C
III j. w. McGarvey Jr., P. H. Duncan, r
H. Crossfield and myself. 1t was
great trip. and long to be remembered
:, and the days, travelling through the b
= Bile lands on horseback and camping
- tents at night, visiting the cities wher
: Christ and Apostles spent so many haE
= by days together. where the blind wer
restored to sight and the dead raised u
keep fresh in our memory, and whe
any two of US meet, we go the tri
over again One of our number hs
. already entered the other Canaan an
the New Jerusalem that will come dow