The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-03-13
PLEA AGAINST
COX BILL
Temperance People Set Out the
Result of a Wet Bristol,
Tennessee.

EIlStol, Ienn.. 1larch lO'-COncern-
IL z the attempt Of Ex-Governor Cox,
amp Messrs. Morley and Kirk patrick
to put toa vote.of the people of Bristol,
Tenn, u G matter of allowing the 81 :
looms to be restored TO The city and
thus defeat the operations Of the Webb
bill recently pas by Congress a cad
Ing lawve has given out The following
statement showing the ar-reaching
effect OF such Il proposition:
The Webb bill recently passed by
Congress is now the law of the United
State. f...
"Tii, law prohibits shipments from
one state 10 another Of whiskey and
alcoholic cteragcS which are To he
sold in violation of law. The oMnih-
CENT power Of tie United States is be-
hind this law and If ii is let alone ii Will
pat out of business many hundreds of
saloons in Memphis, Nashville, Chat
tAnooga ami Knoxville now operat ed
in violation Of law.
"The Governor of Tennessee has not
now sufficient power TO close these H.
gal sa oons, and Governor Cox has
declared he would vote to give the
Governor additional powers. Instead
of doing TIL Cove lor Cox and Messrs.
Morley and kirkpatrick have given
notice that they would cndeavor inn
madia,eIy to secure the passage of an
act that will peri2it whiskey 10 be sold
in Bristol, Tenn, as long as it is sold
in bristal Va, provided that . major
ity of Bristol votes are cast in favor OF
the Cox bill.
eff MIR. CoX's proposed bill becomes
efectiveevery illegal saloon il Ten
nessee will remain open-Tennessee
will be a wet state and the Illicit deal
ers of Tennessee will reap profit of
millions Of dollars from the Cox bill.
Taey conll profitable pay $4,000 for
each vote in Bristol TO get this power
''The Webb bill does not attempt 10
prevent shipments of whiskey from
. oue part of y state to another part Of
the Same state, even though the wills
key so shipped should he intended fol
! sale, said shipments being solely with.
in the confines and jurisdiction of The
state.
"lf Mr.. Cox'S proposed bill becomes
effective whiskay can legally he ship
ped from Bristol, Tenn. TO al. parts Of
TEN essee, and tie crime viii lest pri
marty upon all the men who put The
, measure through our legislature and
upon those who vote TO make the
measure effective in Briltol. This viii
certainly be done il Bristol is for sale
/, The dispensary al. Abingdon, Va, |.
miles away, flooded Bristol with wills
ky and undoubtedly caused Bristol
| Va, Ia go wet.
"BristnI, Va, being wet is causing
many voters in Bristol, Tenn, 10 wan,
| their town 10 get the revenue aS vii
as the crimes Of a wei town. But il
Bristol, Tenn, goes wet all Tennessee
! is wet. for Ike United States aud the
Webb law cannot interfere. Under
such conditions Bristol, Tenn. would
/ he more infamous than Sodom and
Gomarrah-Mrs. i.eary's COW kicked
! over lamp and burned Chicago. Shall
! the Abingdon dispensary burn both
Bristols and The State Of Tennessee? I,
is said that thousands of tons of hu
man bones were gathed from the BAT.
| tletields of the Crimea and from
Waterloo and uSed for fertilizers. Shal
Bristol, Tenn, coin into gold the blood
ard bones of our fcllowmen all over
he state:
- For lack of Il nail The shoe was lost
For lack IF shoe The horse was lost
For lack of horse the rider was lost
For lack of Il rider he battle was lost
For lack of a battle the Kingdom
7 was lost
"in Gods name let not the nail that
dropped from The Abingdon shoe lose
| the kincdnm of Righteousness"