The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-06
PONDER WELL
BEFORE VOTING
RESPONSIBILITY IS GREAT
FAULKNER HAS ATTENTION OF
WHOLE STATE AND SHOULD
LINE UP ON RIGHT SIDE.

Fellow Voters of Faulkner county:
Ponder well before casting YOU
ballot next Monday. Our political re
sponsibility has never been greater il
this county than in the Forthcoming
election All Arkansas is watching
US. Our county is the educationa
center of gravity of the state, at.
tracing hundreds of youths ano
thousands of dollars to our schools
The supporters of our schools expect
a clean citizenship in Faulkner coun-
ty They are weighing us in the bal
ances. Let us not be found wanting.
Townships of Faulkner, all eyes are
turned toward you. 1t is being re-
ported widely now that Cypress, Cal
ifornia, Benton, and number of 9TH
er townships will cast nearly every
vote for statewide These townships
will be highly praised for their high
type of citizenship. Are you of other
townships willing to be behind in
your vote for this great cause? If
not, bestir yourselves until election
day is over and see that your people
vote right.
Churches, you are being watched
1t is said that every Protestant
preacher but one in Arkansas, and
nearly every white Protestant church
member is for statewide. That rep
resents twenty eight per cent of the
vote in the state. A church or
church member lined up with the sa-
loon is a stumbling block to good gov
eminent and to righteousness.
Lodges, you are being watched. Be
careful how you cast your ballots in
this election and vote for the good of
the order
Voter, you are being measured by
your vote just as sure as corn is meas
ured by the bushel, cotton by the
pound, and the producing land by the
acre. Years hence, your children,
grandchildren, and neighbors will
point with pride or shame to your
vote next Monday. Let it be with
pride,
But" you say, II am honest,
do not believe in statewide 1t would
not prohibit. believe in local OPP
ton"
Granted that you are honest, per-
haps you are being deceived. Who
told you this? 1t was Leo Rattle
shaker, in the employ of the National
Brewers Association, run by the
Whiskey Trust, the greatest trust in
the world. Rattlesnaker was on the
streets of Conway last Saturday, talk
ing to men of countenance like his
own. He knows whom to approach.
His face betrays his heart. Did you
see the kind of people he sought?
Did you see good men shy around
him? Do you want to be classed with
him and Joe Lyons? Look into the
sources of this information against
statewide. Voter, the whiskey men
of Chicago, st. Louis, Milwaukee, and
New York are pouring money into
Arkansas by the thousands to catch
ignorant voters with this argument
Why are they doing this? Because
statewide Injuries their business
They know it. In the statewide states
there is just one twenty-fifth as much
whiskey sold and used as in the open
saloon states. The Brewers Associ-
alton has published these government
statistic as true, That is why they
are spending their money to defeat
statewide.
But Tennessee" The writer was
in Tennessee a week ago land was tolt
by travelling man of Chicago, for
merly business man of Memphi.
that when Memphis had licensed sa
looms there were five hundred blint
tigers in the city, They do not claim
a greater number now. Memphis i!
bad, but not as bad as under the Ii
censed saloon. Hundreds of othel
towns in the state are prospecting
greatly without saloons. One of thu
writer's neighbors of Martin, Tenn
essee, in saloon days was poor, rag
ged drunkard, with dirty, ragged
children. Today, his barn for hi
COW and horse is better than his resi-
dence in saloon days. Then he hat
no COW nor horse. And he has an ell
egant home, and it is paid for ant
respectable children. Would you no
like to help such people in Littl
Rock, Fort Smith, Helena and Pin
Bluff?