The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-30

ago the Lord made me new crca-
ture in Christ Jesus, and-"Shu, Your
mouth, you are a miserable hypo,
critic Hear re: II the lower link
the poor drunkard-goes to HE'LL and
the upper link-the member Of the
church who voted for the legislator
who made the law that made the sa-
loon that made the drunkard-doesut
so to hell with the drunkard, then the
poor drunkard can stand in hell up
on the black crested waves of damua.
tion and cry Unjust, unjust, unjust"
until the pillars of heaven fall down.
Then why will men vote for this scion
OF the pit? Why will not every man
and woman in our country come up
to the help of the Lord against this
giant evil? The saloon and these
carbunkles, the DEVILS itch on the mo.
rails and good order of our country?
~ IVY ma" anu """''" >" 'Ol l."
from th.S service with TINS motto
with the black flag raised and on that
flag written in letters of fire, Down
Win the saloon ana ooo1e Joints down
WIN the saloon ana Dooze JOINTS, the
nerarious demon of the uit. O, my
'T''hu'' what grim giant 'hiS liquor
'NI Is. NH"' are We going I'D 40 u"
'N''N TINS horrible nar'h over our
country . inns giant mas drawn hIiI''
'TilhSoHeu with 'he NIood "i mIIHols'
Ul' ana almost every hoUr IL comes
uo"I N.th I'aIIuI execution Nhl'
Is the sensible thins to do' is II not
10 Er"o the arm OF iile giant ana stop
'hat khIe win our suffrage IHe
Nhrlatlah people OF TINS country can
put down the internal llluor tralhc
anu IIS Dlooul uaSSeTS' fhe church-
eS nave gone down TO record as being
opposed TO the Iiquor tralllc, AS TO
theory and records we are all rlGht'
Inc thlnS Tor us TO DO now Is to Stt
down on OF our theories ana RECORDS
ana 80 TO WORK. Ihe world Is ripe
Tor practical reliSloh. bnt 1rlehd
cl business ana American tratnc says
LOOK mere business Is business ana
when you spend money FOR liquor, you
are conducting great business car
rylng on Il great trafi1c' And the rev.
enue derived from 1t is financial
help to our government. revenue!
lhat Is the only argument that can
be made IN favor OF this nefarlous
DuslnesS-l Will take that word bus
mess back, it Is not that; 1t Is a
heartless butchery, butchering men
and boys and wives and children for
revenue. | would not give one Amer
lean boy for all the revenues OF the
world; ! would not give one or the
fair angelic daughters of America for
all the silver and gold in all the cof-
fers OF the world, and that lies buried
IN all the earth. Inc liquor trafhc Is
n curse 1t Is degrading business,
brawling business, hell hlling busl-
ness, hell deserving business, hea-
ven robbing business, Sabbath de-
'ecrating business grave hlllng
business, health destroying business,
reason dethroning business; busi-
ness that brings children to beggary,
women to tears, families to ruin, men
o infamy that bedraggles virtue,
aughs at chastity, fosters prostitu-
ion, scorns modesty, makes play
hing OF sincerity Is stranger to H.
ielity, SCOTS at religion, despises love,
'rooks the finger of contempt at piety,
md covers itself with the Stint OF the
,it. 1t is the worst foe to the rights
If the people and to the purity of the
government that stalks between the
rock-bound Pacific and the storm
ossed Atlantic